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By Michael Phillips
Impressive field athlete John Jones became the first person to be honoured by the C.W. Foundation during a presentation at the Garrison Secondary School yesterday.
Jones a fifth form student at the school, who has represented Barbados at the Carifta level in the shot put, javelin and discus, was awarded for his outstanding performance at the recently held Joseph Payne Memorial Classic.
The award, The Most Outstanding Field Event Athlete Challenge Shield, was presented by Charles Walcott who is the national record holder for the shot put, a record which stood since 2002.
Walcott stated that the noted decline in the number of young athletes participating in field events was the main reason for the creation of this meet and its main focus is geared towards development of the arts and provision of technical support to stimulate interest among young athletes.
Jones had a commendable showing at the Classic, winning the Under-20 shot put and taking second place in the Mens Open Javelin event. These performances have qualified him for both the upcoming Carifta and CAC Junior games.
Walcott lauded Jones performance and had this to say, Ive watched John over the last year or so competing and so on and think that we have a world champion in the making. Im projecting by 2016 hopefully we will see John at the Olympic Games.
Principal Matthew Farley recommends that fellow students hold the six-footer Jones as a role model, stating that he has proven that students can excel at both academics and athletics since Jones acquired six passes at CXC and is pursuing more this year.
The presentation of the Challenge Shield was a collaborative effort of the C.W. Foundation and National Primary Schools Athletic Championships (NAPSAC).

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> This discussion is leading to that age-old debate on IPR (Intellectual
> Property Rights). People are indignant that some bloke round the
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> offering bootleg versions of such exalted pieces of intellectual work.
Sounds to me like the age-old argument over whether it's OK to steal someone else's answer to a problem you can't solve yourself.
> The same person would visit the store and make a purchase without
> pausing once, in the face of such heart warming prices.
Unless of course he could steal it without getting caught. Then he'd just steal it, and warm his heart some other way.
> Whose law and what law? Nobody knows.
Nonsense. Stealing is stealing. Excuses make stealing easier, but it doesn't change the basic fact of taking something belonging to someone else. The British stole India a long time ago just like Americans stole land belonging to native Americans and Mexicans. We had grand names for it but that doesn't keep it from being thievery. We justified it in a lot of ways but eventually came to realize (most of us) what it was at its root.
> I can however not sell or buy a software used earlier by someone
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> Knowledge truly is the highest form of wealth"
So if I were to steal a couple of your books, it really wouldn't be stealing? Knowledge truly cannot be stolen. However CD's and books can.
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Polish American Jam Sessions at the Polish American Citizens Club on Henry Avenue SW continue to keep the beat as they have for the past 15 years. Those who attend the Wednesday afternoon sessions say it is the good music, the dancing, and the camaraderie that keep them going.
No barrel is needed to have a barrel of fun. At least not in the southwest quadrant of Canton.
For 15 years, area residents have been gathering there every Wednesday afternoon to meet friends and dance.
Outside the Polish American Citizens Club on Henry Avenue SW, the quiet neighborhood looks tired and bedraggled, but one afternoon a week, it hops.
"The good music is what keeps us coming," said Marilyn Stith, one of more than 100 people, mostly seniors, who visit the club to participate in its polka jam sessions. "I used to be a quiet person, then I found out about this place. I love it here."
The music is provided by volunteers who come from as far as Pittsburgh to jam on stage.
Any musician is welcome, said Jim Mikstay, who breathed new life into the weekly event when the sessions' founders called it quits several years ago.
The dancing started with friends Marg Alexsonshk, Ken Kleptach, Elmer Wojcik and Josephine Kolakowski, who decided Canton needed an outlet for seniors and others who liked to dance and enjoy music.
"I just thought it would be good for seniors, for their health and recreation," said Kleptach. "The first week we opened, we had 75 people, then 100. A lot of the old-timers have passed away or are sick, but there are still plenty of people coming. For some seniors, this is the only activity they have."
Alexsonshk added, "We were all in our 60s when we started this. Kenny and Elmer would go to the Polish Club in Akron and play for them. They thought it would be nice for people in Canton to have something similar, so that is how it all got started."
Kleptach met with Don Mast, president of the Polish American Citizens Club at the time, to talk about the foursome's idea for regular jam sessions, and the rest is history.
"Kenny and I played the accordion," said Wojcik. "We got a drummer and just started having fun. Eventually, we just built it up. I think it is so successful because people like to meet and have a good time. That is what we do here."
Musicians and vocalists are welcome. Regulars include Marilyn Gobely, who plays keyboard, cornet and accordion, and Mikstay, who plays the accordion and sings.
"It's a jam session," said Mikstay. "I started coming in the very beginning, when Kenny and Marg were running it. When they decided to give it up, we were all shocked. Something had to be done, so I decided to keep it going."
He got together with Gobely, and the two of them have kept the weekly sessions going, with help from Stith, Mary Ebner, and others.
Page 2 of 2 - "We have people who come here who have never danced, but they want to get out of the house. They want to visit with others," Ebner said, noting that her sister encouraged her to go after her husband's death.
"It has been wonderful. I used to listen to polka music on Sunday mornings with my husband and, when he died, I still listened, but I didn't think I would dance again. When Rose brought me here, everything changed."
Ebner's sister, Rose Lorenzo, is a "polka mom," making sure everyone has a good time while there. While Ebner is in charge of decorating and serving as an unofficial greeter, others, such as Gloria Daniels, who is in her 80s, make sure there is enough cake for everyone.
"The cooperation of a lot of people make this dance successful," said Ebner.
The music isn't all polkas. Couples glide easily from a polka, to a waltz, cha-cha, jitterbug, even a rumba.
And there is camaraderie. The dance floor is filled with stories — some love narratives, some remembrances of regulars who have died, some about children and grandchildren. It is all about friendships and being with others who share a common bond — dancing and making new friends, say those who go. No one seems to mind the $2 fee at the door, which helps pay the rent.
"Our group is so successful because of the way we treat people," said Mikstay. "I dance with some of the people who are lonely. Maybe their spouse died or is too sick to come. They come down here and we try to make them feel comfortable."
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"To put a good season together we need natural snow in people's back yards," he said. "We're looking for a little more pop than last year."
It doesn't matter how well Buck Hill or any ski hill can make snow, without old man winter pitching in Santa's magic may not be enough to bring people to the slopes.
"It gets what I call the casual skier interested again," he said of the snow. "He or she remembers it's winter in Minnesota and we've got to get out and enjoy it."
Casual is how you would describe Majdi Dameh and his two sons from Rosemount.
"We try to come to the slopes, but we like some real fresh snow, not the artificial stuff. Now our wish came true," said Dameh.
Buck Hill reports only a modest upslope in sales this year compared to last year's brown winter wonderland, but McClure is expecting better business for the holiday break thanks to Mother Nature.
"New skis under the tree, you got to get out and use them," he said with smile.
But it's not just ski hills that are in the black because of all the white.
At Hoigaard's in St. Louis Park, President Todd Brewer knows what real snow can do for his bottom line.
"It will be busy for the next couple weeks here," Brewer said.
The outdoor apparel shop is seeing a difference in sales from last year's lackluster snow totals.
"Even last year there was great snow on the ski hills. It's just hard to believe when you're driving past brown to get there," he said.
But the past is exactly that with last year's brown replaced with this year's white, much to the appreciation of Dave Jacobson and his family from Eagan.
"We'll take what we have and be thankful for it," said Jacobson.
For the past few years, he, his wife Amy, and their two young sons have made it a tradition to ski on Christmas Eve at Buck Hill, which they say is more memorable when the white stuff under them is produced by nature not machine.
"It makes you feel much more festive. It's winter. Its Minnesota. We should have snow," said Amy Jacobson.
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The 25-seat Tenderloin bistro Huxley, which opened last fall, is the debut effort of Kris Esqueda (Saison, Sons & Daughters) and executive chef Sara Hauman (Bar Agricole). Its rustic, heartfelt menu includes the charred squid salad, full of California staples such as avocado, cilantro, and mint. The simple dish can be tailored to fit any season: Substitute chickpeas with lentils or quinoa for a hearty, cold-weather meal or, Hauman recommends, wait for summer to add sweet tomatoes for the perfect picnic salad.
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At Oakland's Doña Tomás, a stylish bastion for upscale Mexican fare (Oakland is ahead of the curve in this category), authentic chiles rellenos steal the show. Inspired by the traditional dish from Mexico City, chef Thomas Schnetz adds a healthy twist by serving the goat cheese-and-spinach-stuffed chiles baked, on a bed of creamy cauliflower sauce, with a drizzle of crema and a bright garnish of pomegranate seeds.
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Decadently topped with glazed bananas and generously dressed with a rich mixture of bananas, walnuts, and cream, Zazie's French toast should be everyone's go-to comfort food for a lazy Sunday morning.
