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A burlesque star signs her how-to manual and the New Orleans International Piano Competition begins its semifinal round on Monday in New Orleans.
Dita Von Teese book signing Garden District Book Shop, 2727 Prytania St. Von Teese discusses and signs her books "Dita: Stripteese" and "Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese," 5-7 p.m. Book purchasers will be entered into a drawing for tickets to the Dita Von Teese Burlesque Show at the House of Blues on Tuesday.
New Orleans International Piano Competition for Young Artists Semifinal Round Roussel Performance Hall, Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles Ave. A dozen young pianists from around the world attend daily lectures and masterclasses and compete for cash prizes in evening concerts comprising two semifinal rounds, a showcase recital and a culminating round featuring the three finalists on July 31. Semifinal rounds take place Monday-Wednesday, Round 1; Thursday-Friday, Round 2; and the final on Sunday. Tickets: $15-$30, $125 for all-event pass. Call 504.899.4826.
The Tricky Part Byrdie's Gallery, 2422 St. Claude Ave. A true story of sexuality, spirituality and the mystery of human experience. Directed by Michael Martin; starring Kevin Ford. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Admission: $10; discount advance sales at brownpapertickets.com.
Waiting Around -- The Restaurant Musical The AllWays Lounge and Theatre, 2240 St. Claude Ave., 504.218.5778. Formerly titled "The Black & White Blues," this musical comedy celebrates the food business, all from the servers' point of view. Directed by Amanda Zirkenbach; starring Chris Wecklein, Tracey E. Collins, Jason Kirkpatrick and Darcy Malone. Performance at 8 p.m. Admission: $15.
Maryann Cook and Glenn Pinera contributed to this report.
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Bernanke said the economy likely is growing now, but it won't be sufficient to prevent the unemployment rate, now at a 26-year high of 9.7 percent, from rising.
"The recession is very likely over at this point," Bernanke said in responding to questions at the Brookings Institution.
The Fed boss also said he is confident that Congress will enact a revamp of the nation's financial rule book to prevent a future crisis from happening.
"I feel quite confident that a comprehensive reform will be forthcoming," Bernanke said. It has been "too big a calamity" over the past year, with the near meltdown of the U.S. financial system, for Congress not to take action, he added.
President Barack Obama on Monday urged Congress to enact legislation this year.
Bernanke's speech to at Brookings was identical to the one he delivered last month at a Fed conference in Wyoming. Analysts predict the economy is growing in the current quarter, which ends Sept. 30, at an annual rate of 3 to 4 percent. It contracted at a 1 percent pace in the second quarter.


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Steven J. O'Melia
Steve O'Melia focuses his practice on municipal, planning/development, environmental and expropriation law. Acting for both public and private sector clients, Steve frequently appears before municipal councils, committees and administrative tribunals such as the Ontario Municipal Board. He has successfully represented clients before all levels of the Ontario Court on municipal law matters.
Steve is a Certified Specialist in Municipal Law (Local Government/Land Use Planning and Development) and was appointed to the Law Society's Municipal Law Specialty Committee. He has been a course instructor in municipal law topics for Conestoga College and the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO) and contributes to municipal law publications and continuing legal education programs.
After beginning his legal career in the Toronto office of a large national law firm, Steve held increasingly senior in-house legal positions with local and regional municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area. Since his move to Waterloo Region to return to private practice in 2003, he has advised and represented numerous municipalities, school boards, conservation authorities, private companies and individuals.
Steve was named to the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of The Best Lawyers in Canada© for Municipal Law, and since 2014 has been ranked as "Consistently Recommended" for Property Development by Lexpert Canada.
- Mediation Program for Lawyers, Harvard Law School, 2001
- LL.B., Queen's University, 1989
- B.A., (Hons.) Economics, Western University, 1986
Professional Achievements
- The Best Lawyers in Canada, Municipal Law, 2014-2017
- The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Property Development, 2014-2016
- Certified Specialist, Municipal Law (Local Government/Land Use Planning and Development)
- Associate Faculty Member, Conestoga College Municipal Law Clerk Program
- Course Instructor, AMCTO Certification Program
- Past Instructor, Law Society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course
- Inaugural Recipient, International Municipal Lawyers Association Canadian Scholarship
- Past Member of the Executive, Canadian Bar Association, Municipal Law Section
Community Involvement
- Past Vice Chair, City of Waterloo Committee of Adjustment
- Director, K-W Habilitation Services
- Past Vice Chair, Town of Markham Committee of Adjustment
- Incorporating Lawyer and Founding Director, The Community Safety Village of York Region
- Member, Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations
- Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
- Past Member, Law Society of Upper Canada Municipal Law Specialty Committee
- Member, International Municipal Lawyers Association
- Member, Ontario Expropriation Association
- Past Trustee and Member, Waterloo Law Association
- Municipal Bonusing: What's Permitted and What's Not, 2006
- Changes Planned for the Ontario Municipal Board, 2005
- Municipal Election 2003: The "Lame Duck" Period, 2003
- Municipalities and Their Growing Role in Assessment Litigation, 2003
- Freedom of Expression and Sign By-Laws in Canada- Where are we now?, 2002
- Is the Writing on the Wall for Sign By-laws in Canada?, 2002
- Do Not Disturb: Expropriations and the Planning Approvals Process, 1997
- What is the Municipal Role? Responsibilities and Resources for Dealing with Contaminated Sites, 1996
- Municipal Regulation of Propane Storage Tanks: An Explosive Issue, 1995
- Current Trends and Future Opportunities in Corporate Securities Issues- Shareholder Rights Plans, 1990
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If I'm going to be right about a stock, I'd just as soon be right about the stocks that I like -- after all, everybody but the shorts are happy when a good story gets better. So although results have apparently justified some of my past skepticism on Massey Energy (NYSE: MEE ) , I'm hardly overjoyed to see the stock trading lower.
The trouble with Massey has been, and continues to be, its ability to execute. Overall coal revenue rose just 1% this quarter, as stronger pricing helped offset a 12% drop in production tonnage. Making matters worse, cash operating costs per ton rose more than 23%, and the company reported that EBITDA fell 31% from last year's level.
Uninspiring production is bad enough, but the news doesn't get any better. Thanks to some production problems and idling of facilities, the company is lowering its production guidance for the year. It's not a massive drop (about 5%, depending upon which numbers you use), but it's not as though Massey has really been earning itself the benefit of the doubt lately.
Geography presents an enduring good news/bad news dichotomy for Massey. The good news is that Eastern coal is worth more (due to its higher energy content) and that's where its reserves are concentrated. The bad news is that the future seems to be in Western coal -- it's cleaner and it's generally cheaper for companies to operate out there. So while Massey's higher-than-average reserves of met-coal is a positive (this coal, used by companies like U.S. Steel (NYSE: X ) or POSCO (NYSE: PKX ) , carries a higher price), it would appear that most longer-term trends are against them.
When you consider the value of its reserves, Massey seems pretty cheap relative to its peers. But frankly, it's not so much cheaper than giant Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) or western specialist Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI ) . Plus, there are other players like Foundation (NYSE: FCL ) and Penn Virginia Resource Partners (NYSE: PVR ) that continue to interest me more than Massey.
Coal may yet prove to be pausing in preparation for more long-term gains, but I'm not all that comfortable making a long-term bet on Massey -- even at these lower levels.
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Stocks pulled back last week and prices could fall a little more before this pullback ends. But there are two very good indicators pointing to higher stock prices by the end of the year.
Fourth Quarter Could Determine Wall Street Bonuses
SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) dropped 1.06% last week. There are reasons to believe this is only a dip and stocks will move higher into the end of the year.
There are two bullish indicators that many investors are overlooking. Many institutions and individuals have underperformed the S&P 500 so far this year and will be trying to make up for that in the next few months.
Numerous market professionals may find they need a strong performance in the fourth quarter to lock in a bonus.
Hedge fund managers and other institutional investors get paid for performance. A typical hedge fund, for example, charges "Two and Twenty," which means managers get 2% a year in management fees and 20% of the profits above their benchmark as a performance fee. Many funds are benchmarked to the S&P 500 index, and many of those managers seem to be below their benchmark.
