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"American Made" will support the American Legion, Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Purple Heart Foundation, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Veterans Multi-Service Center, Vietnam Veterans of America and many more.
Writer, producer, recording artist Lon Van Eaton was produced by George Harrison and was inspired by George's "Concert for Bangladesh." Von Eaton recalls, "Being signed to the Beatles' Apple label was an unbelievable experience. I was inspired to follow in George's footsteps and now we are launching Stone Soup Records for many causes. Please send in your great songs!"
"American Made", an eclectic "Soup", features 18 original tracks. The title cut is from firefighter Tim McGeary.
The CD is a journey through time, the horrors of war, the survivors and their loved ones. New York City Diva Ann Hampton Callaway serves up the patriotic, "I Believe in America."
The broth is flavored with local artist, R J Rotondo who dips in "Home of the Brave," "These Colors are Mine," Bill Rice tosses in "I Dare You", "Dustoff" and "Patiently Wait," with a dash of Sheila Hershey's cello, while Grammy nominated Bruce Foster's poignant "December Prayer" stirs your heartstrings.
Mark Conklin's "All the Boots I've Worn" and "September 12th" will leave you feeling blessed to be living in this country. Denise Cantrell's "American Soldier Girl" honors the life of Emily J.T. Perez, the first female graduate of West Point. The"Soup" simmers hot with Cory "City" Fandel's "In My Life" featuring Faith Hahn and produced by Robert Sands. Elsa Riveros' "Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazon" is a loving tribute in Spanish.
The recipe is garnished with "My Brothers and Me" by Chris Winward, the bubbling "You're Not Coming Back" by Jeff Hogan and "Troubles in the Wind" by the late great Danny DeGennero.
Von Eaton's brother Derrek Van Eaton and Lonnie Toth dish out John Bray's tasty "Love Sweet Song." The finishing touch is a dollop by Jody Giambelluca, Courtney Colletti, Duke Williams, TJ Tindall, Constance Blaine-Van Eaton and Earl Scooter in the bowl of Marianne Speiser's "Friend."
"American Made" is available at stonesouprecords.com and sells for $19.99 with $10 going directly to the organizations that do the work in support of troops and veterans.


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Summer Students
This program provides opportunities for university students to conduct research in a laboratory/clinical setting at Baycrest under the supervision of a practicing Scientist from the Research Division. The program is 12 weeks in length, with specific starting and ending dates arranged directly with each hiring Scientist in accordance with their research schedule.
Who is Eligible?
At the time of application, students must be in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of an undergraduate degree program. Students in medical school may also apply. Students registered in a Master's or PhD program are not eligible for summer studentships.
Terms of Summer Program
- Students will usually be expected to work full-time hours (35 hours per week).
- Students will usually be expected to complete a full 12-week term.
- Students will be paid a minimum of $4,620.00 for a three (3) month period.
- Students will be required to work on a project assigned to them by their respective supervisors.
How to Apply
To apply, click on the "Create Application" link. The following documents will be required in plain text format:
- An up-to-date resume or CV, including permanent and sessional addresses and the name and contact information of two referees (academic preferred).
- A cover letter which includes the area of research you are interested in and the Scientist(s) with whom you would like to work.
- Current transcripts or grade reports (unofficial or 'issued to student' versions accepted).
Scientists' research interests may be reviewed at research.baycrest.org/scientists
Selections will be made on an ongoing basis, so apply as early as possible. Only ONE online submission is required.
Most hiring decisions will be made by April 15, 2015. However, due to the volume of applications received, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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SARANAC LAKE - Volunteers from around the Tri-Lakes region spent Saturday working on Mount Pisgah Ski Center's mountain bike trails on National Trails Day.
The work was led by the Barkeater Trails Alliance (BETA), a local volunteer group that develops, maintains and advocates for multi-use trail systems suitable for mountain bikes. BETA came together informally in 2009 and two years later became a project of the Adirondack Ski Touring Council.
At least 18 people showed up to work on a downhill trail that is being developed on the skier's left side of the mountain. The trail is expected to be about a mile long and be the only dedicated downhill trail on the hill.
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Barkeater Trails Alliance member Jeff Erenstone works on the downhill mountain biking trail at Mount Pisgah on National Trails Day Saturday.
(Enterprise photo — Mike Lynch)
There are several other mountain biking trails on the mountain, some in the process of being developed, but they can be used in either direction.
"This trail in particular is a pretty unique opportunity for this whole area because it's built specifically for mountain biking and for downhill mountain biking," said Matt McNamara of BETA. "We've got big berms and a really smooth tread, and it's fun for people that are skilled and want to ride it fast - but it's also a lot of fun for people who are just learning. It's not real technical and rooty and rocky. It's smooth, so you can approach it from a lot of different angles."
Leigh Walrath, also of BETA, has been instrumental in doing trail work at Mount Pisgah, in large part because he lives in Saranac Lake. He said this was the second organized trail work day at Pisgah, although there will likely be a few more days this summer that people will get together to do some work.
Walrath said the Pisgah project has received a lot of support from the community. The Saranac Lake village board has been supportive, students in the natural resources program at the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of Coooperative Educational Services (BOCES) have done trail work, and Chris Tissot Construction has donated machinery to the project.
Walrath expects that this downhill trail, which some call the Gravity Trail, should be the biggest draw for mountain bikers in the future.
"When it's all said and done, you could probably spend a couple of hours here, so it's a good after-work place to come get some exercise if you don't want to drive anywhere," he said. "And ultimately, we hope to connect Dewey and Pisgah together and then it would be a good half day ride to do both of them together."
The Dewey Mountain Recreation Area is another Saranac Lake venue where BETA has worked on mountain bike trails in recent years. They've also done extensive work in the Wilmington Wild Forest and have a project going on with the Lake Placid Rotary Club at the Craig Wood Golf course.


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Capt. Bobby Jackson said police arrested a man last night after beginning an investigation into the disappearance of 20-month-old Maliyah Tashay Lindsay, who had been missing since March 5. The man is the child's father.
Shortly after his arrest, police discovered the body of a child in a wooded area at the dead end of Plainview Street in Gadsden. The man is being held on no bond in the Etowah County Correctional Facility, awaiting formal charges. The body has been sent off for an autopsy.
Jackson said Tasmine Thomas, 19, the child's mother, contacted police on Monday night to report Maliyah missing since March 5. Police say she told them the child's father was going to take the child to the father's sister's house for a few days. The mother said she was asleep when he took the child.
After one week, she said she wanted to get the child. He said he would go with her to pick the baby up, but he left to get gas. Shortly after, she said she called the sister, who told her she had not seen the father or Maliyah in several weeks. When the mother tried to call the father, she got no answer. She then contacted police.
Police are still investigating.
(This post was updated at 10:49 a.m. to correct the child's age.)


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13Ds are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 10 days of an entity's attaining a greater than 5% position in any class of a company's securities. Subsequent changes in holdings or intentions must be reported in amended filings. This material has been extracted from filings released by the SEC from Sept. 13 through Sept. 19, 2012. Source: InsiderScore.com
Activist Filings
Wet Seal (WTSLA)
On Sept. 13, hedge fund Clinton Group sent a letter to the board reiterating its goal of voting out four of five directors and replacing them with a slate of candidates proposed by Clinton.
The hedge fund also said its nominees have "already begun to function as a group, meeting with industry experts and analyzing alternatives for creating stockholder value." The fund also requested that its nominees "be brought into discussions with the Company's investment bankers and executive recruiters." Clinton added that its nominees have been contacted by "a number of qualified executives" who are interested in Wet Seal's vacant CEO position.
Additionally, on Sept. 17 Clinton wrote a letter to Wet Seal shareholders reiterating its position and urging them to vote for its slate of director nominees.
Clinton said it owns 6,297,606 shares (7% of the voting shares total) after buying 439,806 in the period from Sept. 6 to Sept. 13 at prices ranging from $2.98 to $3.18 each. Clinton also disclosed selling 145,000 from Sept. 6 through Sept. 10 for $3.02 to $3.25 per share.
Original Filings
Gain Capital Holdings gcap -0.3968253968253968% GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD5.02 -0.02 -0.3968253968253968% /Date(1477667740008-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9090 P/E Ratio 6.703836452940395 Market Cap 245140557.836952 Dividend Yield 3.9603960396039604% Rev. per Employee 586649 More quote details and news » (GCAP)
Discovery Equity Partners disclosed that it owns 1,826,900 shares (5.2%) after it bought 234,896 shares from Aug. 6 through Sept. 13 at prices from $4.49 to $4.99 per share. Discovery said it acquired the shares because it believes "that the trading prices of the common stock do not adequately reflect the potential value of the Company's underlying business and assets." The investment group added that it has had discussions with management regarding Gain's "operations, strategic direction, and valuation in the public market" and reiterated its "desire for the Company to pursue all appropriate strategic and financial alternatives to increase shareholder value."
Rockwood Holdings (ROC)
Atlantic Investment Management disclosed that it owns 3,917,724 shares (5.1%) after it bought 494,441 shares from July 19 through Sept. 13 at prices from $44.13 to $49.48 apiece. Atlantic also disclosed selling 4,039 shares on Sept. 4 at $46.98 each.