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With Hanukkah right around the corner, it's time for Jews and gentiles alike to partake in the holiday tradition of devouring latkes. We're partial to the perfectly crispy-on-the-outside-pillowy-on-the-inside version fried up by Locanda chef Craig Stoll. Enjoy them at home surrounded by family and friends ... or all alone with Netflix, we're not judging.
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7x7 asks the city's chefs for the recipes to their most loved cocktails, bar snacks, starters, mains, and desserts. If there's a dish you can't stop thinking about and want to make at home, email firstname.lastname@example.com. Your wish may end up on the blog, along with the actual recipe from the chef.
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By Nick Gray | UK basketball beat writer
University of Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan won four national championships in Division III, and he has been the head coach at three schools, all of which are located in Wisconsin.
But this season is the first time in Ryan's 12-year tenure that the Badgers have made the Final Four. It's also the first time since 2000 that Wisconsin has made it to the national semifinals, and students celebrated as such on Saturday night after the Badgers beat the University of Arizona.
The fan base, though it celebrated in a way similar to UK, is realistic with expectations and celebrations, Ryan said in his teleconference Monday.
"They realize that they didn't invent (the game of basketball) like some other states believe," Ryan said. "They understand these are student-athletes who actually are here for the purpose of an education first and playing ball second."
So is the contrast between UK, a program who is the center of attention in its state, and Wisconsin, who went 46 years without making the NCAA Tournament between 1947-1993.
"They love it here, but they're not so over the edge that they don't understand." Ryan said. "That's what I believe makes them really endearing as far as a coach that stayed in the state this long because they're so supportive of their players, of their teams."
The differences are not limited to off the basketball court. University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan, who has played each UK and Wisconsin, said he thinks that the two teams have contrasting styles of play.
"Kentucky obviously is unbelievably talented. They continue to get better and improve and are a great rebounding team," Donovan said. "Whereas Wisconsin is going to give you a lot of that flex motion where the floor is going to be spaced."
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Sept. 23, 2013, at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., Barbara Jean Joyce passed into the arms of Jesus and joined her daughter, Melissa.
Born Feb. 8, 1948, in Beatrice, Neb., Barbara was the daughter of Marvin Joyce and Fern Doane Joyce. She grew up in Sonoma and attended Sonoma Valley schools. She married Donald "Corky" Dodd in 1966. They moved to Seattle, Wash., where they raised their four children.
Barbara was a giving person. Always there for others, she moved to Sonoma to care for her father until his death in 2001. Barbara enjoyed being with her family, and reading. She loved music, especially Elvis Presley. She also enjoyed western movies, especially when John Wayne was starring. Barbara loved to laugh and was the family "daredevil," she loved taking on challenges and overcoming them.
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Aaron Pilat
Aaron Pilat - Post 1: What can Detroit Learn from Rome?
Aaron Pilat - Post 2: What More Can Detroit Learn from Rome?
Adrian Pittman
Post No 1: Man With No Name
Post No 2: Pyrrhic Victory
Post No 3: A Cause for Pause
Post 4: Leap of Faith
Post No. 5: The Great Idea
Amanda Dentler
Post 1: Michiganistan
Amy Courter
Why STEM?
Servant Leaders
Women in Michigan's Defense Industry
Angela Kujava
Angela Kujava - Post 1: Employers�talk money even when there is none to give
Angela Kujava - Post 2: Speaking of those social safety nets
Angela Kujava - Post 3: Serve rather than preside
Anthony Morrow
Anthony Morrow - Post 1: The Birth of a Detroit Blog
Anthony Morrow - Post 2: Make It Happen
Anthony Morrow - Post 3: Make It Work
Antonio L�ck
Post 1: Adventure Detroit
Post 2: In Walk Detroit Young Professionals
Post 3: Detroit Is....
Anuja Rajendra
Post 1: Spawning an "Intimate Movement"
Post 2 - Beyond Turfs and Towers: The "Ego Free Zone"
Arjen Oosterman
Arjen Oosterman - Post 1: Heart Of The Matter
Austin Black
Austin Black - Post 1: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Austin Black - Post 2: "Getting Involved and Making a Difference"
Best Blogs of the Year
Surviving the Economy in East Dearborn
The Nonprofit Utopia
New Growth Foresting of Detroit
Happy 10th Birthday, Detroit International Wildlife Refuge!
Making Data a Force for Equity
Beverly Price & Samara Johnson
Perfection At What Cost?
Why Eating Disorder Treatment is Underfunded
Bill Wagner & Dianne Marsh
Bill Wagner - Post 1: Software as a Growth Industry
Dianne Marsh - Post 2: Software to Help Companies Grow
Dianne Marsh - Post 3: Nontraditional Workspaces
Bill Wagner - Post 4: The Tech Culture in Michigan
Bill Wrobleski
Bill Wrobleski - Post 1: Why UM Chose IT for Going Green
Bill Wrobleski - Post 2: It takes a village
Bill Wrobleski - Post 3: U-M is the leader & the best� and your organization can be, too!
Brad Garmon
Post 1: Sustainable Communities Aren't Born in Parking Lots
Post 2: Transportation, housing, and environmental agencies join forces in a revolutionary trio
Post 3: Empowering the Metro Network
Post 5: Culture or Infrastructure?
Post 4: The New Sustainability
Brett Callwood
Post 1: From the Land of Shakespeare to the Lap of Rock
Post 2: Heralding the MC5
Post 3: Across the Big Blue Sea
Post 4: The Pencil Driver
Post 5: Musical Scribes
Post 6: Music for the Decades
Post 7: Burning Records
Brian Balasia
Brian Elias
First I buy locally, then I buy American
Community offerings may cost a little, but the return is immeasurable
The first person who gets laid off is me
Britany Affolter-Caine
Post 1: Talking Collaboration, Singing Kum-Ba-Yah... And Now the Work Begins
Post 2: The Behaviors and Mechanisms that Promote and Sustain Successful Collaboration
Post 3 - Playing in the Sandbox: Facing the Challenges of Collaboration
Bruce Rosenblat
Post 1: How Do I Change My Banking Address?
Post 2: A sax player touts community
Post 3: Where do you think you're going?
Bryan Farmer
Post 1: Societal Change: It's Simple
Post 2: Life in Farmington Hills - The Impact
Post 3: Recreation - What's Your Definition?
Carl Goines
Post No 1: 555
Post No 2: 555 Takes Shape and Moves
Post No 3: 555 Now
Post 4: Big plans, crazy ideas, someday though
Caroline Altman Smith
Post 1: We're Moving to Detroit!
Post 2: So, You Give Money Away For a Living?
Post 3: Going for the Education Gold
Post 4: Kids With College Dreams Need to "Know How 2 Go"
Post 5: The Workhorses of Higher Education
Carrie LeZotte
Carrie LeZotte - Post 3: Nonprofits on the Net
Carrie LeZotte - Post 2: OIC Movies. Oh, I get it. Oh, I see.
Carrie LeZotte - Post 1: Getting Into, and Staying in, the Movie Business
Carrie LeZotte - Post 4: Film Tech
Carrie LeZotte - Post 5: About This Tax Incentive...
Catheryn Cheal
Post No 1: Does online education educate?
Post No 2: What�s new in online instruction?
Chanell Scott & Jordan Contreras
Post 1: Micro Equals More
Charlie Wollborg
Post 1: TEDx Detroit Recap
Post 2: Don't Be a Turtle
Post 3: Shop Local for Christmas in the City
Chris Ando, Jennifer Guracech, & Christian Bielski
Jennifer Guracech: Networking Live
Christian Bielski: The Mackinac Policy Conference and Tom Cruise - More Similar Than You Might Think
Chris Ando: Influence on the Island
Christian Bielski: The Mackinac Policy Conference - "Spring Break", Or Not?
Chris Ramos & Jennifer Harlan
Chris Ramos Post 1: Do something about it
Chris Ramos Post 2: Get there
Chris Ramos Post 3: Have you had your green today?
Chris Ramos Post 4: One big happy
Chris Rizik
Chris Rizik - Post 1: So What's the Problem?
Chris Rizik - Post 2: What is Venture Capital?
Chris Rizik - Post 3: The Role of Advancing Venture Capital in Michigan
Chris Rizik - Post 4: Can We Really Pull This Off? Our Challenge
Christianne Sims
Post 1: Clich�s Don't Begin to Describe Us
Post 2: Fusion Fits Into the Mackinac Policy Conference
Christopher Schneider
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Post No. 5
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
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Conan Smith
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Courtney Piotrowski
Why not locate livingLab in Detroit?
Chair Bombs and Guerilla Placemaking
A Possibilities How-To
Dan Gilmartin
Post No. 1
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Post No. 5
Dan Izzo
Post 1: We Need New Metaphors
Post 2: Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Post 3: Building a Better Larry
Dan Merritt
Post 1: Take that, you foul and baseless clich�!
