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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Auburn University architecture student Gorham Bird got a chance to create a design for a hospital in Chicago as part of a long-running competition sponsored by Alagasco.
Bird said the contest allowed him to learn the many layers that go into designing a health care facility. While each student had to create an entire hospital design, Bird said his entry focused on patient rooms, many of which allowed patients to have view of parks or water. He said winning second place was an honor.
"It's kind of an affirmation for me that this is something I have talent in," he said.
The winners of the 2010 architectural design competition were honored at a reception and exhibition on Friday afternoon at the Alagasco Center for Energy Technology in downtown Birmingham.
The event marks the 50th year for the sponsoring partnership between Auburn and the Birmingham-based natural gas utility.
Students in the competition were asked to design a 500,000-square-foot children's hospital in the Streeterville neighborhood adjacent to Northwestern University Women's Hospital. Students visited the site in Chicago and spent time learning about hospital floor plans and patient care units before designing their own plans.
David Hinson, who heads the Auburn School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, said the competition allows students to learn about the types of buildings and construction environments they'll encounter as architects.
"This project every year is not just a hypothetical design competition," Hinson said. "It's also a really important project for our students where they get to take on a complex building on a complex site."
Top finishers receive scholarship money from Alasgasco, Hinson said. Student Ivan Vanchev won $1,200 for first place, while runners-up collected less. Third-place winners were Kenneth Lao and Andrew Taylor.
"This award is quite special to me mainly because it's the first architectural competition I've ever won," Vanchev said.
For Vanchev, the design work started with an idea and a sketch. The idea, he said, was that the building should serve its urban surroundings. The sketch established the position of the building on the site and allowed him to explore how it would mesh with considerations such as pedestrian and vehicle traffic, green spaces and climate conditions.
After that, he set out to give the drawing a form. He recalled making a cardboard model that "got ripped, cut, glued, tape and photographed repeatedly." More drawings followed, until he had his final competition board.
Vanchev said the project taught him "that one has to find something they enjoy in everything they undertake." Now, he is dreaming of the future.
"After I graduate I hope to either start a design-build workshop or work in a firm that will allow me to take design ownership of projects and enjoy a hands-on experience from start to finish," he said.
The competition, which began in 1961, was meant to support international study and travel for Auburn students and also promote uses of natural gas. Each year, a jury composed of Birmingham-area architects and Auburn faculty members reviews and selects finalists.
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In celebration of National Library Week, the Hahnville Library is sponsoring Food for Fines food drive during April. The library will accept a food donation in lieu of money to clear fines for overdue items or accrued fines. Food item donated can be used to clear up to $1 worth of fines. Food donations cannot be applied to fees for lost or damaged items.
The St. Charles Parish Food Bank is asking for donations of canned milk, canned fruit, small bags of rice or beans, cereals, grits, small jars of jelly, small cans of meat, and any other non-perishable food items.
Lapsit Storytime, an interactive program for children age birth to 2 years, is held every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
Storytime, an interactive program for children ages 2 to 4, is held every Thursday at 10:15 a.m.
A Mystery Craft Day will be April 26 at 3:30 p.m for tweens and teens.
For information on activities call 985.783.2341.
Senior news
The St. Charles Council on Aging Inc.'s Tasty Tid-Bits will travel to The Frost Top in Destrehan on April 24.
A billiards tournament is April 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Hahnville Senior Center, 626 Pine St.
A 500 Card gameis April 29 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Hahnville site
A Defensive Driving course will be held May 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hahnville site.
The cost is $14.
Exercise classes are held every Tuesday and Thursday at The Fitness Center, 13117 U.S. 90 in Boutte.
Reservations are required for transportation only by calling 985.783.6683.
National Day of Prayer
St. Charles Parish will participate in National Day of Prayer May 2 at the St. Charles Courthouse on River Road in Hahnville.
Summer Camp
St. Charles Parish's 2013 Inclusive Summer Day Camp is June 3 to July 11, Monday to Thursda,y and includes educational and leisure activities.
The camp will offer swimming one day a week at Ellington Swim Club through the Luling Elementary site only.
Registration is April 27 and May 4 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Parks and Recreation Officw, 171 Keller St. in Hahnville.
This camp site can also take advantage of of the summer meal program.
For more information call 985.331.3007 or 985.331.3010. The deadline to register is May 10.
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Another way of saying "blew it" or "messed up".
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The act of really messing things up.
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A way in which to describe a mistake or blunder.
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To commit a blatant heinously humiliating error.
When he got drunk and took on the ninja, he really screwed the pooch.
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The Gathering Of The Clouds
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It might sound like another bunch of excuses, but unfortunately, we haven't been able to ship your rewards yet. As we wrote in previous update, we were going... Read more
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The USB flash disks have finally arrived, and we started testing them for issues described in previous update (not bootable, fake size, poor quality components). We... Read more
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The flash disks have been ordered from the manufacturer 2 weeks ago, and we are expecting to receive them really soon.
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Lisa Origliasso: astrology, horoscope, natal chart
|December 25, 1984, 9:00 AM
|Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)
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|24°04' Scorpio
|Aquarius, Scorpio, Capricorn
Saturn, Mars, Pluto
Houses 10, 12, 11 / Air, Water / Fixed
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Lisa (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) is most notably the lead vocalist for the band The Veronicas. Early life Origliasso was born to a middle class Sirian family. She has an identical twin sister, Jess Origliasso, who plays guitar in The Veronicas. She has an older brother named Julian. Origliasso attended Brisbane Junior High School in Brisbane, Australia. Career The Veronicas In 2005, Origliasso attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his sister Jess. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such as Rancid and Social Distortion, as well as the influence of the Beastie Boys concert, the two started their own band with a friend. The band was short lived and the Orig...