Atlantic said it will "continue its active discussions" with management, regarding steps that might be taken to maximize shareholder value, adding that it "may hold discussions with other parties who might engage in shareholder-value-enhancing activities for the benefit of all of [Rockwood's] shareholders."
Kenexa (KNXA)
Gamco Investors GBL -0.13966480446927373% GAMCO Investors Inc. Cl A U.S.: NYSE USD28.6 -0.04 -0.13966480446927373% /Date(1477666231486-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2184 P/E Ratio 9.13738019169329 Market Cap 849098966.104141 Dividend Yield 0.27972027972027974% Rev. per Employee 2031620 More quote details and news » (ticker: GBL) disclosed that it owns 1,420,088 shares (5.2%); it bought the full amount from Aug. 27 through Sept. 17 at prices in a range from $45.76 to $45.95 per share.
On Aug. 27, Kenexa announced it will be acquired by IBM IBM 0.13694163677861101% International Business Machines Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD153.56 0.21 0.13694163677861101% /Date(1477667842622-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 337034 P/E Ratio 12.532598774286086 Market Cap 145813617058.441 Dividend Yield 3.64156587332553% Rev. per Employee 212324 More quote details and news » (IBM) for $46.00 per share, representing a 42% premium over its prior closing price.
Increases in Holdings
FSI International (FSII)
Gamco Investors increased its holdings of FSI, a maker of microelectronics fabrication equipment, to 3,367,192 shares (8.6%) after it bought 472,481 shares from Sept. 7 through Sept. 13 at prices of $6.17 to $6.18 apiece.
Previously, on Aug. 13, FSI had announced that it would be acquired by Tokyo Electron 8035.to 1.547779273216689% Tokyo Electron Ltd. Japan: Tokyo JPY9054 138 1.547779273216689% /Date(1477684800000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 20m) : 2540000 P/E Ratio 21.164496101959855 Market Cap 1492019694343.75 Dividend Yield 1.9659818864590237% Rev. per Employee 61733200 More quote details and news » (8035.Japan) for $6.20 per share in cash, a 53% premium over its prior closing price.
Hot Topic (HOTT)
Small-cap-focused investment firm Becker Drapkin increased its holdings in the mall- and Web-based retailer to 3,586,415 shares (8.5%) after it bought 51,553 on Sept. 12 at $9.12 apiece.
The Providence Service Corporation prsc -0.5019120458891013% Providence Service Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD41.63 -0.21 -0.5019120458891013% /Date(1477667719314-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2367 P/E Ratio 10.189748644652537 Market Cap 606638145.294037 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 191872 More quote details and news » (PRSC)
Coliseum Capital increased its holdings to 2,100,556 shares (16.1%) after it bought 213,769 shares in the time span from Aug. 23 through Sept. 10 at prices ranging from $11.35 to $12.69 each.
Unitil utl -0.3043367993913264% Unitil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD39.31 -0.12 -0.3043367993913264% /Date(1477667784842-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 639 P/E Ratio 21.043366938710193 Market Cap 554385820.836258 Dividend Yield 3.599493029150824% Rev. per Employee 763000 More quote details and news » (UTL)
InterTech Group increased its holdings to 707,622 shares (5.1%) after it bought 58,700 shares from Sept. 7 through Sept. 12 for $26.50 to $26.65 per share.
IRIS International (IRIS)
Gamco Investors increased its holdings to 3,367,192 shares (8.6%) after it bought 244,014 shares from July 19 through Sept. 17 at prices from $11.06 to $19.45. Gamco also disclosed selling 1,800 shares on Aug. 21 and Aug. 22 at prices of $12.28 to $12.50 apiece. On Sept. 17, IRIS announced it would be acquired by Danaher dhr -0.038299502106472615% Danaher Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD78.3 -0.03 -0.038299502106472615% /Date(1477667823869-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 156977 P/E Ratio 21.525154650462582 Market Cap 54181020991.886 Dividend Yield 0.6358087487283826% Rev. per Employee 261594 More quote details and news » (DHR) for $19.50 per share, a 45% premium over its prior closing price.
Decreases in Holdings
Altisource Portfolio Solutions asps -2.1661931818181817% Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. U.S.: Nasdaq USD27.55 -0.61 -2.1661931818181817% /Date(1477667777756-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 48291 P/E Ratio 19.609929078014183 Market Cap 516707863.411102 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 115024 More quote details and news » (ASPS)
Investor Barry Wish decreased his holdings in the mortgage-services company to 1,268,387 shares (5.4%) by selling 94,789 shares from July 2 through Aug. 20 at prices in a range of $74.30 to $91.73.
Gaylord Entertainment (GET)
Gamco decreased its holdings in the pop landmark hotel and convention-center owner to 5,929,072 shares (13.2%) after it sold 950,638 from July 13 through Sept. 12 at prices ranging from $35.25 to $41.24. Gamco also said it bought 53,900 shares in the period from July 16 through Sept. 11 for $35.41 to $40.68 each.
Gamco disclosed sending a letter to Gaylord on Sept. 12 announcing its intention to vote against Gaylord's proposed conversion to a real-estate investment trust structure at a Sept. 25 special meeting of stockholders.
Keynote Systems (KEYN)
Discovery Equity Partners decreased its holdings in the developer of Web and Cloud testing and monitoring services to 806,352 shares (4.5%) by selling 241,821 in the span from Aug. 6 through Sept. 12 at prices from $12.95 to $14.11 apiece.
The Activist Spotlight
Office Depot ODP 0.6410256410256411% Office Depot Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD3.14 0.02 0.6410256410256411% /Date(1477667836791-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 262876 P/E Ratio 6.26 Market Cap 1697061514.90059 Dividend Yield 3.194888178913738% Rev. per Employee 284286 More quote details and news » (ticker: ODP)
Business: Global supplier of office products and services
Investor's Average Cost: $1.91 per share
Stock-Market Value: $757 million ($2.66 per share)
What's Happening: Starboard Value is urging ODP to rationalize expenses, undertake initiatives to improve margins, and explore divesting its Mexican joint-venture interest.
Key Numbers:
0.7%: ODP's operating margin over the past year (versus 6.4% for Staples spls 1.6483516483516483% Staples Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD7.4 0.12 1.6483516483516483% /Date(1477667844225-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 952589 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4735079384.51105 Dividend Yield 6.508474576271187% Rev. per Employee 274827 More quote details and news » and 1.9% for OfficeMax ).
27.5%, 130.7%, 134.2%: the amount by which ODP has underperformed its peer group over the past one-, three-, and five-year periods.
$558 to $821 million: what Starboard estimates ODP's Ebitda would be if it followed Starboard's recommendations (versus present Ebitda of $282 million).
Behind the Scenes: Starboard is one of the most prolific activist investors. In this case, it sees a short-term and a long-term activist opportunity. Starboard believes Office Depot's Mexican joint venture has substantial hidden value, and that ODP could sell its interest to its venture partner for $500 to $900 million. The long-term opportunity would be to cut costs and improve margins. While ODP is already in the midst of restructuring, Starboard would like a more comprehensive and urgent restructuring. If Starboard has to resort to a proxy fight, ODP's unique preferred stock, which provides that its 20% convertible common-stock interest must support management, will create an obstacle for Starboard by essentially giving the board a 20% head start. Moreover, the preferred stock pays an annual cash dividend of 10% and has a conversion price of $5 per share. So, preferred- and common-stock holders may not have aligned interests.
-- Kenneth Squire
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SPRINGFIELD - Scores of Toyotas, Hondas and Dodge Neons were on display at the cruise night hosted by the Xclusive Auto Club on Friday, July 25, 2014.
The cars on display were spread out in orderly rows in the parking lot of Springfield's Raymour and Flanigan store on Boston Road.
Local auto club's attended the event where trophies were awarded to club's and individual cars. The cruise nights are held at various locations throughout the summer.


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A Monroe County man is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl he was entrusted with babysitting between 2008 and 2009 in Bethlehem, according to court records.
Warren R. Klopp Jr., 26, of Saylorsburg, Pa., watched a then 4-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her between Dec. 1, 2008, and July 31, 2009, at a home in the 1100 block of Mechanic Street in Bethlehem, police say. Authorities say Klopp was 22 at the time.
Police learned about the accusations during an interview with the girl and her mother on Oct. 11, court papers say. Klopp was first interviewed Oct. 17, where he denied all the allegations against him, according to court papers.
During an interview at a state police barracks Jan. 7, court papers say Klopp admitted to having sexual contact with the child.
Klopp was arraigned today before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez and charged with two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, indecent assault of a child less than 13 years old, endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of minors.
Klopp was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail with a 10 percent option. Klopp is not permitted to have contacts with minors should he post bail, court papers say.


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"Preachy" People
I love my Stepmom, but when she starts lecturing me, I just want to sock her in the mouth so she shuts up.
I call her to remind her to call my Grandma. The conversation turns to my brother having a baby out of wedlock. Stepmom thinks brother and his gf should get married now. I told her there's no reason to rush things and he could end up miserable.