Post 2: Tales From The Shelves of a Comic Retailer
Post 3: Surviving the economy in East Downtown Dearborn With a Little Help From Our Friends!
Post 4: No Comic Book Store is an Island
Post 5 - Penny For Your Thoughts: Free Comic Book Day
Dan Sicko
Post 1: A Moment of Doubt
Post 2: Dig Deeper
Post 3: A Love Letter to Monday
Danialle Karmanos
Dave Mancini
Post 1: I'd Rather Stretch Dough than Stretch Patients
Post 2: Otto's Pizza
Post 3: I gotta say, it was a good day (sorry, Cube)
Post 4: The Bolognese Rant
Post 5: Gelato!!!
David Knapp
Post No. 1: A Time Of Crisis
Post No. 2: It's not free.
Post No 3: A Random Encounter
Post No 4: Conclusion
Deborah Groban Olson
Deborah Groban Olson-Post 1: "Innovation Broker" Developing Detroit as Green Manufacturing Center
Deborah Groban Olson - Post 2: Community Based Enterprise Speaker Series
Deborah Groban Olson - Post 3: Catalyzing Product Diversification for Auto Suppliers
Denise Ilitch
Post 1: NHL Stands For "No Humor Left"
Post 2: Capping Off Graduation
Dennis King
Derek Mehraban
Derek Mehraban - Post 1: MSU Spartan Stimulus Package for Detroit, Michigan
Derek Mehraban - Post 2: Time to Connect in the Motor City
Derek Mehraban - Post 3: MSU Wins! Detroit Wins!
Devon Akmon
Post 1: Arab American National Museum is 1 in 17,000
Post 2: Striving to be a National Institution
Diane Durance
Post 1: In Praise of Contests
Post 2: Do You Have 'The Right Stuff' for Entrepreneurship? You'd Be Surprised
Post 3: The Road Map to Michigan Resources
Post 4: Pitching the Business Plan
Post 5: The Unsung Heroes of Entrepreneurial Communities
Diane Geiger TenHoopen
Doug Rothwell
Post No. 1
Eleanore Eveleth
Making Data a Force for Equity
Eric Bruneau
Post No. 1
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Post No. 4
Eric Cedo
Post No. 1
Post No. 2
Erik Tungate
Erika-Marie S. Geiss
Post No. 1: One Mompreneur's Path
Post No. 2: Working from Home � Good for Business
Post No 3: So What Do You do
Post No. 4: Isolation? Not so much.
Post No. 5: The Big Finish
Frank Nardelli
Post 1: Shifting Gears - Focus on Sending Our Kids to College
Post 2: Empower the Disempowered Parents
Post 3: Inspiring Great Thinkers, Great Citizens
Frosty The Snowman
Garrett Myers
Post No 1: Great Lakes, Great times, But Not Great For Entrepreneurs
George Lenko
Post No 1: Dream Cruise
Post No 2: Walkable Communities
Post 3: Aerotropolis (and more)
Post 4: Regional Transit in Detroit
George N'Namdi
Post 1: Sugar Hill Art District gets contemporary spice
Post 2: Guest Curators Provoke the Eye
Post 3: Footprints on Detroit
Post 4: The Creative Corridor
George W. Jackson
Post 1: Baseball Writers, Welcome Back!
Post 2 - The Belleview Site: Vacant and Valuable, and Worth the Wait
Post 4: Why Should You Live, Work, and Play in Detroit?
Post 3: Swinging for the Fences
Google Adwords - Ann Arbor
Post No. 1: Grady Burnett
Post No. 2: Karen Godwin
Post No. 3: Matthew Neagle
Post No. 4: Michael Anuzis
Post No. 5: John Kelley
Gregg Newsom
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Heather Carmona
Post No 1: Time for a regional public arts policy
Post No 2: Reinventing Quality of Life
Post 3: Can you still drive an SUV and be �green�?
Post 4: Enjoying the Ride
Post 5: The Organic Revolution
Iain Lanivich
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Jacob Corvidae
Jacquie Trost
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James Studinger
James Studinger - Post 1: Write What You Know
James Studinger - Post 2: Appreciation
James Studinger - Post 3: BASO
James Studinger - Post 4: Outside The Business
James Studinger - Post 5: Offense, Defence And Going Green?
Jane Sydlowski
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Jason Bing
Jason Bing: Post 1 - A Municipal Energy Bond for A2?
Jason Bing - Post 2: Very Different Messengers: One Message
Jason Bing - Post 3: Washtenaw County's "Deep Green" Talent
Jeanette Pierce
Jeanette Pierce - Post 1: (Re)Discover Detroit
Jeanette Pierce - Post 2: Why Detroit?
Jeanette Pierce - Post 3: Regionally Speaking
Jeanette Pierce - Post 4: Say Something Nice
Jeanette Pierce: Post 5 - Detroit: Where Dreams Come True
Jeff Helminski
Jeff Helminski - Post 1: Why I Live Here
Jeff Helminski - Post 2: Don't Assume It'll Happen
Jeff Helminski - Post 3: If you attract them, prosperity will come
Jeff Helminski - Post 4: What if we did something radical?
Jeff Meyers
Jeff Meyers - Post 1: Cut it out. You're from Detroit.
Jeff Meyers - Post 2: What if local ad agencies started a WPA-like movement?
Jeff Meyers - Post 3: When Will Metro Detroit Go Metric
Jeff Newsom
Jeff Newsom - Post 1: Getting a Non-profit Started
Jeff Newsom - Post 2: Getting the Ideas Together
Jeff Newsom - Post 3: Products and Services at AShirtBag
Jeff Newsom - Post 4: Getting your Organization Out in the Public Eye
Jeff Newsom - Post 5: Getting Funding; How Hard Work Pays Off
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason - Post 1: IT Startups in Ann Arbor
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason - Post 2: Facebooking is not just for kids
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason - Post 3: Back to the Future: Preparing for the Knowledge Economy
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason - Post 4: Feeding the Knowledge Economy
Jenna Przybycien & Stephanie Lucido
Jenna Przybycien: What Detroit Could Have in Common with Barcelona, Spain
Stephanie Lucido: Laying the Roadwork for Bike Sharing in Detroit
Jenna Przybycien: Why Bikes Need to be in the Driver's Seat
Jennifer Neumann
Potential Legal Pitfalls for Employers Using Social Media
The Inescapable Past: Job Applicants Beware of Your Social Media History!
Good Social Media Policies and Practices
Jenny Callans
Post 1: Perspectives on Arts Funding
Post 2: It Takes a Community to Stencil a Storm Drain
Post 3: An Itty-Bitty Art Show
Jeremy Schneider
Jeremy Schneider - Post 1: Diving into the deep end (without knowing how to dive)
Jeremy Schneider - Post 2: Giving it Away for Free
Jeremy Schneider - Post 3: Marketing Free for Free
Jerry Lindman
Jerry Lindman - Post 1: A Nonprofit Career
Jerry Lindman - Post 2: The Nonprofit Career
Jerry Lindman - Post 3: The Nonprofit Job Search
Jerry Lindman - Post 4: Careers in Fundraising
Jerry Lindman - Post 5: New Paradigm of Nonprofit Leadership
Jessica Pfeiffer
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Jim Rasor
Post 1 - Circling the City and Suburbs: A 2020 Vision
Post 2: The Divide of Partisanship
Jim Townsend
Jim Townsend
Why a Car Monoculture Needs to Clear the Road for Mass Transit
Joe Posch
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Post No. 5
Joe Zainea
Post 1: My Smokestack Mentality
Post 2: The Making of the Majestic
Post 3: Scrip Money: New Economy?
Post 4: Woodward Avenue Memoirs
Post 5: 80/20 and Other Musings
Post 6: The 1967 Rebellion
John A. Simon
The Legal-Eye View of Business Formation, Property Protection, and Meetings of the Mind
John Austin
John Batdorf
Post 1: Johnny Come Lately - Part 1
Post 2: Johnny Come Lately - Part 2
Post 3: Don't Bury Our Heads in the (Oil) Sands
John Bebow
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John Bradburn
Post 1: GM Connects the Green Dots
Post 2: Business Perspectives on Creating Green Dots
John D. Lamb
A Kick in the Pants
Writers in Rogue Locations
Backyard Art
John Gongos
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Post No. 5
John Hartig
Post 1: What Makes Detroit Wild?
Post 2: Creating a New Waterfront Porch for Wildlife and People
Post 3: Burning Rivers
Post 4: Happy 10th Birthday, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge!
Post 5: Detroit RiverWalk � Sharing the Dream
John Heiss
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Post No. 4
Jordan Eizenga & Michael Stepniak
Jordan Eizenga - Push Start: Energy Bills and a Copier Build a Regional Cause
Michael Stepniak: Inside Southgate
Julie Gustafson
Why Start-Ups; Why Business Incubation?
