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SI: Sidney Crosby to visit spine specialist in Calif.
Posted 22 January 2012 - 09:10 AM
Let's go Red Wings!
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 09:23 AM
Posted 22 January 2012 - 10:56 AM
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"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff." -- The Doctor
Posted 22 January 2012 - 11:12 AM
Damn! Beat me to it!
Look at this as good news. We'll finally discover if he has one or not!
...this just in...
Specialists say they are going to implant a spring so when someone touches him he can spring up like a jack-in-the-box and make his dives and flops even more animated. This is not to get more penalties called (although it will be an unfortunate by product (for the other team)) it will be done to draw attention to opposing players trying to stop the NHL's only superstar from having the puck and scoring. Sidney has said that his daddy told him that he is "the bestest in the world" and that he will be given everything he wants on a silver platter. But in order for that to happen, people have to stop touching him so this procedure hopes to curtail that trend. Stay tuned because the NHL cannot survive without him...
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 11:40 AM
Well played.
Look at this as good news. We'll finally discover if he has one or not!
I'll agree with previous statements. Can't stand the guy, but his return would be good for the sport. Plus, I never want to see a player have to end his career due to injury.
"We thought we were indestructible, The Lords of Iron"
Posted 22 January 2012 - 02:13 PM
They don't need x-rays, all they really need to do is google it.
Maybe they'll take x-rays to find out what people see in him.
Rocket Richard
Art Ross
Gold Medal
Stanley Cup
He annoys the s*** out of me, but that's a HOF-worthy resume he's racked up at the age of 24.
If he never returns to the NHL, I have to wonder what he would've accomplished in the next 10 to 15 years of his career. .
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 02:42 PM
"Mess up tomorrow, don't mess up now".
- Harry James Benson, CBE.
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 02:44 PM
I don't care.
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 02:52 PM
They don't need x-rays, all they really need to do is google it.
Rocket Richard
Art Ross
Gold Medal
Stanley Cup
He annoys the s*** out of me, but that's a HOF-worthy resume he's racked up at the age of 24.
If he never returns to the NHL, I have to wonder what he would've accomplished in the next 10 to 15 years of his career. .
Yeah.. that and a buck might get you a newspaper.
If I had a s***, he'd be the first person I'd give it to.
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 03:23 PM
It's tough hearing about what all these guys deal with day to day with concussions. Depression, migraines, light sensitivity, fatigue. Never knowing if tomorrow is going to be a good or bad day.
Walk a mile in his shoes.
I doubt it'll get much sympathy here but Pronger's wife was talking about what it's like for him. Having the kids ask him when they can go back to the games and watch him play.
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 04:19 PM
Posted 22 January 2012 - 04:20 PM
Walk a mile in his shoes.
How 'bout you, let's trade shoes, just to see what it'd be like too.
"Hit em with your purse, ya *****!" - Random Wings fans shouting at Franziska
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 06:18 PM
Posted 22 January 2012 - 06:21 PM
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Posted 22 January 2012 - 08:50 PM
Personally, I think with all this media time that's not going to Crosby, they could focus on a new young player such as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins who is having a great season as a rookie straight from the draft. There are plenty of stories to follow right now. Get off Crosby and focus on the players that are able to still play the game and provide entertainment to the NHL fan base.
Posted 22 January 2012 - 09:22 PM
Danny Briere just got a concussion, wonder if we'll see any stories in print about his doctor's appointment? Like a few others have said, who gives a s*** about this guy's doctor visits?
I think for the most part, we are sympathetic to his health issues even though we may hate him as a player. But GD, who freaking cares what he is doing outside of hockey!?!?! We don't care that he is getting his spine looked at! We don't care that he gets a head ache when he ties his shoes! He is not the first player, nor the last, to have his career ended because of a concussion! Do we hear about every other player's doctor's appointments, who have concussions, no, so I don't care to hear about Cindy's either! Sure he has won a lot in his lifetime, good for him, if he would have played as long as Gretzky, maybe we'd have a new record holder in most categories, but he won't. He won't even play as long as Lindros did. Enough about Cindy Lee Crosby and his every little bit of progress and regress, please! It's time for the NHL to market the players that are actually playing!!!! (There's a concept!) He is done, it's too bad, yes, but it's the truth, move on, please!
If he goes through all of this and makes a come back, then lets talk about what he had to do to get back. Lets talk about all the appointments he had to make in order to make himself healthy enough to become a star again. Until he is 100% healthy and comes back and starts playing hockey again, lets leave it alone, lets not have to hear about every baby step he is taking. If he makes a come back will it make for a good autobiography? Yes, and I am sure it will be a great read to hear about all the therapy and x-rays and appointments and medical advances, but until then I don't want to hear it.
I think everyone would like to see him lead a healthy life. Most folks would like to see him play in the NHL again. But in the same token, 99% of the fans outside of Pittsburgh don't want to hear about every OB/GYN appointment he has to make!
Up until Yzerman's retirement ceremony, I had no idea Vladdy was walking on his own with a walker! I though he was still getting around in a wheel chair, why? Because nobody talked about all he rehab appointments and every little crap he took that gave him a headache! The NHL went on, the Detroit Red Wings went on, then all of a sudden Vladdy was walking to center ice!
Good Luck Cindy Lee, I hope you get your health together! You and your family are set for life, don't risk your life by rushing back to the NHL. See you in a couple years or maybe never, but get well, none the less!
(there is my human side, now back to my NHL side) Hurry back so Kronner can Kronwall you into the 30th row! Then I won't have to see you dive and flop all of the ice anymore!
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:11 AM
Walk a mile in his shoes.
I won't feel sorry for the guy until this concussion affects how he will live his life from now on.
As of right now, he is rolling in dough and able to afford trips to every single doctor that could help him with this scenario. One which if he gets over will allow him to make millions upon millions of dollars to add on to the millions upon millions of dollars he already has.
Sure it might suck, but he can help the pain with his adoration of Pittsburgh fans, Stanley Cup ring, and massive paycheck coming in every week.
