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1 [mass noun] The action of subdividing or being subdivided: the subdivision of existing subjects such an arrangement offers the possibility of subdivision into a series of identical spaces
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- Genealogies can then be modeled using existing models of geographic subdivision, with mutation (and, in a sense, recombination) taking the place of migration.
- In principle it should be possible to generalize the model to allow for the possibility of hierarchical subdivision but we do not attempt this here.
- The relative mutational count on the intervisit to intravisit branches is an indicator of demographic subdivision because with increasing subdivision there should be more intervisit branches.
1.1 [count noun] A secondary or subordinate division: the Birkenhead police subdivision subject subdivisions
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- Further subdivision of the second category is based on the width of the primary branches, which decreases distally only slightly in C. arboreus, but markedly in C. concentricus.
- Within these broad divisions, of course, there are secondary and tertiary subdivisions, the bottom line being the analysis of any given historical decade or century.
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1.2 [count noun] Biology Any taxonomic subcategory, especially (in botany) one that ranks below division and above class.
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2North American & Australian /NZ An area of land divided into plots for sale.
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- At present you enter the walk near the corner of Kent Street and Edgar Street, but subdivisions for housing are being opened up in this area, so the access point may soon be higher on the hill.
- Rotary has purchased land for the subdivision and Rotary Clubs from far and are now providing funds and teams of volunteers to build modest one-room homes to accommodate destitute families.
- The delegated authority process does not apply to more complex developments such as large residential flat buildings, subdivisions, rezoning of land, and is designed to cut down on lengthy delays.
2.1An area of housing.
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- The Christchurch City Council has refused an application to develop a housing subdivision on Montgomery Spur on the Port Hills.
- A new community wastewater treatment system for a small town or subdivision would be an example of an activity requiring a nondegradation significance determination.
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Why is it so hard to make a good television series with sports as its core? I'm looking at you, "Necessary Roughness."
The USA Network show about a therapist working for a fictional professional football team started out well, but now, in the second part of its second season, it is flailing. A 22-year-old woman with, to put it mildly, a checkered past inherits her father's football team and immediately redesigns its jerseys and dictates who will start at receiver? Seriously?
It's a shame, because the show has a good cast and they perform well.
It's the material that's lacking. And our heroine, Dani the therapist, frequently spends time away from the football team to work with rock stars, roller derby queens and racecar drivers. Is it about football, or isn't it?
Perhaps the alternate plots are a good thing, because the show's portrayal of pseudo-NFL players is so one-dimensional it's painful. Few are even featured, and the ones that are make Terrell Owens look like Alfred Morris. Drug problems, ego problems, gun problems. I hate to see what they do next to poor Terrence King, a.k.a. TK. The problem players this season are black, as is the poor coach stuck in the middle of all this. Now there's a way a black man can get a job coaching professional football -- become an actor!
And yet I watch, because there is little else available.
This isn't a new trend -- there's been a dearth of good sports shows for decades. My short list is short by necessity, not brevity: "Sports Night." "Friday Night Lights." "The White Shadow." Probably not in that order, but when there are only three, the rankings hardly matter.
It also matters not one whit that there is a lack of these kinds of shows, of course, because there is so much actual live action being televised, from hoops to tennis to poker, plus networks devoted entirely to one league, plus ESPN's stable of channels and talent to man them, that perhaps anything fictional seems unnecessary.
Or perhaps anything fictional seems unexciting. If "Necessary Roughness" had tried the Manti Te'o story line before the truth came out, it would have raised some eyebrows, but no one would have bought it.
Let's face it, the sports landscape seems more and more fictional all the time. Who needs a television series when we can just flip on "SportsCenter" for the latest jaw-dropper. Maybe, where sports are concerned, fiction is now stranger than truth.


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LEADVILLE - A boisterous crowd gathered along Harrison Avenue Saturday and Sunday to witness the 2013 Leadville Skijoring Championships - an event that's been ongoing since its inauguration in 1949.
Grasping a rope attached to a thunderous horse, skiers flew through an 800-foot course - constructed in the heart of downtown Leadville - collecting rings and launching off jumps to record the fastest time. Penalties were added to times for missed rings and missed jumps for the skiers, who were grouped into three divisions throughout the event. Of those three divisions, Bruce Stott, a Frisco native, took first in the open division - among the most exciting classes in the field.
Event coordinator Jason Dahl was ecstatic about the passion the town of Leadville and its visitors brought to this year's event.
"We're the only place that shuts down the main road to haul in truckloads of snow. There's nothing like it. We started at 4 Saturday morning," he said.
More than 110 truckloads of snow were dumped onto Harrison Avenue to construct this year's course.
"It's a face-paced course. It's challenging, but not dangerous," Dahl said.
The event attracts competitors from across the continent - people who possess an undying passion for not only the sport, but the rush it brings as well. Competitor and Minnesota native Mike Fries has been riding in multiple skijoring events and admits Leadville's is second to none.
"It's the snow on the main street. This is the biggest and best event. Huge crowd, the jumps are the biggest, the track is the fastest. I tried it once and have been hooked ever since," Fries said.
The skier is maneuvering turns and collecting rings, but the horse and rider are just as important to a successful run.
Allen Bearden, who has been pulling skiers in skijoring for the past five years, praises the Leadville event.
"It's just having the crowd cheering," he said. "It's an adrenaline rush and the horse loves it too. It's fun to pull new people out there. We've got people from Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico and Durango. We're trying to get more events across the state."
Three divisions comprised this year's event: legends, sport and open. The legends division consisted of skiers 45 or older and who have been competing in the sport of skijoring for at least 10 years. The sport division was designed for first year competitors while the open division included the most competitive and exciting of skiers and riders. In each division, skiers were allowed two runs - one with the horse and rider of their choice and second by way of random drawing.
Prizes were awarded to the top finishers of each day and also to the competitor with the best average time for both days.
Stott took first in the open division both Saturday and Sunday, completing the 800-foot track in 14.99 and 14.91 seconds, respectively. Stott, a 14-year skijoring veteran, was thrilled to take home the title at Leadville.