At the end of August, the latest available data, the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index shows a gain of 4.03%. SPY showed a gain of 14.91% at that time. If performance fees were calculated then, the average hedge fund manager would not receive anything. Hedge fund managers enjoy getting those performance fees, and I think they will be aggressively managing their funds to earn one by the end of the year. This should result in increased buying of momentum stocks on dips.
Individual investors might also be disappointed with their portfolio performance so far this year because, I believe, many individuals have a large share of their portfolio in cash.
Last week, I was at a meeting of professional market analysts and I had a chance to speak with the head of technical research at Fidelity. They manage about $4 trillion and have about 500 different equity funds. His team provides research to the portfolio managers of those funds. He did not offer any opinions about the stock market, but we covered a number of topics in general terms.
One of the most interesting facts I learned from our discussion is that the largest stock fund, Fidelity Contrafund, has about $98 billion in assets while the Fidelity Cash Reserves fund has about $120 billion in assets. Usually, equity funds dwarf money management funds in size.
Numbers like this show that individual investors have a great deal of cash on the sidelines. I believe that they will move that cash into stocks and the asset reallocation process will take years, which should support stock prices in the long term.
These factors might seem trivial to some, but money managers do review their performance at least quarterly and believe there is a career risk associated with underperformance. They likely will not take excessive risks, but they may buy dips more aggressively than they did earlier in the year.
As evidence to support my theory, the chart below shows that since SPY began trading in 1993, the fourth quarter has provided a gain more often than other quarters, up 80% of the time.
There will likely be short-term declines in the market, but I believe a bullish long-term outlook is appropriate here. Be prepared to buy dips when they come. Budget battles in Washington, D.C., should create buying opportunities this week.
Major Analysts Increasingly Bearish on Gold
SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) continued its recovery and gained 0.79% last week. GLD is now more than 12% above its June lows, but there could be more downside ahead.
A few weeks ago, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) analysts lowered their target on gold prices to $1,050 an ounce for 2014 and noted they wouldn't be surprised if gold prices fell below $1,000. Since then, analysts at three other major investment firms lowered their targets.
With gold trading at $1,338 an ounce on Friday, analysts are warning investors of a decline of as much as 21.5%:
In general, no one seems to like gold right now. Like analysts, individual investors have lowered their expectations for gold. Assets in GLD are down by almost 50% since their peak in August 2011.
In the futures market, the number of contracts being traded in gold has fallen to a 225-week low. As prices recovered in the past few months, speculators have become increasingly bullish while commercials, companies involved in mining and manufacturing processes dependent on gold, have turned bearish.
Sentiment is negative on gold and bearish extremes in sentiment are buy signals for some investors. Buying just because everyone else is bearish actually rarely works as an investment strategy. Until the commercials turn bullish, it is best to avoid the gold market from a trading perspective.
This article originally appeared on ProfitableTrading.com:
Market Outlook: 2 Overlooked Indicators Point to More Gains in Q4


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Some more thoughts about the continuing kerfuffle over USA Track & Field's handling of disqualifications at last weekend USA Indoor Championships.
-- The petition by the Track & Field Athletes Association to allow two TFAA-appointed athlete representatives to monitor the protest and appeal process at USATF championship meets seems reasonable. It would go a long way toward addressing the suspicion and mistrust many athletes have about the way protests and appeals were handled at the USA Indoor.
If things are being done in a fair, reasonable and equitable way, USATF should welcome closer scrutiny and be unafraid to be accountable.
-- It appears clear that the disqualification of Andrew Bumbalough of Portland-based Team Schumacher is a case of mistaken identity.
LetsRun.com lays out the evidence convincingly, in my opinion.
Thumbs up for Bumbalough and his agent, Tom Ratcliffe, who have stood their ground on this in a firm, but calm and respectful way.
It's time for USATF either to acknowledge the error or present a convincing case to the contrary.
OK, more links:
Toni Reavis identifies structural problems within USATF, and suggests taking the Nike money has painted the organization into a corner.
Ryan Fenton of Flotrack digs into the Bumbalough DQ in a fair and balanced way.
Paul Merca has questions he wants addressed in the wake of the USA Indoor Championships.
Ashton Eaton sets a stadium record in the 60 with a time of 6.69 at a meet in Ireland.
Eaton steals the show; Brianne Theisen-Eaton wins two events.
Chris Solinsky will move up to the marathon.
Full transcript of the interview Flotrack's Ryan Fenton conducted with Solinsky, in which he explains the reasons that he has refocused.
Amy Val Alstine turns her attention to the USA 15km Championships, as she explains in this Q-and-A with Runner's World.
The Portland State track team heads to Idaho for the Big Sky Indoor Championships.
New Jersey teen is making the most of her second chance, in the shot ring and out.
Mitch Kastoff's Thursday Morning Coffee Talk for Flotrack.
The home page for LetsRun.com.
The links package from Track & Field News.
Runner's World's daily wrap of racing news.
The USTFCCCA Daily roundup.
Jesse Squire takes a look at the U.S. and Canadian teams bound for the World Indoor Championships in the Daily News Roundup for the Daily Relay.
The links from Duck Sports Now.
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If Cabin Fever has you climbing the walls, there are plenty of activities coming up.
The ice firmed up at Chautauqua Lake and the traveling afoot has improved since last weekend. There is at least 12-16 inches of firm ice with panfish action over most of the lake.
Lisa Green from the Happy Hooker Bait & Tackle store in Ashville (763-5815) reports anglers have seen bigger bluegills and perch at Prendergast and Bemus with occasional crappie, perch and bluegills hitting at Mayville and Lakewood. Yellow pike have been tough all week.
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Sam Giaimo displays a nice trout he took off the Dunkirk Pier using a live minnow under a bobber.
Locally, trout have been taking a variety of baits off the City of Dunkirk Pier, with low light hours offering the most action. Gizzard shad have once again infested the harbor with smaller sized bait being the norm for 2011, compared to years past. Johnson Sprites and Little cleo spoons are a good choice while fishing live minnows or Berkley Power bait will work under a bobber.
Anglers are still finding smelt through the ice at Hanover Bay and Sturgeon Point continues to lure fishermen in search of larger sized yellow perch.
There will be a pistol course at the Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club on Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. There is a $40 fee for this course. For more information and to register, call Gary Dudek at 366-3397.
The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show will end Feb. 13 at the State Farm Show Complex, in Harrisburg, Pa. Headliners for this year's event will be fishing legends Hank Parker and Babe Winkleman. For complete information on the show and schedule of events, log onto www.easternsportshow.com.
The Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club will host its in-club rabbit contest Sunday, Feb. 13. Weigh-in is 3 p.m. sharp. There is a $5 entry fee, with dinner after weigh-in and awards.
There will be a free seminar on coyotes given by Dr. Jaquilin Frair on Wednesday, Feb. 16, starting at 7 p.m., at the Armor Fire Hall, 4932 Clark St., in Hamburg. The presentation will be chaired by the president of the Western New York Environmental Conservation Federation, Dan Tone, and sponsored by the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen Clubs Inc.
South Towns Walleye Association will host a meeting at the same hall Thursday, Feb. 17 featuring guest speaker Mike Clancy from the DEC giving a report on the state of Lake Chautauqua and Silver Lake. The presentation starts at 7:30 p.m. Phone 649-8202 for details.
The Con Club sportsman hunting and fishing contest awards party is Feb. 19 at 5:30 p.m. See club for details. Bring a dish to pass if you like.
Liberty Vineyards, located on Route 20 in Sheridan will host a sportsmen's weekend Feb. 19-20. The public is invited to come and view displays of various wildlife and taste some great wines. Donations will be accepted for the National Wild Turkey Federation youth day event, JAKES Day, which will be held July 10 and is sponsored by our local chapter, the Lakeshore Longbeards. Hours for the Sportsmen's show will be from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 and from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20. If you are interested in entering a display, contact Gary Burmaster at 672-4520 before Feb. 18.