Within seconds, she started laying into me about how my generation is going to hell. All we do is have sex and get STDs then spread them to other people. Marriage is apparently the answer, but we don't take marriage seriously. We get divorced like it's nothing (should I remind her that brother's gf is divorced? nah). She keeps rambling then I promptly remind her that marriage never stopped MY husband from sleeping with other women. She then launched into her "If you get divorced you're going to hell" and started describing hell. "There will be no light and you will be in total isolation."
So hell is like being married? <- what I said in my head.
"You will be hearing things that will make you miserable."
Yeah kinda like this conversation. <- again in my head.
So yet again, I'm getting lectured for stupid crap my siblings do. I reminded her to call Grandma then hung up. I didn't even feel bad for it.
Are there are "preachy" people in your family? How do you deal with them?
I have a sil who is inclined to that kind of ranting. I can't usually remember what it's about, 'cause I play games on my phone while she's at it.
Ah yes, we all have one....... mine can be my MIL.
Oh I hate people like that!
Thankfully no, well my FIL can bug people a lot about stuff.


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KALAMAZOO, MI — Two of the four candidates vying for the District 1 seat on the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners have criminal histories.
Rico White was convicted of two felonies in the 1990s, including assault with a dangerous weapon, according to police reports and court documents obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette. Stephanie Moore has been convicted of four misdemeanors, most recently in 2008.
The criminal background of Moore, a four-term Kalamazoo city commissioner, has been well documented. Past convictions for Moore, 42, include attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer in 2008, embezzlement in 2005, passing a check with insufficient funds in 1998 and retail fraud in 1989.
Meanwhile, White, who serves on the Kalamazoo city planning commission, pleaded no contest to assault with a dangerous weapon in 1994 following a domestic dispute. Two years earlier, he pleaded guilty to passing a check of $500 or more with insufficient funds.
"It was 21 years ago and I've taken responsibility since that time," said White, 50, when contacted by the Kalamazoo Gazette about the convictions. "I haven't been in trouble with the law since. I've been a good citizen. People make mistakes in their lives and people change."
Moore said she has learned from her past.
"I'm fortunate in that my past serves as a backdrop to why I am so passionate about the disenfranchised and people like me who struggle to find their place and purpose," Moore told the Gazette. "I'm living proof that just because one makes a bad choice doesn't mean they're a bad person."
The Kalamazoo Gazette conducted background checks on candidates running in high-profile races in the Aug. 5 primary.
Four Democrats are seeking their party's nomination to replace retiring Democrat Carolyn Alford in District 1 on the county board. In addition to Moore and White, the other Democrats running are Robert Barnard, 49, and Vicki Buchanan DeVould-Cohn, 39.
The winner of the primary will run unopposed in the Nov. 4 general election.
The county board's District 1 includes Kalamazoo's Northside, Eastside, Fairmont and Edison neighborhoods, as well as a northeast portion of Kalamazoo Township.
According to the report from the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, White was arrested on Nov. 10, 1993. White threatened a woman and another man with a sawed-off shotgun, according to the report, which was obtained by the Kalamazoo Gazette through the Freedom of Information Act. White, whose legal first name is Brian but goes by his middle name, said he never had a shotgun during the incident.
According to the report, White arrived at an apartment on North Arlington Street around 10:30 p.m. and pointed a shotgun at a friend of his girlfriend and a man he had mistaken for someone else.
After being told the man next to the woman was not the man he was looking for, White removed a shell from the shotgun and stopped yelling, witnesses told police, according to the report.
When Kalamazoo Township police arrived, White was allowed to leave during the ensuing commotion as several people inside the apartment argued, the report states. Once he left, witnesses told police about the confrontation with the shotgun.
When officers arrested White later that night, he was found to be in possession of a BB gun and a box of .410-gauge shotgun ammunition. He told police he had no knowledge of a shotgun, which was never found by officers.
White pleaded no contest to one count of felonious assault as a second-time habitual offender. He was sentenced to two years of probation, 100 hours of community service, 180 days in jail and he was ordered to pay $1,102 in court costs, attorney fees and victim restitution. White told the Gazette he did not spend time in jail as a result of the conviction.
In 1992, White pleaded guilty to passing a check of $500 or more with insufficient funds. He was sentenced to four years probation, 90 days in jail and $1,430 in court costs. White said he did not serve time in jail for this conviction either.
White, a member of the Edison Neighborhood Association board, said he hopes to serve as an example for youths by proving a person can change as he continues to look for ways to reduce violence in the city. White also said his history gives him the ability to relate to people with criminal backgrounds.
"I can identify with the people in the street, the people that are making those types of decisions in their lives," White said. "I can relate to the kids in the street from a first-hand knowledge that it's not the life they want to live.
"I deal with felons every single day and I want people to know you can change to do good."
Meanwhile, Moore has been open about her previous convictions.
In 2008, Moore pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer, stemming from an interaction she had with an officer who was detaining a 19-year-old man who had been ejected from Battle Creek Central High School during a Dec. 27, 2007 basketball game.
Moore was sentenced to a weekend in jail, 18 months of probation and $100 fine. She was released early from probation in April 2009.
In June 2005, Moore pleaded guilty to misdemeanor embezzlement from the Fannie Lou Hamer Project, a national, nonprofit voting education organization she headed, according to a 2007 story in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
Moore was sentenced to two years of probation and was discharged from probation several months early after paying a judge's order for $1,183 in court costs and attorney fees.
Moore said these past legal run-ins have equipped her with insight into the judicial system that can be used to connect with constituents who have faced such issues.
Moore pointed out that Kalamazoo city voters have re-elected her three times since her last run-in with the law. She cites that as proof that people are willing to forgive a candidate if the person is transparent about her history and works to restore the community's faith.
"I've found my purpose and that is to do the work of leveraging opportunities for all county residents so that no one will ever feel that they have to choose between a lot of horrible choices and no good ones," Moore said.
Alex Mitchell covers county government and taxes for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter.


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There's not a whole lot to Cop Out besides watching Kevin Smith pretend, with a crudeness that is simply boring, that he's an action director making a comic thriller about cops versus a Mexican drug gang (yawn).
Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly
Cop Out does not amount to much more than a blooper reel in search of a movie.
A.O. Scott - New York Times
Cop Out is foul-mouthed but not funny, bullet-riddled but not exciting, crammed with contrivances that go nowhere. And, perhaps worst of all, it musters up no chemistry between its buddy-cop leads.
Claudia Puig - USA Today
What results is a tour de force of sheer comic energy that threatens to rip apart the film -- and its sodden, secondhand premise -- like a wad of used paper towels. It's a performance in search of a movie.
Michael O'Sullivan - Washington Post
The movie wants to send up hoary action- and buddy-movie cliches, including the tinge of gay attraction that passes between the stars. But it's too fuzzily executed to pass muster as satire. Plus, it loves the cliches too much to subvert them.
Wesley Morris - Boston Globe
Working with a full-on studio budget for the first time in his decade-and-a-half career, Smith is still making movies about guys just like him.
Karina Longworth - Village Voice
Because Smith has the ability to make a real artistic impact (and knows it), his disappointments tend to inspire deeper criticism than they deserve. This is no more a terrible movie than a great one; it's simply average.
Elizabeth Weitzman - New York Daily News
Cop Out is like a parody of a parody of a parody, so derivative and desperate in its pleas for laughter that it's hard to tell when it's making fun of itself and when it has simply run out of ideas.
Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
Cop Out is a little too well-shot to be full-on cheesy and too much a redux to be, well, as fresh as Beverly Hills Cop or Lethal Weapon.
Lisa Kennedy - Denver Post
It just wants to remind audiences of something they've enjoyed before, like looking at an old photo album.
Mary F. Pols - MSN Movies
Many of the gags possibly looked good on paper, but watching Willis and Morgan struggle with them is like watching third graders do Noel Coward, if Noel Coward had been rewritten by Kevin Smith.
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
This is a lousy, invention-free script, and Kevin Smith -- an interesting and valuable filmmaker here doing his first direction-only work for hire -- cannot do anything to save it.
Michael Phillips - Chicago Tribune
Nothing to see here, keep moving.
J. R. Jones - Chicago Reader
It's tough to screw up an omelet. But it can certainly be done.
David Hiltbrand - Philadelphia Inquirer
Cop Out is a silly waste of time. In other words, it's just what we need right now.
Colin Covert - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Smith certainly does his thing here, delivering a film that's part celebration and part parody of the well-worn genre.
Tom Long - Detroit News
A movie that makes little sense, is dumb when it's not being stupid and yet is still at times laugh-out-loud funny.
Bill Goodykoontz - Arizona Republic
The Willis-Morgan team is about as on point as four legs with the ankles missing. The sequel will undoubtedly star Adam Sandler and Chris Tucker.
Rex Reed - New York Observer
Smith's directorial style is far too slack for this material, which aims to be an homage to populist '80s classics like 48 Hrs. and Lethal Weapon, but only winds up resembling one of the bargain-bin knockoffs that floundered in those films' wake.