"It's close to home and I have family that live here so it makes it kind of local for me," he said. "The horse makes a big difference. You have to have a fast horse and a fast skier and I was able to team up with the appropriate horse."


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While school representatives declined comment on the matter, an attorney representing 45-year-old Ken Bencomo says he was fired because of the same-sex ceremony.
"The reason given was that the marriage occurred and the school's position was that it violated church teachings," said Chatsworth attorney Patrick McGarrigle.
Bencomo, 45, was head of the English department at St. Lucy's Priory High School in Glendora, but also worked as a yearbook moderator and dance coach.
Students say they were aware of Bencomo's sexual orientation.
"He never talked about his personal life to his students, but it's something that students and faculty knew," said former student, Abigail O'Brien, 19, of Upland.
McGarrigle also said the school was aware long before he got married.
"St. Lucy's has known of Mr. Bencomo's orientation for years," she said. "Administrators had been introduced to his partner in the past, so the suggestion that Ken's orientation is a surprise or that his lifestyle somehow violated doctrine is at odds with the school's knowledge and what seemed to be acceptance of him until most recently."
In an online petition protesting Bencomo's termination, supporters of the former teacher say a July 2 article in the Daily Bulletin prompted the school to dismiss him. Bencomo and his husband, Christopher Persky, 32, of Rancho Cucamonga were one of the first gay couples to line up at the San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder's Office to get married July 1 following a Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage.
He appeared in photographs and video for the story.
Sister Helen Dziuk, assistant principal at St. Lucy's, declined comment and referred inquiries to the school's attorney, Joseph Stark.
St. Lucy's officials later issued a written statement, saying the school plans to continue educating students "in the tradition of the Catholic faith."
"As a Benedictine school, St. Lucy's is a community for those who wish to express Christian values in education and develop person and academic excellence," the statement said.
Stark said an attorney representing Bencomo contacted the school on Sunday, but declined to elaborate.
"I have yet to see what his allegations are, so I can't comment," he said.
While about 2,000 people had signed the petition by Wednesday and more than 1,300 had joined a Facebook discussion group about Bencomo, not everyone felt the school's decision was wrong.
James Wellman, a former board and executive committee member for the school, said he thought Bencomo might still be teaching at St. Lucy's had he not appeared in the newspaper.
"We should not forget that Ken has been teaching at a Catholic high school. Anyone who believes that St. Lucy's operates in a totally independent fashion from the Catholic Church is gravely mistaken," he said.
The Diocese of San Bernardino said its Catholic schools prohibit discrimination against teachers or other school employees based on their lifestyle choices.
"However, if a teacher or school employee makes a public display of behavior that is counter to church teaching - such as homosexuality, sex outside of marriage, having a child outside of marriage - that can impact their employment status," said John Andrews, diocese spokesman.
School policies outlined by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles say a staff member can be counseled or disciplined if he or she engages in "behavior counter to the moral teachings and standards of the church."
Former St. Lucy's student, Brittany Littleton, said policies regarding staff at Catholic schools need to change.
"I am joined by many students and alumni in saying that we believe this is a fight for love and equality, and as such we wish to display love and kindness, even while feeling hurt and shock," the Beverly Hills woman said.
McGarrigle said Bencomo is hoping to resolve issues with the school without pursuing legal action.
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From the author of the bestselling Silent Night comes a close look at the embattled holiday season of 1864, when Major General W. T. Sherman gave President Lincoln the city of Savannah and paved the way for the end of the Civil War.
General Sherman's Christmas opens on Thanksgiving Day 1864. Sherman was relentlessly pushing his troops nearly three hundred miles across Georgia in his "March to the Sea," to reach Savannah just days before Christmas. His methodical encroachment of the city from all sides eventually convinced Confederate general W. J. Hardee, who had refused a demand for surrender of his troops, to slip away in darkness across an improvised causeway and escape to South Carolina. In freezing rain and through terrifying fog, equipment-burdened soldiers crossed a hastily built pontoon bridge spanning the mile-wide Savannah River.
Three days before Christmas, the mayor, Richard Arnold, surrendered the city, now populated mostly by women, children, and the slaves who had not fled. General Sherman then telegraphed to Abraham Lincoln, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah with 150 heavy guns & plenty of ammunition & also about 25.000 bales of cotton."
The fight for Savannah took place as its inhabitants were anxiously preparing for Christmas. Weintraub explores how Christmas was traditionally fêted in the South and what remained of the holiday to celebrate during the waning last full year of the war. Illustrated with striking period prints, General Sherman's Christmas captures the voices of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict, as they neared the end of a long war.
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Praise for SILENT NIGHT:"A moving story of horror taking a holiday." — People
"Beautiful, brutal, and deeply moving." — Baltimore Sun
"Weintraub has brought an obscure and bizarre incident to life with a flair that gives the reader a detailed glimpse at a unique Christsmas story." — Seattle Times
"The story of [Washington's] triumphal trip home, itself an act of nation-building...evokes the frail seedling from which the mighty American nation grew." — George Will
"An engaging rendition of a few fleetign weeks that would come to speak volumes about the young American republic...fresh, fascinating, and delightful." — Jay Winik, author of APRIL 1865: The Month That Saved America
"Weintraub's graceful narration brings to life a distant time and place in America." — Publishers Weekly
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Here's what you need to know -- "Sex and the City 2" has more sparkle than Tiffany's; it's a new (and vintage) Carrie Bradshaw adventure and its guaranteed to be the magic carpet ride of summer 2010.
Irish American writer, producer and director Michael Patrick King, 53, is the man at the film's helm once again, just as he was for the iconic show's run on HBO. He's the Scranton, Pennsylvania boy who -- just like Carrie -- arrived on this mythical island one day in the 1980s determined to be a writer. Like Carrie he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
That happy coincidence -- between King's facts and Carrie's fiction -- is what makes him the ideal writer for the movie. He just gets Carries journey in his bones.
King is also one of three famous Irish Americans (including Vice President Joe Biden and playwright Jason Miller) who grew up in the hardscrabble Scranton neighborhood before he left to make his fortune in the big city.