There will be a Sportsman's Show on Feb. 19-20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seneca Allegany Casino and Hotel, located at 186 Exit 20, 777 Seneca Allegany Blvd. in Salamanca. Look for gun dealers, antique firearms, fishing gear, trapping supplies, modern rifles, shotguns and handguns, archery equipment and other outdoor related items of interest.
Northern Chautauqua Ducks Unlimited, our local chapter of D.U., will host its annual fundraiser/membership banquet Feb. 26 at the Dunkirk Moose Lodge, located at 296 Lake Shore Drive West in Dunkirk. For details or tickets, call Steven Zentz at 410-4848 or visit firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Lakewood Baptist Church, located on 150 Erie St. in Lakewood, will be having a sportsmen's dinner March 12, starting at 6 p.m. with seminars starting at 4 p.m. This year's featured guest is the Duck Commander. For tickets and information call 763-9621.
If you are planning your summer vacation for 2011, the Southtowns Walleye Association tournament is scheduled for June 11-19. The SWA in-club yellow perch tournament is scheduled for May 21 from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m. $10 per person with a perch fish fry to follow the weigh-in.
The Take-A-Kid Fishing Day is tentatively scheduled for June 4.
The Con Club walleye derby is scheduled for Aug. 5-7.
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After reaching the NEC Tournament with a 91-60 win over Monmouth on Saturday, Wagner College is looking to get as many fans in the house as possible for Thursday's game at No. 2 seeded Mount St. Mary's on Thursday.
So, the school will provide round-trip coach bus service for anyone who wants to attend the game in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It'll cost you $50 for the ride, which includes a ticket to the game.
If you don't want to shell out the $50 and instead would like to drive on your own, kids ages 5 to 18 and students can get tickets for $5, students just have to show their school-issued ID. For adults it's a $10 ticket.
For more info and who to call you can check out the Wagner athletics Web site.


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Scary "KKK McCain" Goes After Obama In Halloween Display
Has the entire nation gone insane? By the looks of some politically-inspired Halloween displays, we'd say yes.
First, we had John McCain-supporter Melissa Neese, a Georgia woman whose All Hallow's Eve spectacle featured the "shadow of death" standing behind Barack Obama. Then, after inspiring "surprising" outrage, Ms. Neese replaced the macabre character with another figure the right finds frightening: Hillary Clinton.
Now we find ourselves in Odessa, New York, where a man named Ron Havens erected this set-up: a KKK-hooded McCain running after Barack Obama, an image that's pretty objectionable. McCain may have inadvertently fueled racist sentiment last week, and opposed Martin Luther King Day, but we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's not a member of the KKK.
To his credit, Obama-backing Havens admits he knew the display would cause a stir, but insists it's just timely satire:
I figured it would be equally offensive to everyone. It's just for shock value McCain has been rabble-rousing, calling Obama a terrorist and a Muslim. The McCain campaign has gotten so ugly. That's what the message is. I can see how people could take this the wrong way. I'm not advocating anything. It's sarcasm.
Shockingly enough, local NAACP president Georgia Verdier described the scene as "innocuous." She elaborated on its "friendliness:"
It looks friendly but I am concerned not so much about this display, but in general about the fear and hate that have entered the campaign. This display appears friendly to me. But that's my take. A young lady passed by and had other feelings. We need to be concerned about that. I think we all need to be careful about what messages we send. The message we send is not always the message received.
Georgia, please. There is no way this can be described as "friendly." Far-fetched, maybe, but not friendly.
Huh, so what's so offensive? The truth??!!!
as an obama supporter, i must say, this is disgusting. let's not, please.
To be honest, I don't find this display as so much of an attack on McCain as it could be seen as an attack on either candidate: Obama, because the "artist" wants to see him chased off by the Klan or McCain, because the "artist" sees him as the Klan.
Toss-up, really.
"McCain may have inadvertently fueled racist sentiment last week" ??? Inadvertenty, my ass. There has never been anything so calculated.
7-YR.-OLD GETS AN ACORN VOTE – New York Post
The only ones Obama is running from are his Acorn friends.
And the final 2 sentences in that article, Churchill-y:
The ACORN shenanigans likely won't rise to actual voting fraud, stressed election law expert Terri Enns at Ohio State University.
"ACORN's problematic registrations create extra work for election boards, because they have to check them, but it's not double voting," she said.
Here's another headline for you:
"McCain Praises ACORN"
Apparently, since McPalin can't think of any other strategy to win the election, they are going to cry fraud.


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Settling the $3.14 billion sewer debt this week would make it more likely that the county could avoid seeking bankruptcy protection, but that's just one part of Jefferson County's financial nightmare, said Stephens, who chairs the commission's Finance Committee.
A final decision on either a negotiated settlement with sewer creditors or a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing is expected Friday, according to the commission.
Even if that part of the crisis is settled without bankruptcy, other problems loom:
The county's 2012 budget, which starts Oct. 1, must be put together without about $66 million in annual revenue that was lost when the county's occupational tax was ruled unconstitutional this year.
That means, Stephens said, that commissioners must move forward trying to prepare a general fund budget for Alabama's largest county that is as much as $100 million less than the $312 million that was originally budgeted for the current fiscal year.
That amounts to about a third of last year's budget, but Stephens said it's about 45 percent of the discretionary budget -- money that has not been set aside for a specific purpose ahead of time.
"We can make it, but you aren't going to like what it looks like," Stephens said. "We are going to be able to provide the services that approximate those of a rural Alabama county."
Any chance for replacing the lost revenue with tax increases requires the consent of the Alabama Legislature -- something that, so far, state lawmakers have been unwilling to give.
"We have been in contact with our legislators and been completely open with them about what we need," Stephens said.
Either way, Stephens said the state's largest county is proceeding with the presumption it will have to make massive budget cuts in the coming year. He predicted that the county could make it without help from the Legislature, and it could avoid seeking bankruptcy protection based on the loss of the occupational tax alone.
It was the loss of the occupational tax money that pushed Jefferson County into intense negotiations this year with bond owners who lent $3.2 billion to expand and repair the sewer system. The county hasn't made full and regular payments on that debt since 2008.
Replacing the occupational levy with a new tax would require a special session called by Gov. Robert Bentley, and the agreement of a legislative majority on a new revenue-raising measure. That's because the Alabama Constitution limits "home rule," the ability of local governments to make substantial decisions, concentrating that power in the state capital.
"It's hard to see the county resolving its general fund issues without the state's help," said Matt Fabian, managing director at Municipal Market Advisors, which counsels bond issuers and investors. "They need a replacement of the occupational tax, limited home rule or an equivalent measure providing more revenues or spending relief."
But before it can try to deal with its general fund problems, the county first must resolve the crisis over its sewer debt. And that is the focus on intense negotiations between the county and its creditors.
The major sticking point is sewer rate increases, Stephens said. The creditors want the increases to raise more money to go toward paying off the $3.14 billion in outstanding bonds. Commissioners are wary, after sewer rates have risen 329 percent since 1996, angering customers who pay among the highest amounts in the country.
According to John Young, the court-appointed receiver over the county sewer system, the average sewer bill is $38 a month; county officials have calculated it at $63 a month.
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The Santa Monica City Council, Palisades Park & Santa Monicans
Posted Oct. 26, 2013, 9:29 am
Susan Cloke / Mirror Columnist
Santa Monica City Council. Oct. 22, 2013. Item 7-A. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Santa Monica Municipal Code (SMMC) Chapter 4.55 Related to Commercial Fitness or Athletic Instruction, Classes or Camps in Parks and the Beach.
The question before the Council: Should commercial fitness classes be allowed in Santa Monica Parks? Top of the list, should they be allowed in Palisades Park?
When the agenda item was called Gleam Davis moved and Pam O'Connor seconded the motion to adopt the Ordinance. Bob Holbrook voted no. Kevin McKeown voted no. Tony Vazquez voted no. Ted Winterer voted yes. Terry O'Day was not present. Under parliamentary rules an ordinance needs four votes to pass. This was a tied 3-3 vote. The Ordinance failed.
That was it. If the City wanted to take up the issue again it would have to be as a new item. Or was it?
About 25 minutes later Council Member McKeown made a procedural motion to reconsider the vote on 7-A. He said, "I've decided to pull on my big boy pants and do the right thing. If we do nothing tonight we will not have regulated fitness trainers in any of our parks."