Why Business Incubation in Michigan?
Ramping Up an Incubator
Kami Pothukuchi
Post 1: The Urban Planning - Food Systems Tie-In
Post 2: Why Should Universities Host Farmers Markets? The Wayne State Example
Post 3: Why is a Professor of Urban Planning Running a Farmers Market?
Karim Motawi
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Kat Owsley
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Kate Baker
Kate Baker - Post 1: Potential
Kate Baker - Post 2: Culture
Kate Baker - Post 3: Opportunity
Kate Baker - Post 4: Community
Katherine Austin
Why Karma Yoga is Flourishing in Detroit
The Secret to Business Growth: Constant Creativity and a Commitment to Evolve
A Spiritual Approach to Business
Keith W. Cooley
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Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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Kentaro Roy
Perspective of a student-realtor-web design entrepreneur
Why I Funded a Scholarship at Eastern Michigan University
Unethical SEO: A Case Study and Cautionary Tale
The Place is Here, The Time is Now: Why This is the Perfect Time to Invest in SEO in Michigan
Kerrie Schneider
More Matches for Detroit Singles?
The Business of Love
Truth in Matchmaking
Kerry & Bryce Moore
Kerry Doman
Kerry Doman - Post 1: Changing Perceptions
Post 2: Detroit Tonight
Post 3: The Honey Do-List for Downtown
Kurt Metzger
Post 1 - Immigrants: Their Importance to the Region's Past, Present, and Future
Post 2: Collaboration and Rapid Response Are Possible in Detroit
Post 4: The Census is Coming! The Census is Coming!
Post 3: Social Equity Must Be Our Goal! How Do We Develop Neighborhoods of Opportunity?
Kyle Caldwell
Kyle Caldwell - Post 1: Economic Downturn
Kyle Caldwell - Post 2: Collaboration
Kyle Caldwell - Post 3: Serving Others, Inspiring Change
Kyle Caldwell - Post 4: Investing in the Nonprofit Sector
Kyle Caldwell - Post 5: Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Sector
Lisa Kurek
Lisa Kurek - Post No 1: Entrepreneurs and Human Nature
Lisa Kurek - Post No 2: Life is Sales
Lisa Kurek - Post No 3: Always Read the Instructions
Lisa Kurek - Post No 4: Don�t Be Afraid to Talk to Strangers
Lisa Maas
Lisa Maas - Post 1: The Secret to Success: Diversify Your Client Base
Lisa Maas - Post 2: Build Relationships to Build Your Business
Lisa Maas - Post 3: Now is the Time to Add Social Networks to Your Business Plan
Lisa Wozniak & Ryan Mark-Griffin
Lisa Wozniak: How does the Great Lakes State Become a Great Conservation State?
Ryan Mark-Griffin: Thank You, Michigan, for High-Speed Rail
Lisa Wozniak: Voiding of Saugatuck Dunes settlement supports local government
Lish Dorset
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Lizabeth Ardisana
Lou Glazer
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Lynne Golodner
Stumbling Into a Startup
Entrepreneurship Without a Map
Grooming Talent
Mahendra Ramsinghani
Mariah Cherem
Post 1 - Community: I'm Talking About More Than Just the Warm Fuzzies
Post 2 - Why I Believe in the Power of Online Communities
Post 3: A Sticker on a Light Pole
Marilyn Nix, Rachele Downs, & Jumana Judeh
Marilyn Nix: A CREW of women in commercial real estate
Rachele Downs: What�s so Striking about the Detroit Revitalization Fellowship Program?
Jumana Judeh: A Woman�s Place�Is in Detroit�s Transformation
Mark Adler
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Mark Maynard
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Mark Nickita
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Post 1 - Let's Remake Urban White Elephants
Post 2: It's Detroit, Not Southeast Michigan
Post 3: Exchange of space for place
Post 4: Way Too Many Parking Spots, And Other Inefficiencies
Post 5: Living in the Lake Belt
Mark Nickita
Post No. 1
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Post No. 5
Post 1 - Let's Remake Urban White Elephants
Post 2: It's Detroit, Not Southeast Michigan
Post 3: Exchange of space for place
Post 4: Way Too Many Parking Spots, And Other Inefficiencies
Post 5: Living in the Lake Belt
Mark Stutrud
A Messy, Loving Business
Training Our Entrepreneurial Gaze Higher
Mary Templeton
Post 1: Sustainability, Diversity, and Portfolios
Post 2: Sustainability and Diversity in Michigan's Energy Portfolio
Post 3: Sustainability and Diversity, Paying it Forward
Post 4: Environment and Energy Epprentice: Creating Sustainability and Diversity in Leadership
Post 5: Diversity and Sustainability on the Community Level
Matt Clayson
Post No. 5
Matt Clayson and Rose Giffen
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Maud Lyon
Tyree, Marshall, Aretha and Albert
Collective Voice
Sharing Resources
Cultural Education
One D � the Art of Regional Transformation
Maureen Krauss
Post 1: Pure Oakland County
Post 2: Talking Points
Megan Miller
Post 1: Why Young Detroiters Should Get Out of the City
Post 2: Young Detroiters Say...
Post 3: Service Works
Megan Owens
Post 1: A State of Transition
Post 2: What a Difference a Decade Makes
Post 3: Taxing Steps Will Make Quality Regional Transit
Post 4: The Next Big Transit Win
Megan Owens
Post 1: Give Woodward Light Rail a Whirl
Post 2: Skeptics, Look Here
Post 3: A Rail Platform for Leaders
Melinda Clynes
Melinda Clynes - Post 1: Wiggin' Out in Detroit
Melinda Clynes - Post 2: Build Your Portrait Collection
Melinda Clynes - Post 3: Detroit Wig Out Leaves Good Will in its Wake
Melissa Trustman
Melissa Trustman
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Michael Doyle
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Michael McCorquodale
Michael McCorquodale - Post 1: A Tale Of Two States
Michael McCorquodale - Post 2: I�m �Irrational,� You�re OK
Michael McCorquodale - Post 3: �Michigan�s� Catch-22
Michael McCorquodale - Post 4: A Portrait of the �Entrepreneur� as a Young Man
Michael Poris
Michael Poris: Post 1 - Detroit 3.0: Reboot
Michael Poris - Post 2: Regional Super Agency
Michael Poris - Post 3: Back to the Future of Detroit
Michael Poris - Post 4: Back to Detroit
Michael Tyson
Post 1: Snapshot of Today's Nonprofit
Post 2: Defining the Successful Nonprofit
Post 3: The Nonprofit Utopia
Michele Hodges
Yes to Healthy Controversy
The AAA Mindset
Matching the Competition Via Transit
We Solemnly Swear To...
Michelle Spranger
Post No 1: The Place For Me
Post No 2: A House In Ferndale
Post No 3: Dog Parks
Post No 4: Hollywood, Michigan
Mike Finney
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Mike Score
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Mike Teshuba
Post 1: Why Aren't There More Companies Like Mango Languages in Detroit?
Post 2: Five Things to Consider When Scratching Your Entrepreneurial Itch
Monica Bowman
Post 1: An Obligatory Choice
Post 2 - COMMUNITY: Who is Contemporary Art About?
Post 3 - INFRASTRUCTURE: You, Me, and Them
Post 4 - REGIONALISM: The New Cultural Capital
Neeta Delaney
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Newcombe Clark
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Nick Britsky
Post 1 - The birth of hackerspaces: Community works
Post 2: The Maker Movement
Post 3: The DIY Toolbox
Norm Silk
Post 1: 45 Years in the Floral Business. WOW!
Post 2: A Walk Through the Turkel House
Post 3: A Vision for a Sustainable, Livable Corridor
Patricia E. Mooradian
Post 1: On Innovation
Post 2: The Myth of the Lone Genius
Post 3: Motor City to Maker City
Patricia Mooradian
Post No. 1
Patrick Crouch
Post 1: Growing the City
Post 2: What is Food Justice?
Post 3: Toward a regenerative culture, toward a regenerative community
Post 4: A Resilient Economy for Detroit in the Post Industrial Age
Paul Jenkins, Jr.
Post 1: The Only Way to Change Your Position is to Move
Post 2: Starving Doubt
Post 3: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Not Big Enough
Paul Nielsen
Post 1: Out of Desperation Comes Magic
Post 2: Houdini, Halloween, and the Importance of Wonder
Post 3: Wunderground Magic's Answer to the Economic Situation
Post 4: The Clown Index
Post 5: Transitions
Pavan Muzumdar
Post 1: Don't Lose Money
Post 2: Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?
Post 3: Human Triumph and the Cross-Pollination of Ideas
Post 4: Putting It All Together
Pavan Muzumdar
Post 1: Don't Lose Money
Post 2: Does the Internet Make You Smarter or Dumber?