"Joe Biden did very well," King tells the Irish Voice with a knowing laugh. "We have almost the same job wouldn't you say? He's the vice president of the country and I am the vice president of sex."
Before his dizzying success (King is now a co-producer of the multi-million dollar Sex and the City franchise) he worked for years, decades actually, as a humble waiter in just about every greasy spoon restaurant in Manhattan.
It was his sheer determination that finally paid off, but it was also his talent at storytelling, which he attributes to his Irish background, and the Irish women he grew up around.
"My family is Irish on all sides. These are the names in my family -- King, Fitzsimmons, Judge and O'Malley," says King.
"My grandparents actually came from Ireland, and I have three sisters, Eileen, Mary Ellen and Patty. The youngest one married a man named Cook. She went from a King to a Cook!"
Then King erupts with laughter. "My mother is a very loving woman and a great storyteller, and I think I get the ability to hold a room's attention from the way she used to tell me stories.
"What I also get from my Irish background is an amazing sort of emotional depth and feeling. I have great empathy and I also have the Irish thing of understanding the balance between a laugh and cry, you know?
"I don't want just the comedy or just the tear. If it's a funny moment I want it to be real. I think that balancing act is a very Irish trait."
Of course Sex and the City isn't just a TV show or a series of films. It's a massive worldwide phenomenon, and no one knows this better than King himself.
"I'm very blessed to be the antenna that's allowed to tell this story, and I think that I'm partly the guy who can write this because of being Irish," King reckons.
"I think it's partly because I was raised in a family of Irish women. I mean, what could be more Irish than a bunch of strong women getting together to laugh and cry at the adventure of life?"
King was scheduled to talk to the Irish Voice two weekends ago at the swanky Mandarin Oriental Hotel in midtown, but in a carefully planned attempt to throw the paparazzi that haunt his cast's every footstep, his publicists rescheduled in favor of one of one of the movie's locations -- Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue.
As the unsuspecting public shopped on a gorgeous May morning the entire second floor of Bergdorf's was quietly sealed off, and suddenly rows and rows of Armani suited male models began working a security detail, standing behind black ropes and redirecting anyone who dared to even think about having a look.
To say that the setting for our interview with Michael Patrick King was impressive is an understatement. You have never seen glamour like it in your life.
The second floor at Bergdorf's is already one of the most important fashion epicenters in the world, but with the arrival of Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis it instantly became the world's fashion center. All together, in person, these women are a force to be reckoned with.
The ladies have the look, but King is the storyteller and he has a set of rules about how and where he wants the girls to be each time.
"One of my rules with 'Sex and the City' is that I always make sure that I don't repeat myself. I knew I wanted the second movie to be completely different than the first," he said.
"I wanted it to be more of a party, a big extravaganza. I wanted to embrace the word sequel and go bigger."
The first scene King came up explored tradition and how even today, in a cosmopolitan city like New York, the four women (and all women) are still struggling with traditional roles and expectations.


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'Homeland' Season 3, Episode 11, 'Big Man in Tehran': TV Recap
As the episode begins, Saul approaches Alain Bernard (Mira's friend, who was caught spying on Saul) and tells him to get help for the mission in Tehran. Saul needs two Mossad agents on the ground.
Brody, whose task is to meet with Akbari, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, gives his cover story of how he ended up in Caracas and now seeks asylum. An official is skeptical and grills him, but Brody loses patience with the interrogation. "I just thought I'd be safe here. I just thought I'd be welcome," he says, because he "bombed Langley, their heart."
Javadi stands in the background, going along and pretending to question Brody.
Carrie is all of a sudden in Tehran, wearing a head scarf over auburn hair. She checks into a French hotel, but soon sneaks through a back entrance. She goes to the home of Fara's uncle. He demands to know what's going on, and has hidden contraband sent for her. He guesses that she's in the CIA and begins to question his niece's career choice, but Carrie hands over a photo of Fara. He shows Carrie to a dresser, where he hands her a phone and offers to help with anything else.
Javadi is summoned by his boss, Akbari, who watches Brody's testimony. He asks Javadi if he believes Brody's plea for asylum, and Javadi claims uncertainty. Javadi says Brody could be a valuable propaganda tool as the U.S. Marine who bombed Langley. Akbari says they must trust him before going public. Before leaving, Javadi suggests that he meet Brody one-on-one, so he could find out if he trusts him.
Carrie and Saul talk using the smuggled phone. There are two Iranian nationals / Mossad agents waiting to meet Carrie. They'll bring weapon options to Carrie and she requests to meet at the uncle's house, where she now feels safe.
When Saul brings up Brody, who has survived three days of interrogation, Carrie seems to feel a kick from her belly – it's starting to show. Since Quinn knows of Carrie's condition, how is it that she has been allowed to travel to Tehran to assist with the assassination attempt?
The next day Carrie meets the two Mossad agents and tells them the assassination target is Akbari. They express doubts – no one can get to him. She tells them an American is already in place and they need to get him to safety afterward. The Mossad agents give her cyanide for the mission.
When she returns to the hotel, two men want a word with her. They lead her down a stairwell to a storeroom where Javadi's waiting. He reminds her that the mission is to kill Akbari – whether she gets Brody out is optional. Carrie agrees. Javadi says a security convoy has been ordered for the next day so it appears to be on. She gives him the cyanide needle. The plan is for a Mossad agent to detonate an explosive near the meeting, and Brody will stab Akbari with the cyanide.
The next morning Brody is woken up and told to hurry and get dressed. He distracts his minder by asking for his shoes, and in that moment takes the cyanide needle from his bedsheet and folds it into his shirtsleeve.
Akbari doesn't travel to the expected location, and instead visits an unknown house. They all convene there. A Mossad agent tells Carrie it's not a good idea, they're not set up in this place – they should back away and wait for a better chance. But Carrie says it's fine to proceed and there won't be a better chance.
Brody steps out of the car and sees Akbari exit the house and wave him over. As Brody makes his way, he holds the needle in his hand, ready to stab –how he held the trigger to the bomb vest at the end of season one. But when he gets close, Akbari hops back in his car and drives off. Brody continues into the house and finds a woman he recognizes – Abu Nazir's widow, Nasreen. He lived in her house for two years, and she's now charged with vetting Brody.