Andrew Barker - Variety
Willis basically smirks his way through the proceedings, while the gifted Morgan often seems miserable as the butt of most of the film's gags.
Lou Lumenick - New York Post
It feels like an homage to a period best forgotten, just a chance for all involved to sell out and cash in with a crude comedy that reminds us how bad these particular "good old days" were.
Roger Moore - Orlando Sentinel
This pitiful excuse for entertainment is utterly bereft of wit, intelligence or craft on any level. The only thing left to screw up would have been to leave the lens cap on the camera. Wait, that would have been an improvement.
Peter Howell - Toronto Star
Joyless, pointless, humorless.
Laremy Legel - Film.com
Smith and the screenwriters keep trotting out one limp gag after another, including a foul-mouthed child car thief and a parkour routine that ends in a splat.
Stephanie Zacharek - Salon.com
It's tough generating much enthusiasm for a motion picture that does a lot of things but none of them well.
James Berardinelli - ReelViews
Any actual action's an afterthought in this garrulous goof on the classic buddy-cop flick.
Michael Rechtshaffen - Hollywood Reporter
Cop Out is a clumsy postmodern buddy cop flick that stuffs as many genre references as it can into the ceaseless patter between Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis.
Jake Coyle - Associated Press
An early scene of Morgan scaring a perp with tough dialogue from movies reminded me of primo Smith. Other scenes not so much.
Peter Travers - Rolling Stone
An unholy mess.
Richard Roeper - Richard Roeper.com
It's the first gross-out comedy to come along since The Hangover that is actually a comedy and not just gross, although make no mistake, gross it is -- this is a Kevin Smith film after all -- so don't say you weren't warned.
Betsy Sharkey - Los Angeles Times
Brent Simon - Shared Darkness
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Combustible Celluloid
Keith Uhlich - Time Out
Smith's love of long takes where people talk about nothing in particular just isn't right for this movie.
Dave White - Movies.com
Even if many of the jokes in Cop Out aren't all that funny, Smith's facility with crude wordplay is what he salvages from this huge mess of a film.
Mark Pfeiffer - Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
O roteiro estupido so nao se revela pior do que a direcao amadora de Smith, que, tambem assinando a montagem, nao consegue criar logica ou estabelecer ritmo algum, demonstrando que ainda nao aprendeu nem o basico da profissao depois de tantos anos.
Pablo Villaca - Cinema em Cena
Cop Out feels like a pilot lost without 20 or so episodes to follow it up.
Mike Barnard - Future Movies UK
A half-baked concept halfheartedly executed.
Jeffrey Chen - ReelTalk Movie Reviews
As something of a Kevin Smith fan, this mostly hurt to watch.
Rob Humanick - Projection Booth
Willis and Morgan are a devilishly delightful down and dirty detective duo, as Kevin Smith releases their combo inner zany outlaws in a kind of Clerks with badges.
Prairie Miller - NewsBlaze
...it looks as though everyone in the film had a better time making it than the audience has watching it.
John J. Puccio - Movie Metropolis
Once you've boogied out to Harold Faltermeyer's self-parodic "Axel F"-style music, it's all downhill from there. [Blu-ray]
Peter Canavese - Groucho Reviews
Ultimately, there are hints that Cop Out was supposed to be something smarter and less lazy, but no-one involved seems to be able to counter the truly terrible script.
- Digital Spy
It could have been a match made in heaven. The snake in the garden is a tired script from Rob and Mark Cullen, which purports to "spoof" Eighties buddy movies (Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, etc) but lacks any real brain power of its own.
Charlotte O'Sullivan - This is London
Trying to make up for a lack of genuine wit, this film adopts a frenetic pace with a constant stream of jokes and action. The result is watchable, occasionally funny and instantly forgettable.
Rich Cline - Shadows on the Wall
The whole enterprise plays out like a bad, dumbed-down US version of Hot Fuzz, or Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, minus Robert Downey Jr and the meticulously structured verbal riffs.
Alistair Harkness - Scotsman
Seann William Scott provides some amusing moments as irrepressible thief Dave but they are few and far between.
Allan Hunter - Daily Express
It's just not very funny -- despite the all-too-apparent struggle to deliver verbal fireworks, there's something immovably sluggish and inert about it.
Andrew Pulver
Cop Out marks a new low which is really saying something given that Smith's the man behind Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Jersey Girl.
David Edwards - Daily Mirror [UK]
Whilst Smith uses crash zooms and slow motion to evoke the likes of Michael Bay, it just feels clumsy and drawn-out.
Laurence Boyce - Little White Lies
Kev, get thee to a typewriter. You're so much better than this.
William Thomas - Empire Magazine
[A] pitifully unfunny 'hommage' to '80s action comedies.
Nigel Floyd - Time Out
The plot is unexciting and the dialogue terrible. This is crude, unfunny and unwatchable, so avoid.
Roz Laws - Birmingham Post
Cop Out's the most walk-out-able film I've seen in ages.
Robbie Collin - News of the World
Like Willis, the formula just comes across as old and tired.
Stella Papamichael - Radio Times
How's the idea of a grown man punching an 11-year-old in the groin sound? There you go.
Elliott Noble - Sky Movies
Unfortunately, one lame Die Hard joke in the excruciating opening sequence is as self-aware as Cop Out gets. What's worse, it doesn't even satisfy on more basic levels: the action scenes are too simple to be exciting, the comedy barely even registers.
Charlie Lyne - Ultra Culture
Amiable if not very funny comedy thriller that scrapes a pass thanks to decent performances and surprisingly pacy direction from Kevin Smith.
Matthew Turner - ViewLondon
Cop Out is cliched but just about gets away with it despite some lacklustre gags along the way.
Sam Bathe - Fan The Fire
Seann William Scott steals the movie every time he comes on screen.
Widgett Walls - Needcoffee.com
People cut Kevin Smith slack like he's their step kid or something and if this were another director people would be crucifying them for such a piece of dreck...
Felix Vasquez Jr. - Cinema Crazed
Cop Out could have been an American equivalent of Hot Fuzz but it instead feels like an anachronistic forgotten film that you once owned on VHS.
Thomas Caldwell - Cinema Autopsy
Some of the jokes in [Cop Out] are so far beyond the realms of lame, you have to wonder whether it's intentional.
Anders Wotzke - Moviedex
The victim swears the director is one Kevin Smith. Yet the high level of non-funniness here, registering 7.6 on a yawn-alyzer, suggests Mr. Smith is being impersonated by a talentless gun-for-hire trying to pass for someone who can make people
Brian Gibson - Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
The screenplay works in fits and starts, lurching from brief action scenes to sitcom routines between the buddies
Andrew L. Urban - Urban Cinefile
The title, unfortunately, is all too appropriate ...
Jim Lane - Sacramento News & Review
As an action director Smith is just a few steps away from genuine incompetence, and every time the film turns violent it descends into a clumsy morass of incoherence that makes us wish for the days when he kept his camera confined to a convenience store.
James Kendrick - Q Network Film Desk
Maybe they were having fun, but it didn't transfer to anything an audience will enjoy.
Sean Means - Salt Lake Tribune
Whether or not you enjoy 'Cop Out' may rest on your tolerance for Morgan's incessant, repetitive mugging, which I've never been able to stomach
Stephen Silver - The Trend
Dull, smug, offensive, not funny and loud like a jackhammer. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Paul Chambers - CNNRadio
Meandering and listless, Cop Out serves as ample proof that actors can't merely show up on the day of filming and wing it. This is a banter-driven comedy in which most of the banter just falls flat.
Brent Simon - Screen International
Director Kevin Smith capitalizes on the duo's great chemistry and gets laugh-out-loud performances from Morgan as a bag of insecurities (not far from his 30 Rock role) and Willis as the stoic macho man.
Thelma Adams - Us Weekly
This foul-mouthed, inane, poorly-made film comes across as an ill-advised promo for the meager comedy of Tracy Morgan.
Tony Medley - Tolucan Times
Cop out? More like a strike out.
Brett Michel - Boston Phoenix
Willis is a real downer in this one.
Bob Grimm - Tucson Weekly
A tired and tiring buddy movie that never connects with the audience.
Jackie K. Cooper - jackiekcooper.com
This is Kevin Smith's laziest effort. Instead of an homage, he just made a bad buddy cop flick.
Jeff Bayer - The Scorecard Review
At least the title for 'Cop Out' seems appropriate.
Dan Lybarger - eFilmCritic.com
Only Morgan reaches the heights of inspired silliness to which the movie aspires, though not nearly enough to redeem Smith's shoddiest outing to date.
Rossiter Drake - San Francisco Examiner
Wants simultaneously to be a send-up of the genre and to generate the excitement a serious example of it would. It fails on both counts.
Frank Swietek - One Guy's Opinion
Well, at least you can't accuse them of deceptive advertising: this grossed-out action comedy is, indeed, a cop out - in every sense of the word.
Susan Granger - SSG Syndicate
Foul-mouthed and mostly funny, "Cop Out" is an above-average movie helmed by Kevin Smith, directing for the first time a script that's not his own.