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Artist biography
Frederick W. POMEROY 1856–1924
Portrait, figure and monumental sculptor. Born 9 October 1856 in London, son of an artist craftsman. Studied in Lambeth under Dalou and at the R.A. Schools 1881–5; won a gold medal and a travelling scholarship 1885, studying in Paris under Mercié 1885, and going on to Rome. Exhibited at the R.A. from 1885 (A.R.A. 1907; R.A. 1917) and also carried out decorative work. Founder member of the National Portrait Society 1911. His public commissions include the bronze kneeling figure of Archbishop Temple in Canterbury Cathedral, the statue of Gladstone in the House of Commons, the bronze Agriculture on Vauxhall Bridge, and figures in the City Hall, Cardiff. Died 26 May 1924 at Cliftonville. Represented in the R.A. Late Members exhibition 1933.
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Grossman is not only one of the great war novelists of all time, but also one of the first and most important of witnesses to the Shoah. "Treblinskii ad" ["The Hell of Treblinka", September 1944], one of the first articles in any language about a Nazi death camp, was used as testimony in the Nuremberg trials. And there may be no more powerful lament for East European Jewry than the chapter of Zhizn' i sud'ba [Life and Fate] that has become known as "the Last Letter" – the letter that Anna Semyonovna, a fictional portrait of Grossman's own mother – writes in the last days of her life and manages to have smuggled out of the Jewish ghetto of a Ukrainian town under Nazi occupation. …
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The Art of Healthy Living Exhibit
April 6 - April 27 at Russell's Atelier Art Gallery 10 Center Road, West Seneca, NY
What does it mean to live a healthy life? Is it simply eating well and working out at the gym? Or is there more to it? A small exhibit on display at Russell's Atelier Art Gallery in West Seneca will feature artwork from area artists that will take you on a journey of discovery.
The Artists
Lucette Banas is a member of the West Seneca Art Society and is a member of Partners in Art in North Tonawanda where she teaches acrylic landscape painting in the style of the Hudson River School of Art and does professional custom picture framing.
Colleen Darby worked for three years as an artist in residence at Women's & Children's Hospital. She worked with patients and families in healthcare settings to use the arts to help facilitate healing. She also has held workshops called "the Art of Healing", to help people find their creative place. Her paintings are inspired by her work at the hospital and her goal is to provide people with hope.
Heidi Zanelli is a member of the West Seneca Art Society. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer for M&T Bank. Heidi works in acrylic and does commissioned pet portraits. A favorite quote of Heidi's is "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." - Vincent Van Gogh
Mary Claire uses vivid color, thick lines, simple raw imagery, and her imagination to create expressive paintings for the bold impassioned soul. She is compelled to paint to express the creative innocence she once had as a child. This freedom of expression allows her to use her emotion, imagination, and creativity without any inhibitions. She paints intuitively using symbols to tell stories and create spirited portraits of women to promote love, healing, and awareness through art.
Diane Beem Wright is a member of the West Seneca Art Society. She has worked in advertising as a graphic designer and art director and is nurturing her love of fine art. She is also a health coach, studying nutrition at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. As organizer of The Art of Healthy Living Exhibit, she is combining her love of art and her love of health coaching.
Lynn Lombardo is a fine artist creating abstract and non objective art in ink, oil and mixed media. Her primary goal is expression within a creative realm and to show that the representation of culture is ever changing.
Russell Cleversley is known as The Pixel Artisan. His beautiful and amazing paintings are done freehand...on a computer, in Adobe Photoshop! Russ is an expert in digital fine art, and is also a perfectionist in his role as a printer of giclee prints. Russ is the owner of Russell's Atelier Art Gallery and Center Page Advertising and Printing.
Saturday, April 6 from 9:30 am to 2 pm
Art of Healing Workshop with Colleen Darby
Saturday, April 6 at 2pm
This workshop combines art and healing by helping you find your creativity. Cost is $13.50 per person, which includes supplies. To pre-register, please call the gallery at 587-2500 or stop by the gallery during regular hours.
How Healthy Living Honors Our Creator Workshop
with Diane Beem Wright, Health Coach
Wednesday, April 17 Noon - 12:30 pm
In this workshop, we will explore scripture to recognize the connection between the Creator and our health. Cost is $5 per person at the door. Food will be served, but bring your own small lunch. Seating is limited, please call 587-2500 to reserve your seat.
Nutritious Food Demonstration with Kathy Venezia and Jill Chiacchia
Saturday, April 27 from 11 am to 1 pm
Kathy and Jill, owner, are from the Be Healthy Institute in Hamburg, NY. They are health coaches and graduates of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC. They will give demonstrations on nutrition, healthy foods and food preparation.
Meet the Artists Reception
Saturday, April 27 from 11 am to 2 pm
Come meet the artists, view the artwork and enjoy Kathy and Jill's free nutritious food demonstrations from 11 am to 1 pm!
Show Hours and Location
Russell's Atelier Art Gallery is open Tuesday & Thursday 9:30 am to 4 pm, Wednesday & Friday 9:30 am to 7 pm and Saturday 9:30 am to 4 pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.


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January 9, 2015 from 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
We are hosting a two-day workshop featuring the Alexander Technique by William Barto Jones. Jones teaches an extremely free method of singing and piano playing deeply rooted in Alexander Technique. He was highly influenced by the late ground-breaking singing teacher Harold Parker (AT student of Kitty Wielopolska) with whom he studied singing and accompanied his voice studio.
Bill certified in AT work with John Nicholls and Nanette Walsh at ATNYC.
He was a member of the tenured music staff at New York City Opera from 1990-2013 and was a recipient of the L.S.U. Distinguished Pianists" Award. He teaches AT for the Metropolitan International Music Festival and has done workshops for Loveland Opera Theater entitled "Finding Truth in Singing".
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Area couples can take part in a romantic evening while riding the Valentine Express Dinner Train on Saturday.
This annual train event, hosted by the South Side Depot in Petersburg, provides visitors with a unique alternative to the traditional Valentine dining experience and a wonderful way to see an area known as the "HeartBeat" of the Potomac Highlands.
Passengers on the "Valentine Express Dinner Train" will begin boarding at 4:30 p.m. at the South Side Depot.