Nasreen and Brody connect over their will to survive despite having lost everything. He tells her he is in Iran because he wants to stop running. When he exits, a crowd gathers and cheers for Brody and Allah. They take his photo and ask what he's doing in Tehran. He makes a grand public announcement that he's seeking asylum. Carrie witnesses this and is dismayed – this just complicated the mission tenfold. One of his minders tells Brody he's a big man in Tehran now. In the car, Brody takes the cyanide needle and discreetly destroys it.
Saul, Lockhart and Dar Adal assess their options six days later. Brody's not getting anywhere near Akbari anymore – he's now a publicity machine. The President wants this resolved. Dar Adal and Lockhart want to "end" Brody because he's now a liability and can reveal Javadi as a CIA asset. They want the Mossad to take Brody out.
Carrie, who suspects the plan from her conversation with Saul, calls Fara's uncle for another favor. He meets Brody at the mosque and slips a phone into his pocket. She calls Brody from across the courtyard and explains her hunch that the agency is cutting its losses to protect Javadi.
Brody argues with Carrie in a hushed tone, saying he has nowhere else he can go so he won't leave with her. She pleads with him, then spots the Mossad agents and warns him. He tells her to leave and hangs up the phone, then loses the agents.
Saul calls Carrie to tell her she screwed up and put their asset in danger. He tells her to get on the next plane out of there, but she hangs up on him. (This is why you always send Carrie out to do the big tasks, right Saul?)
Brody runs to Nasreen's house and tells her he needs to talk to Akbari because he has information about Javadi. As Brody is taken in to see Akbari, Javadi knows something's fishy – he sends a message to the CIA, who thinks they're screwed.
Brody is left alone with Akbari after the guards inexplicably leave his office. The scene hearkens back to Vice President Bill Walden's untimely death. Brody sits and tells Akbari the truth about Javadi and the CIA, and confesses that he was supposed to kill him. He says he came here to redeem himself. "And you have," Akbari says.
But Brody asks about Abu Nazir, who told Akbari in this very room that he would send Brody back to America to kill. "Good, so it all started here," Brody says, before he grabs a glass ashtray from the table and strikes Akbari unconscious. He then suffocates Akbari with a pillow.
Brody calls Carrie and says it's done, get him out of here.
Readers, what did you think of this episode? Will Brody manage to get out alive? Did he plan to carry out his mission all along, or is he just trying to survive from moment to moment? Leave your thoughts in the comments.


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The St. Anthony's Ladies Auxiliary (of the St. Anthony's Catholic Church) in Camdenton hosted their annual Magnolia Tea on May 1.
Pictured, Norma and Millie sponsored a table that they decorated with tulips and a spring theme and hosted six of their lady friends from St. Patrick's church.
There were a total of 13 tables with each one having different themes and decorations.
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William (Bill) Fern Bartle, 74, died Monday, October 1, 2012 in his home in Queen Creek, Ariz. William was born in Janesville, Wis., Nov. 24, 1937. He married Sandra Halvorson of Devils Lake in the Florida Keys in 1969. They lived in Key Colony Beach, Fla., for several years. In 1971, they moved to the Devils Lake area after their first son was born and resided there until 2009 when they returned to live in Arizona. He is survived by his wife Sandra; and their two sons, Jamie (Amber), Queen Creek, and Christopher, Kalispel, Mont.; his children from his first marriage. Tom, Tim and Tina; three sisters, Arlene, Olive and Nancy; and great grandchildren Amber, Andrew, Jaden, Gavin and Gunner. William was preceded in death by his parents Fern and Eloise (Pelton) Bartle, an infant son David. A memorial service was held in Queen Creek, Ariz.
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Mosaic Company Opens $80 Million Resort At Site of Former Phosphate Mine
Published: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 12:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 12:26 a.m.
STREAMSONG | Created by corporate foresight during the depths of the Great Recession in 2008-09, and brought to life by the vibrant inspiration of world-renowned golf course architects, The Mosaic Company officially opened Streamsong Resort on Saturday.
Green fee: $200 with cart for 18 holes ($175 walking).
Caddies: $25-$35 for forecaddies; $80-$100 for walking caddies (plus tips).
Website: www.streamsongresort.com/golf.
Phone: 863-354-6980 (golf shop).
Directions: From Lakeland, south on State Road 37 to County Road 630, left to Fort Green Road, right on Fort Green Road past Mills Road to Streamsong Drive.
Address: 3000 Dunes Pass, Streamsong, FL 33834.
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Two years after ground was first broken on the unique site in the heart of Polk County phosphate country, Streamsong Blue and Streamsong Red are golf courses that pose a critical examination of a golfer's skill.
Bill Coore, who along with Ben Crenshaw designed the Red Course, said there is no golf property in the world that looks like Streamsong. Coore remembers touring the property for the first time.
"What I saw was truly one of the most extraordinary landscapes you can imagine,'' said Coore, whose company has designed courses at Bandon Dunes, in Australia and even China.
"When you have to describe this site, this is unlike any of them,'' Coore said.
Rich Mack, Mosaic's executive vice president and general counsel, helped persuade the company to take on the $80 million project, its first venture into real estate development. He admitted there was some "head-scratching,'' and risk involved.
Mack said hiring the design firms of Coore & Crenshaw, and Tom Doak of Renaissance Golf Design, was critical.
"For us, great was not good enough,'' Mack said at the grand opening, attended by 170 people including Congressman Dennis Ross, Polk County commissioners Melony Bell and Ed Smith, and other state and local officials.
"For our ability to attract, and to be worthy of your time, this venue needs to be exceptional,'' Mack said. "And the way to do that is to align yourself with the greatest people in the business... That's a very good way to diminish the risk profile for advancing the Streamsong project.''
The architects share the minimalist design philosophy, which even carries over to the lack of paved cart paths and signage between holes.
"We want to let the land tell us what to do, in essence,'' Crenshaw said.