Post 3: Human Triumph and the Cross-Pollination of Ideas
Post 4: Putting It All Together
Peggy Brennan
Post 1: Inspiration Behind the Green Garage
Post 2: The Role of Community at the Green Garage
Post 3: The Green Garage's Deep Dig into Sustainability
Post 4: Locating a Project in Detroit
Peggy Brennan
Post 1: Inspiration Behind the Green Garage
Post 2: The Role of Community at the Green Garage
Post 3: The Green Garage's Deep Dig into Sustainability
Post 4: Locating a Project in Detroit
Peter Kageyama
Post 1: Post #1: Who the hell picked Detroit for this conference?
Post #2: It�s All About Talent
Peter Kageyama - Post 3: Cities We Love & Cities We Hate
Peter Kageyama - Post 4: Thinking Creatively about Uncreative Things � Parking
Phuong & Viet Le
Viet Le - Post 1: Penetrating a Saturated Market - What's Your Perspective?
Phuong Le - Post 2: Finding Your Passion in These Tough Times
Phuong Le - Post 3: The Importance of Networking
Viet Le - Post 4: You're Only as Good as Your Website
Pj Jacokes
Post 1: What is Improv?
Post 2: Demand Imagination
Post 3: Ice Cream and Me
Post 4: Learning to Fail (Because Fail Blog Was Taken)
Rebecca Aughton
Embracing Change Pushes Up Market Share
Forecasting Less Customer Frivolity (But More Pets in Pajamas)
Running With Your Niche
Rebecca Binno Savage
Post 2: How About That Train Station?
Post 3: The Brodhead Armory
Post 4: The Vanity Ballroom
Post 5: The Penobscot Buildings
Post 1: In the Heat of Historic Preservation
Rebecca Salminen Witt
Post 1: People and Possibilities
Post 2: New Growth Foresting of Detroit
Post 3: Raising a Ruckus Around Local Food
Rebekah Johnson
Post 1 - Detroit, the Opera: Act I
Post 2 - Detroit, the Opera: Act II
Post 3 - Detroit, the Opera: Act III
Post 4 - Detroit, the Opera: Act IV
Ric Geyer
Post 1: We Are Not Alone
Post 2: Citizens for Cities
Post 3: Open Source Governance
Post 4: Blue Collar Innovation
Post 5: Swimming St. Clair
Post 6: Love and Heroism
Richard Bak
Post 1: Day of the Dead
Post 2: Silent City
Post 3: Keeping Faith
Richard Murphy
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Rick DeVos
Post 1: Votes for Art
Post 2: Why Michigan Needs the Arts
Rishi & Anuja Jaitly
A Crash Course in Social Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Detroit
Roger Gullickson
Roger Myers
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Post No. 4
Ron Suarez
A Purely Digital Play Business in the Land of Manufacturing
The Politics of Change and Upheaval in the Music Industry
A podcast is not just putting audio or video on a web page
So You're Thinking About Doing a Podcast
Creating your own podcast
Ryan Anderson
Ryan Anderson - Post 1: Why Buy Michigan Products?
Ryan Anderson - Post 2: Small Business Web Presence Management
Sarah Lurtz and Sarah Lapinski
Sarah Szurpicki
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Scott Clein
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Scott Dunham
Post No. 1: Film As A Metaphor
One More Thing...
Post No. 2: DWIFF
Post No 3: Encouragement
Post No 4: Practice Makes Perfect
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton - Post 1: Detroit's Musical Legacy (or Why I Don't Sign Local Bands)
Scott Hamilton - Post 2: The Mating Call of the Indie Rock Poser
Scott Paul Dunham
Scott Paul Dunham - Post 1: A Film Fete
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Scott Trudeau
Scott Trudeau - Post 1: It's Good To Be a Challenger
Scott Trudeau - Post 2: Creativity is a Buoy in Our Tough Economy
Scott Trudeau - Post 3: Little Guys, Big Idea
Scott Trudeau - Post 4: Growing Our Company in Present Day Michigan
Sharon Carney
Sharon Carney - Post 1: The Backstory
Sharon Carney - Post 2: A proving ground for innovative problem-solving/collaboration
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Sharon Carney - Post 4
Sharon Kegerreis & Lorri Hathaway
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Post 2: Michigan Vinters Face Production Challenges
Sifu Stephen Britt
Post 1: "Sifu" means "Teacher"
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Stephen Rapundalo
Post No. 1: Leadership
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Post No 3: Regulation And Resources
Steve Pierce
Steve Pierce - Post 1: Why Do Most Free Wireless Efforts Fail?
Steve Pierce - Post 2: Building Ypsi Wireless
Steve Pierce - Post 3: Ypsi Wireless spreads the gospel
Terry Oprea
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Jessica Pfeiffer
Toby Barlow
David Knapp
Neeta Delaney
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Thomas Meloche
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Thomas Zurbuchen
Thomas Zurbuchen - Post 1: "The University of Michigan and its State"
Thomas Zurbuchen - Post 2: "The University of Michigan, Entrepreneurship, and its Students"
Thomas Zurbuchen - Post 3: "The Future of the University of Michigan Depends on Entrepreneurs!"
Tim Martz
Post 1: Why did we dial into Detroit?
Post 2: The Guerrilla Show
Post 3: David vs. Goliath � Saving The Oasis
Toby Barlow
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Todd Palmer
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Life after the Big 3
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Todd Scott
Post 1: Turn Off That Engine
Post 2: A Bikeable Path for Metro Detroit
Post 3: 4 Camps of Thought
Post 4: A Diet Guide for Automotive Road Hogs
Tom Woiwode
Post No 1: Going For A Walk
Post No 2: The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Post No 3: The Olympics
Post 4: Regionalism
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Post No 6: The Ditch
Torya Blanchard & Greg Lenhoff
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Greg Lenhoff - Post 1: "You're Gonna Sell What? Where?!"
Greg Lenhoff - Post 2: Survival of the Smallest
Torya Blanchard - Post 2: The Food Personalities of Eastern Market
Tracy Koe Wick
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Travis Millward
Travis Millward - Post 1: Is Detroit facing a vacant house epidemic?
Travis Millward - Post 2: Observations of Detroit from a relocated out-of-stater
Travis Millward - Post 3: Entrepreneurs, burn your ships!
Travis Millward - Post 4: If we fix it, they will come�
Travis Millward - Post 5: The Detroit Lions, GM, Ford & Chrysler � What do they all have in common?
Trenda Rusher
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Veronika Scott
How Coat-Shelters Cut Homelessness
Walter Wasacz
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John Hartig
Dr. John Hartig is trained as a limnologist with 30 years of practical experience in environmental science and natural resource management. He currently serves as refuge manager for the
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
and serves on the
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
From 1999 to 2004 he served as river navigator for the Greater Detroit American Heritage River Initiative established by presidential executive order. Prior to becoming river navigator, he spent 12 years working for the International Joint Commission on the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. John has also been an adjunct professor at Wayne State University, where he taught environmental management and sustainable development.
He has authored or co-authored over 100 publications on the Great Lakes, including writing one book (
Burning Rivers
) and co-editing two others (
Honoring Our Detroit River, Caring for Our Home
Under RAPs: Toward Grassroots Ecological Democracy in the Great Lakes Basin
John has received a number of awards for his work, including a 2010 Green Leaders Award from the Detroit Free Press; a 2005 White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation Award for Outstanding Leadership and Collaboration in the Great Lakes; the 2003 Anderson-Everett Award from the International Association for Great Lakes Research; and the 1993 Sustainable Development Award for Civic Leadership from Global Tomorrow Coalition.
John Hartig - Most Recent Posts:
Post 5: Detroit RiverWalk � Sharing the Dream
Posted By: John Hartig
Posted: 4/11/2011
It is a bright sunny spring day as I walk along the
Detroit RiverWalk
. Chilly winds off the river remind me how cold the water still is at this time of year. These cold winds, however, do not detract from the spectacular view of the 980-acre Belle Isle � the crown jewel of Detroit's park system. People walk by me smiling as they also enjoy the view of Canada, waterfowl on the river, and freighters going by.
There clearly is something special about water. People all over the world flock to it for rest and relaxation, and for recreation and renewal. Water just seems to calm the soul. Water can also redefine a place, can help join neighborhoods and communities together, and can reconnect us to the natural world.
Most people will agree that open and accessible waterfronts are important gathering places where people can meet one another. Waterfront gathering places are an even more important factor to the next generation. That is precisely why the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is building the Detroit RiverWalk. The Detroit RiverWalk is a dream come true for this generation and a gift to future generations.
It started with bringing a group of riverfront stakeholders together nearly a decade ago to develop the following vision for a transformed Detroit riverfront:
The historic Detroit River is a gathering place for Detroiters, their families, friends and visitors - a place where people want to live, work and play. The riverfront illustrates our ability to provide stewardship of our environment, confirms our ability to connect and care for our people and channels sustainable economic development for the benefit of all. Our riverfront is transformed and we are recognized as an outstanding global community.