"Although we host a variety of train events throughout the year, the Valentine Express is one of our favorites," said Eileen Sindledecker, proprietor of the South Side Depot. "We enjoy welcoming sweethearts from all over to enjoy the elegant, yet casual evening and the romantic atmosphere of our vintage train cars."
The train will be debarking on the 2.5-hour trip through the beautiful Potomac Highlands at 5 p.m. and will feature a catered prime rib dinner by Gourmet Delights of Petersburg. The cost for the dinner train is $60 per person and reservations are required.
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The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Philadelphia, names the recipients of its 2013 awards. Lianna Ansryan, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Preceptor of the Year, is a CNS with the Frailty Task Force, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Brenda McCulloch, CNS at Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Calif., is named CNS of the Year; Patricia O'Malley, nurse researcher, Center of Nursing Excellence, and clinical nurse specialist, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio, receives the Sue B. Davidson Service Award; Mary Lou Sole, Orlando Health Distinguished Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing and past recipient of AACN's Distinguished Research Lectureship, is named Researcher of the Year.
D Magazine names Trish Batsell, director of critical care services, Lake Pointe Medical Center, Rowlett, Texas, an Excellence in Nursing finalist in the intensive care category, for going "above and beyond" in her profession.
Umkembia (Kim) Gardner becomes clinical manager of Unit 34, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Towson, Md., after serving on an interim basis since September 2012. An eight-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, she earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Maryland.
Kathryn Roberts, clinical nurse specialist, Pediatric ICU, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; clinical assistant professor, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Conn.; and immediate past president of the AACN board of directors, received the Expert Clinical Award from the Penn Nursing Alumni Awards Committee during the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Alumni Weekend celebration in May.
Pat Rowland, registered nurse, Watauga Medical Center, Boone, N.C., receives a Nursing Excellence Award from Appalachian Regional Healthcare System. With more than 15 years of nursing experience, she serves on the system's Professional Development Council and also precepts nursing students.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Bogus or shady online auctions have been near the top of the Federal Trade Commission's list of complaints for the past several years. The Better Business Bureau of North Alabama has partnered with local businesses to offer the 7th Annual "Start With Trust" Online Auction to offer area residents a safer place to shop online.
"It's a great way to highlight local companies and the products they offer, but also for the community to get a great deal," said Michele Mason, president of the Better Business Bureau of North Alabama (BBB). "What is unique with our online auction is all of your monetary transactions are through the BBB, and all of the products and services you're bidding on are from BBB accredited businesses.
"This is a site you can trust and feel good about the items you're bidding on."
Currently there are 123 items up for bid, with more being added. They include beach condo stays, furniture, jewelry, a storm shelter, and tickets to events like a Justin Timberlake concert or the Alabama-LSU game. Gift certificates to local businesses like Bridge Street Town Centre and Century Automotive Group are also available.
"There are some really great deals there," said Mason. "We try to do it in the fall because it's right before the holiday season and there some really unique gift ideas."
Anyone can browse the auction items. To bid, a user will be asked to register and to enter a credit card number. The credit card is never charged unless the owner is the highest bidder on an item. Mason advises people not to wait until a few minutes before a desired item closes to register – you might miss out.
The auction is a fundraiser for the nonprofit BBB and is also a way to educate the community about safe online auction practices.
"Our tagline is, 'Start with Trust,'" Mason said. "We were looking for a way to highlight the companies that support the BBB and the fact that they adhere to a strict set of standards."
The auction closes at 3 p.m. on Oct. 16 and can be found by clicking here.
The BBB offers these tips for using online auctions in general:
Find out how the auction site protects buyers and sellers from fraud. Know what the auction site will do if you become victim of an unscrupulous seller.
Compare the cost of the item elsewhere. Scammers will often price items lower than the competition in order to lure in buyers. A lowball minimum bid for an item should be considered a red flag. Consumers should research the cost elsewhere and compare prices.
Research the seller. Online auction sites often provide the opportunity for buyers to rate sellers and provide feedback on the transaction. These reviews are a great way to determine the seller's track record, but keep in mind that reviews are typically not authenticated and some sellers will pay for flattering reviews in order to mislead buyers. Also, if you see a strong review, but no transactions in several months, it could be a sign that someone is trying to use another seller's old account.
Ask questions. When in doubt, don't be afraid to ask the seller questions about the item, including how they came to own it, its condition and if you can return it if you're not satisfied.
Don't be lured away from the auction site. In some cases, scammers will try to convince bidders to complete the transaction outside of the auction site. Leaving the Web site means you are no longer covered by the protections and guarantees provided by the auction company.
Use a secure form of payment. Use a credit card or a secure payment service, such as PayPal, when purchasing items through an online auction. If the seller insists on using an escrow service, always research the business fully with BBB. Never wire cash payments to someone you don't know. Also be aware of a newer technique being used by scam artists to avoid creating a paper trail – consumers are asked to load funds onto a Green Dot Money Pak and provide the numbers that would allow a scam artist to access those funds.


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Featured Musician - January 2007
Name: Shelly Rudolph
Instrument: Voice, Songwriter
Early Years/Education: Started on classical piano at the age of six or seven and played thru junior high and then quit. In high school I started singing in the choir because a friend of mine was doing it and loving it. They encouraged me to try out for a solo jazz part and I was absolutely terrified but I got it. And I loved doing it so I just kept on. This was at South Eugene High School.
My mom was an artist and had a gallery in Eugene when I was growing up. There were always fun creative people around. When she'd paint she had this Monk recording she'd listen to and it influenced her art. A lot of the galleries in Eugene would sometimes have live jazz at their show openings; it seems it was always around.
Anyhow, while in high school, I started doing shows with my vocal coach and ended singing at Jo Federico's every week. I kept up with music but ultimately got my degree in psychology and anthropology. I finished at the University of Oregon (having started as a freshman at Sara Lawrence), then left Eugene for New York.
I moved there with my boyfriend pianist David Loy and continued to perform in a variety of settings.
