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A federal judge in New York has given final approval to a settlement in which Apple will pay $450 million for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for e-books.
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A convicted drug dealer who was found guilty last July of 1st degree murder in the death of an Elizabeth woman was sentenced today to 60 years in prison, said Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.
Phillipe Barthelus DOB: 1/1/1986 was must serve 51 years in state prison before he is eligible for parole, said Assistant Prosecutor James Donnelly, who prosecuted the case.
Barthelus was found guilty of the July 13, 2006 murder of Jamillah Payne, said Donnelly. According to the investigation Barthelus and another man, Wedpens Dorsainvil were using Payne's apartment to traffic large quantities of cocaine to the greater Elizabeth area.
On July 13, 2006 rival drug dealers attempted to take over the apartment and the territory frequented by Barthelus and Dorsainvil. The pair suspected that Payne had become disloyal to the group and shot her inside the apartment before throwing her out of the fourth floor window, said Donnelly.
According to the medical examiner's office Payne was alive when she was thrown from the building.
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Five years ago, Youel C. Smith III met a young Galway woman who would become his wife at the University of Texas law school and came to Troy as a young, inexperienced prosecutor. The transplanted Texan, nicknamed "Tre"
by his acquaintances, has served as Rensselaer County's chief assistant district attorney since 1989, a job that has recently catapulted him into the public spotlight after successfully prosecuting a series of high-profile, bizarre cases. The scenario, if it plays out just right over the next few months, could place the 32-year-old Smith - no longer green and inexperienced - in line to become the county's next district attorney.
Smith is the first to call such prospects conjecture and premature speculation. His elevation to the DA's office depends on many steps, the first being District Attorney James B. Canfield receiving the Democratic nomination and being elected a state Supreme Court judge.
"I would like to be considered," Smith admits.
He also acknowledged that there would be other equally qualified attorneys vying for the $80,000-a- year post.
His boss is the first to boost Smith's credentials.
"He's one of the most competent attorneys I've met, an inspiration to others, a hard worker with a burning desire to always be in the courtroom," Canfield said.
Smith returns the accolades. "Jim has been the perfect boss who gives you, without directives, goals he wants to achieve individually and for the office. He lets you do the job."
Willing to share the spotlight, Canfield assigned Smith to prosecute two bizarre murder cases and an emotion-packed trial of a college student charged in a drunken-driving crash that killed two RPI students.
Lisa Finkle was convicted of killing her stepmother by stabbing and bludgeoning her more than 100 times two years ago in their Schodack home.
Catherine Beaudoin was found guilty of drowning her toddler in a Sand Lake pond the same year.
"Both cases involved young women who committed heinous acts and then misled the State Police, one for a couple of days, and the other for a few hours," Smith said recently in his cubby-hole office.
"Finkle, by far, was the most interesting. She was very intelligent, very attractive and very complex. She wrote poetry, fiction and always seemed to be concealing something.
"It was a very interesting case ... it was just a privilege to have worked on it," added Smith.
Lisa Finkle's sister, Laura, still faces charges she hindered prosecution and is awaiting trial.
Public Defender Louis Catone, Finkle's attorney, who worked with Smith when he was an assistant district attorney, called Smith "smart and hard working, two ingredients to guarantee success.
"He gets up early and stays up late, does everything that needs to be done to prepare for a case," added Catone, another possible Democratic candidate if the district attorney's job suddenly became available.
Although the Beaudoin trial also gained significant publicity, Smith said he did not consider her nearly as interesting as Finkle.
"Beaudoin was of low intelligence with a great capacity to fabricate," the prosecutor said.
The most recent case, in which 22- year-old Peter Kral was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 1989 traffic deaths of two RPI students, was filled with emotion. Kral, a SUNY Brockport graduate, faces 1 1/ 3 to 4 years imprisonment when he is sentenced May 29.
"This case was obviously very difficult for everyone to deal with," Smith recalled. "It's not a heinous crime like intentional murder. Two fraternity brothers were killed, yet so many people drink and drive.
"Peter Kral would seemingly have a bright future ahead of him, so the jury knows they are taking a lot away from him when finding him guilty. Yet two other promising young men are dead. I'm convinced the jury gave him every benefit of the doubt."
The case that still preoccupies much of Smith's free time is the unsolved murder of Mei Ling White, an 8-year-old girl brutally killed in the summer of 1989.
"I think about it every day ... and I'm sure plenty of Troy police officers are doing so too," Smith said.
Smith, who spent short stints in private practice, said he is more comfortable as a prosecutor, perhaps because some of his family members were crime victims.
"Some types of people make natural cross-examiners, always doubting, someone like Mark Harris, who was born to be a defense attorney."