This was not the first attempt to create public spaces along the Detroit River, but this time it had seed money from The Kresge Foundation, General Motors, and other entities that could leverage federal and state monies, and it had the strong support of the people to make it happen. And now the dream is coming true!
Over $110 million has been raised for the first 3.5-mile phase of the Detroit RiverWalk called the East Riverfront. Three miles of the East Riverfront are complete, with another half mile to come. The West Riverfront is in the final planning stages and will add another two miles to the walkway. If you have not been down to the Detroit RiverWalk, you must come and see and experience it.
The Detroit RiverWalk now offers year-round programming, with cross country skiing, ice fishing in the harbors of Milliken State Park and Gabriel Richard Park, and the Detroit Polar Plunge in winter. Examples of what is coming in spring, summer, and fall include: a March of Dimes March for Babies walk on May 1; the Downtown Hoedown on May 13-15; Eastern Market Flower Day on May 17; Movement 2011 on May 28-30; Motor City Pride on June 4-5; a Fun-n-Fish Day on June 11; a River Days 5K and Fun Run on June 25; the signature Detroit River Days Festival on June 24-26 that features maritime events, music, carnival rides; "The Taste of Detroit" food court, and more; Rockin' on the River concerts on July 8, 15, and 22; and the Detroit Free Press Marathon on October 16.
If that is not enough to get you excited, there are opportunities to join a Riverwalkers Club, a Canine Club, and a Yoga on the Riverfront Club, or you can just splash in the fountains of GM Plaza, take a ride on the carousel at Rivard Plaza, or ride a bike along the Detroit RiverWalk and up the Dequindre Cut to Eastern Market. As the warm weather is coming and you make your plans for doing things with your family and friends, remember the Detroit RiverWalk and come and experience the dream come true.
Detroit RiverWalk photo courtesy of Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Post 4: Happy 10th Birthday, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge!
Posted By: John Hartig
Posted: 4/10/2011
In 2000, then Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Herb Grey, U.S. Congressman John Dingell, and the late Peter Stroh charged a group of scientists and managers to define a desired future state for the Detroit River ecosystem. The output of that 2000 visioning workshop was a consensus document titled "A Conservation Vision for the Lower Detroit River Ecosystem." All U.S. and Canadian participants agreed to the following:
In ten years the lower Detroit River ecosystem will be an international conservation region where the health and diversity of wildlife and fish are sustained through protection of existing significant habitats and rehabilitation of degraded ones, and where the resulting ecological, recreational, economic, educational, and "quality of life" benefits are sustained for present and future generations.
This vision was then used by Congressman John Dingell to introduce legislation creating the
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
that was signed into law by the President of the United States in 2001. Canada responded by using a number of existing Canadian laws to work in a similar fashion. North America�s only international wildlife refuge was born.
This year marks the 10th birthday of our refuge. In ten years, we have seen:
The refuge grow from 300 acres to over 5,700 acres devoted to conservation
The preservation of Humbug Marsh, the last mile of natural shoreline on the U.S. mainland of the Detroit River, and its incorporation into the refuge in 2004
The designation of Humbug Marsh as a "Wetland of International Importance" under the Ramsar Convention (1,900 Ramsar sites have been designated throughout the world, 29 in the United States, and only one in Michigan)
The 2005 documentation of lake whitefish reproduction in the Detroit River for the first time since 1916
Our region singled out at the 2005 White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation for leadership in public-private partnerships for cooperative conservation
The creation of a ByWays to FlyWays bird driving tour in 2007 that highlights 27 exceptional birding sites in southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario
FLW Outdoors host the Chevy Open fishing tournament in 2008 that offered $1.5 million in prize money
The 2008 construction of the Fighting Island sturgeon reef that represented the first-ever Canada-U.S. funded fish habitat restoration project in the Great Lakes
The 2009 documentation of lake sturgeon reproduction on the Fighting Island reef, representing the first time in 30 years that lake sturgeon reproduction had been confirmed in the Canadian waters of the Detroit River
The 2009 documentation of osprey reproduction in Gibraltar, representing the first successful nesting in Wayne County since the 1890s
The 2010 designation of the Detroit River as an "Important Bird Area" by The Audubon Society
The 2011 designation of Detroit as one of the top ten metropolitan areas for waterfowl hunting by Ducks Unlimited
Restoration of common tern (threatened species in Michigan) habitat at three locations in the Detroit River
The daylighting of Monguagon Creek at the Refuge Gateway in Trenton and the restoration of 67 acres of coastal wetlands at the refuge's Brancheau Unit in Monroe County; and
The completion of 38 soft shoreline engineering projects in the watershed
Clearly, much has been accomplished, yet much remains to be done. The Refuge's Comprehensive Conservation Plan calls for the refuge to grow to 12,000 acres. The potential on the Canadian side is even greater. I would not be surprised to see our international wildlife refuge grow to 25,000 acres in the next ten years. This would be an amazing accomplishment and a gift to future generations. Can you imagine this major urban area with 25,000 acres devoted to conservation? These natural resource assets are critically important to: changing the perception of our region from that of the "rust belt" to one of a "green" urban area with exceptional outdoor recreational opportunities; enhancing "quality of life"; providing ecosystem services and benefits that ensure community competitive advantage; and attracting and retaining the next generation of employees for businesses.
Our refuge is now a major source of community pride. If you haven't experienced your international wildlife refuge, I encourage you to go birding at one of the sites along our Byways to Flyways Bird Driving Tour, come to one of the open houses at Humbug Marsh or the Gibraltar Bay Unit, go kayaking on our
Detroit River Heritage Water Trail
, go fishing for a trophy walleye, go hunting in one of the most historic waterfowl hunting areas in the Great Lakes, bicycle along our regional greenway trail system, take part in one of the refuge stewardship activities, and much more. If you are looking for a close-to-home, exceptional, outdoor recreational experience, you will not be disappointed!
Humbug Marsh - Michigan's only "Wetland of International Importance" designated under the Ramsar Convention (photo courtesy of Visual Image Productions)
Post 3: Burning Rivers
Posted By: John Hartig
Posted: 4/9/2011
How many rivers in the Great Lakes basin ecosystem have literally caught on fire and burned? Would you be surprised to know that there have been four burning rivers? You may have heard of the burning of the infamous Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio. However, we also have one in our backyard � the Rouge River. The other two are the Buffalo River in New York and the Chicago River in Illinois.
These four rivers caught on fire because of gross oil pollution caused by society's indiscriminate use and abuse of these aquatic ecosystems. Today, however, each of these rivers is experiencing dramatic environmental improvement and some surprising ecological revival.
The revival stories of these burning rivers are fascinating. In the case of the Rouge River, concerned citizens in Dearborn and Melvindale began to speak out in 1983 about the smell of rotten eggs emanating from the Rouge River. Nearly 1,000 signatures were gathered in petitions in 1984, protesting the raw sewage being discharged to the river that was causing the odor problems, and then delivered to state and federal officials. Then in 1985 a 23-year old man fell into the Rouge River, swallowed water, and died of leptospirosis or rat fever. Although health department officials stated publicly that this man's death could not be traced to water pollution in the Rouge River, most people knew that the probable cause was raw sewage discharge. Governments had no choice but to respond with a comprehensive approach to controlling and managing water pollution.
In 1985, the Rouge River Basin Committee was established, involving all 48 watershed communities in solving this public health problem. In 1986, Friends of the Rouge was established and the first Rouge Rescue held.The institutional framework for watershed cleanup and prevention evolved from the Rouge River Basin Committee, to the Rouge River Remedial Action Plan Advisory Council, to the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project, and, most recently, to the Alliance of Rouge Communities. Today, the Rouge River is a model of watershed management by virtue of having the first watershed-based storm water permit in the nation.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of
Friends of the Rouge
and I can think of no better to celebrate the accomplishments then to look back and see how far we have come and remind people of what remains to be done to care for this river as our home.
To help teach the lessons of the past and to help convince people of the urgent need to address the remaining challenges, I have written a new book titled
Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban-Industrial Rivers that Caught on Fire
Burning Rivers
tells these unique environmental histories, translates the science, provides practical lessons learned in river restoration, and will inspire people to be good stewards of rivers. This story of burning rivers/river revival also gives hope. If these four river systems can be revived and made into community assets, there is hope for all rivers and all people and organizations working to restore their river ecosystems.
Everyone interested in the environment, quality of life, conservation, and sustainability will learn something from this book. If interested in the story of burning rivers, books are available from
Michigan Sea Grant
, and the
Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society
Book proceeds go to the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society.