We then decided to move back to the West Coast and work on our individual material. Then we got a gig to go to Japan for a few months. We performed six nights a week in a gorgeous five star hotel; it was great. After that we landed in Los Angeles and produced our CD together called "In This World." David Loy was on piano and we had Tim Curl on drums.
Portland: I finally settled in Portland about two years ago. I knew a lot of the players already, having worked with them in Eugene. By working with Ron Steen at the Hilton, I met lots more. I sing jazz but am not a "jazz singer" per se. I'm virtually self-taught except for the training I had in high school. When I perform my original music, I'm likely to have Brian Ward on piano, Tommy Sciple (New Orleans to Eugene transplant) on bass, James Travers on drums and Dan Gildea on guitar, as well as Skip Vonkuske on cello.
Musical Influences: Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, King Sunny Ade, Monk, D'Angelo (neo-soul), Rufus Wainright, Jill Scott, Lionel Loueke (guitarist). And of course, my mom, Flora Rudolph. She has had a huge influence on my creative life! She is an abstract painter, clothing designer and generally creative soul. I grew up with her painting studio in our living room, spent nights at her gallery when projects became all-nighters and was surrounded by all sort of artists growing up — visual, performance, music, dance, theater...She has always supported me in all my artistic endeavors and beyond that, she has always hoped that I would have "an art of my own"... perhaps as a hobby or a career but most important as a life force, as a reason for being.
Most Satisfying Experience: The first time I did the material from the new CD "Water in My Hand"...those shows were in southern California which is where I recorded it and the audience reception for those shows was unreal.
The band was so good and the shows were packed. I had David Piltch on bass and Ken Stang on keyboards. I wrote all the tunes on the recording and I just had to get it out! Everything came out just the way I wanted it.
Joe Woodard, the guitarist on the CD, is also a jazz writer/reviewer and he helped me translate all my random piano stuff and old four-track recordings into usable charts. Tom Lackner, the percussionist on the date, also co-produced since it was at his recording studio.
Favorite Recordings: Aretha Franklin, Jazz to Soul; Nina Simone, Live at Newport: The Village Gate and Elsewhere...; Billie Holiday, Verve Collection Labelle and the Night Birds, Night Bird; Abbey Lincoln, You Gotta Pay the Band; King Sunny Ade, Juju Music; All of Bob Marley's recordings; D'Angelo, Voodoo Orchestra Baobob, Pirate's Choice; Thelonius Monk, 'Round Midnight; Jeff Buckley, Grace; Lionel Loueke, Gilfema; Sheila Chandra, Weaving My Ancestor's Voices; Yo Yo Ma, Inspired By Bach; Black Orpheus, the movie soundtrack (and movie!); Rufus Wainright, Rufus Wainright.
Discography: "Water in My Hand" Shelly Rudolph (Household Ink, 2005). Available at Music Millennium and online at www.shellyrudolph.com, www.cdbaby.com, and www.itunes.com. "In This World," Shelly Rudolph (Paris Fund Records, 1996). Available at cdbaby.
Where Playing Currently: Bacchus Restaurant, Shelly Rudolph Band, January 5, 8:30pm -- midnight (no cover); South View Center, 3200 SE 164th Avenue, Vancouver, WA; Bumper's Grill and Bar, Shelly Rudolph and Theo Burke, January 12-13, 7-10:30pm, www.bumpersgrill.com; Cebu Lounge, Hood River Inn, Tom Grant Trio with Shelly Rudolph, Dave Captein, Jeff Frankel, January 17, 8pm -- 11:30pm ; 1108 East Marina Way, Hood River, OR, 541.386.2200, www.hoodriverinn.com; Wilf's, Shelly Rudolph Trio, January 27, 8pm -midnight, Union Station, 800 NW Sixth Ave, PDX, www.wilfsrestaurant.com.
Gigs Coming Up: LUNA, Shelly Rudolph Band, Feb. 3, 8pm -- 11:30pm, $10 at the door; 30 E. Broadway, Eugene, 541-434-LUNA, www.lunajazz.com; Wilf's — PDX Jazz Festival, Shelly Rudolph Trio, February 21, 8pm -midnight (no cover), Union Station, 800 NW Sixth Ave, Portland, www.wilfsrestaurant.com.
Future Plans: I'd love to do a live CD...of originals and jazz standards. Another dream would be to perform here from May thru December and the rest of the time live in the Caribbean, perhaps have a little gallery/shop down there.
Other: This past year has been an incredible experience for me as an artist. Singing and writing is essential to my life and to my feeling alive, a way to connect with something more than what is readily apparent on the surface of daily life, a way to meet with others there as well. In short, it helps make life more livable on this crazy planet of ours!
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McClatchy Presidents Awards for excellence have gone to eight different organizations in recognition of superior work in the first half of 2006.
Three of the award winners were powerful examples of reporting that holds government accountable and brings needed change. The Merced (Calif.) Sun-Stars uncovering of abuses by the county district attorney; exposure of a questionable program that lets some defendants substitute charitable contributions for jail time in the Tri Cities in Washington state; and a comprehensive, condemnatory report on untested, unsafe water wells by The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., were all honored by the judges. In each of those cases, substantial change came about as the result of their journalism.
Two winners were praised for powerful storytelling: a dramatic series about a tragic shipwreck in Alaska, and a touching portrait of cloistered nuns in Fresno won for the Anchorage Daily News and The Fresno Bee.
A McClatchy Washington Bureau reporter and a Minneapolis Star Tribune photographer were honored for telling about how the economic fortunes of Axochiapan, Mexico, are entwined with the Twin Cities; and a Minneapolis reporter and photographer also won for their gripping, real-time account of the separation of conjoined twins at the Mayo Clinic.
The Sacramento Bees website also won a Presidents Award for an extensive redesign that judges said greatly enhanced its journalistic presentation and helped ensure that online operations stay in touch with the way audiences choose to access information.