Posted 23 January 2012 - 08:51 AM
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Cook Time 20 minutes
1 cup Eden Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms
1/2 cup Eden Maitake Mushrooms
12 ounces Eden Flax Rice Spirals, 1 packageor any Eden Spiral Pasta
2 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 Tbsp organic unbleached white flour
2 cups Edensoy Unsweetenedor Edensoy Original
1 cup shiitake and maitake soaking water
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt
2 Tbsp Eden Mirin, optional
1/2 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
In separate bowls, soak the shiitake and maitake in warm water to cover for 20 minutes. Drain off the water and reserve 1 cup for cooking. Chop the shiitake and maitake coarsely and set aside.
Heat oil in a skillet, sauté the garlic and mushrooms for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the flour and sauté, mixing constantly, until all vegetables are coated with the flour. Combine the mushroom soaking water with the Edensoy. Slowly whisk in the liquid, stirring constantly until it becomes thick. Add the sea salt, mirin, oregano and basil. Cover and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
While the sauce is cooking, cook the pasta as package directs, and drain. When the sauce is done mix in the parsley and black pepper to taste and mix in pasta.
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5 Great Things Co-Opted by Douchebags
#2. Writing in Public
When it comes to writing, I imagine that almost everyone is more disciplined that I am. Stephen King famously said in his book On Writing that, every single morning, he locks himself in his home office and writes 1,000 words. I understand how he writes that much every day, but I don't understand how he does it in one location. I have a desk here at the Cracked offices and a desk at home, and while I can usually sit and work at them without issue, once in a while I need to get out and away. The food and television in my apartment become too distracting, the lack of direct sunlight in our office makes my brain hurt or any other damn thing gets to me. The point is, something snaps in my brain that makes it impossible for me to continue writing in one location.
This place is a prison!
The obvious solution is to head to a coffee shop and write from there, except you've been to a coffee shop full of idiots poking away at their laptops, and you hate every single one of them. So do I. Every coffee shop is full of bearded, scarf-wearing bohemians claiming to be writing screenplays on their MacBooks when really all they're doing is ordering coffee and dressing and acting like the kind of person who might have an idea for a screenplay. They're eager to talk about their post-apocalyptic steam-punk novella, or writing in general, to anyone who will listen, which is exactly what everyone else in the coffee shop is trying not to do.
"God, having so much trouble with this third act. Of my movie. The first two acts are solid, though. Hey, you guys all know I'm writing a movie, right?"
Or maybe that's not what the writers are doing. Maybe they're genuinely writing amazing screenplays, but that doesn't matter: The stereotype already exists. It's so strong that, whenever I mention going to a coffee shop to get some writing done, the inner bully that I didn't even know lived inside of me comes out and tries to give me a wedgie. Showing up at a coffee shop with a notebook or laptop, I always feel like I have to apologize to everyone who sees me. Or else I just pretend I'm not writing.
"Don't mind me, just looking at some good ol' porn!"
#1. Playing, Owning or Holding an Acoustic Guitar at Any Time
My roommate in college was an amazing guitar player, both acoustic and electric. My oldest brother is also an incredible guitar player, and most of my coworkers are pretty great as well. I've know several good acoustic-guitar players, and they're all fairly pleasant.
I have never, in my life, seen a stranger at a party playing acoustic guitar and thought to myself, "Yes, I want to meet that fella and be his friend."
Photos.comNot once, buddy.
It takes a special kind of person to, even when not solicited to do so, produce a guitar at a party and start playing (where here "special" means "awful"). And it's a real shame, because I like playing music, but I'm afraid to get an acoustic guitar, because I know that, at some point, I'll have to walk around outside holding it, whether I'm going to a friend's house to practice or heading to a gig. I don't want to do that, because any time I've ever seen someone walking around with an acoustic guitar I've instinctively thought, "Oh shut the fuck up, guy, we get it."
Photos.comNo one cares, pal.
I'm terrified that if I owned and practiced a guitar, I'd join the ranks of everybody else who owns and practices a guitar, which would mean I would be compelled to say, "Yeah, I play a little guitar, I guess I consider myself more of a 'singer-songwriter' than anything else," at any opportunity. And I don't want to be that guy, and my theory is that no one wants to be that guy, but everyone becomes that guy, and there's nothing they can do about it.
(Yes, being awkward means making every decision based on how random judgmental strangers on the street might perceive you. Welcome to our club. Once a week we meet at a bar where the music is too loud and the bathroom stalls don't have doors. We hate it.)
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Writing for College
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The abilities to read and listen with comprehension and critical acuity are requisite to the gaining of knowledge in a university setting. The ability to express oneself with clarity, both orally and in writing, provides the deepest proof of understanding. Only through such expression can one demonstrate the powers of careful thinking and critical analysis.
Many students, however, may often experience difficulties with writing that are not caused by a lack of understanding or critical ability. Writing is a complex activity; yet it is also a rich mode of learning. College writing requires time: time to generate ideas, determine purposes, develop an argument, organize and arrange text effectively, and revise. It also requires time of the instructor: time in successfully creating writing assignments; time in integrating writing well into the overall instructional goals; and time in responding thoughtfully to student writing. In addition, college-level writing often involves the complex tasks of reading, comprehending, interpreting and processing difficult text—including the ongoing text that one is producing, in writing, while negotiating such reading. Even reading and understanding an instructor's prompt for writing may present significant difficulties and affect the student's success with writing.
For students with disabilities there may be even greater obstacles to college writing. For example, for some students who are deaf, American Sign Language is their primary language. This may affect aspects of writing like word order, spelling, and word choice. Students with learning disabilities in writing and verbal expression may have significant difficulty in organizing and arranging text effectively. They may know the rules of grammar, but cannot regularly apply them. They may be intimidated by writing and therefore try to avoid doing it.


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The body of a missing fashion designer who worked with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen has been found floating in New York Harbor.
An autopsy is scheduled for James "Jay" Ott, 31, who had been last seen at his home in Brooklyn on March 24 and reportedly suffered from anxiety, according to the Daily News.
Ott, who was ruled a missing person after he didn't show up to work at The Dock Group, a design studio, was discovered Friday, the Daily News reports.
"We just found out … that Jay has died," his parents posted on Facebook Saturday. "The police notified us that Jay's body was discovered in the East River. The only thing we know was that foul play was not involved and that he did not jump from the bridge. We love you all and thank you for your thoughts and prayers."