Sand dunes created by almost 50 years of phosphate production at the former Payne Creek Mine dictated the routing of the courses, which were sprigged with Bermuda grass between June and November of 2012 and are now lush carpets. The dunes behind Blue No. 7, a par-3 over water, rise 90 feet above the lake.
At Streamsong, drives can rise toward the horizon, landing on green plateaus of fairway high above that are not visible from the tee box. Lightning-quick greens perched 50 feet above the fairway are revealed only by the flag stick, giving away nothing about what lies above.
And the primary goal over both par-72 courses is to avoid the myriad sand traps, many of them steep and cavernous, guarding greens. Others are strategically situated in the middle of fairways, magnets for golf balls. There are 8½ acres of sand traps spread throughout.
Mack said the architects fully bought into the project, which will create about 200 jobs once the lodge is completed.
"They really bought into the Mosaic story. They were committed. They were energized. They were collaborative... They understood the opportunity that we have,'' Mack said.
The clubhouse is located two miles south of the lodge, which is under construction and will open in November with 216 luxury rooms, a conference center, a spa, tennis, pools, guided bass fishing, sporting clays and restaurants. The concrete framework of the six-story lodge and towering construction cranes are visible from the courses, rising just to the north.
Streamsong, located 25 miles south of downtown Lakeland and a 40-minute drive, is hoping to capitalize on a rebound in the resort golf market, to draw golfers from across the nation and even the world. There are signs of encouragement in the number of rounds played nationwide. The National Golf Foundation reports an increase of 7.4 percent through September, reversing a trend that saw rounds drop 11 percent over the previous 10 years. In Orlando, the number of rounds was up 8.7 percent.
Mosaic chose the remotely located site in southwestern Polk near the Hardee County line to demonstrate that there can be value in the restoration of land that was mined for phosphate.
"We wanted to develop a showcase property that would illustrate what could be done on land that had been previously mined by Mosaic and our predecessors,'' Mack said. "In addition, we wanted to create a compelling and memorable golf experience for people to enjoy for generations to come.''
The Payne Creek Mine, which operated from the 1960s to the mid-1990s, produced 60 million tons of finished phosphate fertilizer.
At its core, Streamsong is simply about the game of golf, Mack said.
"The culture of golf at Streamsong starts now. And that means very authentic golf, hard-and-fast playing conditions, respect for the game, a very strong caddie program... And we are not going to become an overly commercialized property,'' Mack said. "This is pure golf and this is the way golfers want to have it.''
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To the Editor:
About the recent decision to place a religious motto, "In God We Trust," on our county courthouse:
Having lived in Anderson County for more than 50 years, I am surprised and disappointed by our county commission's entire approval process, in one evening, deciding this clearly controversial questions.
Before the vote to approve, attention, respect, and thoughtful consideration were imperative not only for the Baptist churches and their supporting churches and members, but for many other religious and non-religious views held with conviction and supporting evidence in our rich and diverse community, which I have always cherished.
Doesn't the practice of good democratic government in America depend on it?
Marion Burger
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Zito and his bat earned the Giants pitching staff a place in the record book Wednesday night.
Overshadowed by Pablo Sandoval's monster night, Zito delivered a fourth-inning single that made it four consecutive postseason games in which a San Francisco pitcher drove in a run -- a first for any team in baseball history.
Hitting, starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong said, is something the staff works hard at under the direction of coach Tim Flannery.
"You'd be surprised how many times it helps you win games, bunting guys over, starting rallies," said Vogelsong, whose contribution to the streak came in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. "It's something you have to do in the National League."
Zito started the streak in Game 5 of the NCLS, and Vogelsong and Matt Cain continued it.
With Brandon Belt on second base Wednesday night, Zito singled to left field just past Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera, who might have been expecting a bunt after Zito bunted for a hit in the NLCS.
All part of the plan, reliever Jeremy Affeldt said.
"When you have to play up for a bunt like that and then he threw the bat out there, you take away the range," Affeldt said. "A ball could drop, and it did."
Belt said the other eight players in the lineup can be inspired when a pitcher comes through at the plate.
"It's fun to watch that, and I think it gets a little energy in there," he said. "We don't want to be undone by pitchers, so we've got to try and go up there and get our hits, as well."
Zito's RBI was the first by a pitcher in Game 1 of the World Series since 1969, when the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Cuellar drove in a run against the New York Mets.
"It seems like Scutaro's getting a hit every time he's up," catcher Buster Posey said of the NLCS MVP.
But manager Bruce Bochy elected to keep the same 25-man roster for the third consecutive round, saying third baseman and former catcher Sandoval will serve as an emergency catcher.
Bochy said he anticipates Posey being the starting catcher for every game of the series regardless of the starting pitcher.
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SAN JOSE -- The future of astronomical research at the iconic Lick Observatory is in peril, as the University of California threatens to cut funding and perhaps even convert most of its once-cutting-edge Mount Hamilton telescopes into museum relics.
Now, alongside the search for new celestial frontiers, scientists must hunt for a new source of outside funding to keep the 125-year-old observatory from going dark.
"It's heartbreaking. We're collapsing like a house of cards," said Steve Vogt, who leads a team of planet-hunting astronomers at UC-Santa Cruz.
Perched on the 4,200-foot summit of Mount Hamilton east of San Jose, the UC-run observatory is home to six telescopes, which are increasingly upstaged by newer and larger telescopes in other parts of the world. When constructed in 1888, Lick was the first permanently occupied mountaintop observatory in the world; for almost a decade, its original telescope was the largest ever built.
It has made major contributions to the field of astronomy, discovering asteroids, moons of Jupiter and planets outside our solar system.
If it loses funding, Lick's sensitive new $10 million Automated Planet Finder, a decade in production, would no longer scan the skies for our galactic neighbors, bringing us closer to answering the profound question: Are we alone?
The observatory's surveys of supernovae and the future of astronomy education at UC-Santa Cruz are also under threat, because the campus relies on Lick to support its nationally-renowned academic program.
"UC wants it off the books," Vogt said. "They're shutting the door and turning out the lights."