Twice a year, the McClatchy Presidents Awards recognize the finest journalism at McClatchy newspapers and websites across the nation. Winners receive $1,000 awards, and their organization receives a crystal trophy. Outside judges for this round of awards were Rusty Coats, the general manager of TBO.com, the online component of The Tampa Tribune news center; and Jay Harris, Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern Californias Annenberg School for Communication and a member of the Pulitzer Prize board. They were joined in the judging by Howard Weaver, McClatchy vice president, news.
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Anchorage Daily News
Drift to Disaster
Reporters Megan Holland and Doug O Harra
"Drift to Disaster reads like an adventure novel and unfolds in near-cinematic detail. Presented in seven bite-size installments, the narrative of shipwreck tragedy and rescue heroics in the Bering Sea was both compelling storytelling and an important post-mortem look at the disaster that claimed six lives and a 738-foot cargo ship. Its hard to imagine any Alaska readers who did not follow this compelling account through its weeklong publication.
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Reporter Maura Lerner; Photographer Joey McLeister
Compelling stories of childhood medical drama are a staple of American journalism, but few offer readers more intensity, emotional connection or insight than the Star Tribunes gripping real-time account of conjoined twin girls who were separated at the Mayo Clinic in early May. Reporter Maura Lerner and photographer Joey McLeister used intimate access and the parents trust to bring readers uncommon closeness to the drama of the Carlsen twins. Through multiple online updates, daily newspaper stories, and more distanced retrospectives, they brought us all into the inner circle of a unique human experience.
Website Redesign
Technology Leader Martyn Adair; Online Content Manager Linda Ash; Designer Seth Van Booven; Web Engineer Eric Parker
Sacbee.coms redesign incorporates several innovations that make it stand out not only as a winning website, but as a model for the evolution of journalism. Its homepage offers depth in three dimensions through the use of dynamically rotating content panels, which highlight key pillars local, politics and entertainment and also deliver above-the-scroll tabs to highlight areas of great importance to users, such as health and food. Its header and logo give users a strong sense of place in Sacramento, and its navigation is streamlined, reflecting understanding that users are more likely to navigate via search. But its the story-level pages that truly advance the site. Foremost, including comment capability on all stories is important and innovative for mainstream media because it establishes sacbee.com as the starter of community conversations. This is gutsy and necessary to remain relevant to audiences. Also, the story-level pages include Most E-mailed, Most Commented, Most Popular and Most Searched panels, acknowledging that many readers enter the site via story-level pages, rather than via section fronts; it likewise acknowledges and supports the need to keep news organizations at the relevant center of conversations, reflecting what people are talking about. Overall, sacbee.com is an excellent example of winning design, functionality and evolving journalism for 2006.
The News & Observer
"Clean Wells Left to Chance
The News & Observer has a best-of-class reputation in the industry for its computer-assisted reporting, and N.C. Water: Safe to Drink? is a textbook lesson in how to do CAR the right way. First, it is wide-reaching: The investigation showed thousands of wells were not being tested and that there were virtually no teeth in the laws governing water safety. Second, its foundation of data becomes readable through the use of varied sources, adding narrative voice. Third, it approaches the story from a We Live Here, Too perspective; its journalistic voice is Carolinian and not anthropological. Fourth and most importantly it changed the world. In fact, the series effected change even prior to publication as government sources began trying to correct wrongs highlighted by reporting before the story went to print. The News & Observer acknowledged these changes in its series. Too often, journalists fulfill their watchdog role but do not let the community know what theyve done. The N&O does this without coming across as self-congratulatory or promotional. It did its job and did it well.
McClatchy Washington Bureau/Star Tribune
The Money Pipeline to Little Minneapolis
Washington Bureau Reporter Kevin Diaz; Star Tribune Photographer Elizabeth Flores
This series from the McClatchy Washington Bureau is an excellent blend of the facts, figures and real faces behind one small town in southern Mexico and its principal source of income in the upper Midwest. Kevin Diaz gives national context to a story that is extremely local in both Minneapolis and Axochiapan, Mexico. The reporting in southern Mexico and in Minneapolis conducted largely in Spanish brings human faces and drama to a story that too easily could have been a dry retelling of financial and census data. The imagery from Axochiapan shows a true eye for detail and story: old cars with Minnesota plates, half-constructed homes, rusting rebar, and an absent generation of men. Following a single worker, Felix, was a high point of the series, detailing the harsh reality of immigration without dipping into a maudlin tone. Residents of Minneapolis and Axochiapan came away from this series with a deeper understanding of the white, black and gray areas of this important national story.
Merced Sun-Star
Investigation of District Attorney Gordon Spencer
Reporter Chris Collins
Steady, tenacious reporting by Merced Sun-Star reporter Chris Collins exposed a history of unethical behavior by the Merced County District Attorney Gordon Spencer. Spencers misdeeds revealed by Collins' reporting and government investigations ranged from impersonating an investigator to securing a financial benefit for his son to seeking and receiving reimbursement for expenses he did not incur. Spencer resigned in mid-July and is now the subject of a multi-faceted state criminal investigation. After the Sun-Stars reporting, county policies were changed to prevent future abuses. Through persistent reporting with strong support from his paper, Collins brought the disinfectant of public scrutiny to play on an unworthy public servant.
Tri-City Herald
Cash for Deals
Reporter John Trumbo
On first reading, this story seemed incredible. Defendants charged with crimes avoided prosecution by donating hundreds to thousands of dollars in cash to a charity but the money never made it to the charity. Tri-City Herald reporter John Trumbo delved through hundreds of public records and conducted dozens of interviews as he exposed a pattern of corruption involving officers of the Benton County District Court. Trumbos persistent digging exposed the scheme, prompted numerous inquiries, brought on condemnation of the unethical behavior by professional prosecutors and led to the dismissal of a city prosecutor, a contract public defender and suspension of the questionable donations-for-deals program that had been abused.