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on December 15, 2012 - 10:51 PM
NORTH TONAWANDA – The Oliver Street convenience store owner accused of setting fire to his business to collect insurance money is taking the city back to court.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court earlier this month by Muwafek S. "Moe" Rizek accuses the city of discriminating against him because of his Arab ancestry and also accuses North Tonawanda Detective Robert Kalota of stealing evidence from the burned-out store.
"I will 100 percent deny that any of that happened," Police Chief Randy Szukala said. "Those are such far-fetched accusations that I can't comment on them in a newspaper."
The new case, which also includes an allegation of slander, comes a year after a State Supreme Court jury, deliberating for 15 minutes after a two-week trial, rejected the assertion of Rizek's insurer, Finger Lakes Fire & Casualty Co., that the fire in Rizek's store was an arson.
The store was insured for $525,000, but Finger Lakes refused to pay, charging that Rizek, now 27, torched his own store May 15, 2009, because he was in financial trouble.
Rizek's attorney, Kevin T. Stocker, brought expert fire investigators to court who convinced the jury that Mark's Food Market II, 290 Oliver St., was gutted by an electrical fire.
The defense team of veteran East Aurora fire investigators Craig L. Thrasher and Ralph A. Woodard defeated Kalota and Vincent Pupo, former head of the Erie County Sheriff's Office fire investigation team, who told the jury the fire was arson.
The Niagara County District Attorney's Office was poised to file arson charges against Rizek, but the jury verdict put an end to those plans.
"That's now closed," Assistant District Attorney Brian D. Seaman confirmed last week.
Stocker said he never heard anything from the District Attorney's Office about that.
He said that former Assistant District Attorney Timothy R. Lundquist tried to get Rizek to plead guilty to arson before being indicted.
Stocker said Lundquist, who was later fired after his arrest in a domestic violence case in which he eventually pleaded guilty, called him "stupid" and "incompetent" for refusing the plea.
Pupo and his employer, Francis J. Conway Investigation of Clarence, now known as James O'Neil Investigations, are defendants in the federal lawsuit, along with Flex Investigations of East Amherst, which also worked against Rizek.
In January, Rizek settled with Finger Lakes for $500,000. He explained last week, "I took the settlement because [fighting it] was going to be a long and painful process that would probably lead to not much more from the insurance company."
But it turned out that wasn't enough to rebuild the business. "After expert fees and attorney fees, I got less than half that," Rizek said.
He said he pocketed a little over $200,000, but the cost of rebuilding and stocking the store has exceeded that. He said he's in debt again as he struggles to reopen the store, which he said could happen by the end of this year.
But Rizek said his federal lawsuit is not a case of revenge, nor of trying to win money to clear his debts.
"This is not me trying to get them back," he said. "Not everything is just money. We need money to get rolling, but someone needs to be held accountable."
"He still feels he's being a target," Stocker said. "He feels he's being discriminated against, and he needs to send the message that this won't be tolerated."
The lawsuit does not name a dollar amount of damages being sought. Stocker said that would be up to a jury.
Rizek, a U.S. citizen born in Palestine, said he's had a couple of run-ins with North Tonawanda police since the State Supreme Court verdict in his favor, but he wouldn't discuss them.
Stocker said one of them involved a policeman asking Rizek for his ID at the North Tonawanda post office.
"There are people up there who feel that the Police Department doesn't like them because of the kind of people they are," Stocker said.
"Those allegations, there's no evidence to support them," City Attorney Shawn P. Nickerson said.
The lawsuit accuses Kalota of failing to interview significant witnesses in the fire investigation. It says he "failed to collect evidence, misinterpreted evidence, destroyed evidence and/or contaminated the fire scene."
If those acts weren't negligence, the suit alleges, they were "intentional misconduct."
Specifically, the lawsuit charges that Kalota "unlawfully broke into Mr. Rizek's business to steal electrical evidence."
Stocker said the defense experts located a wire in the rubble that they felt showed that an electrical malfunction triggered the fire. He said they marked the spot with a shovel, meaning to come back later to examine it further.
"In the meantime, someone broke into the building. There was a military-style boot print right next to the shovel, and the wire was missing," Stocker said. "They didn't take anything else. … I have my own suspicions who did that. I'll have to prove it, and it'll be another jury [trial]."
"The city certainly denies those allegations. Those allegations are unfounded," Nickerson said.
The city attorney said he is pleased with the progress on Rizek's store.
"I drive by it every day," he said. "The building looks great. All the code violations have been abated. … Before that, we had a blighted, burned-out building."
The city had agreed to refund a $2,500 building inspection fee, but Rizek said that hasn't happened.
Nickerson said that's because Rizek hasn't signed a form releasing the city from liability.
Rizek said that because the investigation of the fire's cause is technically still open.
"My credit is ruined," he said. "I went to buy a car, and my interest rate is sky-high."
Stocker said the reopening of the store is "days away. He's worked very hard on it. He did a lot of the work himself."
Rizek said he had little choice. "I can't even get a company to deliver stuff for the store on any kind of credit. [Everything] I get, I have to pay cash," he said. "Why should I have to suffer because I had a fire that I had absolutely nothing to do with? … It's all because of the city, the Police Department and Detective Kalota."
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Are US CEOs Paid More? New International Evidence
Nuno Fernandes
IMD International
Miguel A. Ferreira
Nova School of Business and Economics; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Pedro P. Matos
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business; USC Gould School of Law
May 22, 2012
EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper
AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 255/2009
This paper challenges the widely accepted stylized fact that CEOs in the United States are paid significantly more than their foreign counterparts. Using CEO pay data across 14 countries with mandated pay disclosures, we show that the US pay premium is economically modest and primarily reflects the performance-based pay demanded by institutional shareholders and independent boards. Indeed, we find no significant difference in either level of CEO pay or the use of equity-based pay between US and non-US firms exposed to international and US capital, product, and labor markets. We also show that US and non-US CEO pay has largely converged in the 2000s. The findings are robust to alternative methods for adjusting the risk of equity-based pay.
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Keywords: Executive compensation, CEO pay, International pay differences, Stock options, Corporate governance
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As Elkins City Council and the Randolph County Commission clash this week over who is financially responsible for the Elkins-Randolph County Landfill, documents show that the county and city worked together during the facility's early days, almost four decades ago.
