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That is, if Barb Russick has her way.
The mother of a 14-year-old autistic teen and founder of support group Puzzle Peace Moms has been laying the ground work for two years, getting community support, raising funds and attracting the attention of local officials.
She's wanted a center for autism in Cumberland County for years.
"Right now, we're looking at the old Millville Development Corporation (MDC) building across the street from Wawa on Route 49," Russick said. "I'm so excited about this."
She called it a "long-awaited dream come true."
"When I started Puzzle Peace Moms, a center for autism was always a long-term goal," Russick said.
Her group meets during the first and third Friday of each month at Mount Pleasant Church social hall on Pearl Street in Millville.
There are some major steps Russick and her group need to take before they become the county's go-to center for those seeking education or help for a child living with autism.
"First, we need to obtain our nonprofit status," Russick said. "Then, we need a grant."
This comes as good news as studies show the rate of autism increasing each year.
According to Autism Speaks, a website dedicated to educating communities on autism statistics throughout the United States, 1 in 88 children currently have some form of autism.
Of them, one in 54 are boys.
The website also suggests that more children will be diagnosed with autism in 2012 than AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined.
"It's the fastest-growing disability in the United States," Russick said. "And the statistics for Cumberland County are not good."
That's why she's starting the autism center.
Her vision for the center was initiated during a meeting last January at the Salem County Center for Autism, which is located at 192 North Broadway in Pennsville.
Russick was accompanied by fellow Puzzle Peace Mom Mandy Greensmith, who encouraged her to start the center.
"Prior to the meeting, Barb was kind of down and there was really nothing moving forward," Greensmith said. "But the director of the Salem center kept saying they 'jumped in feet first.' So I told Barb, 'If they jumped in feet first, you gotta go in full-body.' It's been a whirlwind ever since."
With the nonprofit status, the new center will be eligible for tax-exemption, helping the center focus its fundraising on setting long-term goals.
To start, Russick hopes to designate areas of the building for music therapy, arts and crafts, learning life skills and the new Lego therapy.
Larger goals include accepting insurance of children with autism and providing full-service therapy.
"The center will be open throughout the day, and at night from around 6 to 8 (p.m.) we will have activities for the children and support meetings for the parents," Russick explained. "But this is not to be confused with a daycare. There services are free; and if a parent says they need something, we work to get it."
Perhaps this is a glimmer of hope for Bridgeton, which just made a state list for having on of the highest rates of autism in the state, along with five other communities outside the county.
The study was released last Wednesday, and interviewed teachers as a way to evaluate autistic students.
Of the roughly 1,000 children evaluated from Newark, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Trenton, New Brunswick and Bridgeton, 3 percent were found to be living with autism.
Another nationwide study released in March revealed about 1 in 50 children were diagnosed with the disorder in New Jersey.
The study by the Center of Disease Control named the Garden State as the second-highest in the nation behind Utah, where the rate is 1 in 47.
"We're standing on the edge of the pool with our toes just touching the water," Russick said. "As soon as we receive our nonprofit status and a grant to start-up and a few other little things, we'll be opening."


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I would like to thank the Tomahawk community for making the Christmas gift drive for Hurricane Katrina children a success.
Many gifts were received at the four collection points, and also monetary donations, which will help meet the needs of many families in Mississippi.
Tomahawk folks have done it again with opening their hearts and checkbooks to helping others. The spirit of giving has really touched so many in many, many ways.
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After spending many, many hours preparing for and attending multiple hockey games on Saturday night, I realized that summer is over. With our regular school schedule, earlier bedtimes, science class, and hockey practices, many of our evenings are taken up with "stuff". The carefree summer evenings we've enjoyed are coming to a close
That prompts me to be a little more intentional about how we spend our precious free time, namely Friday nights. I decided to jot down a list of FREE things — or almost free things — that we could do together as a family.
Here's what I've come up with so far:
- Make indoor smores — we're looking for a deal on a fire pit, but in the meantime, the toaster oven will suffice.
- Pop some corn and watch a movie from Redbox or Amazon Prime Instant Video.
- Make cards to send to family or friends.
- Play a game — FishChick5's current fave is The Ladybug Game.
- Pull out the playdough — even big kids can get into this if everyone does it and there are enough supplies.
- Look through scrapbooks or home movies together.
- Take an evening walk and look at the stars.
- Go on a jammie run — after the kids are in jammies, load them in the car for a trip for ice cream or donuts.
- Read a story together — we're currently rereading The Wingfeather Saga.
- Play animal charades — our kids have always LOVED this, particularly the littles.
- Make a tent in the living room and camp out.
- Set up a tent in the backyard and really camp out.
- Play video games together — my littles still doubt that I was once a high scorer on Mario Kart. It may be time to set the record straight.
What's your favorite thing to do together as a family?
This is Frugal Friday. In an effort to make these weekly financial discussions more interactive, I'm no longer posting a link-up. Feel free to leave a link in the comments. But better yet, chat with us on today's topic.


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:Can someone tell me how (or a link) to increase swap space on an SGI
:Octane. We upgraded the RAM to 1GB and I need to grow the swap space
:from 250Mb to 1.5Gb. I'm been thrown to the wolves with these boxes.
:I've got about 15 production machines I need to do this with. I was
:really hoping to do this without a total reconfig.
There is more than one way to increase swap space. The traditional
way is to increase the size of the swap partition, which is
*usually* partition 1 on the root disk, with partition 0 being the
kernel. Several years ago, SGI changed things around a little so
that partition 1 is now by default *before* partition 0 on the
root disk; if you have that setup, the implication is that you
probably do not have any room for the swap partition to grow into.