Burning Rivers cover image courtesy of John Hartig
Post 2: Creating a New Waterfront Porch for Wildlife and People
Posted By: John Hartig
Posted: 4/8/2011
Today, progressive communities are promoting locating both businesses and homes in walkable neighborhoods with front porches on houses that encourage talking with neighbors, keeping in touch with what goes on in the neighborhood, and looking out for one another.
Proponents argue that front porches are a key factor in achieving a sustainable community. Just as house porches can help promote sustainability in neighborhoods, waterfront porches can help promote sustainability of rivers in urban areas.
Historically, houses and businesses in most Great Lakes cities were built facing away from their rivers. Detroit was no exception. In fact, much of the Detroit River shoreline was developed as the back door of commerce and industry
As commerce and industry expanded in the Detroit
metropolitan area, 31 out of 32 miles of U.S. mainland along the Detroit River shoreline were hardened with concrete or steel (hard shoreline engineering), providing no habitat for fish or wildlife. This shoreline hardening contributed to a 97% loss of coastal wetland habitats along the Detroit River.
Today, there is growing interest in reclaiming urban waterfronts with new front porches. Urban planners and developers are using ecological principles and practices to reduce erosion and achieve stability and safety of shorelines, while enhancing habitat, improving aesthetics, enhancing urban quality of life, increasing waterfront property values, and even saving money when compared to installing concrete breakwalls or steel sheet piling. Ecologists refer to this as soft shoreline engineering.
From an ecological perspective, soft shore
line engineering provides much needed habitat and can aid in flood and erosion control. Soft shoreline engineering is particularly important in chann
elized rivers like the Detroit River because of the amount of shoreline hardened with concrete breakwalls and steel sheet piling. Soft engineered shorelines provide spawning and nursery habitat for many fishes and are critically imp
ortant to larval fish as they provide shelter, resting areas, food, and a chance to grow a little bigger and stronger on a larval fish's trip downstream to Lake Erie.
Not only is soft shoreline engineering importa
nt for enhancing aquatic habitat and providing other ecological benefits, it is important from a social perspective because it helps reconnect people with the natural world. Soft shoreline engineering is incr
easingly becoming a vital element in making places special or unique and in fostering a sense of belonging in urban areas like
Detroit. Indeed, waterfronts are magical places where the water meets the land and people can reconnect with their watershed. Experience has shown that reconnecting people to the river by creating waterfront vistas, reintroducing watershed residents to river history, geography, and ecology, establishing unique conservation places linked by greenway trails and blueways (i.e.
, canoe and kayak trails), promoting ecotourism, and championing green waterfront developments also help build a political base for a sustainable community.
Finally, we cannot lose sight of the economic benefits.
Environment Canada has performed economic studies of greenways, natural areas, and parks on the Canadian side of the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario. These studies show that the closer houses are to greenways, natur
al areas, parks, and gathering places for wildlife and people, the higher the property values.
These green spaces and vistas also bring benefits through additional recreational spending and increased commercial activity. The economic importance of this was highlighted in a 2006 Outdoor Industry Foundation economic study that found that ou
tdoor recreation co
ntributes $730 billion annually to the U.S. economy and supports nearly 6.5 million jobs across the United States.
Much like the effort to recreate front porches on houses in cities to encourage a sense of community, soft engineered shorelines along waterfronts in urban areas can help recreate gathering places for both wildlife and people.
Note: In the past 10 years, 38 soft shoreline engineering projects have been implemented in the Detroit River watershed.
for more information on these projects.
Wayne County�s Elizabeth Park shoreline before restoration (courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Wayne County�s Elizabeth Park shoreline after restoration (courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
DTE Energy�s River Rouge Power Plant shoreline before restoration (courtesy of Nativescape)
DTE Energy�s River Rouge Power Plant shoreline after restoration (courtesy of Nativescape)
Milliken State Park storm water treatment system designed by JJR along the Detroit RiverWalk (courtesy of JJR)
Kayaking along the soft engineered shoreline of Elizabeth Park in Trenton (courtesy of Janis Lane)
Post 1: What Makes Detroit Wild?
Posted By: John Hartig
Posted: 4/7/2011
What major urban area:
Is located at the intersection of the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways and has 300,000 diving ducks stop each year?
Is identified in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan for its unique aquatic habitats?
Has been hosting an annual waterfowl festival for the last 64 years that attracts up to 10,000 people to pursue their passion of hunting and wildlife art?
Has been declared part of a Regional Shorebird Reserve by the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network?
Has one of the top 20 Biodiversity Investment Areas in the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem?
Is considered one of the best spots to watch hawks in North America?
Has 27 exceptional birding sites within a one hour drive?
Boasts North America's only International Wildlife Refuge and only International Heritage River System right in their back yard?
Has 10 million walleye migrate through their river corridor each spring?
Boasts one of the single most remarkable ecological recovery stories in North America, as evidenced by the return of lake whitefish, lake sturgeon, walleye, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and osprey?
Hosts international fishing tournaments offering $1.5 million in prize money and holds the national record for a walleye caught in a Professional Walleye Trail Tournament?
Has a hunting, fishing, and birding economy worth tens of millions of dollars annually?
Holds over 1,000 sail boats races and numerous rowing regattas each year, and is rapidly gaining a regional reputation for kayaking?
Has one of the highest densities of registered boats in the nation?
Has over a 100-year history of hydroplane racing?
Has hundreds of miles of greenway trails for bicycling, jogging, and walking, and was the first in the country to establish a $25 million greenway fund that has leveraged another $90 million from governments and other sources?
By now you should have guessed it. It is the Detroit metropolitan area and a secret to most that needs to be discovered. Although cars, sports, music, and even the �"rust belt" are a major part of our national image, we need to discover our world-class water, wildlife, heritage, and recreational opportunities right in our backyard.
An important part of our story is that the Detroit metropolitan area is rapidly gaining a national reputation for public-private partnerships for cooperative conservation. Good examples of public-private partnerships for conservation include: DTE Energy's work with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on habitat restoration for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge; General Motors Corporation's work with the
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
on the Detroit RiverWalk; BASF Corporation's work with U.S. and Canadian agencies to build a sturgeon spawning reef off Fighting Island; U.S. Steel's work with federal and state governments on shoreline restoration; and Automotive Components Holdings' and Ford Motor Company's donation of Ford Marsh to the refuge. Indeed, there are additional examples and new projects in the pipeline.
These cooperative conservation efforts are recreating gathering places for people and wildlife in the
Detroit River watershed
. Further, these unique conservation places are now a key factor in providing the quality of life so important in achieving competitive advantage for communities and businesses in the 21st Century. Equally important is that cooperative conservation is providing an exceptional outdoor experience to nearly six million people in our Detroit River watershed that is helping develop the next generation of conservationists and sustainability entrepreneurs. There are indeed many natural resources waiting to be discovered and enjoyed in the Detroit metropolitan area. If you haven't discovered our
wild side
, you should. And you need to help tell this story!
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By Lance on Apr 14, 2008 in Field Report
Well, my inner chode reared his gnarled head and really bit me in the ass on Saturday night. Here's what happened. I went to a party at a downtown theater with a bunch of work friends (by theater I mean the kind where they have plays and stuff). The first half of the party took place on the roof–highlighted by a killer view of the city–and the second half of the party took place in a workshop in the recesses of the theater.
One work friend, this girl Angelina, who I've only interacted with a couple of times previously, was present, and I found myself attracted to her. In fact, after I opened her, I realized she was totally AWESOME. Cute, smart, super athletic, single, well traveled, etc etc. She is exactly what I would consider relationship material, even though I'm not currently looking for an LTR.
So what was the problem here? I was with a bunch of work friends and I allowed this to totally stall my game. I was fearful of macking on Angelina in front of them. I think my reasoning was that they would judge me poorly if I got rejected, which is mega-outcome dependent. Who gives a crap, right? On top of that, I have a general policy of not dating people I work with, which I'm more than happy to break under the right circumstances, but at the party I let it hold me back.
As the party progressed, I threw her some kino and engaged her with a few stories, just to see if she was into me. She responded and kino'ed back. In fact, as we interacted more, I could tell she was totally attracted to me. At one point, we're hanging out on the roof and she says, "It's cold, I need to cuddle with someone," and looks at me. Great! Perfect opportunity, right? Cuddle, makeout, hookup, easy as 1-2-3. Paint by numbers game. It was at this point that my inner chode possessed my body and turned me into a little baby bitch. I didn't do shit! I wussed out! Perfect opportunity: blown. I said something lame and let the attraction die a meek death.
She socialized with other people at the party and eventually left. I drank a bunch of beers and got trashed. Friends and fellow playerz, this is what happens when a) you have weak game, and b) you haven't been practicing your game, ie not going out a lot. Your game gets rusty and you start devolving into Gollum from Lord of the Rings. Don't let this happen to you.