At Monday's City Council meeting, during discussion of a proposed ordinance that would raise sanitation rates to keep the landfill afloat financially, several officials said the County Commission should contribute funds to help the situation.
Councilman Mark Scott said Randolph County should chip in funds because many county residents dumped their waste at the landfill during Free Days.
At Wednesday's County Commission meeting, Commissioner Mike Taylor objected to Scott's remarks.
"For him (Scott) to make a statement like that ... and to put it on the back of the commission is improper on his part," Taylor said. "On the one hand, the city is wanting our help. On the other hand, they're wanting to point fingers.
"I'm not saying that we aren't going to try to help the city, but I don't appreciate reading in the paper that we helped create the problem when we had absolutely nothing to do with it," Taylor said.
Both city and county officials said this week they intend to talk about the issue face-to-face at an upcoming meeting. Although the question of whether Randolph County should be financially responsible for the landfill at this point is debatable, official documents indicate the county worked with the city of Elkins to operate the landfill for a time, beginning in the mid-1970s.
Landfill property
On March 20, 1974, the city of Elkins purchased 109 acres near Norton from the estate of C.E. Hough for the sum of $1 to establish a new landfill. Previously, the city had been leasing 13 acres from the estate.
The deed states, "The land herein conveyed has been strip- or surface-mined." The city agreed to reclaim the property and to "meet and satisfy all existing laws concerning reclamation of strip- or surface-mining property."
The estate reserved the right to "complete strip-, surface-, auger- and deep-mining upon the leased premises" for the next two years. On May 21, 1993, the estate sold the coal rights of the property to the city.
In the year before the property was purchased in 1974, city and county officials met several times to discuss operating the new landfill, documents show.
The minutes from the July 5, 1973, Elkins City Council meeting report that Randolph County officials were interested in sharing "operational costs" of the new landfill with the city, and that county officials said "they will agree to enter into on a per centum basis with the city for the continuing operation of the landfill."
At the Feb. 21, 1974, City Council meeting, however, Mayor James P. Gladkosky reported that county officials were "not receptive to the idea of providing undesignated funds to the city" and that they "suggested that a board for the operation of the landfill be organized" including county and city representatives, according to the minutes.
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In 1974, Randolph County provided funds for the operation of the new landfill, and with the city purchased a bulldozer to be used at the facility, records indicate.
On April 18, 1974, Councilman Joe Martin, chairman of the Sanitation Committee, reported that, after meeting with county officials, "initial planning would provide that the city and the county would control and operate the landfill on a joint basis," the minutes say.
Martin reported that county officials "at present, and in accordance with a signed agreement between the city and county, will share to the extent of 50 percent of the total cost of the operation of the sanitary landfill from July 1, 1973." Also, Martin said county officials agree to "share a 50 percent cost of the purchase lot of a new Caterpillar bulldozer for operation at the landfill."
Martin made a motion, seconded by council member Clair Metheny, that the $38,000 bulldozer "be purchased from Beckwith Machinery Company on a costsharing 50-50 basis with" Randolph County. The motion carried unanimously, according to the minutes.
At the May 2, 1974, Council meeting, Martin reported that the county "has provided one half of their share of the cost of operation of the sanitary landfill, as agreed, from July 1, 1973 through March 31, 1974," according to the minutes.
Unsigned agreement
A document detailing an agreement between the city and the county regarding the landfill was filed at the Randolph County Clerk's office. It is unclear whether this is the "signed agreement" Martin referred to at the April 18, 1974, City Council meeting - and, in fact, the filed document is unsigned.
Dated Jan. 11, 1973, the agreement document notes that the city had established a landfill on the 13 acres it was leasing from the Hough estate. "The parties agree that it is to their benefit that both the city and county share in the use of said sanitary landfill," the document reads.
The agreement states that "the parties agree" that "the city and county will share on an equal basis costs necessary to place the sanitary landfill into operation," and "that once said landfill is operable and receiving sanitary waste from both the city and county, the parties will agree upon the extent to which the county shall contribute to the operating costs of said landfill. It is understood that any agreement as to the contribution of the county to the cost of operation of said landfill be on a year-to-year basis, and may be renegotiated annually."
The document states that both parties agreed that the city would "use the landfill for regular collection of garbage and sanitary waste from the residents and business places located in the city of Elkins, and the city agrees to keep separate records and books as to the cost of said collections."
The agreement states that, "Fees charged commercial users for dumping or disposing of waste will be agreed upon by both parties. Fees to be charged to private individuals for casual or irregular dumping of sanitary waste shall be agreed upon by both parties."
The document also says, "Capital expenditures, extraordinary expenses, including the purchase of heavy equipment to be used in the operation of said landfill, must be approved by both parties."
Lastly, the document states, "It is agreed and understood that this agreement shall continue from year to year unless terminated by either party. Either party reserves the right to terminate this agreement at the end of any fiscal year by giving 30 days written notice of termination."
The unsigned document was filed in the county clerk's office on Aug. 16, 1985. It is unclear whether a signed copy of the agreement exists within the city's or county's files.
Ongoing association
Based on official documents, it appears Randolph County's involvement with the landfill continued for some time after the facility opened.
Minutes taken during the Sept. 13, 1976, County Commission meeting state, "It is ordered by the commissioners that the sum of $4,000 be paid out of revenue-sharing funds to the city of Elkins for agreement between the county and city for use of the landfill."
Five years later, the minutes from the June 23, 1981, County Commission meeting report, "The Commission will sponsor free trash and garbage dumping at the Randolph County landfill on July 10 and 11, 1981, for all Randolph County residents."
More than 30 years later, city officials say Elkins is the only town or city in the state with its own landfill, albeit one that has been closed for almost two years and is nearly a quarter of a million dollars in debt.
Watch for future articles in this series, which will seek to answer why the county ended any involvement with the landfill and why the city declined to turn it over to the state government.


