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Costco.com offers a magnificent assortment of fresh flowers that will surely compliment your party or event The Light Pink Rose Centerpiece Collection boasts beautiful color and exceptional hand-tie design.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013 brought the state of Alabama its first notable snowfall of the season, with some locations seeing three inches of more.
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After heavy snow fell across Mississippi, including the Jackson area, the snow spread into Alabama just before 7am Thursday Morning. Rain turned to snow from west to east, lasting well into the evening hours before ending that night.
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The certificate must specify for each vehicle listed therein, that there is a minimum liability insurance coverage not less than the requirements of section two, article four, chapter seventeen-d of this code.
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School of Mind-Body Medicine Student, Rowan Silverberg, Teaches Yoga to Medical Students at Case Western Reserve University Medical School11/11/2013
Rowan Silverberg is a master's student in the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine. In October 2013 she had an opportunity to introduce medical students at Case Western Reserve University Medical School to Yoga. She was invited by Dr. Sue Wish-Baratz, an anatomy professor at the Case Western Reserve University Medical School in Cleveland, to address two groups of 80 second year medical students during "Musculoskeletal Week," on the use of Yoga to create structural alignment, as well as physical and psychological resilience.
School of Mind-Body Medicine Student, Sarah Ness, Completes Doctoral Dissertation on Burnout and Spiritual Engagement in Trauma Workers11/10/2013
Sarah Ness recently completed her PhD in Mind-Body Medicine with her dissertation research on burnout and spiritual engagement in trauma workers. As a trauma worker herself, Sarah has spent the last eight years working with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault at a crisis shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina. She knows the intensity of trauma work, and she is passionate about finding ways to maintain the health and well-being of trauma workers to ensure sustainable quality of care and effective services for trauma survivors.
In her dissertation study titled "Transcending Burnout: A Mixed Methods Study on Spiritual Engagement and Holistic Health Effects of Trauma Work," Sarah comprehensively examined the work-related stress and burnout symptoms in trauma workers and the role of spiritual engagement as a protective/restorative factor. With 310 participants from across the country, data was collected via on-line surveys using burnout and spirituality scales as well as qualitative questions on work-related stress and spiritual engagement.
New School of MBM Instructor Deborah Wilcox Presents Poster on Building Communities of Wellness, for American Public Health Association11/06/2013
Dr. Deborah Wilcox recently joined the adjunct faculty of Saybrook University's School of Mind-Body Medicine. Dr. Wilcox holds a master's degree in public administration, a master's in clinical community counseling, and a doctorate in counseling education. She has previously served as an instructor at Kent State University, the University of Dayton, Union Institute, and the University of Cincinnati, providing instruction in multi-cultural counseling, adolescent development, public health administration, and grant writing.
Dr. Ruthann Russo to Address "Health Informatics and the Future of Healthcare" in School of MBM Videoconference10/23/2013
School of MBM Videoconference with Ruthann Russo, JD, PhD, MPH, on Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 5:30 PM Pacific
You are invited to join Saybrook School of Mind-Body Medicine Chair Donald Moss and the Health Care Systems Specialization faculty for a presentation by Dr. Ruthann Russo. Ruthann Russo, PhD, MPH, JD, L.Ac., was a healthcare attorney and CEO of several health information technology development and consulting firms for 20 years. She has worked extensively with healthcare systems, academic medical centers, and physicians to develop patient-centered documentation and communication practices. She has written eleven books on these topics and has presented these concepts for many healthcare professional associations. She has taught health information technology at the City University of New York and Nova Southeastern School of Osteopathic Medicine.
School of MBM Chair Donald Moss Conducts Workshop on Breath Training at Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis Meeting in Berkeley10/21/2013
On October 3, Dr. Donald Moss, the Chair of the School of Mind-Body Medicine, provided a workshop on breath training for attendees at the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, in Berkeley, California.
Hypnosis and biofeedback practitioners regularly use paced breathing as a component in hypnosis induction and relaxation. Diaphragmatic and yogic breathing are familiar tools in meditative practice and in self-regulation training. Traditional Chinese Medicine has observed: "…the tranquillity of the mind regulates the breathing naturally and, in turn, regulated breathing brings on concentration of the mind naturally" (Xiangcai, 2000, p. 7).
Emiliya Zhivotovskaya wins the School of Mind-Body Medicine Thomas Budzynski Poster Award, with research on the Effects of Stress on Telomere Length10/21/2013
Each Autumn the School of Mind-Body Medicine conducts a Poster session on Graduation Day during the Fall residential conference. Students and faculty may post a research poster based on either empirical research investigations or library/database reviews. The best student poster on a non-hypnosis topic is awarded the Thomas H. Budzynski Award. Thomas Budzynski was an electronics engineer who had worked on inertial guidance systems on the Blackbird spy plane, and then went on to become a pioneer in the fields of biofeedback, neurofeedback, and energy medicine. This year's Budzynski award went to Emiliya Zhivotovskaya.
Development of a Nurse-Led Hypnosis Service at a Comprehensive Cancer Center : A Report from the SCEH Meeting in Berkeley10/18/2013
School of Mind-Body Medicine Chair Donald Moss attended the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis meeting in Berkeley in October, where he taught a competency course in breath training as an adjunct to hypnosis and chaired a symposium on pediatric applications of hypnosis and biofeedback. Dr. Moss is reporting in on relevant scientific programs at SCEH.
Kate Kravits, MA, RN, LPC, at the City of Hope in Duarte, California, provided a report on the development of a nurse-led service providing hypnosis for cancer patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis. This is an excellent example of progress in integrating mind-body services into the mainstream of healthcare. This program was initially inspired by Guy Montgomery's research showing that hypnosis can not only moderate the symptoms and suffering of breast cancer patients, but also save money for the institutions serving these patients. The City of Hope team contacted Dr. Montgomery, who agreed to serve as a consultant for the program. Establishing their service, the team encountered many barriers, notably prejudices against hypnosis as a medical intervention.
What Only You Can Share: School of MBM PhD student completes practicum at Cardiac Treatment Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital10/17/2013
Tamami Shirai is a PhD candidate in the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine (www.mindbodygrace.org), specializing in healthcare research. Tamami has just completed a clinical practicum at the Cardiac Treatment Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA. Scripps Memorial Hospital is the leading Cardiac Treatment Center in San Diego, and a variety of participants have benefited from its rehabilitation programs, not only cardiac patients but also pulmonary rehabilitation patients, post-cancer patients, individuals with Parkinson's disease -- even family members of rehab participants and employees.