The second traditional way is to move the swap partition on to
another disk. There are a couple of tricks at the prom level
that you have to know when you are building this configuration
in order to get IRIX to default to the new swap partition.
The third way is to create an empty partition and use swap -a
to activate the partition. If you use this option, then you
should edit /etc/fstab to add a swap resource; see the -m option
of the 'swap' command.
The fourth and newest way is to create a large file (e.g., via
the "mkfile" command) and use swap -a to add that file. If you
use this option, then you should edit /etc/fstab to add a swap
resource; see the -m option of the 'swap' command.
The most efficient of these is a raw swap partition carefully
positioned in the sweet spot of a drive that is used *only* for
that swapping, with the drive being on a different controller than
anything else (i.e., no I/O contention on the bus.) But if you
are not going to go to that much trouble for efficiency, then
the least efficient of the methods, swap to a file, is still
pretty efficient; the relative slowdown is measurable, but
relatively minor compared to the hit you take by using swap
space in the first place.
You should also consider whether what you really need is just
*virtual swap*. If your programs are in the habit of reserving
a lot of memory but then not actually using most of the memory,
then you can usually get away with telling the system to
overcommit on memory, knowing that most of the programs aren't
going to need their larger memory at any particular time. This situation
turns out to be fairly common: whenever a program fork()'s,
the system reserves enough memory to completely duplicate the
original process, but the fork()'d process often then exec()'s
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And there is everything in between. Like L for Lemon, which several fifth grade boys sampled and found the fruit quite sour.
"It's not that bad," said 11-year-old Kye Richmond, calmly tasting a slice of lemon as his classmates choked and make faces.
Students at Handley School in Saginaw on Wednesday, April 10, sampled 26 fruits and vegetables during the A-Z Salad Bar, a program by the district's food service provider.
The goal is to encourage students to take risks, said Handley Principal Kathy Coulliard.
Students of all ages filed around the school cafeteria with a blue bag to take samples of each fruit and vegetable choice. There were common foods such as grapes, apricots and broccoli, but also jicama, dates and figs.
While parents and adults may encourage children to try new foods, the best results can be if kids figure out what they like on their own.
"When kids discover this themselves, what a big difference," Coulliard said.
Amy Winter, a kindergarten teacher, said her students were excited to try the samples. She has been talking to her students about having an open mind, she said.
"I got every single one!" said 6-year-old kindergartener Jacob Bartes.
Jacob had never had starfruit, and said he looked forward to trying everything he had.
"I like all this stuff!" one kindergartener exclaimed as he took his food back to his classroom.
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If someone told you that nearly half of all small businesses have yet to build an online presence you might not believe them unless you are one of the small business owners. Well, that is in fact the case according to a 2009 Ad-ology survey.
Some businesses that cater to local clientele have a perception that being online is not important. If they do not sell goods and services worldwide they may be thinking that having a website is an unnecessary expense they could do without. In reality though, people are trying to find businesses online.
Advertising in the yellow pages is a good idea if your local demographics are rural and in the baby boomer and above age group. Even then, it seems more people are online than ever. The Internet World Stats reported that 78.6% of North America was online on December 31, 2011.
Businesses over the years have seen a drop in people reaching them through the yellow pages. Many businesses are upsold on search services in addition to print versions of their local yellow pages. This may get a business page views of their online listing but they are competing with other advertisements selling similar services on the same page. Add to that scenario, the possibility of a competing business listing in the yellow pages having a personal web link associated with their listing. An internet user is more apt to click a link than to pick up the phone these days.
Today, if you want to be successful, you need an online presence. Even if you advertise in the yellow pages, you should have a website URL that is published in the print version or a part of your companys online listing. If you jumped onto the social media bandwagon before you had a website, update your social media accounts to link to your site appropriately.
Getting set up online probably wont be as time consuming or costly as you might think. Based on your budget, you can hire a contractor or two (freelance writer and web designer/programmer) or another business that specializes in building a website. Some businesses can sell you a theme that they will customize to your specifications. A few businesses even offer the service of managing your website monthly.
Depending on your region, you could save money in advertising once you are online. You may find that your own website is all you needed for customers to find you.


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In case you missed this Sunday's Washington Post Magazine, Gene Weingarten published a brilliant survey on the newest classification of search terms, the until-now undefined, Googlenope.
Googlenope (n) : A phrase cannot be found on Google
Examples (from Weingarten): "Queen Elizabeth's buttocks", "Plush Osama doll", "I believe dust mites have souls", and so on.
As he explains,
"It's pretty hard to find a phrase or expression that is not out there somewhere on the Web. I know. I've tried. No matter how unlikely it may seem that anyone has ever put certain words together, someone, somewhere, probably has. When I Googled the exact phrase "Santa Claus nude," I got 278 hits.
It's tricky. For example, I tried Googling "unintelligent Jew," which not only denies a ubiquitous cultural stereotype but uses an unusual adjective to do so. I figured I was safe, but this is what came right up: "I have yet to meet an unintelligent Jew."
More failures followed. After a while, I got mad and decided to do something about it.
Want a phrase that doesn't appear on Google? Try searching for the Magritte-inspired, epistemologically impossible sentence "This phrase doesn't appear on Google." You should find only one hit, and that hit is from the very paragraph you are reading. When I wrote this, before it was archived, that sentence was nowhere on the Web.
Voila. The assault begins.
When a phrase cannot be found on Google, I call it a Googlenope. Once a Googlenope is discovered and written about, it is no longer a Googlenope."