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Gene therapy firm bluebird bio won a $9.3 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to support a Phase I/II study evaluating bluebird's LentiGlobin® treatment for β-thalassemia. The trial is scheduled to start in the U.S. next year. The CIRM grant is one of the first to have been made through the Institute's new Strategic Partnership Awards initiative.
bluebird is leveraging its gene therapy platform to develop treatments for severe genetic disorders. The technology is based on introducing the corrected version of a disease-causing gene into bone marrow stem cells taken from the patient, and then reintroducing these engineered cells as therapy. The firm's lead Phase III-stage program is an ABCD-1 gene therapy for treating childhood cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (CCALD), an inherited neurological disorder that in its most severe form causes damage to the myelin sheath and progressive dysfunction of the adrenal glands. bluebird raised $60 million in a series D financing round in July to support its clinical development programs.
The LentiGlobin candidate uses a patients' own hematopoietic stem cells engineered to carry a fully functional human β-globin gene, which when transplanted back into the patient produce fully functioning red blood cells. Phase I/II trials of the product in the treatment of β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease are ongoing. Promising initial data were reported back in 2010, and showed that a single LentiGlobin treatment results in stable expression of functional β-globin, which has persisted for more than four years (results to date), and removes the need for blood transfusions.
"We are very encouraged by the clinical data generated to date demonstrating the potential of LentiGlobin as a one-time transformative gene therapy for patients with beta-thalassemia," comments David Davidson, M.D., bluebird CMO. "Bluebird bio has made significant advances in lentiviral vector design, transduction efficiency, and, in our manufacturing process, enabling the production of gene-modified products that can be scaled and deployed for many different indications."
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UNIVERSITY PARK - One of the smartest guys in college football and one of the best NFL prospects in the Big Ten will anchor a Penn State offensive line that has big expectations this season.
"I'd say tremendous," junior left guard Miles Dieffenbach said of the group's progress this spring. "We really have picked up where we left off and have been performing at a high level. We're really gelling well."
Senior right guard and Academic All-American John Urschel has the most experience among the linemen, while mammoth sophomore left tackle Donovan Smith has a chance to be a star before his college career is over.
The rest of the first team includes seniors Ty Howle at center and Adam Gress at right tackle. Howle is the only projected starter who hasn't played significant time, but Urschel said no one should be worrying about him.
"Ty Howle is a great center and a great football player," Urschel said. "I'd say he's one of the most underrated football players on our team. You don't hear about him enough, and I don't think you guys [in the media] talk about him enough."
The offensive line, coached by Mac McWhorter, has benefited perhaps more than any other group from Penn State's new strength and conditioning program over the past year. All of the linemen mentioned strength coach Craig Fitzgerald as a big influence on their development, none more so than Gress.
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"If it wasn't for Fitz being here right now, I don't know if I would be in the position I'm in right now to be playing as much as I have," said Gress, who's 6-foot-6, 321 pounds and has dramatically increased his strength and bulk.
"Fitz's weightroom program is very well-fitted to us, it's very well-fitted for putting on bulk, a lot of muscle mass and getting a lot of explosiveness," Urschel said.
All of those things are huge for offensive linemen.
It goes without saying that linemen are big and strong, but the focus of Fitzgerald's program has been getting them stronger in football-specific areas. Urschel, a math major who already has had an astronomy paper published, gave a great example when it comes to pass protection.
"To be able to have the bulk and size and strength to be able to stop the bull rush and hold your ground as a pass protector, that's something that I struggled with a little bit earlier in my career, especially when I was a little leaner," Urschel said. "Coach Fitz has definitely helped me and the offensive line as a whole really get stronger, get bigger and more muscular."
Coach Bill O'Brien's passing offense cannot succeed if the quarterback doesn't have ample time, so the focus on improving pass protection goes hand in hand with what O'Brien wants to accomplish throwing the ball.
"The biggest thing for me from last season to this season is absolutely pass protection," Gress said. "I had a couple rough plays throughout the season, and I decided at the end of the season that was absolutely something I had to fix. I think it's progressed tremendously, and I'm really happy with how it looks on film."
There was quite an uproar at the beginning of the spring when Dieffenbach was listed at center on Penn State's initial roster.
"My dad texted me and said, 'You're playing center?' I said, 'News to me,'" Dieffenbach said with a smile.
O'Brien ended the confusion during a news conference when he emphatically said, "Miles Dieffenbach is at guard."
The Lions have no concerns at left tackle with Smith, who should be able to protect the blind side of whoever wins the quarterback battle between Steven Bench and Tyler Ferguson. Smith has the makings of a high NFL draft pick in a couple of years if he progresses as expected.
The least-experienced player on the line is Howle, who tore a pectoral muscle last summer but was able to return during the season to get some action at guard. That was important experience, Howle said, and now he's moving back to his natural position of center.
"I'm going to come in and play aggressive, and I'm going to give it everything I have every game," Howle said. "Like a lot of these guys - our senior class now - we've only got one more season left, so we're trying to make it the best we can."


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Not unlike our state bird, the Stellar Jay, I jump from tree to tree and stump to stump, curious about every little thing that is going on in the neighborhood, and equally eager to talk about my findings. If I see a menacing cat I let everybody know about it. Likewise, if I see a cat that is not menacing, I let everybody know about that cat too. That's my job, to alert the neighbors, then let them decide for themselves whether that cat is a threat or not.
Having established this as my job for this week, let me jump right in and go on record as stating that water boarding is not "enhanced aggressive interrogation," it is torture. The semantic definition of water boarding is based entirely upon which end of the water boarding you happen to be on. Where rack, pincers and fire leave evidence, and a dead man is of no use to anybody, water boarding leaves no tell-tale signs and will not kill, mostly. Water boarding is to intelligence gathering what pornography is to photography. As Justice Potter Stewart said about pornography, "I know it when I see it." To my mind, when it comes to aggressive interrogation, it would be more effective to offer the suspect an all expenses paid Carnival Cruise for him and his family, than to water board him.
Moving right along to another neighborhood alert, as reported by American Press last month from Geneva, more than 140 nations adopted the first legally binding international treaty aimed at reducing mercury emissions. It took four years of highly intensive negotiations to finally set limits on the use of this highly toxic metal. Mercury is so toxic it is sometimes used in assassinations.
How does this relate to nuclear weapons? Well, thanks to the mercury treaty, we have now a template for eliminating the deadliest and costliest pox on our fragile house, the nuke.