Linda Cook - Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
The first great comedy of 2010...
Michael A. Smith - Nolan's Pop Culture Review
Everyone who hates buddy cop flicks never spent 48 hours straight sprawled out on their buddy's futon between 1983 and 1994. Eddie Murphy and cheesy synthesized ditties are a far better hangover remedy than bananas and cod liver oil. Cop Out is mor
Mike Ward - Richmond.com
Heavy sigh. So many potential puns. So little space.
Gary Wolcott - Tri-City Herald
Silent Bob strikes out!
Kam Williams - NewsBlaze
The quintessential buddy-cop film ... and I don't mean that in a good way.
Andy Klein - Christian Science Monitor
Like most Kevin Smith movies, there are pacing problems that could be fixed by carving out about 15 minutes. But there's also fun to be had.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) - St. Paul Pioneer Press
While still a rude, crude and chatty man film, as Smith's movies often are, Cop Out works.
Jane Stevenson - Jam! Movies
Kevin Smith aims and misses for mainstream success with this laugh-challenged cop comedy.
Ethan Alter - Film Journal International
A pointless homage to the cheesy buddy-cop action comedies of the 1980s, employing all the familiar tropes but failing to do anything with them.
Eric D. Snider - EricDSnider.com
For people who haven't seen any of Kevin Smith's films, this shouldn't be their foray into his work--his earlier movies are much better.
Christopher Smith - Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Kevin Smith's hilarious homage to 1980s buddy cop action comedies.
Kevin N. Laforest - Montreal Film Journal
Between the scat, snot and drool references, it seems that the targeted audience is an 8-year-old boy named Timmy. A crying shame -- and Timmy might just do that -- since the MPAA rating forbids his attendance.
Kimberly Gadette - Indie Movies Online
Director Kevin Smith has made some good movies and some so-so movies, but until now he has always been an artist.
Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle
It sits on the screen imploring you to take an interest, when your interest lies elsewhere -- over by the exit.
Kurt Loder - MTV
Cop Out plays like one of Steven Seagal's recent DTV offerings; where the plot doesn't make a lot of sense and exposition is handled in voiceover, suggesting that the movie was never really finished -- just that the accountants told them to stop shooting.
Adam Lippe - Examiner.com
I'm convinced that Mr. Smith has the ability to create humorous sketches and slap them together... But he doesn't seem to yet grasp how to structure, pace and edit a continuous, rational narrative.
Rubin Safaya - Cinemalogue.com
Cop Out wouldn't be as disappointing if it hadn't been made by Smith, but for those who dig the vulgar wit of his early, funny films, it's not just stupid, it's sad.
Marc Mohan - Oregonian
a story that is a bramble bush of incompatible plot lines, treatments, and situations that do nothing but prove the existence of chaos theory at its most irritating
Andrea Chase - Killer Movie Reviews
Whether or not it's a huge hit in its theatrical release, Cop Out will definitely become the kind of movie that will make you drop the remote when it starts popping up on cable.
Alonso Duralde - Queer Sighted
Going into Cop Out you should expect the expected, a spoof of a comedy that is not an Oscar winner, but rather the first stupidly entertaining film of 2010.
Jolene Mendez - Entertainment Spectrum
Cop Out is unspeakably terrible, a laugh-free comedy that mistakenly thinks it's the height of hilarity while the audience, in return, sit stone-faced for the better part of two hours.
Dustin Putman
The bottom line is if you love Tracy Morgan, you're going to like this movie. I, for one, hate Tracy Morgan.
Kevin Carr - 7M Pictures
it satisfies the demands of being entertaining, and doesn't bother with the business of emotional depth or even particularly effective storytelling
Todd Gilchrist - H Magazine
It's like Beverly Hills Cop meets Die Hard, except we liked those movies.
Willie Waffle - WaffleMovies.com
[An] utterly incompetent, painfully unfunny, ploddingly dull waste of time, money and life
Devin Faraci - CHUD
The action equivalent of Jersey Girl.
Tricia Olszewski - Washington City Paper
As a massive fan of Mallrats and Clerks, it pains me to say that this film is too long, unfunny and painful. Luckily, Kevin Smith did not write it.
Kevin McCarthy - BDK Reviews
While Smith's self-acknowledged weakness with action sequences is still evident, his gift for profanity-laden comedy more than makes up for it.
Luke Y. Thompson - E! Online
The latest R-rated comedy from director Kevin Smith (Clerks) is immature and sloppy. Fortunately, the movie is also pretty darn funny.
Tyler Hanley - Palo Alto Weekly
The unsavory relationship between the doctor and a midwife (Susanne Lothar) becomes an unfortunate distraction.
Jeff Vice - Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Smith needs to stop putting his creative energy into funny tweets and go back to writing scripts with heart and humor and memorable characters.
Nell Minow - Beliefnet
Who needs a plot with a herd of stand-up comics and a bushel of wisecracks?
Ron Wilkinson - Monsters and Critics
Crass-tongued Kevin Smith comedy falls completely flat.
Sandie Angulo Chen - Common Sense Media
Kevin Smith may have needed a big Hollywood comedy right now, for a lot of reasons. What his old fans still need, though -- and in a hurry -- is a real Kevin Smith movie.
Stephen Whitty - Newark Star-Ledger
I was really hoping that Kevin Smith would mix all his 80's inspirations together and come up with something new - kind of like Quentin Tarantino does with his influences. That doesn't happen.
Mike McGranaghan - Aisle Seat
The real entertainment here will be looking forward to what the usually-candid Smith has to say about this turkey after it has mercifully left multiplexes.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Common Sense Media
Is it a Cop Out to make a throwback to the '80s buddy cop comedy instead of doing something original? Maybe, but at least it'll make you laugh out loud a few times.
Kit Bowen - The Movie Kit
Unquestionably Kevin Smith's weakest movie to date...
David Nusair - Reel Film Reviews
If you don't normally find Tracy Morgan hilarious, you may not experience the same level of blissful enjoyment from the jokes about his poop as I did.
Jen Yamato - Movies.com
Cop Out is not a flop by any stretch of the late Winter/early Spring, post-Awards season sense of movie marketing. It's just a genial, generic romp.
Bill Gibron - PopMatters
Southwest Airlines officials might be the only ones laughing at Kevin Smith's Cop Out
Christian Toto - What Would Toto Watch?
It's about as much fun as flying coach, and -- if you're seated next to Smith, anyway -- a lot less interesting.
Moira MacDonald - Seattle Times
"Cop Out" is such a stupid and soulless bomb that you half-expect to see Bruce Willis rassling a polar bear and the appearance of a giant mechanical spider in the third act.
Peter Sobczynski - eFilmCritic.com
Smith has made mistakes in the past but he's never made anything with less personality, less energy, and just generally "less" and I honestly never thought he would.
Brian Tallerico - Movie Retriever
A pathetic action-comedy from a guy who can't film action, featuring stars who have the chemistry of Play-Doh and a rock.
Matt Pais - Metromix.com
If this is the film that gets Kevin Smith the money to make his Fletch film, then we can chalk it up as a necessary evil. But please someone give him the money so we never have to sit through another Cop Out ever again.
Erik Childress - eFilmCritic.com
A cliched genre film that rips off plenty of others of its ilk that occasionally hits its mark largely due to the talents of its stars.
Laura Clifford - Reeling Reviews
...less a 'Kevin Smith movie' than his version of the sort of movie he might have gone to see with his dad or his friends back in the '80s.
Daniel M. Kimmel - New England Movies Weekly
The shrug of a denouement doesn't say 'the movie's over' so much as 'get me the hell out of here.'
Scott Tobias - AV Club
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Jim Judy - Screen It!
While this mash-up doesn't produce results on par with the best of the genres it draws on, it still provides plenty of laughs.
David Thomas - Filmcritic.com
"Cop Out" is no "Beverly Hills Cop." It's not even on the level of "Beverly Hills Cop IV." And they didn't even make a "Beverly Hills Cop IV."
Rob Thomas - Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Lock up this humorless buddy comedy and throw away the key Read more: 'Cop Out': Lock up this humorless buddy comedy and throw away the key.
Robert W. Butler - Kansas City Star
Coincidence, bathroom humor, profanity, derivative action, a laugh. Yes, copout, as in desperate attempt.
Jules Brenner - Cinema Signals
A variety of scenarios provides ample opportunities for humor, yet most are lazily wasted.
Nick Schager - Slant Magazine
Cop Out is a case study in how you can do everything right in theory and everything wrong in practice.
Drew McWeeny - HitFix
As rotten and laugh-free as the trailer. Just much, much, much longer.
Matt Soergel - Florida Times-Union
Cop Out is pretty funny...for the first 20 minutes.
Rebecca Murray - About.com
You'll yawn, you'll squirm in your seat, and you'll wait impatiently for this interminable piece of trash to finally end.
Cole Smithey - ColeSmithey.com
Sample any of Kevin Smith's countless anti-Southwest screeds and you'll doubtlessly discover material more interesting than this abysmal comedy.