Dr. Joy Dauncey, PhD, ScD, Discusses "Insights into Nutrition, Genes, and Brain Health:" Reports from the International Society for Neurofeedback and Research10/09/2013
School of Mind-Body Medicine Chair Donald Moss attended the ISNR meeting in Dallas last week, and is reporting in on relevant scientific programs at ISNR.
Dr. Joy Dauncey is a Senior Scientist in Nutritional and Biomedical Sciences, at Wolfson College, the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom. She lectures and serves as visiting professor in nutritional, medical, and veterinary sciences in Brazil and Italy, gives postgraduate courses in São Paulo and Milan, and is a Scientific Commission Member of Núcleo-Nutrição em Pauta, Brazil. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Her major areas of interest include genomic and epigenomic influences on nutritional regulation of human development, metabolism and neuroscience, and their relevance to health and disease (diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular, neurological).
Werner Absenger, Saybrook School of MBM PhD Candidate, Examines How Hypnosis Can Impact the Modulation of Cytokines: Report from the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis10/08/2013
Werner Absenger is a PhD Candidate in the Saybrook University School of Mind-Body Medicine, with a specialization in healthcare research. On October 5, 2013, he delivered a presentation to the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, based on his current doctoral research utilizing hypnosis to influence immune function in cancer populations.
Absenger summarized an exhaustive review of 1586 articles in 22 databases to identify credible studies in which hypnosis was used to modify cytokines. He found only six credible studies, with a total of 133 participants. One of the six studies studied chronic illness.


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Advertisers are back in the Big Game, taking advantage of the giant platform for brand exposure that is the Super Bowl. Never mind that they're paying close to $4 million for a 30-second spot; the broadcast still garners the biggest audience for a single program—making it worth every penny to most marketers.
Here's a roundup of the ads you'll see in Sunday's game. Vote for your favorite in Comments.
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Volkswagen – 'Get In. Get Happy.'
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We get a massive volume of e-mail here at spawn.com central and we answer as much of it as we're humanly able to. We did attempt to train our newest contest monkey, Igor, to answer the mail, but he was unable to master the keyboard and kept spitting on the screen.
Anyway, second only to date and romantic liaison requests to spawn.com'mers from fans, this is the most prominent question: Where to find McFarlane Toys action figures.
The first place to check is our retailer list here (http://www.spawn.com/toys/wheretobuy/). This list is broken down in a general sense of our biggest retailers and also by action figure line. Online retailers and foreign distributors are listed there as well.
We're often asked which stores may happen to have a specific figure. Unfortunately, there's no way for us to know details of that nature. Ultimately, that's an inventory issue for the store in question and we have no way to track that sort of thing. The question often arises about variant figures, particularly in the sports lines. Since variants are generally randomly inserted in case packs, they're even more difficult to track. Again, we have no way of ascertaining if Roy's Toy Central in East Backwoods, California, has the super-rare Kobe Bryant figure wearing Nike instead of adidas. (Just joking, crazed collector, that fig doesn't really exist. No, really ...)
Next is how to get older figures that are out of production. Again, it's very gray with no absolutes. Some series sell out quickly and eBay is your only option if you really want them. We have seen that, for older series, online retailers and comic book shops tend to have the best selection.
Other than the Collector's Club exclusives shown in the Spawn Store at spawn.com, McFarlane Toys does not sell direct. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is that we have chosen not to compete directly with our retailer partners. Could this change in the future? Anything is possible, but for now only the exclusive items shown in the Spawn Store are available direct.
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After 16 years of service on the Elkin City School Board, Jim Westbrook will not be running for a 17th term.
Westbrook was voted onto the School Board in 1996 and has served each consecutive term since.
"I just spent a lot of years of service there, and I felt like it was time for some new energy to come on," Westbrook said.
Westbrook said he decided to join the Elkin City School Board in 1996 because he knew what a great school system Elkin had, and he wanted to be a part of it.
"I knew a great reputation Elkin school system had, and what it had done for my boys (Elliot and Cooper Westbrook), and I wanted to be be as a big an influence as I could," he said.
Westbrook, a practicing physician assistant, said he plans to still stay involved with the schools.
"I still want to stay attached with the system," he said. "When my career slows down, I want to volunteer more and get involved within the schools."
Fellow long-time school board member and previous principal, Larry Wagoner, will also not be running for another term.
Richard L. Brinegar and Haley M. Sullivan are running for Elkin City School Board to fill those positions.
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Three new MLB action figure lines will be available through the McFarlane Toys online store beginning Monday, March 2.Cooperstown 6Jackie Robinson 3-packYankees 2-packAll three of these lines debuted in stores in February, but in case you missed out or are in search of a figure that has eluded you, our online store is a convenient resource that's always there for you. In addition to the full line of our available action figures, you can also read about upcoming releases, order gift cards and by joining our Collector's Club, be in the loop for online exclusives. Visit our online store at http://store.spawn.com/.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
East Cooper Medical Center will offer a free community health event at the hospital, located at 2000 Hospital Drive in Mount Pleasant. The event will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 9 a.m. until noon.
There will be free health screenings including: cholesterol; diabetes; blood pressure; osteoporosis; foot screenings and ergonomic assessments. There will also be opportunity for consultations with family physicians; podiatrists; diabetic educators and sleep disorder and breast health specialists.
For those with osteoarthritis of the knee, there will be an opportunity to learn more about MAKOplasty, a procedure powered by a robotic arm – the only one in South Carolina – designed to relieve pain and restore range of motion. To register for this free health event, call 843-884-7031.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
The Harborwalk boardwalk received more damage from the Front Street fire on Sept. 25 than was initially known.
And, a lot of the debris that is still in the river behind the destroyed buildings is food that will soon cause problems if not removed.
Those were two of the things revealed Wednesday when local, state and federal officials met for a brainstorming session to try to find funds to help those impacted by the fire in the 700 block of Front Street that destroyed seven buildings that housed 10 businesses.
Even though only a small area of the Harborwalk was damaged, it will be an expensive repair, Georgetown City Administrator Chris Carter said during the meeting, organized by S.C. Sen. Yancey McGill.
"Some of the pilings were charred. It has been structurally compromised," Carter said, adding the cost of repair could be "$100,000 or up."