The Fresno Bee
Prayer and Ice Cream
Reporter Diana Marcum; Photographer Tomas Ovalle
Human interest stories that touch the heart and lift the spirit are an endearing foundation of good journalism that continue to delight readers. Fresno Bee reporter Diana Marcum and photographer Tomas Ovalle combined to tell one such story through fine writing and storytelling photos about a lonely convent where nuns in the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master quietly celebrate their Lord behind the iron gates of the convent. Their story touched the hearts of many in Fresno, who have donated time and money to renovate and restore the convent and now people once again come to the convent for Mass.
About McClatchy
The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) is the second-largest newspaper company in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers and approximately 50 non-dailies. McClatchy-owned newspapers include the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Kansas City Star, The Charlotte Observer, and The (Raleigh) News & Observer. In addition, McClatchy has a robust network of valuable internet assets, including leading local websites in each of its daily newspaper markets, offering readers information, comprehensive news, advertising, e-commerce and other services. The company also owns and operates McClatchy Interactive, an interactive operation that provides websites with content, publishing tools and software development; Real Cities (http://www.RealCities.com), the largest national network of city and regional websites, operating in more than 110 U.S. markets, and is part owner of CareerBuilder, the nations largest online classified employment listing service. McClatchy also owns 25 percent of Classified Ventures, a newspaper industry partnership that includes such online classified websites as cars.com and apartments.com.


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An acronym for Designated Ugly Friend. Every hot girl has a DUF simply to make her look that much hotter. This strategy also works for average looking girls.
Hey Bill, here comes Mary and her DUF. I call Mary!
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Meaning, "Designated Ugly friend."
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Federal investments in our national service programs are an important way for Congress and the Obama administration to tackle high unemployment and growing poverty across the nation. The almost two-year-long Great Recession appears to be giving way to an incipient economic recovery, but job growth and wage growth will be slow in the months ahead. Providing short-term employment opportunities for jobless youth and helping to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to transform participants' long-term career prospects would strengthen the economy and spur economic demand.
This memo provides a brief snapshot of youth unemployment and its relationship to the Great Recession and federal anti-poverty services. It describes several national service programs— including Youth corps, AmeriCorps, and VISTA—that can be part of a strategy to reverse these trends. We also offer specific policy recommendations to maximize job creation by investing strategically in national service programs.
- Promote decent work.
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By connecting unemployed youth with opportunities to serve our country and our people, investments in national service can fill the needs not only of low-income Americans but also jobless young Americans. This policy solution also helps the economy overall—putting people back to work creates economic demand that will help get the economy back on its feet.
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Green tea is made of steamed leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Green tea's health benefits have been studied extensively over the last few decades. It's a great source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are substances that protect cells from the damage caused by unstable molecules known as free radicals. Antioxidants interact with and stabilize free radicals and may prevent some of their damage. Researchers are also investigating green tea's possible effect on conditions such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.Tulsi Tea Pomegranate Green Canister 3.5 oz
Pomegranates, one of the most beautifully complex fruits on earth, have been cultivated for millennia in the Middle East and India; this "superfruit" has recently become popular in the U.S. Pomegranates are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C.
About Tulsi Throughout India, Tulsi is considered "The Queen of Herbs" and is revered as a sacred plant infused with healing power. Traditionally grown in an earthen pot in every family home or garden, Tulsi (also known as Holy Basil) makes a delicious and refreshing tea that possesses wonderful health benefits that support the body's natural immune system while relieving the body's negative reaction to stress. Tulsi's remarkable life-enhancing qualities, noted repeatedly in ancient Indian scriptures dating back 5,000 years, are now here for you to fully enjoy. Organic India is the first company to bring Tulsi to the West as an organic tea. They work with thousands of farmers in India to cultivate the herb using environmentally sustainable methods, restoring vitality to the earth and dignity to its people. In India, Rose is called The Lotus of the Heart' and is said to increase love and devotion.Tulsi Tea Pomegranate Green Canister 3.5 oz
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Are your products Kosher? All of their products are certified Kosher except for Chyawanprash. The ghee used in Chyawanprash comes from a farm that is not certified Kosher.Tulsi Tea Pomegranate Green Canister 3.5 oz
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Tulsi India Breakfast Tea: 25 mg/serving Tulsi Green Tea: 12 mg/serving Tulsi Pomegranate Green Tea: 10 mg/serving Tulsi Chai Masala Tea - boxed: 12 mg/serving Tulsi Chai Masala Tea - 1 lb: 20 mg/serving How long should the tea be steeped? Organic India recommend steeping their teas for 3-5 minutes. However, longer steeping times will release more of the herbs' nutritional and healing properties. Some people steep Tulsi tea for up to 20 minutes.Tulsi Tea Pomegranate Green Canister 3.5 oz
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Haley Barbour knows his politics – "my business," as he calls it. He reshaped Mississippi's political environment after doing a pretty good job for Republicans at the national level when he was ringmaster of the big tent.
He is also plain-spoken. Witness his description of the Tea Party-influenced Republican tactical defeat last week as "really stupid" in response to a question at the Tupelo Civitan Club.
"In my business of politics, you don't pick a fight you know you'll lose," he said.
Since last year's election, Barbour has been among the national party elders urging a recasting of the Republican message. The ascendance of the Ted Cruzes in the party wasn't what he had in mind.
For Barbour, it's all about winning. And before you win legislative fights, you have to have a strategy that makes sense and that can carry the day. Martyrdom may be noble in some cases, but in politics it's just a killer.
You want to live to fight another day. For that fight to be successful, you need to increase, not drive away, those prone to be sympathetic to your cause. The Republican strategy that led to the shutdown of the government and the near-default has made reversing Obamacare less, not more, likely.
How? By tactics that alienated many in the middle of the political spectrum and sent Republican poll numbers tumbling. Thus, Barbour's stated concern about the impact on the 2014 elections.
He should know. The government shutdown in 1995, largely driven by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, came when Barbour was in charge of the Republican National Committee. Under Barbour's stewardship, the Republicans had taken the House for the first time in four decades the year before, but that shutdown helped propel a previously struggling Bill Clinton to a second term in the 1996 election.