The plan is based on the findings of two review committees -- one at UC, the second made up of independent experts -- that two other Hawaii-based sites, W.M. Keck Observatory and the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), deserve higher priority at a time of cost-cutting.
The $1.8 million currently spent annually on Lick "is a significant sum in the face of other funding pressures," according to a report by outside scientists, led by Robert C. Kennicutt of the University of Cambridge.
About $20 million of UC's $24.1 billion annual budget is used to support observatories and research in astronomy and astrophysics. UC aims to reduce funding for Lick starting in 2016, with a complete cutoff after 2018.
"Telescopes and instruments are growing ever more expensive, and many of the traditional sources of funds for supporting astronomy -- the state and federal governments -- are facing growing claims on their resources," according to the external report. "Old facilities on Mt. Hamilton ... would cost more to modernize than could be rationalized in terms of their usefulness."
Lick's telescopes lack the huge mirrors of newer telescopes, which see fainter and far more distant objects in space, said UC-Santa Cruz professor of astronomy Garth Illingworth, a member of the University of California Observatories, which manages the university's telescopes.
"But Lick is still very important," despite its limitations, said Illingworth, who opposes cutting its funding.
The observatory provides a place where about 100 faculty, students and post-docs get scientific data and is an important test site for new technologies, he said.
UC is asking UCSC to help find non-university sources of revenue -- such as Silicon Valley-based philanthropists -- to underwrite the operating costs of Lick. But this could prove difficult, because it can be tough to find grants to support the day-to-day operations of an observatory.
"It's like being asked to build your own casket," said Vogt.
In general, scientists say, donors prefer to support fancy new hardware used to explore pioneering ideas.
Already, several prominent astronomers have left Lick because of funding uncertainties. One major loss was noted instrument builder Rebecca Bernstein, recently hired by the rival Giant Magellan Telescope project.
It is possible that Lick's new Automated Planet Finder could find continued funding, said Illingworth. But research at the other telescopes is in serious jeopardy, he said.
"If funding can't be found -- if no one is willing to continue supporting it -- it will shut down," he said.
Bay Area News Group higher education reporter Katy Murphy contributed to this article. Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.
Lick Observatory was built in 1888 with the wealth of a thrifty Pennsylvania Dutchman named James Lick, who found gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada as well as the booming real estate market fueled by young California's growth.
The telescope he envisioned -- part high-visibility scientific enterprise, part monument to himself -- was to be the best in the world.
But over time, other bigger and newer telescopes, such as Hawaii's Keck Observatory, have better mirrors, so they can see more distant objects.
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EAGLE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, Colorado - Regional forester Daniel Jiron signed an extension to an emergency order Wednesday to restrict access to all caves and abandoned mines in the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service.
The closures are meant to minimize the risk of the human spread of the fungus causing white-nose syndrome, which new studies indicate has killed some 5.5 million bats nationwide.
The emergency order will extend to Aug. 1, 2013.
There are roughly 30,000 abandoned mines and hundreds of caves on National Forest system lands, experts estimate.
"Once a colony is infected, white-nose syndrome spreads rapidly and can kill over 90 percent of bats within the cave in just two years," Jiron said.
White-nose syndrome is named for a white fungus that appears on the faces, ears, wings and feet of hibernating bats. The disease causes bats to come out of hibernation severely underweight, often starving before the insects on which they feed emerge in the spring, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
"The fungus has not yet been detected within Colorado's Rocky Mountain region, and we are taking an aggressive approach to minimizing the risk of humans inadvertently introducing the fungus into caves and abandoned mines," Jiron said.
The thought of living with a bat may be an unsettling one for many, but often bats will use residential structures as their home base - unbeknownst to their humanly hosts.
The most common bats in this area are the big brown and little brown species, which are quiet and not disruptive, according to Daniel Newbaum, terrestrial wildlife biologist with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
"Often I've seen people that don't know they have bats for years and years until a bat that is sick shows up or they find one outside - sometimes the pups wander around when they're young," Newbaum said.
Maternity roosts, where females group together and spend most of their days, are used to give birth to pups and raise them until they are able to fly.
"Human structures work well for maternity roosting because they often get warmer than a lot of natural features that are used by bats like trees and rock," Newbaum said.
Bats are able to fall under the radar of human detection because they rarely cause damage or disruption.
"Bats don't typically do any damage like mice," Newbaum said. "They don't chew on insulation or wires - when they occupy their roosts, they are not active."
Even guano, bat droppings, lack in smell, which allows bats to remain undetected.
"Over time, guano can build up to an amount where humidity can give it odor," Newbaum said. "But the climate is so dry here that most people don't ever notice that."
Newbaum has experienced homeowners who have coexisted with bats unknowingly for a shocking amount of time.
"There was one time that I investigated an attic after a homeowner noticed a bat exiting from an opening," Newbaum said. "There was a guano pile a foot high, and they thought they only had a few bats using the area - the reality is for that kind of pile, bats would have had to have been using it for decades."
Homeowners who live in areas adjacent to national forests have a higher probability of bats targeting their homes as rest areas or roosting sites.
It doesn't take much for a bat to sneak inside of a manmade structure - often a slit as small as an eighth of an inch allows enough room to enter insulated areas, Newbaum said.
Once a bat finds a safe area to create a roosting site or a place to rest during active periods, the flying mammal remains loyal to that location.
Houses and porches serve as night roosts, used as resting spots and places to digest.
"Bats often show a lot of fidelity to a site," Newbaum said. "They'll come back year after year, and their offspring will, too."
Whether or not a homeowner allows bats to utilize their properties is another story.
"I've seen a wide range of responses to bats in houses," Newbaum said. "Some people know they're there and like them because they're not bothering them and they eat a lot of bugs. Other people want to get rid of them right away."


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Here are the minutes of the April Wood County Genealogical Society meeting which will be presented at the May meeting tomorrow, May 17, at 7 p.m. at the Quitman Public Library meeting room.
Monthly Meeting
Quitman Public Library
April 19, 2010
The meeting was called to order by President Shirley Patrick at 7:00 pm with 16 members and 10 guests. President Shirley Patrick welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming.