Council member Holbrook offered an alternative to McKeown's motion to vote to reconsider the ordinance and instead suggested moving on and enacting regulations regarding commercial fitness training classes in parks as appropriate. He said he planned to put an Item 13 (a Council Member item request) on the next agenda to do just that.
Council Member Vazquez, a consistent opponent of allowing commercial fitness training classes in Palisades Park, recommended letting the failure of the ordinance stand and directing Staff to return with an ordinance regulating commercial fitness classes in appropriate parks and banning them in Palisades Park.
Council member McKeown said, "My desire to protect Palisades Park remains unchanged. But we have to do something because what we see now (with the fitness classes) is the Wild West."
Council member Davis said, "We have been considering this issue for over a year. All this ordinance calls for is a pilot program (in Palisades Park and regulations for all the parks). Let's go ahead and see what happens."
Council member Holbrook stated that a lot had changed in just the last two weeks since the First Reading of the Ordinance. He said many City Commissioners had asked him why the Council was ignoring their advice to ban the commercial fitness classes in Palisades Park.
Holbrook added that all the Neighborhood Organizations had communicated to Council about prohibiting commercial fitness classes in Palisades Park. He also said he'd received a slew of emails asking him to ban the classes in Palisades Park.
"This is the loudest I've seen our community since the hedge ordinance," he said. "It's a big thing in the City and it's getting bigger."
Mayor Pam O'Connor thought it was an age thing.
"It is a difficult decision and we know that there are appropriate uses of different parks," she said. "But I think this is an age thing. There are a group of younger folks who are into fitness training and they want this and I think we have to change with the times. I think we owe this (to allow fitness trainers in Palisades Park) to our young people."
With Kevin McKeown's vote his motion for reconsideration passed and the Ordinance was adopted. Council members Holbrook and Vazquez voted no.
Council members Davis, McKeown, O'Connor, and Winterer voted yes.
In an email sent on Oct. 23, the day after passing the ordinance, McKeown wrote, "The balance here is only one vote… One advantage of my casting my unenthusiastic vote last night is that I'm now on the prevailing side, and have the right to bring the ordinance back for reconsideration, with a clause protecting Palisades Park…. I don't see any point in my doing that until the community works on that fourth vote. I've argued the case as best I could, and failed to sway my colleagues."
In a letter to the Council dated Oct. 8, 2013, Phil Brock, Chair of the Recreation and Parks Commission, wrote, "Our Commission revisited the issue in May of this year and voted to ask the Council to ban all paid fitness training in Palisades Park. The Commission supported the proposed ordinance detailed in item 7-A in all other Parks in Santa Monica."
Calling himself a 'pragmatic optimist' he went on to say in the letter that he had come to realize that the Council could not be convinced to ban the classes in Palisades Park and so, reluctantly, he would support the proposed Ordinance because it would enact regulations for the classes that would protect other parks.
The Neighborhood Groups: North of Montana Association, Santa Monica Northeast Neighbors, Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition, Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors, and North of Montana Association all signed an open letter to the Council asking the Council to reconsider their decision to allow commercial fitness instruction in Palisades Park.
"Palisades Park is more than a municipal resource. It is a national treasure," they wrote. It's America's gateway to the Pacific, a cherished view corridor that daily welcomes thousands of people, both local residents and visitors from all over the world.
"If the ordinance is enacted as currently written, private businesses will be free to use taxpayer-supported lands as their private fiefs, interfering with the public's use and enjoyment of the historic lands that make up Palisades Park.
"Under the measure that received provisional approval from the Santa Monica City Council members of the public would be barred from the use of four newly designated "commercial group training zones" (in Palisades Park) for up to 15 hours a day, 6 days a week, from 6 am to 9 pm."
Adding their voices to the discussion, the Ocean Park Association, Friends of Sunset Park, and the Pico Neighborhood Association wrote to the Council saying, "It is our opinion that all parks, beaches and public areas should not be used for commercial purposes except by special permit for a limited time use that is in the public interest," they wrote.
"Are Santa Monica taxpayers who maintain and fund new parks expected to make way for commercial business interests in our parks…?"
The Neighborhood Groups listed above represent every neighborhood in the City. Their opinion should be, and historically has been, of utmost importance to the Council.
So what happened? Why the schism between the Council and the Neighborhood Groups, the Commissioners and the hundreds of Santa Monicans who have communicated with the Council directly and the thousand plus who have signed petitions?
This is not about fitness classes. Santa Monica is a place where just about everyone exercises. Santa Monicans jog, ride bikes, go to Yoga classes and NIA dance classes, hire trainers and go to gyms to work out.
This is about the City Parks. This is especially about Palisades Park. The Council has somehow blundered into messing with an icon.
Palisades Park is the first City Park. Originally named Linda Vista because of the great views from the Park, it was a favored promenade of both Arcadia Bandini and Senator Jones.
Palisades Park has a unique plant palette, the gorgeous Arts and Crafts Pergola and is our only Park with a Landmark Designation.
Allowing sections of the park to be set aside for commercial fitness classes is a misunderstanding of how the park has been used historically and how it continues to be used by the hundreds of Santa Monicans and visitors to Santa Monica who come, daily, to Palisades Park.
Santa Monica supports surf camps on the beach, tennis at Ocean View Park, basketball at VAP, softball at Memorial Park, soccer at the Airport Park.
There are also appropriate parks for fitness classes, but not Palisades Park.
Palisades Park is Santa Monica's only park specifically designed for contemplation and quiet thought. Its linear character naturally supports its original use as a Grand Promenade, a place for leisurely strolls at sunset and for early morning jogging among the beautiful trees and, yes, for the gorgeous views. It's also a great place to picnic, to meet your friends, a place for children to run and play.
Palisades Park is a place of meaning and memory, of imagery and importance in a way that cannot be said about any other park in Santa Monica. A photo of Palisades Park is synonymous with Santa Monica and is recognized around the world.
At the Council meeting Davis said, "the Council has been working on this matter for over a year."
Her frustration is understandable. It may be fair to discuss whether people should have communicated their concerns sooner to the Council and/or whether the Council should have gone out into the community earlier. But that is in the past.
Now is the time to show respect to the founders of Santa Monica for their gift to the City and to recognize our responsibility to protect that gift for our benefit and the benefit of residents and visitors of the future.
What Say You?
Oct. 26, 2013, 11:07:18 am
Sharon Gilpin said...
I lived in lovely Santa Monica for 27 years. When I was a waitress on the pier in the 70's I would walk home to Idaho and 3rd through the park and look at the night sky. When my great aunt passed away we were going through her photos and there was the family eating their picnic lunch in the park. When I come into town today I hit Palisades Park first. Commercial venues have no place in the park. Individuals are free to jog or walk, etc. but there is no sensible public policy in allowing commercial classes there at all. I think the people that voted Yes don't use it.
Oct. 26, 2013, 12:53:19 pm
Charles said...
Keep trainer and their classes OUT of Palisades Park! That also includes the moms with strollers class that invade large spaces and prevent people from jogging or walking
Oct. 26, 2013, 11:33:33 pm
Truth said...
Maybe if the city councilors were held accountable for their actions and voted out next election...but that never happens. Why do you keep electing the same capitalist cronies and expecting a different outcome? These jokers are in it for the money just like ALL politicians on a local and national scale. Even our precious pretend-liberal McKeown "last minute" voted for the money like he always does. They are going to commercialize and develop every last inch of Santa Monica and throw you a little bone every once in a while... call it Tongva Park. That's all you get so you better like it.
Oct. 27, 2013, 9:38:37 am
roxy khani said...
Keep training out of the Park.
Oct. 27, 2013, 10:41:05 am
GSMGETSIT said...
This article is totally incomplete.... What are the four zones? What are the fees? Do the non-participants in these classes have the right to walk in these locations? Core facts are missing.
Oct. 28, 2013, 9:22:00 am
Susan Holcomb said...