To affect policy, you first have to win elections. To win elections, voters must have confidence in your ability to govern – people across a fairly broad spectrum, not just the ideologically driven.
If the Republicans had won the 2012 presidential election and with it the Senate, much if not most of Obamacare would probably be history by now. But they didn't, and it's not.
What wins elections isn't the spectacle of a government insurgency that risks an economic recession, depleted retirement accounts and a general loss of confidence in America around the world. By turning over tactical control on Obamacare and the budget to a minority of politically suicidal insurgents, Republicans in Congress telegraphed to the nation that the grownups had left the room.
Enter Barbour, Jeb Bush, John McCain and others who had long since had enough. But they have a massive internal battle on their hands.
Whether or not state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, a Tea Party favorite, is able to defeat Thad Cochran in the Republican U.S. Senate primary next June, assuming Cochran seeks re-election, McDaniel will run an aggressive, well-financed race with big national donors that will be a prime exhibit of divisions within the GOP nationally. Roger Wicker, like Cochran, defied the Tea Party with his vote on the deal to reopen the government but has four-plus years before he has to worry about re-election. Rep. Alan Nunnelee, who in August had lamented the possibility of a government shutdown, likely inoculated himself against a serious primary challenge by voting against the deal to end it.
The Tea Party movement is not easily written off, and it seems unusually energized by defeat. It will continue to be a headache to the Haley Barbours of the GOP and an impediment to a national Republican resurgence that could actually produce policy progress instead of profiles in purity.
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Attending CS Week in rainy Tampa, Florida (more on what I learned here next week) inspired me to pull out a customer analytics story about credit and collections from our Utility Analytics Institute project profile archives.
If you have a great story about the analytics work you've done at your utility -- or know a client who has done some great work -- we'd love to hear from you. Interested in accessing these stories? Just let us know, and we'll be happy to get you more information about the database, or you can go to member.utilityanalytics.com.
Also, if you can't get enough of stories like the one below, I'd encourage you to participate in our customer marketing and segmentation working group with the Utility Analytics Institute. This group will give you the opportunity to hear stories from other utilities about their customer analytics efforts, as well as engage in real-time with the group through phone calls and online collaboration. If you'd like more information about this group, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Alrighty then, enough of my digressions, let's get on to the good stuff.
Project description
A large investor-owned utility has developed a predictive model for one of its operating companies. This model is used to prioritize residential customers for collections efforts post-disconnect for nonpayment. Customers are scored based upon their expected loss which combines their likelihood of paying and their outstanding debt. Customers new to the post-disconnect collections process are scored once per week and all customers within that group are scored monthly.
The utility has limited collections resources and does not use a collections agency. Therefore, this is the last opportunity to recover this debt. These predictive model-based scores enable the company to better focus collections resources and spend more time on those customers with the highest expected loss.
The tools and technology necessary to support this initiative were already in place and no external resources were involved. The internal resources required to develop this model totaled approximately five to six person-months.
Business drivers
There were two primary drivers behind this project:
- Maximize revenue recovery from post-charge-off collection efforts
- Improve operational efficiency
A statistical program, running on individual personal computers, was used to build the predictive model. An image of the utility's customer information system (CIS) containing customer and billing system data is secured via a query, though it is not a full replica of the production data. This avoids potential impacts related to running analytics against the production CIS.
Data from the CIS and a separate charge-off database were used to build the model and to produce customer collection prioritization scores. New customers to the process are scored weekly, and the entire population of post write-off accounts is scored monthly.
The data sources involved are fairly straight forward and include customer account information. (e.g. customer name, address, contact information, age of debt, payment history, customer attributes, an internal credit score based on a point system, external credit scores obtained when the customer first sought to initiate service) All of this data originates from the CIS or the database containing information about charge-offs.
The predictive model scores each customer and that information is made available to the manager of collections who in turn shares the file with those actively engaged in collecting post charge-off debt, and the files are retained for future use.
Business process
The business process associated with collecting post charge-off debt did not change significantly. However, the prioritization process has been automated and is now based on predictive model-based scores that indicate the customer's propensity to pay versus a more dated model.
This project facilitated interactions and collaboration between the marketing services team, CIS experts in the IT organization, and subject matter experts in the collections group.
Measuring the value of the new model with precision can be problematic because it requires that all other things in the process be held constant, which is never the case. The utility is confident that there will be an improvement in total collections of several percentage points which will be many times the cost of developing the model.
One of the utility's key objectives is to provide high reliability at affordable prices with the goal of having very satisfied customers. Improving efficiency in the collections area is one way to reduce their cost of doing business, benefits that will ultimately be passed on to their customers through lower prices.
The utility hasn't adopted any strategic analytics-centric metrics or goals, but analytics-driven information is a fundamental input to helping them improve their understanding of their business and their customers.
The title of the technology lead for this project was senior data analyst. The senior data analyst fulfilled the roles of technology lead and business-side project manager. The title of the executive sponsor for this initiative was vice president of customer service. External providers were not involved in this project.
Several analysts with expertise in statistical modeling, data extraction and transformation, data sources and subject knowledge were all a part of this effort.
This initiative did not create any significant change management needs. In general, individual project teams care for change management (e.g. training, communications, process change documentation) as there is not a standard change management framework per se.
So that's a taste from the customer analytics side of our utility analytics project database. If you'd like to learn more about the database and how to get involved, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at email@example.com. If you're a member of the Institute, you may already be able to access the full database at member.utilityanalytics.com.
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H. Christine Richards is the director of knowledge services for the Utility Analytics Institute, a division of Energy Central.
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February 10, 2003 | Two major grid initiatives -- the TeraGrid and the Dynamic Data-Driven Application Systems (DDDAS) program -- will expand the role of grids from CPU cycle aggregators to infrastructures that provide access to distributed data and, in some cases, actually connect the instruments that generate the data itself.