Our guest speaker for the evening was Don Raney. Mr. Raney is a sixth generation Texan who has been an active genealogist for over 30 years. He published a book, "Marin Varner, Texas Pioneer; 1785-1844 in September 2009. This book describes the life and adventures of his Great, Great, Great, Grandfather, Martin Varner, in Colonial Texas. He also had copies of this book for sale.
After the program the business meeting began at 8:35 pm. The minutes stood approved as presented.
Treasurer Sally Allcorn presented the following financial report:
Last Bank Statement Dated: March 1, 2010
Starting Balance Shown (03/01/10): $1,243.19
2 Single Memberships 30.00
Money from copier 5.00
Total Deposits: $ 35.00
Hometown Trophy (award for Shirley Bates) 32.16
Total Expenses: 32.16
Ending Balance Shown (03/31/10): $1,246.03
Outstanding checks: None
Total Deposits not shown: None
Current Balance: $1,246.03
The financial report stood approved as read.
Old Business:
A motion was made by Dorothy Harbin, seconded by Shirley Bates to pay Don Raney $50.00 for speaking to the society. Motion passed.
President Shirley Patrick reported next month will be elections of new officers. She appointed Mary Beth Ramage, Sally Allcorn, and herself to the budget committee. She also told those present to think about volunteering to serve on committees or in an officer position. Anyone who is interested in serving should call Deason Hunt or Shirley Patrick and let them know.
Mark Reid would like for someone to take over doing the name tags for the new members. Willie Kay Paredez suggested getting permanent name tags that the members purchase and keep up with. She showed two different examples of name tags from clubs that she is a member of.
New Business:
John McCall reported he is working on a project that helps to get markers for Confederate Graves that do not have one. Let him know if anyone needs one or finds a grave that might need one.
Mary Beth Ramage suggested two fund raising ideas one would be publishing an obit book for the society to sell with some of the information that we have in the genealogy room and the other was a 1st Families certificate which we could sell. The first families would have to fill out a form and the society would have to verify information that is on the form before giving out the certificate. Tyler does this and sells them for $25.00 each.
Mr. Raney left a case of ten books to sell with the society receiving a commission. Anyone who wants to purchase one needs to contact Dorothy Harbin.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.
Minutes were taken by recording/corresponding secretary Kathy Lutonsky.
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NBA star (and one-time rapper) Kobe Bryant is the latest sports star to take a firm pro-gay stand publicly.
It all started when Twitter user PacSmoove, who goes by Michael and claims to live in East Africa, called another user Pookeo9 (god I hate writing about Twitter) gay.
To which Bryant responded:
Apparently Bryant has learned a thing or two since 2011, when he was fined $100,000 for calling a referee a "fucking fag."
And, honestly, I'm thrilled that Kobe would take a stand against homophobia, but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that a man wanting to lie in bed and make out with another man is, in fact, gay.
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In addition to superior service in a grand setting, guests enjoy the use of a fitness center with women's and men's steam rooms. An on-site spa offers a range of health and beauty treatments, including massage (surcharges).
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A concierge is always on duty, and complimentary Town Car service is offered to the financial district. Other highlights include wireless Internet access (surcharge), complimentary morning coffee followed by weekend tea service in the afternoon. Pets are welcome (with limitations).
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed makes it a practice to visit a police briefing and several fire stations on New Year's Day. It's a goodwill gesture to the troops.
The problem is that the troops don't see Reed as their supporter. The mayor's Measure B, passed last June, would hit their pensions significantly.
Early last Tuesday, the mayor showed up at the police station on West Mission Street with cookies and cinnamon bread from Greenlee's Bakery.
Before the regular 6:30 a.m. briefing, Police Chief Chris Moore introduced Reed to the troops. Our sources say four cops got up at that point and left through the rear door.
Moore has downplayed the incident as part of a shift change. And Reed says he didn't see it -- though his staff told him about it later.
"People are entitled to their opinion," the mayor told us later. "The people I talked to later that day were professional and courteous.''
A police force, however, is still a paramilitary organization. And afterward, people close to the mayor complained that the early exit amounted to open defiance -- and should be disciplined.
Just who would mete out the discipline is unclear. Moore is leaving in less than two weeks. And should it be a verbal chewing out? Or something more serious?
The mayor, who said discipline was the chief's decision, kept his message to the cops upbeat. He told the officers that he wanted to thank them for their service in tough times.
Not many cops, however, were swallowing the cookies or the cinnamon bread. Our sources say the goodies were dropped off later at the Salvation Army shelter on Fourth Street.
Ex-San Jose cop makes a bid for chief's job
Speaking of cops, former San Jose officer Martin Monica told us he's submitted his name as a candidate for the city's Chief of Police job that none of the department's current leaders seems to want. Monica, of San Jose, worked in the department for 18 years under several chiefs but most admired Joseph McNamara, who led the force from 1976 to 1991 and now is a Hoover Institution fellow.
"He was the only one with a vision," Monica said.
The city manager's office won't comment on the chief search, which Debra Figone hopes to wrap up before Chief Chris Moore's retirement at the end of the month.
But Monica told us he'd stay 10 years as chief "to implement community policing."
"What the department needs is a visionary leader," Monica said, "not a manager."
Monica said he has support from San Jose officers, civil rights advocate Raj Jayadev and La Raza Roundtable, among others.
Monica was among two candidates who unsuccessfully challenged Sheriff Laurie Smith's re-election in 2010. In 2000 he ran for the Santa Clara police chief job won by Steve Lodge.
Monica served about eight months as chief of Parlier, a town of 15,000 near Fresno, before being fired in 2002. City officials claimed he overspent department funds, didn't show up for work enough and that his officers did not respect him. Monica argued he was sacked in retaliation for handing over a sex molestation investigation of one of his officers to the Fresno County sheriff.
Rosen's deputy pens her own view of Prop. 36
By publicly backing Proposition 36, which voters overwhelmingly approved in November to ease what had been the nation's toughest "three strikes" sentencing law in California, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen parted company with many in the law-and-order crowd.