I'm disappointed that the Santa Monica City Council voted to adopt an ordinance allowing commercial fitness instruction, classes and camps in newly designated "commercial fitness zones" within Palisades Park. While regulation of use of the park for commercial purposes is welcome (and long overdue), in my opinion the Council should have completely banned commercial training from Palisades Park. It's a shame that Councilmembers O'Day, Davis, and Winterer haven't recognized the great "public" benefit that already exists in Palisades Park – including the opportunity for people to run, bike, walk, push strollers, individually exercise or do yoga stretches, picnic with friends and family, play a game of chess or checkers, have birthday parties for our kids, enjoy a book on a park bench, appreciate the beauty of nature, and more. All of these activities are free – available for and enjoyed by everyone, not simply for those who can afford to pay. When the Santa Monica Outdoor Fitness Coalition (representing for-profit trainers and their clients) met with Santa Monica City Staff to carve out the details of the ordinance, why were members of the public not invited to participate? Why was City Staff's original recommendation to permit only 1-on-1 or 1-on-2 commercial training in Palisades Park quickly discarded in favor of class sizes of up to 15 paying clients? Eight classes per hour for up to 15 students with mats and exercise equipment (included permitted weights of up to 25 pounds) will cut a wide swath through the park's "public" areas, and also seriously degrade turf and compact soil. Commercial enterprises should not be allowed in Palisades Park, the crown jewel of Santa Monica, period.
Oct. 28, 2013, 9:46:37 am
Adam G. said...
Ms. Cloke - My family and I thank you for your thoughts on this subject. We couldn't agree with you more....commercial training classes have no place in Palisades Park. Addressing Councilmember Davis's comment that this is "an age issue" - my family includes 2 young children, and our enjoyment of the park has been ruined by the proliferation of large fitness classes and boot camps. They dominate the grassy areas in the park where our kids used to run around, and the trainers and the students have been aggressive in their behavior. To assert that continuing to allow classes of up to 15 students all day long in the park will in any way solve this problem is pure fantasy. The Santa Monica City Council should vote to ban commercial training in Palisades Park and give the park back to the public, including many families who love and use the park.
Oct. 28, 2013, 2:08:26 pm
Brian Burke said...
Thanks Susan. You raise critical concerns about the City Council's recent decision to allow boot camps in Palisades Park. Did they not hear the roar? Except for the two steadfast votes from Council members Vasquez and Holbrook, the City Council has surprisingly ignored the public, and a very large segment of the public. Did they not the roar from the North of Montana to Wilshire, from Mid City to the Northeast, from Ocean Park to Sunset Park—the numerous neighborhood organizations all pleading with the Council to ban boot camps in Palisades Park? Did they did they not hear their very own representatives, members of the public, appointed by the council, to advise them on parks—the Recreation and Parks Commission—when it officially called for a ban on all training groups in Palisades Park? And did they not hear the same plea from the Landmarks Commission? And did they not hear the pleas of Friends of Palisades Park, and all the residents who signed the petition and offered clear documentation of the unsustainable consequences of boot camps? And why did they even dismisses their own staff leadership which repeatedly urged the Council to allow no more than a 1 to 1, or 1 to 2 ratio of trainers in Palisades Park? In the face of this massive and multifaceted roar of public opinion the Council's decision seems almost pathological. Is it a shirking of a sworn duty to listen to the public? It's hard to fathom. Chips on a poker table It would be unfair to say the City Council's decision was not without reason. They have argued, for example, that they wanted to listen to all sides. They want to negotiate and arbitrate between viewpoints. Thus anyone advocating for the public interest has no more weight than one advocating for his/her personal interests. Unfortunately, this perspective treats community assets as mere chips on a poker table. You get yours; we get ours. But when a precious community asset is endangered, the wisest decision, as the great arbiter of old, King Solomon, knew well, you don't inflict damage to one in order to appease the personal interests of another. Science without the scientist The Council also argued that the pilot ordinance will only be an experiment, a test, a yearlong study. But what is most disturbing about this experiment is the Council's failure to establish any clear criteria or scientific strategy by which they will evaluate or monitor the impact of trainers. Friends of Palisades Park has officially asked the Council and CCS director, Karen Ginsberg, to develop specific measurements, establish specific criteria, to evaluate the program. As yet, there has been no reply. Boot camps impact soil and grasses The most significant impact boot camps have had and will continue to have on the park is on its grasses and soils. In the past their impact has been unsustainable and serious problems of soil compaction has resulted. See pictures and documentation at www.Friends of Palisades Park.net. We are delighted that some restoration has begun, but it needs to be extended., More importantly the city need to scientifically monitor the impact trainers are currently having and now will continue to have. Such scientific data is easy to obtain. A google search for "soil compaction instruments" can be found easily. The Council and staff seem to have rejected the use of science in evaluating the impact of boot camps. Sheriffs of the wild west Phil Brock, Chairman of the Parks Commission, and Council Member Kevin McKeon say they reluctantly approved the new ordinance allowing boot camps in the Park because it'd be like having a new sheriff in town, with the ordinance as their shiny new badge. They argue we'd all be able to contain those renegade trainers who've taken over the park. Certainly both representatives are to be commended for their outspoken concerns for the park, but across such concerns falls a darker shadow when they offer no clear enforcement procedures, nor provided any new personnel to actually control or monitor the trainers. For complete documentation and photos of this issue please see: www.Friends of Palisades Park.net
Oct. 29, 2013, 11:14:05 am
Robin said...
Palisades Park should be used by the people and not for commercial enterprises. My friends and I used to jog and picnic in the park regularly, but these days it's become an obstacle course to navigate with all the classes and boot camps. I don't think this ordinance will help matters at all. The Santa Monica City Council should have banned all for-profit training classes and boot camps from Palisades Park. There are other parks that are better suited for large classes, and commercial enterprises always have the option to rent commercial space.
Dec. 17, 2013, 9:38:26 pm
Beach Yoga Fan said...
I understand that this all began with Palisades Park and the problem with how to balance the different needs, wants and uses of Santa Monicans and others in the surrounding areas. Now the ordinance as it stands affects and applies to the beach as well as other Santa Monica Parks and serves to impose a prohibitive fee on a lovely beach yoga class which has been operating donation only for 5.5 years. No one has complained, there is no lasting environmental impact and it is actually a draw for tourists, business travelers as well as locals. It was honored in print as one of the cities top attractions and is a low cost option ($10 donation) for a physical and spiritual experience. Beach Yoga with Brad (see website) is a completely different circumstance than the Palisades Park issue and instead of making a decision on that problem, they chose to impose an excessive fee permit on all activity in all parks and beaches which in essence prohibits anyone but the well endowed entity who can afford $5500/yr from operating. So who won? Not the citizens who wished their Palisades Park would be unfettered by trainers and boot camps. Certainly not the Beach Yoga group who is now facing the demise of Beach Yoga with Brad; an innocent bystander to the whole controversy, and not any of the trainers or yoga teachers who are trying to eek out a living and provide a service. They are certainly not getting rich doing this kind of work. Santa Monica City council is operating in a vacuum and is choosing to ignore the input from groups who oppose the across the board permit idea instead of taking the time to consider reasonable and fair options and accommodate the majority of citizens affected the this decision.
Jan. 20, 2014, 11:23:32 am
Santa Monica Resident said...
A grand jury investigation into the malfeasance of the city comptroller's office in the case of Ron Hicks of West Coast Care may be in order. Hicks has been fleecing the public based on a do-nothing job. How does this boondoggle continue without scrutiny? Hicks should be fired ASAP.


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Quick Note: In case you missed the game, it's being rebroadcast on Monday at 1PM on the Versus network. If you don't know what channel that is, just be sure to contact your provider to find out what it is in your area. Again, I haven't been able to confirm the replay, so if this is incorrect for any reason, please post a comment below to let me know. Thanks! - Tim
I really don't know what else to say. Last season, the Beavers gave us so many exciting victories that I just assumed that as Cal was marching down the field to an eventual win. However, one mistake by a young QB and an amazing tackle by Joey LaRocque gave Oregon State the spark it needed to resurrect their season. Some are discounting this win due to Longshore being out, but to that I say give credit where it's due. The Beavers were out their best player (Sammie Stroughter), their top offensive lineman (Jeremy Perry) and their best coverage DB (Keenan Lewis) against a Heisman candidate and arguably the best receiver in college football, DeSean Jackson.