Jonathan Heald, the city's Public Works director, agreed, telling McGill the area where the damage is located "is not structurally sound." He said "putting a lot of traffic on it could be dangerous."
Nicky Kellahan, owner of Kellahan and Associates Engineers, said he helped design the Harborwalk in the 1980s. He said the piers that connected the boardwalk with the businesses will be easy to replace but any Harborwalk damage will be more difficult.
Mayor Jack Scoville said council will discuss how to proceed with the Harborwalk repair at its workshop on Thursday.
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There are things in the river behind the 700 block of Front Street that need to be removed before they cause more problems.
Georgetown County Emergency Management Director Sam Hodge said the river cleanup "may be a lengthy process."
He said the day of the fire the Coast Guard did put booming in the water to keep any debris from spreading, so most of the problem is close to shore.
"There is a lot of food in the water that keeps coming up," said City Fire Chief Joey Tanner. "I am just glad it's not July or August. This is going to be a problem soon."
Carter said the river is the responsibility of the state.
"What's underneath that water is not pure," Carter said, adding, besides food, there is a lot of other types of debris. He suggested getting cleanup assistance from Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM).
"We need to find funds for the water cleanup," McGill said. He suggested the city see if there is any FEMA money through the Department of Natural Resources that can be used for that purpose.
Tanner said whatever happens with the water cleanup and with assistance for the fire victims needs to happen fast.
"Is there any way to speed up the process on a state level?" Tanner asked. "The longer everything stays dormant, the worse it is on everybody."
Rebecca Schimsa, a representative for Gov. Nikki Haley who was at the meeting, said Haley is working hard to try to secure assistance for the city and victims.
"The governor will not let papers just sit on a desk," Schimsa said.
Haley has already declared Front Street an emergency area. The order opens a funding stream that can be used to repair public property.
Up to $1 million is available that could be used for the Harborwalk repair and other city-owned property.
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The owners of the destroyed buildings will have to decide how to deal with flood zone laws when building back.
Because they are commercial properties, they are not required to elevate the buildings but if they do not elevate they will not qualify for up $150,000 from the National Flood Insurance fund, according to Maria Cox Lamm — State National Flood Insurance Program coordinator for the Department of Natural Resources.
She said the money is not a guarantee since the buildings were destroyed by fire and not by flood but her office is working to try to find ways to help owners qualify for the assistance.
"We are looking for exemptions," Lamm said. "We will need a waiver from FEMA."
If the owners choose to not elevate, they will have to flood-proof the new buildings. The cost for that could be "astronomical" according to Lamm.
"It could price people out of building back," Lamm said.
Kellahan said the flood-proofing may require the driving of pilings to "hold the buildings down" during a flood which would be expensive.
He also said it appears most of the bricks from the buildings have been salvaged and can be used to build the new facades.
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This is a big loss for the book industry and the public. Amazon getting a virtual monopoly on book pricing with anyone who tries to fairly compete against them getting hammered by the US government means less choice and higher prices for books and ebooks.
The verdict is in: Judge says Apple conspired to raise eBook pricing, calls for damages trial
Reports are just emerging that the Judge in the Apple eBook pricing case has reached a verdict, and it's not the one that Apple would want to hear. Judge Denise Cote has ruled that Apple did conspire to raise the prices of eBooks, and has called for a damages trial according to Reuters:
"The plaintiffs have shown that the publisher defendants conspired with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices, and that Apple played a central role in facilitating and executing that conspiracy," Cote said.
Amazon at that point was the major player in the eBook market, but the U.S. Department of Justice claims that Apple and some of the leading publishers conspired together in a move to try and undercut that dominance. Since the verdict, Apple spokesperson Tom Neumayr has confirmed to AllthingsD that they intend to appeal the decision:
"Apple did not conspire to fix ebook pricing and we will continue to fight against these false accusations. When we introduced the iBookstore in 2010, we gave customers more choice, injecting much needed innovation and competition into the market, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry. We've done nothing wrong and and we will appeal the judge's decision."
There's a clear case to both sides of the argument, though what happens next only time will tell. What's your take on all this? Do you think it's a fair verdict, or is Apple absolutely right to appeal?
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The verdict is in: Judge says Apple conspired to raise eBook pricing, calls for damages trial
Still, you aren't allowed to break the law because someone else is allegedly doing so to compete with them. No way around that.
That's the thing. Apple didn't break the law. They just used a normal pricing model. The whole thing stinks of a political witchhunt.
Apple pretty clearly screwed the pooch here and the proof is in the pudding. eBook prices went up, not down. If Apple's entry into the ebook market had truly created more competition, it would have sent prices lower.
This case is a loss for Apple and the publishers, but it's a win for consumers.
The thing there is did the prices go up before or after the publishers were harassed into not competing with Amazon and trying to look like they weren't working with Apple?
eBook prices went up as a result of Apple entering the market. Apple proposed a pricing structure that would result in higher profits for Apple and publishers (but not authors, by the way) and higher prices to consumers.
Apple is a smart company run by smart people, but the publishers conspired monopolistically on this (and have acceded that point) and Apple was an instrumental party to those negotiations. They should have taken their rap on the knuckles rather than dragging this out costing themselves and taxpayers more money.
Prices went up as soon as Apple entered the market. Publishers where scared of Amazon and even more scared that Amazon was pushing the prices of eBooks down. They wanted to keep the price of eBooks on Par with printed books. The publishers worked with Apple to counter Amazon and the low prices of eBooks.
What's worse is this deal did it's damage for the small retailers. They are all gone now, before Apple entered there where plenty to choose from. The deal that Apple made prevented any form of price reduction on eBooks which prevented small bookstores from competing.
District court disagrees with you. They wrote an opinion showing the ruling that apple "conspired with five book publishing companies to raise, fix, and stabalize" ebook prices violating the Sherman Act. A conspiracy is an agreement to engage in illegal behavior. What part of a conspiracy ruling is not breaking the law? And sorry, now this judge is on a political witch hunt? Please. She's weighing the facts and making a judgment. That's what judges do. What political agenda has this judge demonstrated? Seems to me if a ruling goes against Apple then it's summarily bad in some people's mind; that Apple can do no wrong. That's simply overly simplistic in my opinion. We should evaluate the facts and then come to an unbiased conclusion. I love my apple product but that doesn't mean they are free to break laws and it surely doesn't mean i'm not going admit when they do wrong. Now Apple will have their chance to appeal and maybe they will prevail time will tell but right now i see no evidence of a political witch hunt.