Among them was one of his own prosecutors, Deputy District Attorney Kathy Storton. As the office's ethics adviser and a respected authority on the state's complex sentencing rules, she penned her own interpretation of the new law that circulated a few weeks ago in Rosen's office.
Under the new law -- supported by nearly 70 percent of voters -- the "third strike" that triggers a life sentence generally has to be a serious or violent felony, with a few explicit exceptions such as for rapists and child molesters.
But Storton argued that because of the way Proposition 36 is worded, cons who committed at least one of their strike crimes when they were juveniles can still be sentenced to life in prison for a minor third felony, say petty theft with a prior.
Storton, who opposed Proposition 36, said she doesn't expect her boss Rosen to adopt her conservative view, which he doesn't share. And she said she wouldn't be surprised if the courts dismissed her argument as a mere "drafting error" in the measure either.
But her memo surprised and outraged local defense lawyers. Stanford law school professor Mike Romano, one of the co-authors of Proposition 36, as well as Acting Public Defender Molly O'Neal, called Storton's interpretation overly technical at best.
"It is a far-fetched interpretation and completely out of line with common sense, the law or legislative intent," O'Neal said. At O'Neal's request, Rosen agreed not to circulate Storton's memo to the 80-plus judges in the county.
Ex-redevelopment chief lands in Central Valley
When former San Jose redevelopment chief Harry Mavrogenes stepped down in June 2011 amid Gov. Jerry Brown's shutdown of California's redevelopment agencies, many wondered whether the 63-year-old would just fade into retirement.
With a $132,000 annual pension from his more than quarter-century in San Jose plus whatever retirement money he gets from an eight-year stint in Miami Beach, Fla., Mavrogenes could probably get by.
But he's taken a new job as San Joaquin County's Chief Deputy County Administrator, Intergovernmental Relations, where he works on economic development. Mavrogenes is now pitching the area, perhaps best known now for county seat Stockton's bankruptcy last year, as a business destination. Among other things, he's working to lure warehouse distribution centers to the county, which also includes the cities of Tracy, Manteca and Lodi.
"We have 75,000 residents here in the county who commute over the Altamont Pass to Alameda County or Santa Clara County for their jobs," Mavrogenes said. "The key is to get jobs over here and see what companies we can attract."
The new job doesn't come with the $234,000 salary Mavrogenes drew as executive director of San Jose's redevelopment agency. It pays a more modest $136,000, and requires him to drive 80 miles from San Jose to the Central Valley and stay with relatives during the week before returning home on the weekends to his wife and daughter.
"I did not take this job for another pension," Mavrogenes said. "I see some great opportunities to make a difference here. It's like San Jose was 20 years ago."
Internal Affairs is an offbeat look at state and local politics. This week's items were written by Scott Herhold, John Woolfolk, Tracey Kaplan, Tracy Seipel and Paul Rogers. Send tips to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 408-975-9346.


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OAKLAND -- About 100 people packed into the Redwood Heights Recreation Center on Monday night to hear from Jesper "JJ" Jurcenoks about an organization he is spearheading called Neighborhood Guard.
The self-described "crime prevention activist" is promoting a "co-op of neighborhoods" that would band together to fight crime through the use of street surveillance cameras and a shared database.
"Every criminal caught in another neighborhood is one less criminal coming to my neighborhood," Jurcenoks said.
He said the Neighborhood Guard idea began after an "unfortunate crime" on his street.
"My neighbors agreed this was unacceptable, and we decided to buy surveillance cameras to monitor cars entering and leaving the area," Jurcenoks said. "If criminals know they're being filmed, they're less likely to go into your neighborhood."
The state-of-the-art infrared cameras were installed on both ends of the street, along with signage alerting drivers that they are being videotaped 24/7. The cameras have a 98 percent success rate in reading car license plates, even in dark, rainy conditions.
Jurcenoks also developed sophisticated software that allows images to be recorded, sorted and stored for 60 days in a database. To ensure privacy, images are only reviewed if and when a crime occurs.
"Our goal is to deter criminals, report incidents to the police and assist in the apprehension of criminals," said Jurcenoks, who brings some surveillance chops to the table. The Danish-born entrepreneur is co-founder of netVigilance, a company that scans computer networks, headquartered in Silicon Valley.
Councilwoman Libby Schaaf, whose district includes Redwood Heights, attended Monday's meeting. She is a strong supporter of Neighborhood Guard.
"Coming up to Thanksgiving, I am full of gratitude for this effort," Schaaf said. "(Neighborhood Guard) has brought a sense of safety that they will share with all of you tonight. That's what community is all about."
She said that police are stretched to solve crimes, but that with the installation of security cameras "there would be a network of information that police could never accomplish. This is a tremendous step for safety in our neighborhoods."
Jurcenoks detailed how Neighborhood Guard works, and how much it costs to join the co-op. There is a buy-in fee and an annual maintenance fee.
For example, 47 households with three cameras would spend $1,000 for the buy-in and $400 for the annual fee. A neighborhood with 249 households and three cameras would spend $3,000 to buy in and $400 annually. As in any co-op, as Jurcenoks pointed out, the more neighborhoods that participate, the lower the costs for everyone.
"It increases our buying power," he said. "We save dollars on cameras and installation by buying in a big group."
Jurcenoks said a co-op is preferable to a nonprofit, which is much more limited in terms of purpose, revenue and political action.
"In a co-op, we can do whatever we want," he said. "If Microsoft wants to buy our program for $100 million, we can do that."
Another aspect of co-op membership is that once a neighborhood group is up and running, members are required to recruit and mentor three more neighborhoods into the program within a two-year period. Attendees at Monday's meeting had a lot of questions. One wanted to know the success rate of Neighborhood Guard on Jurcenoks' street. Jurcenoks cited a hit-and-run driver who was caught on tape and subsequently arrested. However, he said success is hard to measure.
Another person wondered if criminals might steal the cameras. Jurcenoks explained that the cameras are well hidden. However, decoy cameras are openly displayed to create a visual deterrent. Forming a member-owned co-op requires a lot of organization, including banking, bylaws and forming a board.
For more information visit www.neighborhoodguard.org.