No excuses, just wins and losses in college football. Now, recap the glory of it all with the following links:
The Final Play
You have to love it. I could watch this play again, and again, and again....... and again (ok, you get the idea). Question: My boss just pointed this out to me... Why does Riley run to the sideline with the ball after being tackled? I mean, Cal didn't even get close to trying that FG. Maybe they knew there wasn't enough time, but it still doesn't explain why Riley kept the ball. Weird.
College Gameday
It's so nice to watch College Gameday knowing what we do this morning. With that in mind, why don't you check out Lee and Kirk while they do their thing:
What the Masses are Saying
There's a lot of happy discussion and debate going on in the Beavers Football Forum. Here's what some of the faithful had to say about the big win:
Awesome win there Oregon State! I can't say anymore, except congratulations! This year, no one is safe from being ranked high. I'm a Duck fan but, you guys are representing the State of Oregon well too. Not only did you beat a very talented team in their own backyard, you kept your composure to the end and won the game. As far as this Duck fan and 101st Airborne Division Soldier is concerned, you should be ranked in the top 10! You did what my Ducks couldn't do at Autzen Stadium by finishing the game and making the big plays that count. Although we only lost by a touchdown, we still didn't make the big play to tie the game. Be very glad that Cal QB Riley didn't set up his team to tie it with a field goal. Mental mistakes and trying to be a hero cost Cal the game. By the way, I hope all of you Beavers saw how irate Jeff Tedford was when he threw down his clipboard and headset. Some can call it being lucky but, I say it was game preparation and tough defense period. Everyone has been in this situation where the opponent is trying to comeback but, you guys held your ground firm and applied pressure. Once again Congratulations on behalf of myself and the rest of the college world who love seeing the big guys fall hard. Keep winning and make the Civil War Game exciting as I will only get to read about it from Afghanistan. I soon will deploy with the 101st Airborne Division for 15 long months and won't be able to see many games, let alone very few Pac-10 games. Take care and lets turn the tide of winnings to our state! - jjsw2004
Keith Ellison was on the sidelines for Cal game. I think Mansfield said Buff was on a bye week.Great that some former Beavs show up to some games when they can. -cb95
That's what pressure does!! Forces QB decisions and sometimes the decisions are wrong....chalk one up for the OSU Defense! -tagup
...give some credit to the players. Sean played tight with no INT's. Yve got his 100+ rushing the way he has shown he is capable time and time again. Our D did what they have been doing all year long. The difference in this game was that the offense was not handing them short fields on three and outs. If our defense gets 4-5 game minutes off between series our record would be a lot different. I will tell you what was lucky (for CAL). All those penalties that went against the Beavs late in the game. I was there and to me Memorial Stadium looked like Autzen South with the homefield adavantage that the Ref's and the clock guys were handing the bears. -OSUAlum06
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How They're Seeing it Down South
After you're done reading today's recap from The Oregonian, be sure to check out what the California columnists and the rest of the nation are saying about the Beaver victory.
- SFgate.com is going all "Red Sox" on this game and blaming the loss on the "Beaver Curse" that is in effect when the Beavs face Cal on their home field. However, the article does have some really good quotes. Check it out.
- The Gazette Times has a slew of information featured on their site right now. However, it's not all in one place, so be sure to check out the sideline report, read about the special teams fantastic day and cap all that off with Cliff Kirkpatrick's Fantastic Finish article.
- MercuryNews.com has a more optimistic view on the Bears loss to OSU, but the quotes are all the ones you would expect from athletes who just dropped a winnable game.
- Jon Wilner has a great post from a Cal perspective on why it wasn't the last play that cost Cal the game. It's a really good recap of the mistakes Cal made throughout. It's a good read. Check it out.
- The Contra Costa Times has another game story, and like many of the articles coming out of California, it's mostly about how Cal lost, not how Oregon State won (They literally say "Cal lost Because..." four times at the end of the article... Jeez fellas, at least put down the bong before you write one of these recaps).
Congratulations to all of the Oregon State Beavers and the Cal Bears who played a memorable game on Saturday. Everybody deserves a round of applause for that kind of effort. I'm also going to take this opportunity to congratulate Sean Canfield on his performance. The kid's been taking a lot of heat, so if you've been dogging him as of late.... at least give him a couple of days to enjoy this win before you're back on his case. Happy victory day, Beaver Nation!
That's all I have for you right now, folks. However, if there's ever something that you think I'm missing, feel free to post a comment below, or you can just send me an e-mail. If you have an interesting link about the Beavers, you can also submit it to Reddit where people all over the web can comment, rank and share the article. Have you Reddit?


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5/26 Draft day
The Cubs appear to be focusing on four players for the upcoming First-Year Player Draft, to be held June 6: pitchers Jonathan Gray of Oklahoma and Mark Appel of Stanford and third basemen Kris Bryant of San Diego and Colin Moran of North Carolina. The Cubs have the second overall pick in the first round, behind the Astros. Manager Dale Sveum has watched video of the top prospects.
"Now we're down to the core guys," Sveum said Sunday. "It's interesting to keep up with them and watch the video. There's new video that comes up sometimes. You don't get to see, like with Bryant, you don't get to see him taking ground balls and the other day there was nice video of him taking ground balls and showing his arm angles."
Bryant has hit 30 home runs entering conference tournament play, and played for Team USA over the summer. A right-handed bat, he impressed Sveum as did Moran, a left-handed hitter, considered a better pure hitter than Bryant.
"[Moran] is another polished-type hitter at that age already," Sveum said. "He has a Robin Ventura-type swing and presence at the plate. He has really good plate disicipline and not really the power numbers that Bryant can put up. Bryant is a big 6-foot-5, some kind of leverage at the plate. Two different hitters, one's right, one's left. It's fun to watch them."
Sveum also has seen video of Gray and Appel.
"They're pretty special arms," Sveum said. "They're two different guys. Appel is so advanced as far as his secondary pitches and Gray can just power you away with easy life on the fastball. It looks like it's showing 85 [mph] and it's 100. They're both pretty good. I don't know if one separates from the other one."
— Carrie Muskat
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Appel or Gray, they need to develop some top notch pitchers, got enough good prospects for infield and outfield.
Is my impression the powers that be are leaning toward selecting a pitcher. Is intelligent to do so, but one never knows. Who knew at the time we would have profited more by selecting Mauer rather than Prior several years ago. I`ve heard scouts are suspect of Bryant as a third sacker, and see him as best suited to outfield. But 30 dingers!! That`s impressive in a short college season.
I just hope the Astros mess up and pick one of the 3 not named Mark Appel…. That guy is going to be special. Idk if Gray is the better pick than the 3Bers…. I would probably pick Bryant second if Astros take Appel


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Why we should be thankful for Sen. Andy Hill:
As the author of the budget for the state senate, Andy has added $1 billion to the budget for K-12 education. This is the budget that 89 percent of our legislators adopted. Yes, 89 percent including the Democrat legislators. Every teacher and school age child in the state should be thankful.
He blocked the requested (and consistently granted in the past) tuition increases for secondary education. Every college student (and their parents) in the state should be thankful.
He balanced the budget without gimmicks or tax increases. Every taxpayer in the state should be thankful.
He has set our state budget on a course to have a very well-funded rainy day fund within a couple of years instead of being in constant danger of being broke. We, all the people of Washington state, should be thankful that we have Andy Hill in the state senate.
As chairman for the 45th Legislative District Republicans, I am biased. However, there is no bias needed to recognize the simple reality of what Andy has done for the people of this state. No spin is needed when the facts speak for themselves.
The Democrat Party needs to have someone on the ballot and this is their opponent to Andy. He is completely untested as a representative of the public. But why would anyone give up a proven leader who has so ably and successfully represented us? Voters need to take a look at the facts and they will quickly recognize that we all win with Andy Hill representing us.