This trial reeked of anti-Apple (or perhaps it would be better to say pro-Amazon) bias from the outset. The judge even said before proceedings began that she believed Apple was at fault. Since Judge Cote said this, I'm sure it's not technically illegal, but it certainly brings her objectivity into question that she seemed already to have made up her mind before the trial even began. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
The fact of the matter is that Amazon had an ironclad monopoly on the ebook market before Apple entered, and it is still the biggest player by far. Apple introduced competition into a market that had virtually none, so it strains credulity that this judge (and the DOJ) have found them in violation of antitrust law.
Amazon's lower prices are unsustainable. They exist only to drive other ebook vendors out of the market so Amazon can charge more and rake in all the profits. And guess what...it's already happening. Check out the July 4th New York Times story "As Competition Wanes, Amazon Cuts Back Discounts".
What evidence do you have of collusion? If there was any collusion, Apple was not involved. The Publishers? Sure, they could have used the fact that Apple said "If any other eBook store sells for less, we will sell for that. You, the publishers, set the price, but we think the ceiling (not basement) is $12.99/$14.99"
Collusion this does not make. Here is what will happen if this stands. Prices? Will not go down. Eventually, they will go up.
Oh, and we will be back to waiting for new releases to come to eBooks.
Someone motivated needs to start one of those online petitions, but make it an online pledge. That you will not buy any book, hard copy or digital, from any publisher who begins holding the digital release back.
It amazes me, still. Digital is here to stay. At first, the music industry didn't get it. Apple showed them the way.
The Movie industry, for the most part, gets it. They still want to produce physical copies, so they give us the digital download for iTunes free.
Magazines, also, for the most part, get it. I get SI and EW. Subscribe to the print version for like $10 a year and get the digital version free.
Books, not there yet, though they were on their way, again, with Apple (and similar) help.
This is not a win for consumers.
I have purchased 47 non free books from the iBookstore. What am I going to get out of this? $5?
And how much of my tax money was spent on this pre-determined case?
I am not saying that Apple is above the law. I just see zero evidence that they did anything wrong in this case.
Fair point that she saw all the evidence. And, granted, based on me commenting here, you can assume you know my level of knowledge of the law, but you don't know for sure, so that is a bit presumptuous on your part, no? Perhaps I have passed the Bar in the Commonwealth. You have no way of knowing.
Now, I will give you, I haven't actually passed or sat for the bar, but at one point was in pre law, before I let my technology love/passion move me to IT.
Then again, before she actually saw the evidence, she, too, had made a decision.
Perhaps you will be happier if I rephrase...
"EDIT: Based on the evidence that has been made publicly available, I just see zero evidence that..."
As far as screwing up, I agree. Apple has, on many occasions, done so. I don't expect perfection. I am just not convinced that Apple was the ring leader in this particular situation. I think it is far more likely that the publishers used Apple's rules to stop the direction Amazon was heading. Doesn't mean Apple did anything wrong, does it?
His assumption that you know very little of law is more than fair. You are on a messageboard for apple products. I doubt you will find many lawyers/judges who have the knowledge to surpass this judge's knowledge of federal law spending their time at imore.
LOL about the pre law bullshit, did you stay at a Holiday Inn Express as well? Probably flunked/couldn't hack it/partied your way out of pre law if you even got past the generic courses before you ended up at ITT Tech.
My assumption was based not just on the post being on a tech site, but also because often (though not always) someone with specialized knowledge of a field will point out that knowledge quickly. "Speaking as a lawyer, this case..." "As an architect, I can tell you this building..." "I'm a commercial pilot, and in my experience this plane...". It's an assumption, but a pretty safe one.
And really, is it necessary to take a jab at the guy? A year or two of pre-law doesn't count for much, but there are lots of reasons to get out of pre-law, I would say many of them speak favorably of a person as opposed to unfavorably.
Yes there are incriminating e-mails that show that the whole idea of the collusion STARTED with Apple and Steve Jobs. All this is public and has surfaced before, I don't see why Apple fans are in such denial about the veredict.
"Throw in with Apple and see if we can all make a go of this to create a real mainstream e-books market at $12.99 and $14.99."
" I just see zero evidence..."
I'd suggest you read the case. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/159731592/Apple-e-book-case-opinion
Page 26 starts a discussion of Apple's meetings with publisher regarding raising and stabilizing the price of ebooks. This section is detailing basic parts of the the price fixing.
Page 104 discusses the legal standard, Section 1 of the Sherman Act and the standards for analyzing a violation of the Section 1.
Page 113 begins the Analysis of the Evidence section where the standard of review under the Sherman Act is applied. By the way on appeal this question of law is likely what will have to be argued. That is that the standard was applied wrong or the wrong standard was used. But that is down the road.
To say "there is zero evidence" is simply willful blindness to the arguments presented. Evidence was clearly presented to the Judge and evidence is detailed in this opinion.
Well, Amazon just got the green light to bump up prices whenever they want. This has already happened with some print books. See http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/business/as-competition-wanes-amazon-c...
Yes, it is about print books; but that doesn't mean it won't happen with ebooks. Amazon sells a lot of Kindle content at a loss to spur sales of Kindles, but there does come a point where you have to actually make a profit to sustain a business.
Digital products are so completely different from physical products, the comparison really falls apart quickly, it's a completely different supply and distribution chain. Look at the potential of something like Kickstarter and what it has done to the independent comics industry. Just ask anyone who has tried to get themselves published in bound format versus digital. They're both books, but even sayign they're apples and oranges gives them too much similarity, it's more like apples and fire engines, they're both red (pardon the pun) but that's all they have in common.
Digital products (i.e. audio, video, literature) is not all that different. Its all media but without being tied to a physical medium you can touch. Some of the cost of these products usually include things like the medium they are on, shipping, storage, etc. In this digital world the only thing that can really apply is storage which is still less that all the other costs combined. So at this point we should be paying less but still get the same quality content which we are not.
There is no law against raising prices. They can't collude with others to raise prices. For example Exxon can decide to raise it's oil prices to $10 a gallon. But people will just go buy gas at a nother station. What Exxon can't do is meet with the other oil companies then enter into agreements to all raise the price of gas to $10.
OPEC isn't a company working under US Antitrust law, it's an oil cartel of several member countries. OPEC also doesn't directly set gasoline prices. They set crude oil prices and supply. Not the same thing.