Thomas Leupp - Hollywood.com
This script doesn't deserve these people and even if it did, they're sitting in the wrong chairs.
Joshua Tyler - CinemaBlend.com
Kevin Smith is at his best on small, character driven films -- projects that let him be himself -- not as the interchangeable shepherd of standard studio fare.
Robert Levin - Film School Rejects
By the time the smoke clears, Cop Out seems like an appropriate title.
Joe Williams - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If it really mattered to you that Live Free or Die Hard was PG-13, here's your chance to see Bruce Willis say f*** again.
Fred Topel - Can Magazine
[The stars'] antics look to be covering holes in the lethally unfunny script, one that Smith, uncharacteristically, did not write.
Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News
Willis looks content here with punchlines and weapons, giving more of a John McClane performance here than he offered in the last Die Hard picture. Morgan goes supernova broad, but it's an appealing tornado of spastic distress.
Brian Orndorf - BrianOrndorf.com
Shame on Silent Bob. I realize that times is tough and everyone's gotta make a living, and that that's probably why Kevin Smith agreed to direct a big-budget studio buddy action comedy. But shame on him anyway.
MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher
When your movie is nothing more than a cheap and uninteresting homage, best not to call attention to that fact with a ten minute opening scene to that effect.
Nick Starkey - Premiere Magazine
Desperately unfunny, tone-deaf homage to 80s buddy cop movies from director Kevin Smith - just one of the many who should have known better.
Joe Lozito - Big Picture Big Sound
Gets by a little early on off its leads, but we recognize soon after it has nothing going for it except the usual buddy-cop blueprint, lots of obnoxious characters, and an off-putting mean streak.
Mark Dujsik - Mark Reviews Movies
Here Smith the director is a hired gun, shooting someone else's words for a change -- the first time in his feature career, in fact. And you know what? It suits him.
Scott Collura - IGN Movies
A soulless, witless, landfill contraption that Smith once would have mocked mercilessly.
Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald
Kevin Smith's take on the interracial buddy-cop movie craps out, leaving Tracy Morgan waiting for the ideal big-screen vehicle and Bruce Willis treading water between the action-hero and character-role phases of his career.
John P. McCarthy - Boxoffice Magazine
Straining to give limp quotation the luster of homage, Kevin Smith's Cop Out pays tribute mostly to the director's rich heritage of self-amusement.
Michelle Orange - Movieline
Vastly disappointing, Kevin Smith's poorly conceived, helmed, and executed film desperately tries to combine humor and violence a la 48 Hours and Midnight Run, but alas, from the start there's no emotional involvement in the material.
Emanuel Levy - EmanuelLevy.Com
Smith's staging, composition, editing and humor mark him as utterly incompetent.
Armond White - New York Press
This alleged action-comedy is flatter than a tortilla in a panini press...C'mon, Kevin Smith, quit smoking weed and write a new movie of your own.
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Amazonian Linguistics
Studies in Lowland South American Languages
Edited by Doris L. Payne
Nineteen essays on lowland South American languages.
Lowland South American languages have been among the least studied ln the world. Consequently, their previous contribution to linguistic theory and language universals has been small. However, as this volume demonstrates, tremendous diversity and significance are found in the languages of this region.
These nineteen essays, originally presented at a conference on Amazonian languages held at the University of Oregon, offer new information on the Tupian, Cariban, Jivaroan, Nambiquaran, Arawakan, Tucanoan, and Makuan languages and new analyses of previously recalcitrant Tupí-Guaraní verb agreement systems.
The studies are descriptive, but typological and theoretical implications are consistently considered. Authors invariably indicate where previous claims must be adjusted based on the new information presented. This is true in the areas of nonlinear phonological theory, verb agreement systems and ergativity, grammatical relations and incorporation, and the uniqueness of Amazonian noun classification systems. The studies also contribute to the now extensive interest in grammatical change.
List of Contributors
Introduction (Doris L. Payne)
I. Historical and Comparative Studies
Language History in South America: What We Know and How to Know More (Terrence Kaufman)
Some Widespread Grammatical Forms in South American Languages (David L. Payne)
Valence-Changing Affixes in Maipuran Arawakan Languages (Mary Ruth Wise)
Cross-Referencing Changes in Some Tupí-Guaraní Languages (Cheryl Jensen)
II. Stress and Pitch-Accent Systems
Accent in Aguaruna (David L. Payne)
Asheninca Stress Patterns (Judith Payne)
III. Morphological Studies
Morphological Characteristics of Lowland South American Languages (Doris L. Payne)
Noun Classification Systems of Amazonian Languages (Desmond C. Derbyshire and Doris L. Payne)
Classifiers in Tuyuca (Janet Barnes)
Chiriguano and Guarayo Word Formation (Wolf Dietrich)
Incorporation in Nadëb (E. M. Helen Weir)
IV. Transitivity and Grammatical Relations
Kamaiurá (Tupí-Guaraní) as an Active-Stative Language (Lucy Seki)
You and I = Neither You nor I: The Personal System of Tupinambá (Tupí-Guaraní) (Aryon D. Rodrigues)
Ergativity and Nominativity in Kuikúro and Other Carib Languages (Bruna Franchetto)
Transitivity and Ergativity in Panare (Thomas E. Payne)
V. Morphosyntax in Its Wider Context
The Positioning of Non-pronominal Clitics and Particles in Lowland South American Languages (Robert A. Dooley)
The Non-modal Particles of the Carib Language of Surinam and Their Influence on Constituent Order (Berend J. Hoff)
Cause and Reason in Nambiquara (Ivan Lowe )
Doris L. Payne is professor of linguistics at the University of Oregon.
"A real mine of information on many South American languages, much of which is totally new and unavailable otherwise, together with detailed considerations of their theoretical implications.... a truly significant contribution to the field."
—Lyle Campbell, professor of anthropology, linguistics, and Spanish, Louisiana State University


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We start the work week with a partly sunny, breezy day with some showers and highs in the middle 50s. A storm system will move through the region tonight and bring a chance of showers and thunderstorm into tomorrow morning. These storms are not expected to be severe but may contain small hail. After those morning showers tomorrow, fair weather will be the rule. We'll see lots of sunshine Wednesday through Friday with highs in the 50s. As for Easter Weekend…there's a chance of showers and storms Saturday night but partly to mostly sunny skies Saturday and Easter Sunday with highs near 60°.
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Cheers to the freaking weekend
I drink to that, yeah yeah
Oh let the Jameson sink in
I drink to that, yeah yeah
Don't let the bastards get you down
Turn it around with another round
There's a party at the bar everybody put your glasses up and
I drink to that, I drink to that, I drink to that
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Life's too short to be sitting around miserable
People gonna talk whether you doing bad or good, yeah
Got a drink on my mind and my mind on my money, yeah
Looking so bomb, gonna find me a honey
Got my Ray-Bans on and I'm feeling hella cool tonight, yeah
Everybody's vibing so don't nobody start a fight, yeah-ah-ah-ah
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Hospital experiences depend on many things
By Donald E. L. Johnson
Health Care Strategic Management, Dec. 2001, Vol. 19, No. 12
Copyright 2001 by The Business Word Inc.
What is your hospital's experience rating? Is it the same as your quality score?
And how do the two scores correlate? These are relatively new questions for hospitals, but they actually address familiar issues such as guest and employee relations in new clothing.
Experience consulting a fad?
Kathy Johnson's Health Forum Journal, which usually is on the cutting edge of management fads and trends, has picked up on the "experience" question, running articles in its last two issues.
And Gary Adamson, chief experience officer of Starizon, an health care experience consulting firm in Greenwood Village, Colo., is building a conference center in Keystone, Colo., where he plans to offer retreats for health care executives.
So, a couple of savvy marketers think the experiences that consumers and employees have in hospitals and medical offices affect those institutions' market shares, value, costs and, ultimately, profitability.
In an irritating way, the experience of reading about improving the health care experience makes sense.
The whole concept is irritating because it seems to state the obvious, repeat history and take executives' eyes off the cost containment and quality improvement balls. It's about guest relations, quality Back in the early 1980s, Kristi Peterson built a business training hospital personnel in guest relations, which hospitals copied from the airline and hospitality industries. Over 10 to 15 years she and a few competitors made a huge impact on the cultures of many hospitals and medical practices.
And my family, friends and I have experienced those mostly impressive guest relations in recent weeks in five hospitals, several physicians' and dentists' offices, with home care agencies and in durable medical equipment stores.
To me, hospitals and dental offices are a lot friendlier than airlines, these days.
Security experience wanting However, anyone can walk onto a patient floor and into an emergency department as easily as if they were visiting a Home Depot or Wal-Mart.
That lack of security in hospitals is an unsettling experience for many visitors these days. Unlike their visitors, patients don't worry about security very much. They're too concerned about when they'll be seen in the ER, visited by their families and doctors and allowed or made to go home.
The thing is that visitors outnumber patients, physicians and employees, and, forced to hurry up and wait, they sit around patient rooms, family lounges, waiting rooms and hospital cafeterias talking about their experiences.
For most people who have encounters with hospitals, the experience is positive unless there is evidence that someone isn't paying attention or that there has been a major screwup.