Grids have typically been used to deliver high-performance computer processing power for scientific calculations. But both the TeraGrid, which is expected to be online this summer, and the National Science Foundation's DDDAS program, which is just starting, plan to move beyond this simple computing paradigm. Much of the work these large-scale initiatives accomplish will have direct application to common problems found in many life science organizations.
"Grids are moving beyond aggregation of computing resources," says Daniel Reed, principal investigator of the TeraGrid project. He says that when it comes to dealing with large databases, "the question becomes, 'Do I replicate it or access it remotely?' "
Many life science companies spend a great deal of time curating and annotating data from public databases. Once these processes take place, copies of the databases are distributed to various laboratories or sites within the company. The problem is, very large databases require multiple large storage systems distributed throughout a company. Moreover, the frequent moving of copies to multiple locations results in communication fees. And there's the additional problem of synchronization: If constant changes are being made, how does a scientist know that he or she has the most recent data?
Reed and others in the grid community argue that it might be easier to simply maintain one centralized database and give scientists access to the data using a grid. The Department of Energy's TeraGrid project, once operational this summer, will put this concept into practice.
"With the TeraGrid, we're not talking about a distributed computer, but rather a distributed system that uses grid technologies," Reed says. "[The TeraGrid] will enable and empower new science by providing remote access to distributed data archives and computers." But it requires lots of power. The TeraGrid will have more than 20 teraflops (a teraflop is 1 trillion floating point operations per second) of processing power and about 1 petabyte (1 quadrillion bytes) of storage capacity distributed over five sites.
This raw processing and storage capacity is significantly greater than was originally planned (see "The Big Grid: DOE Will Deliver 5 Teraflops," Bio-IT World, May 2002, page 18), due to a recent NSF decision to combine the original TeraGrid project with a Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center terascale computing system project. Once completed, the combined effort will let researchers access computer resources and databases distributed throughout the TeraGrid.
Under construction are Linux clusters that are being installed and tested within each of the five supercomputing centers that will comprise the grid. These centers include the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California at San Diego, Argonne National Laboratory, and the Center for Advanced Computing Research at the California Institute of Technology.
Future PossibilitiesWhile the TeraGrid will be a huge scientific research system, some see similar principles and systems in private-sector life sciences. "What about using grids in the regulatory environment?" asked Howard Bilofsky, director of knowledge and information technologies and alliances in the R&D IT group at GlaxoSmithKline. Bilofsky's comments came at the recent Marcus Evans Executive IT Life Sciences Forum.
"The FDA is increasingly interested in analyzing [clinical trial medical imaging] data itself," Bilofsky said. "Should we send them CD-ROMs with a couple of selected images? Or, in the future, could a grid be used to give the FDA access?"
Bilofsky noted that these topics are being discussed within life science industry technical groups, including the Pharmaceutical R&D IS Managers Forum. But he also said that it is premature to talk about such things happening anytime soon. "One area that still needs to be explored is whether current grid security satisfies HIPAA [requirements]," he said.
Other possibilities for grids are being explored by DDDAS, an NSF initiative to develop next-generation distributed application software.
"Today, simulations are more or less static. This will not be the case in the future," says Frederica Darema, a senior science and technology advisor at the NSF. "DDDAS next-generation software will include dynamic resources in a grid. And systems architectures built on DDDAS will incorporate interactive visualization systems and measurement systems."
One practical application of the DDDAS approach would be to connect lab equipment to a grid. The grid could automatically capture results from experiments that need its processing power to analyze or visualize data. This concept of providing access to lab equipment is shared by the TeraGrid project and by other researchers.
"I see grids becoming multimodal in the future, where they'll combine access to computational resources and data, as well as connect the instruments that collect the data," says Greg Jones, director of scientific computing at the University of Utah. Jones says that all ranges of instruments could be connected to a grid, from common clinical trial diagnostic tools such as EKGs all the way up to high-end equipment such as devices that perform magnetoencephalography (MEG). "There are about 10 [high-end] machines in the U.S. that do MEGs," Jones says. "Providing access to such a machine through a grid would be ideal."
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SPANISH FORT, Alabama — A new law taking effect next week will give city officials the ability to deal with overcrowded single-family dwellings.
By a unanimous vote, the City Council on Monday adopted a zoning ordinance amendment that sets guidelines for the occupancy of single-family houses and apartments.
The ordinance spells out what city officials classify as a family or housekeeping unit in order to set some limits on the number of people living in one single-family dwelling. The amendment requires that enough paved or graveled off-street parking be available for each resident parking a vehicle there and prohibits disruptive or disorderly conduct.
Once a violation is reported, the owner will have 15 days to show that the problem has been or is being corrected, according to the ordinance. Anyone violating the occupancy requirements will be fined up to $500 per offense and could face up to a six months in jail.
The meeting drew a sparse crowd in spite of a scheduled public hearing prior to the vote. No one spoke in opposition to the measure.
Three Spanish Fort residents who supported the amendment told council members of parking problems, thefts and even gunfire in their neighborhoods. One woman said she has been accosted in her own yard and is afraid.
Charles Kettell, who lives on Artillery Range Road, said the proposed law was reasonable.
"I don't see how anybody could have a problem with it, especially with the fact that it's only going to be enforced when complaints are given, which means out-of-line behavior," he said.
City officials struggled with the issue, according to Mayor Joe Bonner. He said that while it is difficult to write one law that fits all situations, the measure provides a good starting point and council members will be able to go back and tweak it as needed.
Also on Monday, the council unanimously passed a nearly $6.2 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which began Friday.
"It's a good budget, very conservative," Bonner said.
Included in the calculations are an estimated carryover of $1.3 million and anticipated receipts totaling more than $5.5 million. A little more than $707,000 will be held in reserve.
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A zoning change for an area north of Bromley Road just west of the intersection with D'Olive Road from an R-3B, single-family, patio or garden home residential district to an R-1, single-family, low-density residential district to allow for larger lot sizes.
An amendment to the land-use ordinance to allow for ice vending machines as accessory uses in conjunction with convenience stores or other retail establishments.