Harris and Smith tangled in the Kral case.
"No matter how hard I try, I don't think I would have the knack he has as a defense attorney," said Smith of Harris. "Yet, this isn't a big office, and the time may come when I have to go back to defense work."
Smith said his most memorable case was not Finkle, Beaudoin or Kral, but rather his first felony trial - one with a "Perry Mason-type twist."
Acquittal or conviction hinged on testimony from a 9-year-old sodomy victim, who said the telephone rang during commission of the crime. Evidence was produced by the defense that the telephone was disconnected weeks earlier.
Smith said Investigator Robert Whalen's intensive investigation saved him; he found another telephone in the house. Investigator James Beattie whispered in Smith's ear that he should check the Social Security numbers on the telephone bill, information that helped seal the conviction.
"I was just a nervous kid getting my ears boxed," Smith recalled of his confrontation with the more experienced defense attorney, Gregg
Harris, until the critical juncture in the trial.
Smith has cemented his reputation in county legal circles, but how he will play politically is still unclear.
Although an enrolled Democrat, Smith is not active in the party, where many loyal to county Democatic Chairman Edward F. McDonough would vie for the job. Republicans also would fight hard to regain the post lost when Canfield defeated Republican District Attorney Charles Wilcox on his second try.
On Smith's prospects, McDonough said, "I only met him once .. and it's just much too early to think about that."
Smith and his wife, Alison, an attorney with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, settled in Hoosick Falls after their joint graduation in the spring of 1986 at the University of Texas law school in Austin.
"Texas is run on oil and the economy was real bad then," Smith recalled of their decision to resettle in the Capital District. "I ended up in Troy after a short stint with a firm in Saratoga Springs."
When he isn't in the courtroom, Smith relaxes by playing basketball Sundays in Hoosick Falls, excerising with his wife at the Troy YMCA or taking their three dogs for a long walk.
"No children. ... We don't have the time," Smith said. "At least not yet."
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Iraq plans to build 19 statues and monuments throughout Baghdad, portraying figures and events drawn from Iraq's history and culture as part of the Ministry of Culture's celebrations marking Baghdad as the Arab Capital of Culture for 2013, officials at the ministry said on Wednesday (September 12th).
Ministry Spokesperson Abdul Qader Saadi al-Jumaili told Mawtani that the sculptures will be of different sizes and will be erected at Baghdad squares and intersections before mid-March 2013.
He said the project includes two monuments, one named "The Monument of Iraq" and the other "The Monument of Gilgamesh". It also includes 17 statues that will represent well-known political, cultural, arts, sports, and religious figures.
Sculptor Abbas Ghareeb created the Monument of Iraq, while artist Hadi Hamza designed the Monument of Gilgamesh.
The two men were selected as part of a nation-wide competition held by the ministry earlier this year, according to al-Jumaili.
Al-Jumaili said the Iraq Monument will be the "most important of all the sculptures and will be erected at Firdos Square, which is considered one of the important landmarks of the city because it was the site of a statue of former president Saddam Hussein and signalled the fall of his regime when it was brought down in 2003".
The new monument is 21-metres-high and has a circular shape and four gates of the Abbasid architectural style. Its top ends are interwoven, and the monument is adorned with bronze carved scenery representing all the civilisations that have passed through the land of Mesopotamia.
Al-Jumaili said the ministry also intends to increase the number of statues of pioneering political figures who have played a dominant role in Iraqi society beyond the 17 statues already planned.
Among the figures represented in the 17 statues are sculptors Mohammad Ghani Hikmat, Fayek Hassan, and Jawad Saleem, sociologist Ali al-Wardi, author Kamil Shiyaa, poets Nazik al-Malaika and Mustafa Jamaludeen and scholar Taha Baqir;
The sculptures also include the first woman to become a cabinet minister in Iraq, Naziha al-Dulaimi, scholar and jurisprudent Ahmed al-Waeli and Father Anastas al-Karmali.
Iraqi sculptors welcomed plans to erect monuments and statues in Baghdad, describing it as a good beginning for the revival of Iraqi art of sculpture.
Sculptor Yahya Mushtaq said, "Up until recently, we felt that the art of sculpture in Iraq had died, because of the lack of government policy to nurture this art." "Now we believe that life has returned, and in a strong way, to the body of Iraqi sculpture," he added.
Sculptor Omar Abdul Salam, said, "Sculptors were very stressed because they could not use their talents, but the time has come [for creativity] to find manifestation in their works."
"I believe the works that will be completed will reflect a lot of skill, technique, and precision," he added.
Sculptor Riyadh Hamza, described the project as the "Spring of Iraqi Sculpture", inspired by the revolutions of the Arab Spring.