Experiences change in different parts of hospital Admittedly, the same patient and family member can have different experiences in different parts of an institution.
Waiting from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in a busy ER with an elderly patient showing stroke symptoms can be disconcerting and boring, to say the least. Why is that ER doc so pompous with family and patient? Why does it take four requests to recover the patient's glasses from the CT scanner room? Why does it take so long to see an obviously seriously ill old patient and then to get the CT results? Why are the nurses so rough in transferring the patient to a gurney from the CT scan table?
And then the experience can change. CT results are reported. A senior resident is called. Early morning surgery is performed. Things move fast. The patient immediately improves. Miracles. Dread turns into hope.
The ICU is bright and modern with a huge nursing station that allows nurses to sit outside patients' rooms, ready to respond to requests and problems. The nurses are friendly, and a senior resident takes time to explain what's going on.
Patient changes change hospital experiences But things deteriorate. A second operation is required. Why does another senior resident, not the attending, do the operation? What a routine experience. The patient improves a bit and is moved to the rehab floor. The patient gets restless. A family member has to remind a nurse that a sign on wall says two people must help this patient. The family has to suggest precautions against a fall. Why didn't nurses see that? They're the ones with all the experience with head trauma cases. The family has the experience of making a contribution.
Back tracking a bit, consider this experience with physicians. The patient presents with deteriorating communications abilities and paralysis. Looks like stroke. Primary care physician refers. Specialist refers. Specialists do tests. Schedule MRI. Patient goes home. Hospital refers to outside home health service. Home health people from a competing hospital are more responsive. They visit and assess. Very nice. They recommend calling 911 if condition worsens. It does. Ambulance crew responds in minutes and talks stubborn patient into going to the hospital. A good experience for the family. ER doc orders CT scan. It uncovers head trauma problem.
Hospitals can't control the physician 'experience' Now, here is a probably fairly routine experience that no hospital manager can control. The PCP and specialists didn't order immediate CT scans, and patient didn't get the scans until one and two weeks after seeing the PCP and specialists, respectively.
That is a frustrating experience for the family and the patient. What were those doctors thinking? Similarly, a friend with a rare lung cancer has been waiting since June for diagnosis, not to mention treatment. Her CT scans were sent to three nationally prominent referral centers. She decided to go to one cancer center and got an appointment with a specialist. Then he calls and cancels. He tells her that she'll have to spend a couple of weeks in his city, waiting for tests, and for him to make a trip or two out of town. Turns out he has scheduled a trip after making the original appointment. His vacation, consulting client or some conference is more urgent than a patient's health and life.
What kind of experience is this for the patient, her family and many friends? For me? I was the first to recommend the famous cancer center. For her local oncologist who found and made the referral to the lung cancer specialist and for her PCP? It's probably too routine.
And, then, to cap the experience, her oncologist's assistant tells the patient that her cancer has changed and she needs chemo right away. Then the local oncologist tells the patient that the radiologist who wrote the report is sloppy and she doesn't agree with the report.
Some experience. Some quality! Routine?
What's a hospital manager to do? And what's a hospital manager or even a practice manager to do? A cancer center executive doesn't know what a specialist communicates to a patient the medical center has won through the hospital's sophisticated marketing and promotion. But the experience is real and has a tremendous impact on an institution's reputation. What makes a good experience? Depends on the condition of a patient and the personalities of lots of folks, including families, patients, physicians and allied professionals.
What's impressed me in my recent encounters as patient and family is that virtually everyone I've encountered has taken the time to be friendly, helpful and informative. Everyone is very professional, regardless of whether they're in an HCA, Methodist, Adventist or Catholic institution, large and small in Denver and Peoria, Ill. Yes, there were a few bad calls by our physicians, but, then, medicine is an art, not a science.


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Had these for team shoes back in 97 for AAU ball, wore them until they fell apart and have been waiting along time for the retro, scored my new pair today, very excited.
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As of late, Jordan Brand has been a lot more willing to re-issue styles outside of the Air Jordan legacy series. The latest curveball we're seeing from the brand is this, the return of the Jordan Team 1. The model was one of the first ancillary shoes in the line up and made its debut back in 1997. They've actually been retrod once before-2002 saw a short-lived return of the model. Continue reading for a full preview of next year's Jordan Team 1 retro and tell us in the comments if you'll be grabbing a pair of these Jordans.
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Had these for team shoes back in 97 for AAU ball, wore them until they fell apart and have been waiting along time for the retro, scored my new pair today, very excited.
Wow that is ugly, would never wear these or even try and pick these up. Yuuuuuuuck!!
Eddie Jones, Michael Finley, Vin Baker, Derek Anderson and Ray Allen were the first ones to rock 'em out on court...
I remember there was an article written back then on the first issue of Kicks 'bout this shoe and the how MJ personally handpicked these guys to represent Jordan Brand to the fullest!!!
Always wanted a pair of it.. gotta have 'em!
i would definitly get a pair because i wasn't able to get this particular pair of jumpman i had the other ones tho...
Oh yea! I have to get these guys just because I owned this exact pair back In the gap when they first released. These bring back great memories when I was wearing um as a youngin.
I have a feelin they gonna drop all kinds of cws fa these.... I do want da white & Blk pair. I had both pair but those where my shit Cuz I had da concords & taxi 12s at da time. So a lot of white/Blk cws back then
Yeah buddy... I was about the same except my 12's was my school colors white and red! That white and black was legit especially when we was having white & black, all white, all black party affairs! I'd throw on a black suit with those bad boys! Those black and white Vindicates
Some years later was raw too, I know you remember those suckers we about the same age
Daaaammm... Da vindicates huh... U brought me back on dat 1 homie lol....
Hell yea... We called those da Wolverines back in da day since they matched Michigan colors
Negros getting old! The vindicates are my favorite team Jordan jumpman shoes ever... I wore those the first time I hit 20 plus points on varsity! I'm about to look on eBay to see if I can find me a white and red pair! I'll get them hoes done up
Yes! had that exact pair in 97 for my 8th grade basketball team. I'm excited about these. Lets see if they're more than $110 though
great great..lmao....they remind me shape up shoes http://www.thembtshoesonline.net/images/large/mbtshoes/Mens-Shape-Upssho24eso0030-30_LRG.jpg
love these i was 17 i had the white/black coloway also
Toni Kukco wore these in the Playoff's
I was 8 years old when these 1st dropped. Back when wearing Team Jordan's was acceptable Lol
Why not, they've retroed the team elite 1's
Insta-heartfelt cop. My pops and moms got me these for Christmas of that year. I think they dropped a week before Christmas if I remember. I remember pointing them out in a east bay mag before the holidays and they actually copped them. Along wit my first cd player boombox and a the Dangerous Minds soundtrack. Those were the fucking wonder years, B.
Oh yeah! I remember when I cop these as a kid. I hope they do the white ones too!
What's the price on these?
Should be 115 120 I would hope
about time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2014....its goin down
Eddie Jones did wear these joints! The freshest team Jordan ever and throw some black laces in and they go harder!
Aren't these labeled Eddie Jones shoes??? If I'm not mistaking he was the face of these. I remember these suckers went hard back in the day!
@qtbigwatts no he wore them they are actually from the Jumpman or team Jordan line
I love these. And have always loved these. Was just on eBay the other day looking for em. So happy.
Already waiting for the "We get these before XVs and up?!" comments. What puzzles me is why retro these when I recall back in the day, wearing "Team" Jordans wasn't cool. 2013...
Definitely remember niggas knocking team Jordan's back then lol funny how time change things
@John2581 I remember that well. Even then the Team J's felt watered down, style wise. There was always something about these that threw me off, personally. But it's classic.
I don't ever recall niggas knocking team Jordans - especially these. These back then stood apart from the Team Jordan downhill course. I'd say everything after these (and those trunners) isn't the essential team Jordans to own - and these had a above 100 price tag way back then. If I can remember correctly, JB hadnt been dropping retros out the ass yet. These pre date the Hype age
Overtimeoften... you right bruh they tripping! I don't remember nobody downing no team j's back than, my whole basketball squad had these than the next best ones was the vin baker vindicates! The shits was worn more than actual Jordan's, because us folks in the not so well off families could afford these suckers!
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Personnel: Bomb-sniffing dog pays dividends
Lily the bomb dog was an asset Wednesday night to county officials and police and emergency personnel who were confronted with bomb threats at the Blair County Courthouse.
The threats were emailed to WTAJ-TV and the Altoona Mirror, said Hollidaysburg Police Chief Jeffrey Ketner.
The dog enabled first responders to immediately begin a search of the courthouse.
The 5-year-old Belgian Malinois, which served with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, is now part of the Blair County Sheriff's Department. Lily registered a "hit" on a box in the purchasing agent's office in the basement of the new section of the courthouse.
Ketner said that after focusing her attention on the box, Lily was taken outside and then brought back into the four-story building.
Again the dog registered a hit on the same box. The box contained items being stored in a corner of the office in preparation for installation of a new sound system in the commissioners meeting room.