Thus, upon publishing this post, the term "googlenope" (and others listed above) will show up in multiple search results and by definition become declassified. Would we call this the "De-googlenoping"? Or, do we simply call it a "Googleyep"?
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Remember this like it was yesterday. It was like the Pens peaked too soon. Two weeks later they were basically on their way out of the playoffs.
4. Bizarre playoff goal against the canes:
What a mistake.
3. April 25, 2009 – Game 6 against the Flyers. The shhhhhhhh game
Still remember saying, " shutup Talbot, what are you doing?!"
2. Game 5- 2008 SCF Game tying goal:
Still to date no goal has caused as many stunned pics. Still no clue why Talbot was on the ice.
1. Game 7.
5. Not sure who sent this in.
4. Adam Garcia:
3. Not sure who sent this in.
2. From Marcie W.
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5 Common Misconceptions Couples Have About SinglesDevan McGuinness
It's been a LONG time since I have been single since I paired up and have stayed that way for nearly 15 years now. I have a lot of friends who are also married or in serious relationships and also a lot of friends who are still or again single. It's a fun mix because I get to hear stories and learn from both sides.
Since I have been in a couple for like almost half of my life, it's hard for me to understand the life of a single person. What it would be like not to have someone to come home to, not to have assumed weekend plans, and a routine that included another set of hands. I can admit that I sometimes feel a little jealous of what I assume their lifestyle to be like and sometimes I wonder if they feel the same about mine. I can recognize that's my own ideals being projected though and realize not everyone would be happy in someone else's situation.
I know that not living the same type of life as someone else can give us some preconceived notions and misconceptions about what their life is like and the smart people at The Frisky pulled together some common misconceptions that singles have about couples and I've outlined a few of theirs and a few misconceptions I've noticed on my own:
Their life is exciting and crazy: They have more nights out with other friends and don't have to check in with someone else to make sure plans don't conflict with someone else, but that's not the case for every single person. I sometimes wonder what the life of a single person would be life, but to me it all just sounds exhausting — coming from a very coupled person.
They have lots of one-night-stands: Well, not everyone is into that kind of relationship and the idea that they're either in one-night-stand's or experiencing a dry spell when it comes to that is not always the case. It's weird to think that just because someone is not in a long-term committed relationship that they've somehow got different ideals when it comes to sex. I don't think there's anything wrong either way, but it's a wrong thing to assume.
They're available to help you at anytime: If you're looking for a babysitter, you can't just assume your single friend will be available. They've likely got a big, full life too. I have a tendency to think this way when it comes to some single people in my life who I rely on for some help with the kids and it's not really fair to them.
They are always looking for the right person: Not everyone who is single is actually looking for or wanting to be with a pairing and that's okay. There are some people who are totally happy with going with the flow, waiting for things to naturally happy, and/or going on a few days and prefer to keep things more casual and light. I know a single friend like that and he seems totally happy with it that's okay.
They're jealous of our relationship: It's really presumptuous to assume that every single person is striving to have what couples have — and I know I wondered that when I was very young and new into my relationship (talking almost 15 years ago). I had wondered why my then-friends were not looking harder at finding the right person for them and why they didn't seem as enthused about my relationship — which at the time, I read as jealousy. Truth seems to be that no one really cares and they just don't want you to rub their faces in it.
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By Sandy Rashty, August 21, 2012
DESCENDANTS of Nazi SS officers will oppose antisemitism and commemorate Holocaust victims as they participate in the March of Life event on Thursday, August 23.
Fifty people descended from Nazi SS, Wehrmacht and German police officers working under Hitler's regime, will attend the organisation's main ceremony in Warsaw.
Lia Shemtov, an Israeli member of Knesset for the Yisrael Beiteinu party, will attend , together with hundreds of people from Israel, Poland and Germany.
Descendants of Holocaust perpetrators and victims will speak at the site of a former death camp.
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BAY MINETTE -- Baldwin County commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve a $300,000 grant
BAY MINETTE -- Baldwin County commissioners voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve a $300,000 grantapplication for a Delaware recycling company proposing a cutting-edge, $12 million plant on county property adjacent to Magnolia Landfill, but not without spirited discussion.
"We discussed this at length, for some 60 pages, during the work session last week," said Commissioner Frank Burt, "and it seems we are going in a totally different direction from our agreement on July 21, 2009, and I'd like further discussion to be clear on what we are about to do."
Burt questioned the county's role in a project with TeamGreenRecycling Inc., that grew by $2 million in a few months' time. The initial agreement outlined a 10-year lease of a 10-acre site on county-owned landfill property with a $500,000 commitment from the county for utilities and access road construction. Last week, the company proposed dropping the lease agreement in favor of buying up to 30 acres in the county's recently purchased industrial park adjacent to the county's landfill.
Under the new proposal, the company -- which was incorporated two years ago in Delaware but now has offices in Daphne -- would construct its own roads and provide utilities, but the county would invest $2.5 million to help TeamGreen get cheaper financing.
A listing for the corporation at the Alabama Secretary of State's Web site shows the business as a foreign group registered in Alabama by Montgomery law firm CSC Lawyers Incorporation Service Inc.
At the Delaware State Web site, the company is listed as having a Wilmington, Del., address. The registering agent is listed as "The Company Corporation." A call to the telephone number listed was answered by an automated service message saying "If you are ready to incorporate or form an LLC, please press 1."
Locally, Larry Hoover has been introduced as TeamGreen's president, Chris Albrick as a financial representative and "team member," and Baldwin County attorneys Don McGriff and Britton Bonner have spoken as members of the "team."
Burt said there has been some discord among the corporation's members about just who is the principal owner of the company.