This is good news, these laws where made to protect the consumer and competing business. Unfortunately it will not bring back the business that this deal destroyed(Fictionwise/eBookWise/BooksOnBoard/etc..).
Sadly the publishers got of easy. While under the guise of "Fair Competition" we all knew it wasn't. The Publishers achieved their goal and kept the prices of eBooks high at the cost of smaller retailers.
The main point is was Apple (in collusion with the biggest publishers) trying to force Amazon to move to the agency model? Evidence points that way. The "most favored nation" clause doesn't help nor does Jobs' emails.
I see nothing wrong with signing contracts with each publisher using the agency model. Amazon can compete with that. But when you start including MFN (most favored nation) clauses that allows Apple to sell at the lowest cost that ebooks would be sold for in ANY store...
This means of course that publishers couldn't keep doing business with Amazon the traditional way because it wouldn't make sense for the publishers. Amazon and BN and others would have to move to the Apple agency model (that alone speaks volumes).
It's important to note though that MFN clauses aren't illegal. Apple and others have used them before. But Apple here is also setting price ceilings and what not. There's evidence that Apple didn't negotiate separately with each but moreso as a group at times. Likely, it's what Apple had to do with the music and video publishers as well.
With Amazon in more control of the distribution of ebooks, they will at some point dictate to the publishers the wholesale price they are willing to pay. With no other outlet as large or well known as Amazon, the publishers will have to lower their prices or risk losing a sales outlet. This will lower royalties to authors and make them less able to produce books.
Walmart is known for pressuring suppliers to cut prices mercilessly even if the suppliers end up going out of business. Amazon is now in a similar position over the publishers.
Publishers can't skin the author cat much more than they already have. What you'll find instead is more authors moving to smaller or self-publishing options where they can take a larger cut of the book price. The large publishing houses used to be able to leverage authors because of their production and distribution networks. With digital books, publishers are going to have to change their tactics or find authors jumping ship.
Finally apple got it just desert. For trying to bully there way in to a new market that they didn't dominate it must of drove them crazy to know that they were not the big dogs so they tried there usual bulling tactic but it backfired on them thank god we got justice and maybe apple will learn you can't
just bully you have to play nice.
Nobody has thought that maybe, somewhere in the back of their head...raising prices on eBooks are a way to KEEP BRICK AND MORTAR BOOK STORES IN BUSINESS?
nope? didn't think so.
If its cheaper to buy the physical book, more people will go to the stores-keeping them open and keeping workers EMPLOYED. There will still be the strong group who will only buy things digitally, and who don't mind paying a premium for the convenience of being able to click an icon and get their book within seconds.
sure, its a "we want more money" play-but nobody ever thinks of little things like that in the grand scheme of things.
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's what Apple thought, "let's raise prices so we can sell less and make someone else profit."
Dear sir, if brick and mortar stores cannot compete with digital they are doomed to extinction, making customers artificially pay more is not going to save anybody and will hurt far more people than it will help. The market is always evolving and busineses need to evolve as well. It is cruel but inevitable.
Keeping brick and mortar book stores viable is not "the grand scheme of things." The grand scheme of things is in general consumers are damaged by price fixing. If oils is fixed high everything we by from food to shirts shipped on a truck go up in price. If utility companies fix prices we pay through the nose for home heating, electricity, etc. Price fixing eliminates competition. Take the sprint softbank merger. One reason people want that to go through is because one more competitive player in the market will place downward pressure on Verizon and AT&T to lower prices, provide better services in order to win customers and in the end consumers benefit from that. But hypothetically if we allow price fixing all 3 could simply set a take it or leave it price and never alter their business. The big picture is that the Sherman Act is their to protect the interest of the customer as a whole. It's to protect a system that is supposed to promote competition. And the reality is you need such a system because without it the economy would stagnate and die from overseas competitors making better products or offering better services. The big picture isn't dying brick and mortar book stores. The act doesn't prevent price fixing, unless its to save brick and mortar book stores. The big picture is the protecting economic growth; protecting consumer not simply for ebooks, or protecting brick and mortar stores but ensuring that the country has a system that fosters creativity, innovation, competition, for the benefit of the consumers.
I care less about Apple and the publishers in this matter and more about the authors and consumers. What's best for BOTH of those parties.


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WACO, TEXAS—The New Mexico State University track and field team completed the Michael Johnson/Dr. Pepper Classic on Saturday, April 20, by claiming titles in the 400m and the 3,000m steeplechase.
In the 100m, junior Alishia Perkins finished 11th overall with a time of 12.07. Freshman Cherish Morrison also competed in the event, finishing eighth overall in her heat with a time of 12.34.
In the 200m, Morrison and sophomore Kendra Walker finished sixth and seventh overall respectively. Morrison ran a time of 24.94 and Walker ran a time of 25.20. Junior Zoe Meade also competed in the 200m, finishing 11th overall with a time of 25.41. Freshman Kelsi Gonzales and senior Deserae Cota also competed in the event.
In the 400m, senior LaSasha Aldredge and junior Brianna Cromartie finished first and second overall in their heat, posting the top times overall in the 400m for the meet. Aldredge ran a time of 53.15 and Cromartie finished with a time of 53.28. Cromartie's time was an improvement on her career-best time and improved upon her school record at second overall.
Two Aggies finished in the top five in the 800m as well. Freshman Latrice Brooks finished first overall in her heat with a time of 2:15.73 and junior Kayla Nagunst finished fourth overall in the same heat with a time of 2:17.24.
In the 1,500m, sophomore Diana Hawk finished second overall with a time of 4:33.73. Junior Carly Porter finished sixth in the same heat with a time of 4:48.97.
In the 5,000m, junior Sarabel Bojorquez finished second overall with a time of 17:44.43, earning a spot in the NM State record books with the ninth-best time.
In the 100m hurdles, freshman Alysha Bolduc finished 11th overall with a time of 15.36. Cota also competed in this event. Bolduc also competed in the 400m hurdles where she finished sixth overall with a time of 1:06.01.
In the steeplechase, junior Gael Sanchez finished first overall with a time of 11:22.05, followed by junior Christiana Barela who finished second overall with a time of 11:38.73. Sanchez moved up to seventh all-time for NM State and Barela moved up to ninth all-time. Sophomore Caroline Lewiecki finished fourth overall with a time of 12:10.43.
In the 4x100m, Perkins, Aldredge, Cromartie and Walker finished fourth overall with a time of 45.57, to place third all-time for NM State.