Sound engineer Phil Reigh from Bellwood said the project is due to begin next week, and he expressed surprise that one of his boxes would alert a bomb-sniffing dog.
He was contacted by the Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Holly Garner late Wednesday night and explained to her he did not know what would have caused the dog to register an alert.
On Thursday, he told the Mirror that some of the equipment for the sound project came from China and that there was Styrofoam in the boxes, but he had no explanation for the alert.
Ketner said that dog is trained to alert on certain substances including those in the chloride family. He believes that the box might have been handled by a person who had delivered ice melter, possibly magnesium chloride, to a store.
A search of the courthouse Wednesday evening turned up no bomb, and the courthouse was operating as usual Thursday morning.
The person who sent three emailed threats – two to WTAJ-TV and one to the Mirror – was apparently upset over an upcoming trial.
But there were no significant trials on Thursday, just routine court pretrial hearings and a session of protection-from-abuse court.
Ketner said police are now focusing on the emails, attempting to trace them. He said progress has been made.
Hollidaysburg police are cooperating with Pennsylvania state police at Hollidaysburg.
The threats resulted in the evacuation of many residents who lived near the courthouse.
The threats were relayed to county officials by the 911 Center, and according to Ketner and commissioners Terry Tomassetti and Ted Beam, the response went well.
Beam, who is the commissioner in charge of county buildings, said the response from the Sheriff's Department and emergency personnel was "coordinated and well-organized … everybody working together."
He said it was "a tremendously cooperative atmosphere."
Tomassetti, who was at the scene with Beam, said the search of the courthouse and evacuations went smoothly, and that brought him to the subject of Lily, the recently acquired canine who works with Deputy R.J. Peo.
Previously officials had to wait for a bomb dog to arrive. On Wednesday night, the search of the building was able to begin immediately using Lily, said Tomassetti.
Most of the building had been cleared between 10 and 10:30 p.m.
Ketner concluded that Lily is "already paying dividends."


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But the Bethlehem Catholic girls volleyball team made sure the equality didn't last.
The Golden Hawks rolled to a 25-18, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Whitehall tonight at Whitehall High School.
"We played together, we worked together, we hustled and the key was to talk to each other and make things work when we were in tough situations," Becahi sophomore Julie Kollar said.
Tied at 9-9 in the first set, Bethlehem Catholic (9-1, 8-0) took control with a 6-1 run, ending on a kill from setter Maddie Titus, who decoyed a set and smashed the ball to the floor to make the score 15-10 and prompt a Whitehall timeout.
The stoppage didn't slow the Golden Hawks, who captured the set when Whitehall freshman Emily Castro was wide on a kill attempt.
"We would play the first half of the games really well and then we would commit an error and then we'd get five errors in a row and a lot of that is that we're young," Whitehall coach Rob Gardner said. "We have freshmen in there and lots of sophomores."
When a three-point run gave Bethlehem Catholic a 15-10 lead in the second set, Gardner again called a timeout. However, the Golden Hawks' momentum was not halted.
Behind wicked serving by Kelsey Mowrey and a pair of blocks by Lauren Hess, the Golden Hawks opened a 20-10 lead before winning the set 25-16.
"They executed well," first-year Bethlehem Catholic coach Paul Abi-Daher said. "We served really strong against them. The thing that I really like about our team right now is that they're having a lot of fun out there -- they're enjoying their game. Even if the individuals came off the bench for a few minutes, they really had fun out there. That's a joy for me."
By the end of the third set, Becahi had rotated its starters out of the game. An ace by Alyssa Disante capped off the victory for the Hawks, who lead the Lehigh Valley Conference East Division.
"I think we played really well, our defense was really good, our blocking was phenomenal," said Hess, who had a game-high 14 kills.
Jordan Young, a 5-foot-10 freshman, aided the blocking effort for Becahi, which was without junior middle hitter Taylor Bennett.
According to Gardner, Whitehall is still experiencing the growing pains associated with young players adjusting to the speed of the varsity level.
"You saw a couple times where the set went up and Beca's hitter Lauren Hess went up before our blockers were even in place," he said. "It's just the quickness of the games they've got to get used to."
Kollar, who had 12 kills, said her fellow underclassmen have met the challenge of seeing significant minutes for Becahi.
"We rise to the occasion and work together," she said.
"We did lose five quality seniors last year," Abi-Daher said. "Those individuals who replaced the seniors from last year are doing a great job for us this year."


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I voted for Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze. They are without a doubt the most graceful pair team.
I voted for Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze. They are without a doubt the most graceful pair team.
B&S. I think I'm even more drawn to them than I was to G&G. The same kind of elegance, speed and all, but there's also a raw quality in their skating that makes them exciting.
B&S, no doubt in my mind.

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B&S. I think I'm even more drawn to them than I was to G&G. The same kind of elegance, speed and all, but there's also a raw quality in their skating that makes them exciting.[/quote]
Funny you should mention this. I was about to post the same thing on another thread then I lost the page. B&S just so elegance, subtle, speed, etc. on ice. Every time I watch them skating I was drawed in their performance. Even the Charpline number which by no means is their style but they were still able to pull off the performance so beautifully the more I watch the more I liked. IMO, their performances on ice rival G&G. (I recently watched G&G last competetion number from Cruella De Kwan viedio page)
I voted for both. They are different but both are great. For me it is hard to vote one better then the other.
B&S. S&P do some elements beeter, but overall I like B&S. Their speed and lines are wonderful. I also like that they had the guts to do something different in 2001 with Chaplin. That and their 2000 LP are two of my favourite pairs programs.
Everytime I watch B/S, they just draw me in with their lines and speed, especially Anton. I think he really is one of the most beautiful male skaters ever. Only if he was a singles skater.
B & S; I like their skating style more and prefer their subtle elegance and expressiveness on ice. I also love Shen & Zhao very much!!!
I go back and forth on this one. I am almost always a sucker for the artists, the elegant and lyrical skaters....but in pairs skating this is a bit different for me. B&S are undeniably an elegant and refined pair, the typical Russian team in the style of G&G and the Protopopovs. Yet, I find S&P to be exciting in another, far different way. They do have a nice style, though I wouldn't describe it as classic, but more of a contemperary one. Overall, I'd have to say I'd go with B&S but just by a small margin. G&G still have no rivals in my mind. Their "Moonlight Sonata" from Lillehammer is legendary and the definitive pairs performance of the past several decades (in my opinion anyway!).
I'm with B/S. I like their style more.
I like Sale and Pelletier. I find them totally original.
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze are wonderful, too. But, like everybody is saying on this thread, they skate like Gordeeva and Grinkhov, like the Protopopovs, etc., etc.
I like S and P
I like both pairs, they are wonderful, but I give the edge to Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze.
Yup, me tooOriginally posted by sk8guy2k2
Shen & Zhao!
Their 2003 Worlds won me over.
But between the two choices, I'd go with B&S
S&P have a lot of talent-and a lot of charism.
But without a doubt-Iwould have to go with B&S.


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Thelma and Louise--a couple of fun lovin' broads
May 21, 2010 - Karin Elton
This week it was my turn to write Monday's business feature. The editor, Per, steered me toward a new restaurant that opened in Tracy, Thelma & Louise's Bar & Grill.
I drove to Tracy this morning and found the restaurant on the corner of Third and South Streets in the business district. The building looks like the reddish buildings you see in Pipestone. It was built as a bank in the late 1890s and the restaurant has three original bank safes and a vault that holds a cozy table for two.
The main room has a 100+-year-old wooden bar which is a restored bar that was brought in from a Currie pool hall I was told.
The owners, Thelma and Louise, er Marge and Shirley, are in their early 70s who were bored with being retired and sitting home.
"If you stay at home, you don't see anybody," Shirley said, which is certainly true.
They said they are having a good time teasing their staff and chatting with customers.
All in all, I thought Marge and Shirley were a couple of pretty cool characters.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec. 19 (UPI) — U.N. climate change summit delegates in Copenhagen, Denmark, voted Saturday to recognize a non-mandatory pact aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
After an up-and-down, all-night bargaining session, the summit adopted a resolution that "took note" of the non-binding document, called the Copenhagen Accord, which sets up a system for monitoring and reporting progress toward national pollution-reduction goals and sets a goal of limiting the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050, The New York Times reported.
The adoption was followed by adjournment. But, the newspaper said, the summit's final day was marked by a bitter struggle between nations that favored the compromise — cobbled together Friday by U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from Brazil, India, South Africa and China — and a group of counties — including Venezuela, Sudan and Cuba — that loudly objected to the process used to reach it.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the document makes progress on the four benchmarks he had set at a special meeting on climate change in September: a limit on global temperature rise, commitments to cut emissions, steps to halt deforestation and aid for poor countries. He called the pact "an essential beginning."
Obama said a good agreement is not enough in the long term.
"Going forward we're going to have to build on the momentum that we established in Copenhagen to ensure that international action to significantly reduce emissions is sustained and sufficient over time," he said."At home, that means continuing our efforts to build a clean energy economy that has the potential to create millions of new jobs and new industries."
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