These same 140 nations, while the ink is still wet on the mercury treaty, must seize the day by authoring a similar treaty to disarm and ban nuclear weapons.
We, the United States, spend about 52 billion on our nuclear weapons each year. Forget the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (I guess we already have) let us deliver unto the world a total ban.
Let's go people, this is a neighborhood alert. You folks in the mercury treaty writing business have a track record now, and a hot template to work with. Should we leave it to heads of state to draw up such a treaty it will never get done. World opinion must finally trump political expedience. The question is, do we have the heart of hearts to do what we know is necessary, and then face down the nationalists who refuse to go along.
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quote: I think most people don't understand what it means that this is a design patent - it's not the same thing as a "regular" patent (a utility patent). Design patents allow a company to get an exclusive right to the form of a functional object so that a 3rd party can't make a different device with identical appearance (well, not legally at least). Almost every company that puts the time into making a distinctive shape for their devices gets one: Microsoft has one for the Xbox, George Lucas got one for Yoda etc.Design patents are extremely narrow - you have to do your level best to copy them exactly in order to be found in infringement. Plus, they specifically cannot cover functionality - that has to be covered by a utility patent, if it's going to be protected. This design patent only protects a "portable display device" (that's the wording in the Patent itself), and only one with those specific design elements that are shown in the Patent Figures.I'd be shocked if Apple hadn't applied for design patents for all of its devices. This really isn't an issue.
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A Skull in ConnemaraFor one week each autumn, Mick Dowd is hired to disinter the bones in the local cemetery to make way for new arrivals. As the time approaches for him to dig up the bones of his own late wife, strange rumors regarding his involvement in her sudden death seven years ago resurface. Martin McDonagh, author of The Lieutenant of Inishmore, brings you part thriller-whodunit and part farce, accented with flying skulls and bloody scenes. Martin Giles directs.09/11/2013 - 09/28/2013Stephen Foster Memorial Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Tobias Picker's Therese RaquinTherese Raquin is Tobias Picker's 2001 two-act opera to a libretto by Gene Scheer based on the novel by Emile Zola. Picker's operas include Emmeline ('96) and The Fantastic Mr. Fox ('98). A cast including QED's Anna Singer performs with an 18-piece orchestra and video by Joe Seamans.09/13/2013 - 09/21/201309/13 - 8:00 pm09/15 - 8:00 pm09/17 - 8:00 pm09/19 - 8:00 pm09/21 - 8:00 pmLocation: CAPA Theater, 111 9th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Conductors FestivalJeffery Meyer (St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic) and Walter Morales (Edgewood Symphony Orchestra) lead a field of visiting conductors including JJ Pierce, Jacob Kallman, and Daniel Curtis in four premieres by Pittsburgh composers.09/13/2013Time: 7:30pmLocation: PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Symphony EastSymphony East, which raises funds to support the Pittsburgh Symphony, holds a meeting and performance featuring a quintet from the River City Brass.09/13/2013Time: 1:00 pmLocation: Redstone Highlands, 4951 Cline Hollow Rd, Murrysville, PA
Such Morning SongsFor its 40th anniversary, the Pittsburgh Camerata pays tribute to founding Artistic Director Arthur Wenk with works by Guillame Dufay, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Paul Hindemith, Maurice Ravel and "Jesu Meine Freude" by J.S. Bach.09/14/2013 - 09/21/201309/14 - 8:00 pm09/20 - 8:00 pm09/21 - 8:00 pmLocation: 3 locationswebsite
Hugo Wolf's Italian SongbookDirector and pianist Benjamin Binder, soprano Sari Gruber and baritone Daniel Teadt perform Hugo Wolf's Italian Songbook, one of the crowning jewels of the art song repertoire. Composed during the 1890s in the artistic and sexual hotbed of fin-de-siecle Vienna, these 46 tiny yet exquisite songs explore the pleasures, perils, and pitfalls of love from every possible angle – the war between the sexes never sounded so good.09/14/2013Time: 7:30 pmPappert School of Music, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
PB&J Session: Five Flavors of FolkChatham Baroque's wildly popular Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions are designed especially for preschool children and their accompanying adults. Based on a model developed by the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati, PB&J is hosted by certified Kindermusik teacher Lynda Wingerd, and encourage young children to become active and enthusiastic listeners through music, dance and games. Chatham Baroque performs live, often with guest artists.09/14/201309/14 - 10:00 am09/14 - 11:30 amLocation: McClintic Hall, Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Poptastic! The Art of Burton MorrisThis first major retrospective of Burton Morris' work will feature nearly 50 items including early art and drawings from Morris' Pittsburgh childhood, signature painted works, product lines such as his Pittsburgh ties, sculptural work, and interactive works of art developed in conjunction with the Entertainment Technology Center at CMU. Carnegie Mellon-trained Morris was inspired by comic strips and magazines as a child, and later by artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and Red Grooms.09/15/2013 - 02/23/2014Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Ball State's Joel Godett and Jared Law feature highlights on a weekly basis of the Cardinals' football games. Listen and watch replays of the 55-14 win over Miami.
Ball State, which improved to 10-2 overall with the win, picked up just its third 10-win season in school history. Ball State also broke several records that Friday afternoon, including Keith Wenning passing Nate Davis for the most single-season yards and touchdowns. Ball State, 7-1 in the MAC, now awaits its postseason bowl destination.
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Student charges for 2016-17 will be $64,250, which includes $50,730 for tuition, $7,110 for room, $5,900 for the full board plan, and $510 for the student activities fee. Payment for the fall semester is due by August 8, 2016, and payment for the spring semester is due by January 2, 2017.
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My question is this. And I know it's probably been discussed several times over in other threads. But this is so perplexing to me that I think it deserves its own thread. I understand it so little, that I feel it needs to be discussed as a seperate issue.
...There is about 15mil left in cap space (once we send our extra forwards to gr). Is someone trying to tell me that 15 mil isn't enough to sign Doan, Semin and top-six defenseman. Even if Doan and Semin both reach the high-end, around 6 mil each, that still leaves 3 mil to sign a top six defenseman, and that should be more than enough. It's not like either Doan or Semin is going to command a contract much longer than two years anyways? It's not like signing either is going to hurt us long-term? And it's not like Pav and Hank have that many prime years left in them either? Where in the hell are we going to be once Pav can't carry this squad?