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Here you will find my collection of favourite Homeschooling Resources in Art designed to inspire the Homeschooling Family.These Art homeschooling Resources, books, curriculum, and read-alouds have either been used personally by our family (see Ways to Teach Art ), what we are hoping to use or what has been highly recommended.
The absolutely best way to study art history is to read historical fiction, living books! Combine art with the historical time period you are studying.
On my Artistic Pursuits page, I have described what I like about these books and the art curriculum. I will not repeat myself here, but encourage you to have a look for yourself to see if it will suits your children, their ages and will be appropriate to the way you want to teach art.
I have used both "I can do all Things" and "Feed my Sheep" Art homeschooling resources from Barry Stebbing and I have found them to be excellent. My chidren sometimes draw while I am reading aloud and these have been easy to use - good instructions and important art techniques are covered. I have not used the DVDs, but I can see that these would really add to an art curriculum.
Although I haven't used it, God and the History of Art sounds very interesting and appealing - it is a 5 year curriculum!
The Great Artist: Romantics & Realistics, DVD Set
God & Christian Artists
God & the History of Art Revised
Apart from the great books to read aloud and the curriculum which helps to keep you on track, you need a bunch of great homeschooling resources to build up your art supplies cupboard.
These do not need to be expensive. I would suggest you get reasonable quality materials to begin with so that you will encourage your children to use it a lot. If everything you have is expensive, you will tend to keep it on the shelf and only take it out at special times.
What you really need is a bunch of paper, pencils, markers, large containers of paint which are all accessible. As the children mature in their art skills, you can be more particular about what you will purchase.
Artist quality pencils (such as the Derwent watercolour pencils), paint, pastels, oil pastels do vary and they are more costly.
So, when your children are ready and can handle the materials with care, you can spend a little more. I would buy them for birthday gifts. One year I remember buying a large set of watercolour pencils as a Christmas gift for the whole family.
You will also need odds and ends. Homeschooling resources such as: Glue, adhesive tape, rulers, erasers.
You'll need to have a good supply of toilet rolls, old cereal boxes, cardboard and so on. Before you throw something away, ask yourself - could this be made into a sculpture? Yes - it's a messy time, but so worthwhile!
And lastly, you'll need something to store it in. Plastic crates or a set of drawers is fine. Whatever makes sense in your home with the space you have.


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How bullying can happen: mass parental indifference
You don't have to be a parent who explicitly encourages your child's bullying behavior, or knows of it and doesn't discourage it, for such abuse to happen at school. Sometimes, all it takes is good people doing nothing.
Such as at East Middle School in Biscoe, N.C., where 12 students face juvenile charges for sexually hazing and bullying 13 younger members of the school baseball and soccer teams. Fox 8 News in Greensboro is reporting the efforts the school is making to get counseling for the victims and institute new anti-bullying programs.
But the school already tried reaching out to parents three months beforehand — and their efforts were met with a collective shoulder-shrug.
Officials at East Middle School held a poorly attended bullying awareness and prevention program for parents just three months before a dozen students face assault and sexual battery charges in connection with a sports team hazing ritual.
Attendance records show six parents attended the program, which was held in January.
I can't get too haughty about how East Middle School parents must be horrible and ignorant, because my son's junior high hosted a cyberbullying session for parents, complete with a speaker from Vermont whose son committed suicide after a long stretch of being on the receiving end of such activity. About 150 chairs were set up in the school gym. Counting me, seven parents showed up.
Of course, some parents don't show because they're working, or they can't get child care. But, really, these pitiful numbers speak — to me, anyway — about how much parents want to put their heads in the sand about bullying and hazing. They figure if their kid isn't a bully, or a victim, who cares? Or, more than that, they could never imagine their child in either position, so why bother? Or, worse yet, they chalk up such behavior as a normal part of growing up, so kids should just suck it up and tough it out — just like they did.
I don't think the schools — or myself — are asking for parents to be rabid anti-bullying activists. It would be nice, though, if they would acknowledge that the behavior exists, and it's not a good thing.
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- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) reduced-sodium condensed tomato soup, undiluted
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 8 hamburger buns, split
- In a large skillet coated with cooking spray, cook the turkey, onion, celery and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the soup, ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and pepper.
- Transfer to a 3-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours. Serve on buns. Yield: 8 servings.
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"Wonderful and easy!"
"Super easy and delicious! I didn't have any reduced sodium soup on hand so I used regular tomato soup and received no complaints that the dish was too salty."
"I wasn't so sure about using tomato soup in this but it turned out great! Even my son loved it and he can be quite the picky eater!"
"While this is easy and healthy, I really love orignal sloppy joes. My kids immediatly knew this was not ground beef. I thought it was good, but will replace with the original."
"I also used yellow pepper because that is what I had. Delicious!"
"Not bad for the 1st time we had ground turkey."
"I didn't have any soup, so I used tomato juice instead and it came out watery, but it was still very good, and I did add a can of kidney beans and 1 tablespoon of vinegar for an added punch, with spicy mustard instead of regular mustard, it was delicious, I even used it in a salad."
"I have some very picky eaters and they gobbled this up and asked for more."
"Made this recipe last night. It is wonderful! So much flavor! I did use a yellow bell pepper because it is milder than its green counterpart. The only tip I have is to suggest you use your cusinart if you have one to make the chopping go quicker."
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Last year, the Minutemen entered their final weekend needing points in two games at Maine to qualify for the Hockey East playoffs. They won both - 5-2 and 4-3. And the same challenge faces them again this weekend since they are playing Maine back to back again, and again need points to be assured of reaching the playoffs. The difference is that this time they'll be at home.
UMass hosts Maine both Friday and Saturday nights at 7 at the Mullins Center with a Hockey East playoff spot on the line. The Minutemen currently reside in the eighth and final playoff position, two points ahead of ninth-place Providence, and one point behind seventh-place Vermont. But Vermont is home both nights to last-place Lowell, making the Catamounts a tougher catch. Providence plays Merrimack Friday night at North Andover with the teams colliding again Saturday night in Providence. UMass can't afford to count on Merrimack, which had its worst weekend of the season in dropping two games at Maine - 4-0 and 7-1 - last Friday and Saturday.
The other difference, quite frankly, is that the Minutemen (6-20-5, 5-15-5) are not as good as last year when they closed out the regular campaign with a record of 18-16, 13-14 in Hockey East. Defenseman Justin Braun, now with the San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League, scored two goals in each of the games. But that weekend did get off to a great start by a returning Minuteman scoring the first goal. .T.J. Syner scored only 52 seconds into the game with Kevin Czepiel of Holyoke, another current member, picking up an assist.
UMass goaltender Paul Dainton came up big the second night, making 35 saves to earn second star as the Minutemen were outshot 38-20, 14-4 in the third period.
Beating Maine (16-10-6, 13-8-4) used to be nearly impossible for UMass, but that's not been the case in the last 15 match-ups. Until losing 4-1 at Maine Dec. 12, the Minutemen had won the previous five straight, and are 10-5 overall in the last four years dating back to March 2, 2007. In the early days following the rebirth of the program, UMass made national headlines with a 4-2 home win Jan. 28, 1995, but then lost the next 10 straight with the Black Bears. After a win sandwiched between two ties in 1998, Maine won the next 14 meetings in a row.
While recent history is on the UMass side, the 2010-11 statistics are not.
Maine is ranked fourth in the conference on the power play and the penalty kill while the Minutemen are ninth in both categories. Maine is 12-1-2 when scoring the first goal. UMass is 5-5-2. The Black Bears have scored five shorthanded goals, the Minutemen none.
Only making the playoffs is not something to ordinarily get so worked up, but for the fragile psyche of this freshmen-laden team to win a game or two this weekend, and do it on their own, would be a positive step. If they lose both games, and Providence does the same, and they back in to a playoff position, it just wouldn't be the same.


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There are many ways for adults to learn more about our collections and exhibitions. Signage throughout the Museum provides background information and context for objects in the immediate area, as well as "what to look for" in the works on view.
Lectures by experts explore art-related topics in-depth; Gallery Talks are informal discussions in the galleries around a theme. Film and performance demonstrate the commonalities among art forms.