Albrick told commissioners Tuesday that the "issue between the parties is being worked out" and the changes to the proposal are all changes for the better. He said the company would be saving the county money through reduced landfill waste, would pay interest on the money invested, and would be hiring up to 60 people in the initial months of operation.
"This is a huge plan with many millions of dollars involved," Burt said, "some of it taxpayer dollars."
Commissioners Wayne Gruenloh and Ed Bishop spoke favorably of the proposal, saying the county bore little risk at this stage with a grant application the only action on the table. Commission Chairman Charles Gruber said last week his visit to a similar operation in California showcased a fascinating process that would be in line with county plans for recycling.
The motion to allow TeamGreen to move forward with the grant application in the county's name passed with Burt casting the only opposing vote.
TeamGreen representatives are set to meet Friday with the county's finance committee -- chaired by Burt -- regarding the added investment and changes to last year's agreement.


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A tear or two?
Of course there is crying in baseball when the time is perfect.
That time arrived just before 10 p.m. Sunday in the home dugout at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium.
When Amarillo Sox hitter Gerardo Valentin grounded out, ending the Sox 10-6 loss to the Wichita Wignuts, there stood Cory Patton at the front of the dugout.
The 32-year-old's hands were lightly clinched on the chain link fence. He simply stared out at the field. Eventually one hand broke away to wipe a little wet stuff away from his left cheek.
It was over.
The baseball career was over for the 10-year minor league veteran with every bit the playing passion and not a bit of the bank account of New York Yankees great Derek Jeter.
"It's emotional right now," Patton said.
And who could blame him?
How does one handle knowing a playing career is over that started at age three in a Lake Jackson T-ball league where one had to be at least age five to play. Patton showed up at a tryout with his older brother and was told if he could hit a ball off a batting tee he could play.
The little lefty crushed the ball with his first swing.
How could one not get teary-eyed knowing all game long sitting in Section 14 was your mom, dad, step-mom, step-dad, five brothers and sisters, who made the trip and were rooting for you?
What pro baseball player could hold back a tear, knowing waiting at the top of your final steps out of a dugout was your wife holding your nine-month old daughter, Kinley?
After 962 regular season minor league games, Sunday night was it for Patton.
Even though Patton's storyline was worth rooting for — he entered Sunday with 998 career regular season hits — there was no ESPN SportsCenter mention Sunday night or all day Monday. Nothing on talk radio. No Jeter-like retirement fanfare we have seen all summer as the baseball legend takes his final trips around major league stadiums.
Nope. The former Owasso (Okla.) High and Texas A&M star taken in the sixth round of 2004 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays walked up a few steps and out a gate, leaving a baseball field for the final time as a player.
This is the way many more professional baseball players depart than the Jeters of this world.
Oh, in Patton's 164 games wearing his No. 25 Amarillo Sox jersey, he accumulated his share of fans.
Take Sox third baseman Kyle Bellows. Bellows has been on those brutal minor league bus rides with Patton from say Amarillo to Laredo or Gary, Ind. He knows putting up 1,000 minor league hits is tougher than beef jerky sitting out of the package for a week.
"That's a tremendous feat to get 1,000," Bellows said. "There is tremendous respect for that accomplishment. I've never heard of it. But not only that, just as a person Cory is an awesome teammate. He comes out every day and gives it his best shot."
Take Sox fans who buy the tickets.
Sox fans fell in love with the way the 5-foot-9, 200-pound Patton batted, never getting cheated on a swing at the plate. Never throwing helmets after a strike out.
That's why 60 or so people of all ages were waiting for Patton as he made his final walk to the locker room, wishing him well and getting one last autograph.
That's why 8-year-old Devin Southern was running and screaming with joy and showing everybody the bat Patton handed him after the game.
Devin is a kid with some disabilities who is at pretty much every Sox game with his dad, Alan.
"That bat will hang on his wall with all his other memorabilia," Alan said. "He didn't have to do that. I'm honored he gave Devin the bat. We loved watching Cory play. The way he always composed himself no matter what happened. He never lost his temper."
What happened Sunday is Patton went 1-for-5 and will retire to his home in the Austin-area with 999 career regular season minor league hits, 129 of those home runs.
His final hit arrived in the sixth inning when he doubled to right-center on a 2-2 pitch. His final at-bat in the eighth inning he struck out swinging.
Now if that Sox vs. Fargo-Moorhead game back in May at Sox Stadium had not been rained out, Patton would have 1,001 hits and 130 career homers.
"It is what it is," Patton said. "That double felt great. It was a two-strike breaking ball. I'm OK with that being the last hit of my career. On that last at-bat I had seen him before and I wanted to get a good pitch. That first swing was a good one.
"I'm very grateful to my family for being here. And this has been a great place to end my career. The Amarillo fans have been great to me and I appreciate them.''
The Sox still have 33 games remaining after tonight's American Association all-star game.
Patton said this is the perfect time for him to move on to his next career of being a dad and hopefully coaching baseball at some level.
"This is the right time and the right decision," Patton said. "I no longer have the mental capacity to give it everything I have every day. I've given 10 years of everything I've got. I didn't get there ..."
Patton stopped mid-sentence.
He was choked up. Not bawling like a baby or anything. But definitely fighting back tears.
We know what the next words were supposed to sound like: The Show. The Majors. The Bigs.
Whatever you call playing in the major leagues like Jeter.
No Patton didn't "make it." But he did have a heck of a minor league career, playing the game of his passion without those big-bucks, plane rides and five-star hotels of the major leagues.