The time to try to win it all is now. Not next year. Not in two years. Pav is THIRTY-FOUR years old. Truth be told, when he's out of the lineup, we're one of the worst team's in hockey. How much longer is he going to be able to carry us? The time to win is now - - - and this lineup, below, could very well win it all. Look at that depth. Six legitimate top six forwards. More than enough skill, grit and defense. A third line of Helm, Nyquist and Brunner. Incredible speed. Great defense. Great energy. And serious scoring ability. A fourth line consisting of players the calliber of Samuelsson and Bertuzzi. A very, very solid goalie when healthy, just entering his prime. And our defense isn't going to be as good as it has been, but if we're able to add just a decent player, this could most definitely be a squad with the ability to win it all.
I guess I just don't get what in the hell Holland is waiting for!? Does he want to wait until Pav is 36 or 37 before he decides to take a real run at the cup?
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Johan Franzen ($3.955m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Alexander Semin ($5.000m)
Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Shane Doan ($5.000m)
Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Darren Helm ($2.125m) / Damien Brunner ($1.350m)
Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.866m) / Mikael Samuelsson ($3.000m)
Danny Cleary ($2.800m) / Jordin Tootoo ($1.900m) /
Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Ian White ($2.875m)
Kyle Quincey ($3.775m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Brendan Smith ($0.875m) / Defenseman ? ($5.000m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) /
Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Jonas Gustavsson ($1.500m)
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(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $312,538
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A juror of note
If ever there was a juror who seemed destined to take great notes during a trial, it was Kathleen Arent.
She's a senior court reporter at the Erie County Courthouse who has transcribed hearings and trials for 25 years, capturing every word out of the mouths of lawyers and judges and handling all of the jargon, slang and mumblings uttered by the witnesses.
But recently, Arent sat in a courtroom for days at a time and did not record any dialogue. She was an alternate juror in a vehicular manslaughter trial.
Judges tend to frown on jurors taking notes. Besides, Arent liked watching the witnesses and concentrating on what they said, without the pressure of recording their every word. "I could just listen," she said.
But there were times she felt jury duty put her on the spot.
Judges instruct jurors not to speak to the lawyers and others involved in a trial – not even to exchange pleasantries.
Arent, a friendly and well-liked courthouse employee, knew the lawyers in her trial, as well as several others in the courtroom. She could not say hello or goodbye to them.
How did she manage to follow the judge's order?
"Kind of smile and keep your mouth shut," she said.
On the rink of kindness
Here is a crazy hockey-parent story that will not make many headlines.
After the Mustangs from Strongsville, Ohio, recently eliminated a Buffalo Shamrocks youth hockey team in an emotional and hard-fought semifinal game at a Niagara Falls tournament, a Shamrocks parent and grandparent walked around the stands, passing around green clover-shaped cookies to ... Mustangs players and their families.
The Ohio kids walked out of their locker room eating shamrock cookies.
It was a nice gesture by the Shamrocks fans. But maybe they should have fed the Strongsville players cookies before the next game.
The Mustangs lost by a goal in the finals later in the day.
Getting the final word
We've noted before that defense attorney Joseph Agro shows decent range in the courtroom.
In one moment he talks about rap group Wu-Tang Clan, and in the next he refers to "Matlock" – the Andy Griffith TV legal drama that aired from 1986 to 1995.
When using a TV show to make a point to jurors, most lawyers rely on "Law & Order" (1990–2010) or "CSI" (2000-present).
During an assault trial this week, Agro reached back to the classic Raymond Burr series from 1957 to 1966.
"It ain't Perry Mason!" Agro told jurors as he defended his client.
But while Agro may have dived deepest into TV history to make his point, his rival turned to a far older historical figure for an old chestnut about truth.
Prosecutor Christopher J. Belling quoted Abraham Lincoln in his summation: How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Honest Abe trumped Perry Mason. Agro's client was convicted.
Dress for access
Passing through the Erie County Courthouse metal detectors usually does not take long, depending on how far the line stretches and how much metal you wear.
It doesn't take much to set off the alarm. So a woman seemed especially relieved by her wardrobe choice last week after passing the detector.
"I thought about wearing my cowboy boots," she told a companion. "I'm glad I didn't. They would have had a conniption fit over the spurs."
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The fundraisers included a two-week long penny war challenge, hosting a movie night on April 7th at Melching Field, online donations from the SAAC team's Relay for Life web page, and in-person donations on campus and at the Relay for Life event itself.
"SAAC chose to get involved in Relay for Life so that as Stetson student-athletes, we could show our support for the fight against cancer," said Stetson University freshman and indoor volleyball player Shannon Craighead. "As athletes, we make up a large part of the student body at Stetson, and our involvement in the cause can generate a lot of extra support from the Stetson community."
As SAAC's Relay for Life team captain, Craighead said she ran for Kendall Bayne, a high school junior in her hometown who was diagnosed with Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma almost two and a half years ago.
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Like most business owners, John Rotherham is no stranger to working 60-hour weeks doing paperwork, planning for future expansion and managing nearly 50 employees.
Unlike most business owners, you'll often find him talking to customers about strains of marijuana named Cherry Skunk, Pineapple Express or Super Silver Haze in between stints of tending to hundreds — soon to be thousands — of marijuana plants.
Like more than 100 other business owners in Colorado, Rotherham finds himself standing on the edge of a new frontier in the world of recreational cannabis.
Possession of up to an ounce and the ability to grow up to six plants for personal use has been legal all year for Coloradans 21 and older, but Wednesday marks the first day in the nation's history when you will be able to legally buy pot from a smattering of retail stores.
Though he won't be one of the few that opens up to the masses this week, the four-year owner of Nature's Herbs and Wellness Center in Garden City is actively preparing for recreational sales, likely to begin sometime in March.
Like many shop owners across the state, Rotherham doesn't want the demand for recreational pot to prevent him from meeting his existing medical patients' needs.
He serves approximately 3,000 patients monthly.
So that means even more long days at work.
"You can't even imagine," the 49-year-old laughs, referring of the workload he splits between his local shop and one he owns in Denver.