Guided Tours
To enhance your museum experience, we offer several guided tours for adults and students. Museum tours are provided by a Docent, who is trained to speak knowledgeably and engage people in conversations about objects in the Museum's collection.
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Over the course of his tenure as point guard for the Boston Celtics, we have learned in several instances that Rajon Rondo is quite a numbers guy. He's been dubbed a math genius and even used his interest and proficiency in math by jumping into a school and teaching a high school algebra class. Back in high school, he was so bored with his math class that he would sleep through them on the way to acing the exams. Even for his return from his ACL injury this season, he tweeted out the length of time in between games… by the total number of seconds.
Rondo is also one to seek out any edge that can help him get a leg up on the competition. According to the NY Times, part of that has been consulting a "personal statistics coach."
While Zormelo does train players — before the recent N.B.A. draft combine, he worked out a handful of prospects like JaKarr Sampson of St. John's at a University of Miami gym — his exact occupation is more difficult to define. In addition to studying film and crunching numbers, he also considers himself a mental coach. Above all, he works quickly.
"Before the game was even over, he had everything broken down," Rondo said. "The text was already in my phone."
Zormelo also sent Rondo an in-depth email that included a synopsis of what Rondo had done well, areas where he needed to improve and a scouting report for his next game. Rondo was asked if the Celtics were aware that he was seeking constant counsel from someone outside the organization.
"Not really," he said. "But I'm just trying to get better. There's nothing wrong with that."
It won't surprise me if some fans have an issue with this, but I have to agree with Rondo here: what's wrong with doing whatever you can to get better? Furthermore, if the NBA's MVP feels strongly enough about him then it's at least worth a shot, no?
John Wall was getting guidance from Zormelo during the playoffs, as is Paul George and Durant. If the guy can supply you with some helpful information then it's a good thing. And if what he gives you doesn't ultimately help, then it's a good thing too. That way you know it's something you at least tried and can dismiss, thus enabling yourself to focus on something else.
Rondo has been in Waltham since the season ended. I'm in favor of being open-minded to anything that could help a player improve their game. I'm sure the organization is too. Sure, they would prefer that everything comes from the people they employ and pay, but this quote from the same piece is also true:
"Ideally, you want to have all the basketball X's and O's coming from your coaching staff," Musselman said. "But I also think coaches are open-minded enough to understand that things have changed."
Players, of course, have become multimillion-dollar businesses unto themselves, and if one of the people they listen to is someone like Zormelo? It could be worse.
"You might be like, Hey, that guy's not teaching what I'm teaching," Musselman said. "But at least the player is working at his game instead of sitting on his couch watching cartoons."
I doubt Rondo is watching cartoons in his personal time (hmm which ones would he watch though?). Either way, players hire people outside of the organization for several things, including what the article pointed out (chefs, trainers, etc). It's never a bad thing to be thinking of ways to challenge yourself to get better.


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Council throws out plastic bag ban bylaw
Toronto city council has voted 38-7 not to adopt a bylaw banning the sale of single use plastic bags, instead opting for further study into alternative ways of discouraging use of the shopping containers.
The result, which can be considered a victory for embattled mayor Rob Ford, essentially kills off any chance of the city preventing supermarkets handing out carrier bags to customers in the new year as planned. Instead, a study looking at different solutions will be presented in 2013.
Two separate interest groups, the Ontario Convenience Stores Association and the Canadian Plastic Bag Association, filed lawsuits against the city this month in protest at the way the ban was enacted earlier this year.
During a debate on the nickel checkout fee, a surprise motion by councillor David Shiner to ban plastic bags entirely passed 24-20, much to the anger of the mayor. Both plastic bag groups taking legal action against the city claimed the prohibition was enacted without proper consultations. It's not clear what effect today's decision will have on the intentions of the OCSA and CPBA.
Speaking before the vote, Councillor Gord Perks told Rob Ford "congratulations Mr. Mayor, you won, but the city of Toronto lost." Shortly after, councillor Doug Ford questioned the sense behind preventing the sale of cheap plastic bags, saying "What are you going to do? Walk out with grapes and fruit in your hand?".
Several other councillors, including Giorgio Mammoliti and deputy mayor Doug Holyday, said this was a chance to go back and re-examine the process that led to the ban, not an indictment of the idea itself.
As it stands, there will not be a return of the 5-cent bag fee either. It's possible the ban or another form of prohibition will be discussed again next summer.
How do you feel about the result - will it change the way you pick up groceries? Do you already bring re-usable carriers to the supermarket?
Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
Photo: "Harold Still Bargains" by Tsar Kasim in the blogTO Flickr pool.
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Anyway, the ban was stupid. Very stupid. I just feel even more stupid for starting to hoard bags for litter and household trash.
I hoarded incandescent light bulbs last year, preparing for the ban. Boy, did I feel silly when the province finally came to its senses...
It allows one to go back and correct mistakes.
Jarvis was a mistake, by Davy. It wasn't in the bike lane plan. He just threw it out there. The bag ban was a joke that came out of no where. No one expected it to pass and everyone was shocked when it did
Too bad city council doesn't care about the environment or waste.
I guess Ford won that one.
At least revert it back to the 5 cent fee!
There are a number of reasons for the $0.05 fee, but the grocery stores suffering a "net loss" is not one of them.
Until the next election, every few months, we'll just keep on having more votes on elephants, plastic bags and various subway vs LRT and waterfront issues...
Bill Murray for mayor!
Anyway you slice it, stores are now pocketing a nickel for something that was wrapped into the cost of the product (for decades) prior to this ban.
I like how the 5-cent fee got people thinking, but it's hard to defend the fee (and the ban) with logic.
I guess the first cold of the season and city council don't mix...
Whoa! Whaaaaaaa?
An elected official ran afoul of serious guidelines, refused to correct his actions when given chances, and was removed.
Harsh? Yes. But it's the system working more or less as it should. And our elected officials will decide how to proceed from here.
He wasn't deposed by the military in a leftist coup, although if you listen to talk radio, that's pretty much how they see it. Rather, he was found guilty by a judge for violating a very simple law that he should have been more than aware of after having spent 12 years at city hall. Please spare us the dramatics.
If retailers want to charge $0.05 for a bag, they can. There is no law banning a fee.
Again, there are a number of reasons for a bag fee, but the grocery stores suffering a "net loss" is not one of them. You are so far outside the realm of reasonable justification, it's absurd.
Don't think the mayor should lose his job, but the councillors... YES! This bag mess has cost US a heck of a lot more than $3,000. Think about other important matters that could have been attended to. The councillors made the bags a political issue. Hey councillors, better look for a job elsewhere come next election. You have no merit at city hall anymore!
"The councillors", regardless of how much of a blow hard or douchebag they may be, are entitled to vote however they damn well please on any motion before council. Even if it costs money. Even if that decision is reversed months later.
Also, once again, for the record: Rob Ford's current situation has nothing to do with $3000 technically. He broke the law by voting on a matter in which he had an interest and willfully disregarded the act of parliament that governs his elected position. Period. None of "the councillors" did that.
You have no merit anywhere.
This city is becoming a joke.
I guess the problem is, not everyone will do what Chris does and thus banning plastic shopping bags is better for the environment.
Have you forgotten Rob Ford's arrest in Florida? Or Rahim Jaffer's coke charges here in Ontario?
Everyone talks big on law and order, but they sure are glad for leniency when it suits them.
I like the bags
Yes, this is now a city of gossip mongerers who want to overturn every democratic decision they don't agree with. Welcome to the new Toronto
for folks like us living in the city... you need bags to carry things when you have to walk take ttc everywhere- I will still use my cloth bags - but it is great to know that I can still get a bag- btw.. I reuse those said bags over and over again.. so it does get recycled. and better to use these bags- then have to buy new garbage bags- which totally contradicts the purpose of being green..
And to David Shiner...I'm NEVER voting for you ever again!!!
CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2011 10:42 AM ET
Before the vote Mayor Rob Ford said he didn't think it was the city's responsibility to ban the sale of shark fins and that he wouldn't support the motion.
"I don't think it's in our purview to do that," he told CBC. "If other councillors want to do it it's an open vote. It's been going on for so long I don't know why it's an issue now."
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