"I'm proud I was ballplayer," Patton said. "I've had so much support my whole life from my parents. There were a lot of months I didn't make much. I was fortunate to have people support me until this was out of my system. And it's out of my system. You didn't want that doubt. I gave everything I had."
On Sunday night seeing Cory Patton crying in baseball was a perfect sight.
He earned those tears.
Lance Lahnert can be reached at 806-345-3312 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The quality work of city staff has a value
If I read the news report correctly, TV production company Force Four would put something like $400 in a bank account for me, if Red Deer were to be chosen as its venue to shoot their reality show Axe the Tax.
That represents eight weeks of my municipal taxes, more or less. The company would then film me paying as I went about my life, over a course of eight weeks.
A small fee for the use of the streets to ride my bike to work (or to drive when the weather is really bad), or to do my shopping. A little more every time I took a shower or flushed the loo. A point here and there whenever I went to the library, a bit more on top of the entry fee for my morning swim.
The cost of a stroll on our trail network? So little, that if I saw the change on the street, I probably wouldn't stoop to pick it up (and I'm a notorious cheapskate).
For the right to call police and complain about a neighbourhood drug house, I would pay just about anything. I already know what happens in some towns in the U.S. when people don't pay their voluntary fire protection fees. Their house burns to the ground, while the firemen hose down the buildings owned by those next door, to keep the fire from spreading.
In all, it might be interesting for other people to find out if I get $200 a month value for the right to live in Red Deer. But for myself, I already know. (It's why I haven't left town.)
As far as value for services goes at any level of government in Canada, municipal taxes are pretty well the best deal you can get anywhere.
That must be why Penhold Mayor Dennis Cooper is so sanguine about a proposal that his town be chosen for this social experiment-cum-TV entertainment project. If he wasn't as convinced as I am that municipal government is simply the most efficient means of delivering collective services in a democracy, then the stress of his job just wouldn't be worth the pay.
I wonder what portion would be taken from every Penhold resident's "bank account" for a town meeting at the Penhold Multiplex. In fact, I wonder if Force Four paid anything at all to use the centre for their meeting Tuesday. Do they think multiplexes grow on trees?
That, of course, is the shortcoming of an eight-week experiment of this type. Most of the benefits of living in Red Deer that I mentioned at the beginning of this article involve long-term infrastructure investments.
People were outraged, yes, outraged, at the cost, the waste, the wanton profligacy of building Red Deer's Collicutt Centre. Today, it's a source of community pride — and too small at that.
That's the easiest, most obvious of examples. What I don't see inside my $200 a month is the dedication, education and expertise of the staff who make my city work, even if the snow does get too deep on some city streets.
Engineers, planners, clerks, bylaw officers, parks personnel, transit workers, librarians and more, these people are where the best value is achieved for my taxes. Yet these are the very people that tax complainers devalue and disparage whenever the cost of running a municipality gets discussed.
The total dollar values are indeed high, but think about how great a deal this all works out to, for $200 a month (in my case). Even that ultimate evil — bike lanes — cost each household less this year than a ticket to Life of Pi, with popcorn and a soft drink. What's the value of safe passage to work, even if it's only used when the weather is better than it is today?
The shortcoming of this experiment is that it cannot take a full measure of the value we get for our taxes. If some people don't use certain services (and therefore don't pay) during this experiment, should these services therefore not exist, or be priced out of reach of the people who need them?
There is a value beyond mere taxes in a community where people take care of their neighbours. TV shows don't measure that. So count me out of any experiments like Axe the Tax. You can keep the change.
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FWC sets bait, trap for gator
A beach along Lake Brantley has been closed after a 12-foot alligator was spotted earlier in the week.
Searchers have still not been able to locate the gator.
The Florida Wildlife Commission was notified about the animal near the Sweetwater Oaks beach off Palmetto Concourse.
"My first thought was 'Holy cow, that's a big gator,' at least 12 feet in my opinion," said Chett Pritt of Sweetwater Oaks Home Owners Association.
The homeowners association said it was advised to close the beach because the gator was so close to the shore.
Recently, an alligator bit a swimmer in the Little Econ River. That gator was captured quickly.
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To prepare to meet your financial needs for the entire year, you should make the necessary arrangements with your government, your sponsor, and any banks involved to ensure that these funds will be available to you. Remember that checks drawn on foreign banks will require several weeks to clear and therefore you will not have access to those funds right away! In order to have money available to you upon arrival, the necessary funds should be transferred to a local bank in Cincinnati at least one month prior to your arrival!
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The Student Accounts Office, through One Stop Student Services, offers this loan to students in good academic and financial standing with the University. Emergency loan funds will only be available to students who have their tuition bill paid. Application for an emergency loan may be made at One Stop (220 University Pavilion), and there is a $15.00 application fee for using this fund.
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Kenley Jansen spent parts of two seasons with the Great Lakes Loons as a catcher with a great arm. He even played for The Netherlands as a catcher. But when he showed he had trouble hitting, the Los Angeles Dodgers converted him to a pitcher. The results were impressive enough that the Dodgers added Jansen to their 40-man roster.
baseballamerica.com: With 22-year-old Kenley Jansen, the Dodgers have another conversion project on their hands. Only this time, the Dodgers are moving a player off the catching position and putting him on the mound.
When Jansen was an amateur in Curacao, some international scouts preferred him as a pitcher because of his arm strength and questionable hitting ability. Jansen debuted in 2005, but after four seasons in Rookie ball and low Class A Great Lakes coming into this season, Jansen had hit just .234/.319/.346 in 224 games.