(Smeagol would likes to buy you dinner and flowers…*Gollum!*)
I also got too drunk, which really screws up my calibration. I need to fix that.
Two sticking points identified:
- I'm scared of macking on chicks around work friends. Solution: mack on chicks around work friends every chance I get.
- Using alcohol to have fun at parties. Solution: Don't drink. Have fun macking on chicks instead.
There were a few bright spots from the evening. After the party, a bunch of us stopped by an all-night pizza joint downtown. As soon as I walked in the door, I spotted a 3-set of chicks sitting in a booth. I walked straight over, sat in the booth, and gamed up the chicks. Ended up having a great 30′ interaction with them. For some reason my game was super-tight during this stretch. I ran a sexual convo ladder and it worked like a charm: crazy dating stories->craziest place you've had sex->when did you lose your virginity. You can read a bit more about that ladder here. The three chicks were not what I consider hot…they were like a cross between Goth chicks and townie rednecks, with multiple mouth piercings, and they came across as confused. Incidentally, two of the chicks had lost their virginity to the same guy in the same night, although not as part of a threesome. Figure that one out.
I ejected from the set when my friends left. I didn't do any kind of close because I wasn't attracted to them, but the experience was fun. Afterwards, went home and spanked it.
I'm going to run some email game on Angelina and see if I can spark it up again. I might even ask her out on a date, even though I HATE dates. Barf!
Will report more if anything develops.


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YTWWN: I don't know anything about fallout but this seams like it might be more of a homage or just a bit of inspiration judging by the comments this post has received.
It is pretty blatant that fallout3 is copying mad max. This has him walking around with a dog just like Mad Max too.
Obviously fallout3 came last, Mad Max first. Doesn't anyone have artistic integrity anymore!


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November 30, 2015
DETROIT (AP) - Donnie Butcher, who played five seasons in the NBA and later coached the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 76.
The Pistons confirmed Butcher's death through a family member.
Butcher averaged 6.1 points in 279 games with the Pistons and New York Knicks. He became Detroit's coach late in the 1966-67 season, replacing player-coach Dave DeBusschere.
Butcher went 52-60 at the helm. His only full season as coach was 1967-68, and he lead Detroit to the postseason - the team's only playoff appearance in a 10-season span.
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LARC 23rd Anniversary Program
February 20th, 2009
The Labor Archives and Research Center invites you to attend its 23rd anniversary evening program where we will celebrate the Archives new publication:
San Francisco Labor Landmarks Guidebook: A Register of
Sites and Walking Tours
This unique guide book takes you on a tour of San Francisco's labor past and present working class neighborhoods, labor hangouts, monuments, murals, memorials, and buildings that reflect the history of the people who built the "City by the Bay."
Our keynote speaker will be San Francisco Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte. There will also be a musical performance by renowned folk singer Faith Petric.
Friday, February 27, 2009.
6:00 pm, light refreshments. 6:30 pm, program begins.
ILWU Local 34 hall, 4 Berry Street, San Francisco (on the Embarcadero next to Giant's Stadium, 2nd and King Streets).
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November 25, 2015
A coal tipple caught fire Friday in Pike County.
Officials at the Belfry Fire Department say the fire broke out earlier Friday afternoon. They say the fire was caused while the tipple was being dismantled with cutting torches.
Officials say the fire is now out and nobody was injured.
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18 months through 36 months
Toddlers are building the foundation for who they are to become. Their character, self-esteem, purpose in life, social skills, and learning processes begin to form.
To be a toddler is to be curious. Our first mission is to make sure children end their Toddler period with their curiosity intact, for it is an essential life tool and is fragile. With this in mind, the environment is a prepared "little society." The child is not "served," but encouraged to become a functioning member of the society and to explore it fully. Multi-age classrooms feature custom-sized tables and chairs, sinks and stools, bookshelves and mirrors, and indoor and outdoor play areas, all designed to appeal to the child's natural curiosity.
Activities are positioned around the room for toddlers to choose independently. They have freedom of movement to explore, and they are given the time they need to complete what they start. Each activity deals with a particular theme, skill, or subject of value to toddler development. These activities allow toddlers to begin to experience concepts of sequence, form, shape, movement, and sound. The activities change and evolve as the child grows physically, emotionally, and intellectually.
Toddlers very much enjoy learning living skills. Activities, which up until now have been going on around them, but which they can now do themselves, are seemingly irresistible: getting dressed, preparing lunch, setting the table, sweeping the floor, etc. Being able to use breakable objects for the first time, rather than their plastic substitutes, creates an instantaneous surge of pride at this age.
Teachers in the Toddler program are Montessori professionals certified for this age group. They continually seek out new experiences for the toddlers that will stimulate their sense of curiosity. Teachers are expert in the language for interacting with toddlers, and provide the respect, tenderness, warmth, and patience that allow the children to blossom.
Infant and Toddler Admission Process
"Our child's toddler teacher was, and is, the most important person in our lives as parents. She was the one who taught us how to parent. She always understood every side of any situation, how best to help the child and how best to support the parent. Kindly, gently, and with tremendous skill and experience, she guided us through troubled waters (our daughter was intense!). She taught us how to partner with teachers in a way that brings the best out of all parties and creates that essentially aligned environment for the child. She also made sure we didn't take ourselves too seriously. We were intense parents and she opened up to us a more relaxed, more empathetic and more present parenting style. I learned to fully appreciate the world of the toddler. To this day I share the lessons I learned from her all those years ago with other parents I come into contact with."
– Dr. Aaron Torrance, Alumni Parent


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Wake Up and Smell Your Tax Exposure
By Garry Bartecki
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Your best defense against a potential double-whammy is to have an expert review your position who knows the specific tax laws that apply to equipment distribution.
It appears that each new financial
report you listen to or read has some bit of good news, which is then contradicted in the next financial news report you receive. As a result, it is very hard to plan long term and even for the next three months.
Add on top of that the tax changes and health care changes taking place and the financial horizon really gets blurry. Is it any wonder why the business world is holding back in terms of hiring or business expansion?
The tax picture for dealers could not become any more complicated than it is. Or could it? After hearing the tax update Steve Pierson presented at the Executive Forum, I think there's plenty of reason for concern. Rates are scheduled to increase, new taxes are taking effect, new disclosure requirements are needed for 2010 C-Corp returns, and the 3.8 percent Unearned Medicare Contribution coming on board in 2013 could include income from rental activities. Yikes!
As I have mentioned previously in this column, dealers have a tremendous cash drain exposure because of taxes; taxes of all kinds, but especially income taxes. Normally, when you discuss income taxes with dealers they fall asleep because they have paid minimal taxes because of MACRS, bonus depreciation, Section 179 write-offs, operating loss carryovers and carrybacks, and the availability of like-kind exchange transactions. Having these tax benefits available has been great, but now that inventory and rental fleet replenishment have slowed, and used rental units are being sold to generate cash, your tax picture has changed because in many cases, any used equipment sales will be 100 percent taxable at ordinary tax rates. In other words, if your book income is break-even or shows a loss, it is possible to generate taxable income, taxable at corporate rates or added to your personal income.
As we all know, the IRS does not extend payment dates for taxes due on your tax return. So all of a sudden, you get a tax return with a balance due, which you did not expect. In addition, you receive a schedule for estimated tax payments to cover what you may owe for the following year. That's double what you didn't expect in the first place, all due within the next 12 months – cash payments when youcan least afford them.
What scares me is that the scenario outlined above is going to be experienced by AED members regarding 2010 or 2011 tax returns. Believe me when I tell you, your tax returns are both complex and scary. So scary that the agents have a tough time determining what their adjustments mean in terms of a tax change. One agent I worked with recently suggested that we run the changes through because he/she didn't know how to do it.
I mentioned new disclosure requirements – this refers to disclosing to the IRS any Uncertain Tax Positions taken in the tax return and any potential additional tax liability if the position is not upheld after review by the IRS. Right now, this only applies to C-Corp tax returns with the flow through entities sure to follow.
The more I go over this material the more I believe that every dealer has to review their basis tax positions and make sure they understand how each position provides either exposure or deferral of potential tax liabilities. If there ever was a year when you have to be 100 percent comfortable that your financial team has a handle on your tax exposure, this is the year.
If you are using a tax person without extensive industry experience you are taking an unnecessary risk and should have an industry expert review what has been done to date. You can do this in two ways:
1. Have an industry expert prepare the 2010 return using data supplied by your current tax person.
2. Have an industry expert review your tax position before you have your 2010 return prepared so that the 2010 return is properly prepared.
I am not suggesting you change your accounting or tax relationship. What I am suggesting is that we educate your current service providers regarding current issues to minimize your tax exposure going forward. In short, if you do not work in this tax arena on a regular basis you have a good chance of missing an important issue during tax preparation, which will cost you those hard- earned dollars you need in order to keep your head above water.
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