For field events, Meade competed in the long jump where she marked a distance of 18-07.00 (5.66m) to finish 10th overall. Senior Horlexus Willis competed in the triple jump where she marked a distance of 37-06.75 (11.45m) for 10th overall. Senior Kelsey Brennan competed in the javelin where she finished eighth overall with a throw of 139-10 (42.63m). She also competed in the shot put.
The Aggies will travel to Lubbock, Texas, for the Red Raider Invitational on Thursday, April 25.


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In prep for summer, my sister Courtney and I decided to start a new diet this week. The diet consists of mainly three things; meats, fruits and vegetables. Sure this seems like it would be pretty easy to follow, but every once in awhile my sweet tooth creeps up on me like nobody's business. After only three days of dieting, Courtney and I decided it was time to find a low-cal treat that would fulfill our stomachs.
We decided to make Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, and boy was that a good decision. I've never really eaten anything gluten free before, but after tasting these I could not tell the difference.
CAUTION: Prepare yourself for 70 calories of heaven.
1 box of gluten free cookie mix
½ cup vegetable shortening
1 large egg
2 tablespoons of water
1 to 3 cups of gluten free chocolate chips
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Put half the cookie mix in a bowl, and beat in the butter. Add egg and water. Beat until fluffy.
3. Beat in the remaining cookie mix.
4. Add 1 to 3 cups of gluten free chocolate chips.
5. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto baking sheet. Flatten cookies to 1/2" thick.
6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
7. Once finished, let cookies cool for 5 minutes.
I hope this delicious dessert brings joy to your diet and satisfies your sweet tooth's craving! If you're not a fan of sweets, click here to for the recipe for my skinny enchiladas!
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New Zealand was a tough place for beer drinkers in the 1980s. Overpriced brown ales dominated the market and the big breweries had a duopoly that meant choice was just something Kiwis said to one another. In 1991 John Harrington said "enough" and set up his own brewery to provide real beer at a price that was agreeable to the hard working folk of New Zealand. Luckily there were plenty of good Kiwi men and women who liked the proposition of drinking beer with flavour.
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So about six days ago I decided to take the bull by the horns and make an igloo at long last. There was lots of fresh snow and it was perfect packing, at just under 32 degrees. I started by myself (the first three hours' worth of work). I carved out the inside diameter with a snow shovel (about 8-10 feet), left the snow as it was around the edges, packed it down with a shovel and carved it at a 45 degree angle on the outside, so that the foundation was about twice as thick as all layers above it.
After that, it was pretty simple: I made snow bricks using a dishwashing pan, stomping on it so it was well-packed. Then I added bricks all the way around for level two, alternating bricks up and down (because the dishpan tapers out on the sides). I set the bricks about two inches towards the middle, past the edge of the previous layer. We did this for the rest of the construction. Then I packed in the angled spaces on the outside with snow, so that it would be smooth. My gloves were absolutely soaked!
By that first day I had it built about three feet high. The next day my 13 yo son helped the whole time, and my 8 yo daughter did the filling-in packing on the inside (perfect for her since that was so low at first). We kept making bricks and bricks and got the igloo up to about 6 feet high after the second day of construction; eventually using plastic toboggans to pull loads of six bricks at a time to the construction site. We worked on the doorway, making it straight up, and then put in one piece of wood at the top, to make sure it wouldn't collapse. That was the only part of it that wasn't snow (if you don't count the wooden door).
On the third day we were determined to finish and see if the dome would hold. It was exciting! For some reason it got less round the higher we went, and took on more of a rectangular shape. But that probably helped stabilize the top more. It was a happy accident. The snow was less packable than the day before, when it was perfect. Now it was more icy and less like wet sand on the beach. After a few more hours, the igloo got to where there was just a small hole on top.
The top layer had to be added from the outside with the help of a small step ladder. We just set some bricks on top that covered about six inches or so of empty space. My son packed snow real good from inside, on the ceiling (saved my back!). I then put two more layers of bricks on the top, figuring that would cause the top to melt more slowly. That's what gave it the pointed "top of a mountain" look, because of this extra "padding" and the already rectangular top section. It was solid all around, with no hint of possible collapse. We had done it! We had no major obstacles to overcome. Everything had gone smoothly.
It snowed some more in the next few days, making a nice smooth sparkling white exterior. It looked like a miniature mountain. On the first night my son and I played chess inside of it, with a camping lantern (he won: he's better than I am). And the next night he actually slept in it, but got cold at about 6 AM (probably because he didn't have a proper winter coat: it was wet) and took refuge in the house. I camped in Rocky Mountain Park in 1979 (all of age 21 then) at 9000 feet in a funky little pup tent, and when I woke up a few inches of snow was on the ground. Gorgeous to hike in! I was perfectly warm with my down jacket. The day before I had hiked 17 miles at that altitude: a huge circle. His night reminded me of that adventure.
For the last three or four days the temperature has been above freezing, so unfortunately it is melting rapidly. What a shame, after all the work. But it was a blast. I wouldn't trade the experience, working / playing with my son, for anything. He said it was some of the greatest fun he had ever had, and I said I felt like a kid again: the new, fresh experience. It was one of those classic, priceless father-son "moments." That's what it's all about.
Hope you enjoy the photos. I'm curious to hear if anyone else has made one of these and if you constructed it differently, and if you ran into any "engineering problems."
Pretty dark inside and very quiet. The walls were about a foot-and-a-half thick. The square item is a plastic milk crate.
A different angle. With our big evergreen tree it looks like it is really out in the wild.
The dimensions may be hard to reckon. It was about 8 feet tall (five feet on the inside), and 8-10 feet diameter on the inside.
Here is my adorable daughter having a blast. My son rigged up a rope for the door that went through a hole, like a drawbridge.
And a close-up of the little sweetie-pie. Ah, the wonder of childhood . . .
And here's my son who worked so hard. The inside looked exactly like a cave (I slept in one in the Grand Canyon in 1978), with white walls. It settled in to something between ice and hard-packed snow.
Here it is after several days of melting. The whole thing appears to have sunk. My son is almost 5'8", so the top has lost about two feet and the doorway is about two-thirds as high as it originally was. The inside is still solid: for now!


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The first announcement came in the fall of 2011. After years of rumors and speculation, it was finally happening — World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) would be launching its own television channel, the WWE Network. A combination of classic footage and new programming, the network would be a fan's dream come true. It was proclaimed the channel would be up and running on April 1, 2012, to coincide with the company's flagship event WrestleMania XXVIII.