After struggling to hit again this year through June, Jansen hung up his catching gear and prepared to make the switch to pitching. One month later, Jansen made his pitching debut with high Class A Inland Empire, where he stuck out 19 batters and walked 11 in 11 1/3 innings. Pitching for the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, Jansen showed one of the league's most powerful arms with a fastball that sits at 95 mph.
"When they told me that he was coming here and he was a converted guy, I was like, 'Oh, no,' " Saguaros pitching coach Fred Dabney said. "I know he hasn't been pitching very long, but I tell you what, I was very surprised and pleased. He commands the ball a lot better than what I expected. Obviously the tools and the ability is there and he's got to polish some things up—little things—but he's fun to work with. He's a bright spot. I'm glad they put him on the mound."


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I was in the STL for Turkey day too. My trip wasn't quite as far yours was though. Glad you enjoyed it and I did the same thing eating tons of junk.
We had a great time and I really enjoyed my first Thanksgiving! Unfortunately I went a little crazy on CW food while I was there. I picked up a bad cold (first one in years) I'm sure I wouldn't have got it if I hadn't been eating all that bad stuff. Back to low carbing today for me!
I was in the STL for Turkey day too. My trip wasn't quite as far yours was though. Glad you enjoyed it and I did the same thing eating tons of junk.
I did some consulting work out there for a couple of years. Did you go up in the arch?
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Not this time but I've been up it before. It's a great city!
Do you visit the states often? (you live in the UK according to your location..) St. Louis... yum, did your family or friends have like... real southern stuff?
I STILL want to have true southern grits (ground up corn, from what I understand, cooked in bacon grease and other greasy goodness) one of these days. I'll gladly take that food coma. I won't eat them until I go down south though.
Yes we visit STL a couple of times a year as my husband is originally from there. :-)
I actually had grits for breakfast one morning, but I didn't really like them. It tasted kind of like porridge. I got them in cracker barrel restaurant.
I LOVED the fried pickles with ranch dressing that we got from Buffalo wild wings. A Primal recipe would be appreciated if anyone has one. :-) Same with the biscuits and sausage gravy. YUM.


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Tiger Pleased with Position Heading into Weekend at Abu Dhabi Championship
Even though he shot only one stroke better on Friday than his opening 2-under 70, Tiger Woods was much more pleased with his second round than his initial 18 holes in the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
Woods' 5-under total of 139 is only two strokes behind halfway Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark at Abu Dhabi Golf Club, with the full weekend yet to play. After carding two birdies and 16 pars Thursday, Woods had five birdies and a couple of birdies in the second round.
He's tied for fourth with France's Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, England's Robert Rock, Scotland's Paul Lawrie, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy , Robert Karlsson of Sweden and Brit Richard Finch.
After signing his card, Woods met with reporters for the following Q&A.
MODERATOR: Second round with five birdies and two bogeys. Give us your thoughts on your play today.
TIGER WOODS: I thought I played well today. I made a couple putts here and there but it was tough out there. The greens got a little quicker, a little bit drier and the rough is certainly getting deeper and more lush. So it definitely puts a premium on driving the ball in the fairway and like we were talking about, it seems like every diagonal hole or dogleg, the wind was coming across the opposite direction, so it wasn't working with the dogleg which made these fairways even narrower.
Q. Yesterday you said you struggled to read these greens. You sorted that out? How did you do that?
TIGER WOODS: I got more committed to it. Once I read the green, I said just play it and trust it. Yesterday a couple of times I was at a distance where the green was changing and I said just be committed to one grain and if it does change it does change. Just go ahead and rip it down there. Worked out all right today.
Q. How confident are you feeling about your game at the moment?
TIGER WOODS: I'm playing well. Feel like I'm swinging well and a lot of things that Sean and I have been working on are starting to feel very comfortable and consequently I'm shooting good scores.
Q. How much have you enjoyed playing with Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy the last two days?
TIGER WOODS: We had a good time out there. We are obviously focusing on our game quite hard but also we had a few conversations here and there. But all in all it was generally pretty quiet. This golf course is playing difficult enough where you can't really laugh and joke your way around a golf course because you know you're not going to make nine birdies in a day. It's not that type of golf course; a lot of us were kind of head down and blinders on.
Q. How excited about going into the weekend in this position?
TIGER WOODS: I'm only two back. It is a bunched leaderboard. So many guys have a chance to win. Just got to keep plugging along and keep doing what I'm doing.
Q. How would you compare Friday to Thursday's round?
TIGER WOODS: I hit it about the same. Just made a few more putts. That was about it.
Q. How frustrating is it when you can't combine the two between ball striking and making putts?
TIGER WOODS: Well, this golf course, it's a driving premium. You have to drive the ball well here. Once you do that, the greens are pretty big. So you can be pretty aggressive. They have not tucked a lot of the pins. They have been pretty nice to us, but still, these greens are still tough to read and reading a lot of lips, the three of us today and certainly yesterday, as well.
Q. When greens are tough to read, is that something that you can work on on the practice putting green or something that you have to keep playing through?
TIGER WOODS: A couple of the putts, the grain was transitioning yesterday. It was changing directions as I was going through the putt. Today I just said, if it happens to go two different directions, but if it's generally the same thing, go ahead and play it because the greens are fast enough. Yesterday they were snagging it more because it's just fresh and slower. Today being quicker, the grain didn't have as much of an effect so it was a little bit easier to putt.
Q. Take people inside the ropes a little bit. When you're playing with two big players, Rory and Luke, what is it like as far as conversation, competitiveness, silence, what is it like?