When he's not working, he's constantly plugged in — monitoring security cameras and worrying about how he can better serve his patients.
It's a position almost all marijuana shop owners are finding themselves in this week ahead of a New Year's Day unlike any other.
The past year has been a whirlwind of regulation talks, marijuana discussion and policy planning among local, state and federal officials.
After Coloradans approved Amendment 64 in 2012 and legalized recreational pot possession and use for adults 21 or older, the focus shifted to addressing the monumental task of paving the way for legal recreational pot sales.
Policy makers had to create something from nothing while everyone from curious residents to local authorities watched with eager anticipation.
Results trickled in all year while Rotherham and others looked on, anxiously awaiting orders for the next hoop they'd have to jump through to get required licenses and further grow their budding businesses.
What happens next year is anyone's guess — that's something all sides can agree on.
In Rotherham's mind, it may take several years before every issue is ironed out — that's what happens with anything new, he says.
But it's only a matter of time before other communities and states see the benefits that a well-regulated system of marijuana consumption and production can have, Rotherham says.
In other words, he thinks the state's framework is going to lead by example.
State regulators and local governments had to hit the ground running on the marijuana issue.
After voters statewide passed Amendment 64 by a 55-45 percent majority, a series of meetings in Denver and throughout the state commenced that were aimed at getting a completely new industry up and running.
No other state besides Washington was working on a similar effort.
Out of those seemingly-endless meetings came a regulatory framework that outlined exactly how the new industry would work, be taxed, be monitored, and how businesses would function.
From the thousands of pages of ordinances, definitions and applications emerged a 144-page document that explains everything there is to know about business licenses, grow operations, surveillance and even waste disposal.
That was just part of the discussion, though.
While lawmakers and people across the state worked to iron out the framework, communities across Colorado were busy making their own policies about the budding new industry.
In Weld County, the message municipalities and county commissioners sent was a resounding "no."
One by one, towns and cities approved ordinances that banned retail sales of recreational pot, large-scale grow operations and even so-called marijuana clubs.
While communities like Greeley, Evans and Windsor opted for an all-out ban that will last for several years, other places like Kersey adopted code that made it virtually impossible for a marijuana business to establish itself.
In Kersey's case, a pot shop could go in if it was 1,000 feet from schools and homes, leaving the only qualified spot in town on the eastern fringe where there isn't infrastructure in place to accommodate a new business of any kind.
As was the case with medical marijuana, the wild west oasis of Garden City remains the only place in the county where recreational marijuana will be available for purchase.
While state regulators were busy hashing out a regulatory framework, Weld police forces were busy with their own marijuana topics, namely addressing a more relaxed attitude and a surge in uninformed consumers.
Greeley Police Chief Jerry Garner was adamantly opposed to the legalization of marijuana during the initial Amendment 64 discussions.
Since then, though, his focus has shifted to exploring exactly how the two worlds will coexist moving into next year and beyond.
Easier access to recreational cannabis through legal marijuana markets in the region won't lead to armageddon, Garner says.
He even kind of laughs about that notion and acknowledges cannabis has always been in the community whether people want to talk about it or not.
It's just concerning to him that it will be easier for people to acquire and potentially get careless with it.
"We'll see just how much more marijuana we're encountering out here as we move through time," Garner says. "Maybe our fears will turn out to be unjustified, but we're not going to know until we get into it."
Greeley police won't be creating marijuana enforcement groups. They won't be breaking down doors to make sure you're not in possession of more than your allotment of plants. And they won't be putting officers through any special training — they already know how to spot drugged driving, he says.
But if you're toking on a joint on a Greeley park bench and a cop notices, you'll probably get a ticket.
Busting people smoking in a park won't be the police department's top priority, he says, likening it to littering in the sense that if you do it in front of an officer, you'll almost certainly get a ticket.
"What I worry about a little bit is that relaxed attitude," Garner says, referring to people who may not know it's still illegal to get high in public or drive under the influence.
"What additional problems is that going to cause for us? If down the road we find out it doesn't cause us any, I'll be tickled," Garner says. "I don't think that's going to be the case. We'll see. We're just going to have to see."
For Coloradans who have seen headlines and fielded phone calls from relatives across the country poking fun at the mile "high" Front Range, the new system of marijuana laws may seem like old news.
But for the business owners whose livelihoods will be forever changed by the potential influx of customers, well, they are ecstatic.
Erica Pilch has owned C-Nine Caregivers in Garden City for three-and-a-half years. Like Rotherham, she's been "at the mercy of the state" when it comes to getting all of the required documents submitted in line with the state mandates.
From store reorganization to an endless paper trail and business meetings to figure out how to accommodate the surge in demand, Pilch has been busy this year.
On Monday, it all paid off.
C-Nine was among the first batch of medical marijuana dispensaries to be granted recreational retail licenses from the state — a step that Pilch calls "historic" and part of a churning tide in support of decriminalizing marijuana. Denver shops got 102 licenses, one went to a Fort Collins listing, and several were sent to communities in the mountains. Throughout the day on Friday, many of those were granted licenses from local governments.
There are plenty of other things she has to get done before she can open her doors for a new crowd — likely sometime in January — but things are moving in the right direction, she says.
"I feel like life is all about progression," she says, referring to the changing attitudes in people's minds about the drug. "As it (opening day) gets closer and closer, the reality of it all is beginning to set in."
Meanwhile, at Nature's Herbs and Wellness Center, Rotherham finds himself at an interesting crossroads as he prepares to double his greenhouse in size to keep up with the influx in marijuana users from both Colorado and potential "marijuana tourists" from other states.
As one of only a smattering of shops across all of northern Colorado, he wants to be ready for whatever comes when he starts selling recreational products.
Like Pilch, his was among the first batch of licenses issued on Monday.
That's why his business is eating up surrounding properties, paving the way for increased operations. Within two months, he plans to expand the grow area to 10,000 square feet, he says. Right now, he grows about 1,500 plants, but he's licensed for up to 4,000.
That's a lot of potential. As recreational sales prepare to begin, he — like everyone else on both sides of the spectrum — has no idea what to expect when it comes to demand, challenges or successes.
Like everyone else, he just wants to be ready for whatever comes.