Of course, that date came and went. And for the following years, the Network became WWE's Great White Whale — always off in the distance, promised but not delivered. Now, finally, the whale has been harpooned and is being brought into harbor, though it looks totally different than what was originally promised.
In a press conference on January 8, Vince McMahon and a slew of WWE wrestlers and representatives announced that the WWE Network would formally launch on February 24 in the United States, expanding to other parts of the world in late 2014 and early 2015. In lieu of an actual cable channel, the Network would now be a subscription video service offered for $9.99 a month — kind of a Netflix for the wrestling set.
The fact that some version of a WWE-branded channel would finally arrive came as welcome news to fans and wrestling journalists, who had spent over two years feeling skeptical that anything of the sort would ever actually get off the ground.
"I think they just kept saying it, [so] you knew something had to happen eventually, in some form," said Dave Meltzer, writer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. "Obviously, the form that it turned out is completely different from the original idea. I mean, it's like, so different. But it's probably the best option, even though it certainly wasn't the option they envisioned."
The Network, which will come available on a slew of services — everything from PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to mobile phones — will launch with a ton of available content from the very beginning, from original series and reality shows to "over 1,500 hours" of classic content. But the biggest draw for many is the inclusion of every live pay-per-view WWE produces — including WrestleMania, which can cost upwards of $59.99 via traditional means — all for that basic $9.99 per-month fee.
"To me, what was carrying the network was the idea of getting the pay-per-views at a cheap price. And that's going to be interesting," Meltzer said. "But it's not just the pay-per-views, you get a lot of other content, too.
"It's a cheap buy, that's the key. It's a cheap buy and they need a lot more volume. If their price was higher, they would need a lot less people, but the idea is they figure they can get a lot more people by going with a cheap price. And we'll see."
The introduction of the service does not come without risks, though. Given how much of WWE's annual revenue comes from pay-per-view and DVD sales, it seems an interesting move to launch a network that offers all of that footage at a fraction of the cost.
"They're basically spelling the beginning of the end for both of those revenue streams," Meltzer noted. "They've both been falling over the years, so this is a new way. That's one of the things as far as the cost of this.
"You're going to have this transition period," he continued. "I think they'll make more money gross … than they would have with pay-per-view. But if you factor in all the costs involved, we'll find out. It's going to be very interesting, how it's going to work in 2015. Because in 2014, they've kind of conceded that it's not going to be so successful, financially. It's not going to be a big hit immediately. But they're expecting by 2015 — and of course, in 2015, that's when they expand to all the different countries."
The sudden shift in WWE's business model may not be without repercussions, though. Cable providers get a big cut of the pay-per-view revenues and may not take kindly to WWE offering a service which essentially undercuts the value of their own product. DirecTV has already issued a statement suggesting they may drop WWE pay-per-views entirely. Meltzer doubts it will go that far. But still, he noted that whatever "slam dunk" hyperbole the analysts might be peddling, the success of the WWE Network is far from a sure thing.
"It may be successful, and I think there's a good chance it will be successful when it becomes worldwide. But even then, I don't see where the 'slam dunk' comes in other than people — it's like, if you're a wrestling fan, it's a great deal, because it's only $9.99 and you get a lot of content. I mean, it really is, it's a super deal. But I don't know that as a business — I mean, it could be successful, but I don't know where the guarantee comes in."
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I am sad that our city is coming to the issue of racism. That flag proudly represents our heritage and pride for the men that fought in that war.
The Confederate side was fought by both white and black men who believed and fought for a cause. The flag does not represent racism or the hope for the "South to rise again." Look at where we used to be during that time and now! Our city has grown and we have come together.
Whites can say our great-grandparents had slaves and blacks can say we were slaves — it is history! If we stop talking about history or having historic signs (flags) because somebody is offended, then history may repeat itself. It is good to remember and to state that we have moved on.
And why is this being brought up now? If the city is siding with a few people, regardless of color, then what about the others who want the flag to stay?
We are all God's creatures, and color should not matter. We need to learn to get along and stop crying over little things that hurt our feelings. I am glad we are all free in this great country of ours. But we must not allow different groups to cry because of the past. We as a country should move on!
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The ten thousand post-16 students studying at Hampshire's colleges and sixth forms are celebrating their success following the release of this year's results for A-level examinations and vocational qualifications.
Provisional results reported so far by the colleges, school sixth forms and training providers indicate that the post-16 students have been successful again this year with 97% achieving the Level 3 standard of two or more A*-E grades at A Level, or the vocational equivalent. This is a three percentage point improvement on last year's result of 94%, compared with 92% nationally.
Results also show that 24% of A-level grades in Hampshire were A* or A - an improvement of 1% from 2013, against a declining picture nationally. The overall A-level pass rate has been maintained at 98% (A*-E) - the same as the national figure for 2014.
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Commenting, Councillor Peter Edgar, Hampshire County Council's Executive Member for Education, said: "On behalf of Hampshire County Council, I would like to congratulate all post-16 students in Hampshire on their success. Provisional results suggest that we can celebrate another excellent year for post-16 outcomes across the county, with an improvement in both A-level and vocational results.
"Whilst A-levels remain the 'gold standard' for 18 year olds, in terms of academic achievement, the importance of vocational examinations should not be overlooked, and students' vocational achievements should be celebrated in equal measure. This is especially relevant as more students look to start their careers at the age of 18, rather than automatically heading to university.
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What is Google I wonder how old that message is because I would be suprised if that email adress works.
I dont know how old, but when I went to the site he gave, I found a good site with information.
Quote from: micah7:9 on December 11, 2010, 12:27:12 AMI dont know how old, but when I went to the site he gave, I found a good site with information.It's (part of) the info that was on their site before it turned into a Russian dog club site.
Did anyone think to do a google search?http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=90120059235
Just my 2 cents. TCB is my #1 reading Bible. However, I do find things I don't agree with. They do say "all kinds of humans" rather than simply "all". They also make a lot of references to destruction in their explanatory notes - which may be true (UR believes in destruction, but of things/qualities, not individuals) - but as stated in TCB notes, it sounds as if it could be making the case for annihilation - at least without further interpretation/rightly dividing. They also seem to talk about the next age as being the Last Age, which I don't agree with. (in other translations, Eph 2:7 says "in the ages to come He might show to us His immense riches" - TCB says "presently coming ages [present age and the Last Age]...). However, most of these issues are in their explanatory notes, not in the translation itself. I've told WW I personally would like it better if they'd have just let the translation stand on its own and leave out much of the "explanations".