TIGER WOODS: We talked certainly but not that much. The nature of this golf course is you're not going to go and shoot nine or ten birdies. It's not one of those kind of golf courses. You have to be pretty focused. A lot of us were I'd say the majority of us the last couple of days were head down, blinders on. We didn't really come out of our zones because it's the type of golf course you just can't. It's playing too difficult.
Q. Dubai last year you had a chance over the weekend and now you obviously have a chance going into this weekend. How different of a player are you from 12 months ago?
TIGER WOODS: Certainly I have much more experience within the system and I've grown to understand what Sean wants me to do and how my body is going to do those things and produce the numbers he wants me to produce. So that's 12 months more knowledge.
Q. All in all, I would imagine that's a pretty satisfying opening 36 holes under your belt.
TIGER WOODS: It was. I hit the ball well the last couple days. Today I made a few more putts. The golf course is playing so difficult out there. As I was saying, as we were talking out there today, it seemed like every dog leg the wind was coming across a dog leg the wrong way, so it wasn't - we were working the ball against the dogleg and against the wind. Not too many of these doglegs where the wind was actually going with you, so you could actually work it with it. It was going against it. So it just made for a very difficult day and as you can see the scores are not very low, we are pretty bunched.
Q. When circumstances are such as that, is that what you're looking for in many respect, the ultimate test of your game?
TIGER WOODS: You're just grinding along, you're just being very patient. If you get the ball in the fairway, these greens are flat enough where you can be pretty aggressive. The Tour has set it up so that it's really not that difficult, the flags, but the premium is getting the ball in play, because the rough is so deep that you're not guaranteed to be able to get the ball to the green. That's the thing is that it's deep enough and it's thick enough that even a good lie is still marginal. A bad lie is obviously there's no chance.
Q. And what was the key to a performance that obviously got more to grips with the greens today?
TIGER WOODS: Well, the greens were a little bit faster. The grain had less effect. Yesterday I had most of my putts, for some reason, seemed like the grain was transitioning. It was changing direction as it moved towards the hole so today I had a couple of those today but the greens were a touch faster so didn't really have that much of a pull, so consequently I made a few more putts.
Q. How exciting is it to be going into the weekend in the mix? In that respect, it must feel like mission accomplished for this stage?
TIGER WOODS: So far. We have 36 holes to go and there's a lot of guys that have got a chance to win this golf tournament so certainly I need to do my job and progress up that leaderboard and see what happens.
Q. It's the third straight stroke play event where you're there through 36 holes and giving yourself chances now. What's it like now especially compared to six, eight months ago where you could not even walk hardly. Do you consider this fast to get back to this point?
TIGER WOODS: I wouldn't say fast, but it's probably six, eight months if you would have asked me if I would understand the system as well as I do and the numbers I'm producing, I probably would have said no. Because I can understand certain patterns and certain maybe didn't have the true depth of what Sean wanted my to do. Now I do and when we talk, it's very simple.
Q. Seems like your swing is more effortless than it had been before and you're hitting it farther but not swinging as hard?
TIGER WOODS: Correct.
Q. What do you attribute that to? Is it confidence?
TIGER WOODS: No, I'm having the club head in the right position. It's amazing when I'm able to do that, the speed I'm able to produce. The club is in a similar position that I had when I was younger. I'm doing it a slightly different way, better mechanics but a similar position. But I'm overall much stronger. So with that combination, I should be hitting the ball further.
Q. I think this is the first time you and Rory have been paired together in an official event. Can you comment on his play?
TIGER WOODS: We have played a few times but not an official event. I've seen him play. Yesterday he struggled a little bit off the tee, and got up and down quite a bit. Today he hit the ball a little bit better. Got off to a poor start and had a couple bad holes but overall he grinded his way around the golf course today. With a rules infraction and big putt for bogey there at 11 and then obviously the double there at 9. So overall, he hung in there pretty well.
Q. What did you make of the rules incident? Have you ever seen a pro do that before?
TIGER WOODS: I've seen a pro use a towel when a towel was illegal at the time.
Q. Didn't seem to putt him off at all; he birdied straight after?
TIGER WOODS: He hit a beautiful drive down there and a 5 wood up on the green and 2 putted. Obviously made a mistake at 11 but came right back.
Q. Do you think two shots is fair for that one?
TIGER WOODS: The rules are the rules.
Q. 3 under par for the second round, there was plenty of room for more birdies. How do you feel about the second round?
TIGER WOODS: I thought I played well today. I hit the ball just as well as I did yesterday and made a couple more putts today which is nice. But the golf course is playing difficult. It's starting to speed up a little bit and the greens were quicker, drier, and it was tough. I mean, look at the scores, no one is going low. Everyone's pretty bunched and I think we have the majority of the field within nine shots of the lead which is pretty amazing.
Q. How do you feel going into the weekend just two shots behind the leader?
TIGER WOODS: Well, I'm right there but still, right now, I'm in third place and there's eight guys at third. Which could be more by the end of the day, who knows. So it's a bunched board but got to go out there and I've got to produce over the next two days.
The transcript for the above interview is courtesy of ASAP Sports.
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Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review by Red Cobra: Norwegian Spirit Grand Mediterranean
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Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Barcelona
The Norwegian Spirit is a wonderful ship. This was our 2nd cruise on her (we did the Western Caribbean out of New Orleans earlier this year). Anyway, she is a great ship - not too big but not too small. If you want the amenities and attractions of a mega ship, then the Spirit is not for you. Similarly, if you want the intimacy and closeness of a small ship, the Spirit is also not a good fit. She is a very fine mid-size ship (2,000 passengers), easy to get around and one with which you quickly become familiar and achieve a feeling of peacefulness and contentment, completely at ease.
The crew is friendly and helpful, the service is pleasant and efficient, and the ambience is warm and comfortable. Some places stand out in our memory more than others - Henry's Pub, the Blue Lagoon, Windows, Galaxy Of The Stars, the Bier Garten, Raffles Terrace, and the impressive atrium. The Spirit is an old ship and is beginning to show her age (e.g., old-style bathroom tiles, missing newel More post balls on some of the stairwells); having said that, however, she is very well maintained, clean and bright. All in all, a most pleasant experience and we would sail on her again.
The best part about this cruise, however, was the itinerary. So much to see, so much to learn, so much beauty, history and grandeur. We particularly enjoyed the Barcelona to Venice itinerary because of the placement of the sea days. A day of rest at sea after 4 back-to-back days in port (Toulon, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Naples) and a 2nd rest day after another 4 back-to-back days in port (Mykonos, Izmir, Istanbul, Athens) before our final arrival in Venice were very welcome. We were at times equally in awe and exhausted. Imagine Barcelona, Provence, Pisa, Florence, Rome, the Coliseum, the Vatican, the Forum, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Pompeii, Sorrento, Naples, a beach day in Mykonos, Ephesus, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Grand Bazaar, the Acropolis, the Agora, the Plaka, Venice, and more - all in one cruise. What an amazing itinerary! What a great cruise! Less
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Gone in 60 Seconds: The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales
Brett Danaher
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John III Heinz School of Public Policy and Management
Michael D. Smith
Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management
September 14, 2013
The growth of Internet-based piracy has led to a wide-ranging debate over how copyright policy should be enforced in the digital era. In this paper we analyze the impact of the US government's shutdown of a major piracy site — Megaupload.com — on digital sales and rentals of movies.
Exploiting cross-country variation in pre-shutdown usage of Megaupload, we find that the shutdown of Megaupload and its associated sites caused digital revenues for three major motion picture studios to increase by 6.5-8.5%. Our results suggest that some consumers will turn to legal channels when a major filesharing site is shut down, and by extension that illegal filesharing displaces digital movie sales.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 29
Keywords: Piracy, regulation, digitial distribution, copyright policy, motion picture industry, natural experiment
JEL Classification: K42, L82, O3, O34
Date posted: March 7, 2013 ; Last revised: November 20, 2013
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Country band Gloriana is still getting used to the highs and lows of fame - from touring with Taylor Swift to starstruck fans.
"There was this one guy, his name was Dave, and when we were playing in Seattle, he somehow got backstage and hid (in the cargo area underneath) the tour bus," said Mike Gossin, guitarist and singer, in a recent telephone interview. "The dude was hiding in there, and he was like, 'Hey, man, don't freak out, I just want to get an autograph.' It was really crazy."
Fans will have their chance to see Gloriana - in addition to Gossin, there's his brother, Tom Gossin, Cheyenne Kimball and Rachel Reinert - at 8 p.m. Aug. 29 at Bryce Jordan Center in University Park when they open for Swift and Kellie Pickler on the Fearless 2009 tour. The show is sold out.
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Gloriana includes (from left) Cheyenne Kimball, Mike Gossin, Rachel Reinert and Tom Gossin.
"(Swift) called us up personally," Gossin said. "We're riding in our 16-passenger van, and she calls and says 'I really want to get you on my tour before anybody else grabs you.' We thought we were getting pranked by the record label at first."
The call definitely wasn't a prank, though.
"It's absolutely insane," Gossin said. "We are having like, the time of our lives. Everyone's been so nice to us, and Taylor's such an amazing person - it's incredible to be up there on stage with her."
The band released their self-titled debut album on Aug. 4, featuring their high energy debut single "Wild at Heart," which is No. 16 on Billboard's country charts. It's a project that's been in the works since winter 2007, when the Gossin brothers joined forces with Reinert.
Not long after the trio came together, Kimball saw them play and approached the group about getting together.
"She came up and introduced herself," Gossin said. "She said, 'I just want to throw this out there, I'd like to jam with you guys, and we exchanged numbers, and everything kinda clicked."
In early 2008, the band members moved in together to fully concentrate on putting out their album.
"It was definitely cool - it was a life-changing experience," Gossin said. "It wasn't bad at all; we get along really well. You find ways to balance your time - you don't want to work in a studio with someone for nine hours and then come home and eat dinner with them."
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The Altoona Curve had two on and none out while trailing Double-A Erie by one run in the seventh inning Wednesday night. But that scoring threat quickly came to an end.
Detroit Tigers outfield prospect Steven Moya caught a line drive in right field to start a triple play for the SeaWolves, who held on for a 6-4 victory over the Curve.
With both runners going on the pitch, Altoona catcher Elias Diaz hit the line drive to right that was caught by Moya, who threw to first baseman Corey Jones for the second out. Jones made the throw to shortstop Dixon Machado to complete the triple play.
Moya tripled, drove in two runs and walked twice to lead the SeaWolves. Jones singled and doubled to raise his average to .316.
Jones took to Twitter after the triple play:
Tonight we turned a triple play, no big deal. #SCtop10 @erie_seawolves http://t.co/jNSyll9lMR
— Corey Jones (@TheCoreyJones) July 10, 2014
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Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 158
Welcome to the 158th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Finnix 102, CentOS 6.0 Live CD/DVD and Mandriva Linux 2011 Release Candidate 2. In other news: the KDE development team has proudly announced the immediate availability of the highly anticipated KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform 4.7, which brings new features, improved stability and performance. For this week we've also prepared a nice and interesting review for the AcetoneISO 2.3 application. The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the new and updated Linux distributions, and the development releases.
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