Quote from: WhiteWings on December 11, 2010, 12:52:47 AMQuote from: micah7:9 on December 11, 2010, 12:27:12 AMI dont know how old, but when I went to the site he gave, I found a good site with information.It's (part of) the info that was on their site before it turned into a Russian dog club site.So you have attempted to get in touch with them with no response? I have not, I just found their information very upliting.
But what if, this translation is closer to what was said than what I have read and studied till now?
James, Micah,I think you sound rather strong with your ED statement James. Stronger as when we PMed about it.We should start a TCB discussion topic when more people get the translation
jabcat, does this Christian Bible have the books in the right order?CHB
3. The books of the Old Testament in this Bible are not in the same order as in other English versions. This results from the translation from the Septuagint, referred to earlier. The order of the books in other English Bibles was derived from the Greek Septuagint (if you want to know more about that topic, you might want to check out The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah). This follows the Hebrew canonical order, separating the scriptures into the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. Since there is no Hebrew canonical order for the New Testament (since it is not considered scripture by Judaism), the New Testament, or B'rit Hadashah, is in the same order as you are used to.
Ok, I just noticed your wording was a bit stronger as I'm used too in our chats.Now, dear readers, I don't want to play holy here but to be fair I contacted James first about the possible ED undertone in some verses.LS you are going to love this ED translation


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Fire Station No. 3 rededicated in memory of fallen firefightersWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | email@example.com
Fire Station No. 3 in North Toledo was rededicated June 16. But the celebratory mood at the station that many fought hard to save was tempered by the fact that two of its members, Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, won't be there when the renovated station returns to service.
"It's a day of mixed emotions, but we're trying real hard to make it a good, positive, happy day," said Toledo Fire & Rescue Department (TFD) Chief Luis Santiago. "Having the families of Steve and Jamie here, that's what really helps."
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The two Toledo firefighters were killed Jan. 26 from injuries sustained while fighting an apartment fire in North Toledo.
The owner of the building, Ray Abou-Arab, is facing charges of arson and murder.
The $2.8 million project, located on Bush and Erie streets, renovated the existing firehouse and added a 7,000-square-foot addition. The station contains sleeping quarters, a dual-purpose lounge area/training room, a full kitchen and dining area. The station's former garage doors were transformed into large bay windows. It's the only TFD station to have an elevator.
"The blend between the old and new is just amazing," Santiago said after the ceremony.
Remembrances of the fallen firefighters pervaded the ceremony, and the station is full of permanent reminders. Each speaker referenced them, a memorial plaque hangs in the kitchen and another memorial plaque, donated by the builders, was unveiled during the ceremony.
The plaque in the kitchen features photos of the two fallen firefighters and the words "We Remember." A carved stone plaque placed in the back wall of the garage bay by the site's work crews reads, "In Memory of Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman, Last Alarm 1-26-2014, From the Crew that Built This House."
"It's beyond description," Santiago said of the stone from the builders. "They did that out of their own initiative. They really took our loss hard as well."
Mark Pitchford of Toledo-based Willson Builders recalled frequent interactions with the firefighters of engine company No. 3. The crew has operated out of Station No. 13 on Front Street in East Toledo since the Bush Street station was closed in September 2012 over safety concerns due to a buckling floor and other structural issues.
"On any given day it was not uncommon to see the No. 3 drive by two, three, sometimes more times a day on their way to or coming back from a run, always looking and waving as we would all do the same back to them," Pitchford said during the ceremony.
"The Monday of Jan. 27, it was different. It was quiet inside this house. They drove by, still responding to calls, but no one was waving, not in the trucks or on the job site. On the job site we all felt the loss as well. We all felt we needed to do something to honor them."
The workers decided to place a plaque between the back garage doors "to show that Jamie and Steve are watching this place until you get back home safe," Pitchford said.
Among the speakers was Mayor D. Michael Collins, who began his remarks by addressing the Machcinski and Dickman families.
"This is a very challenging moment for each of you, collectively and independently," Collins said. "However, I think if we look into the recesses of our hearts we will know that two brave men are smiling and looking down upon us today with a sense of pride."
Instead of a ribbon-cutting, firefighters used the Jaws of Life to cut a red metal bar.
Former Toledo Mayor Mike Bell, a retired TFD chief who was once stationed at Station No. 3, was also in attendance. North Toledo residents Miriam Miller and her son-in-law Harold Gibson made paper signs they placed in front of the station that read: "Ladder #3, In Memory of Our Fallen Heros" and "Welcome Home No. #3, Thank You!"
"It's heartwarming," Miller said of the station reopening. "It feels so good to have our firefighters back, but so hard to lose two of them.
"It's so beautiful," Miller said, of the refurbished structure. "It was so terrible looking [before]."
Another nearby resident, Tina Petersen, said she attended the dedication ceremony to check out the new building as well as express her gratitude to the Machcinski and Dickman families in person. Petersen had a seizure in January and a TFD EMT crew responded. A few days later, one of her neighbors recognized the EMTs who had come to her house in a news story about the fatal Jan. 26 fire.
"I wanted to let them know what it meant to me," Petersen said.
"It's going to be so much better [in the neighborhood] with the fire station back," she added.
Santiago called the station an "anchor" of the neighborhood.
"This is a very proud section of Toledo," Santiago said. "They thought it was very, very important to have this not only maintained but refurbished and updated."
TFD initially planned to repurpose the Bush Street station and build a new Station No. 3 at Jamie Farr Park in North Toledo, Santiago said. However, many community members along with several Toledo City Council members and then-Mayor Bell fought for the station to be repaired and reopened.
"We didn't think that made sense," said United North CEO Terry Glazer, who called the renovation and upcoming reopening "a great victory."
"Not only did we save an old historical building, but kept a fire station at that location where there will continue to be a relationship between firefighters and neighbors," Glazer said.
More positive changes will soon come to the neighborhood with construction plans for a new No. 12 fire station in North Toledo and the purchase of the nearby Summit Street YMCA by Toledo Public Schools (TPS), Glazer said.
"We're gaining two fire stations as part of the solution and now TPS is buying the YMCA. That's happening right down the block," Glazer said. "It all just dovetails into a bigger strategy so we've had some real victories in that neighborhood."
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