"We have a lot of art in store for which we must find a place in real life," Hamza told Mawtani.
"There will be tough competition between the artists [who hope] to immortalise their names by having their works prevail," he added.
علي حميدان
Art is as important as any other aspect of life. Art reflects what is going on within any country throughout the various aspects of the political, economic, religious as well as random. Therefore, care must be given to art in order to increase interest in it, especially in Iraq, because we do not deny what is going on in Iraq from the drain of its people and resources. Also, it is the main, basic and only factor in blurring art in Iraq because art is the mirror that reflects what is going on inside the country, which also spreads the numerous cultures of the Iraqi society. It also spreads the customs and traditions that belong to Iraqi society. Everyone criticizes the Iraqi Government and the relevant authorities' indifference to develop the art movement in Iraq. First of them is the Iraqi artists who are not so lucky in the advancement of their art heritage because the political conditions that prevailed in Iraq in the recent years are the cause for eliminating art in Iraq because professionalism and excellence do not come from nothing. Therefore, we ask the Ministry of Culture in Iraq to give more attention to the development of the Iraqi art and deal with it professionally, and take it out of the local framework to the World Space to compete all the arts of the world and the Middle East. Care must be given to its re-structuring to compete with other arts as well as impress the whole world with the progress of the Iraqi art, and satisfy anyone who cares for the movements of art. As such, awareness must be increased because art is the upscale language of expression through which we can achieve what we cannot achieve in contemporary reality.
طه احمد
The artistic activities in Iraq have deteriorated significantly in recent years. The artists failed to produce meaningful works, which could deal with social issues. The artistic works are becoming more and more trivial. This is the responsibility of the media.
حزب العدالة والتنمية في العراق
Long live Iraq.
ابو محمد
On the one hand, there are sculptures, monuments, personalities, awards… on the other hand, there is a hungry and deprived nation, denied of basic life necessities, including electricity, which Iraqis are now daydreaming about, let alone clean water and the like… This nation is having an unparalleled level of unemployment… We complain to god and count on Him
Iraqis are very content to the extent that they are now making idols for themselves…Ask yourself, where are the previous Arab idols now? Where are Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, Hubal, Saddam, Rasheed and the others? This must be a new verbal tactic either from the cleric or from Al Maliki
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Incident occurred Sunday, June 30, 2013 in New York, NY
Aircraft: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4, registration: N405MR
Injuries: 5 Uninjured.
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On June 30, 2013, about 1155 eastern daylight time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, N405MR, operated by New York City Helicopter Charter, Inc., incurred minor damage after an engine failure and subsequent forced landing to the Hudson River in New York, New York. The commercial pilot and four passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which departed Downtown Manhattan/Wall Street Heliport (JRB), New York, New York, about 10 minutes earlier. The local sightseeing flight was being operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, he had flown seven previous segments that day in the incident helicopter, with most of those under 20 minutes and the last segment being a trip to JRB after obtaining fuel in New Jersey. After landing at JRB, the pilot met the four passengers and provided them a safety briefing.
The helicopter subsequently took off and headed northbound along a standard company tour route. Approaching the 79th Street Boat Basin, at 1,500 feet, the pilot heard a "bang" and a passenger asked if the helicopter had hit a bird. The pilot answered no, then heard the "Engine Out" warning and saw that the N2 [power turbine] indication was dropping. The pilot decided to perform an autorotation, and just prior to lowering the collective and rolling the throttle to flight idle, he saw the "Engine Chip" light illuminate.
The pilot advised the passengers that they were "going down" and transmitted a Mayday call to LaGuardia Tower. During the flare, the pilot deployed the skid-mounted floats and bled off all forward airspeed. Following impact, the chin bubbles broke and water rushed into the cabin.
Once the helicopter came to rest, the pilot verified that all of the passengers were safe, confirmed same with LaGuardia Tower, secured all switches and circuit breakers, and helped the passengers to board a boat before boarding another one himself for the trip to shore.
According to the responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the turbine section of the Rolls Royce 250-C30P engine had been recently overhauled, and the engine was returned to service with about 2 hours of operation prior to the incident.
The inspector also stated that following the incident, the helicopter was transported to JRB, where an initial examination was performed. He further noted that with power applied from the battery, the Engine Chip light illuminated. In addition, the starter would not rotate the engine, the compressor section was difficult to turn by hand, the turbine section rotated freely, and the chip detector was caked with carbon and small metal specks. Fuel samples taken at the helicopter's last refueling stop were also found to be clear, free of water and "within specifications."
The engine was subsequently removed from the helicopter and transported to the overhaul facility where it was further examined under NTSB oversight. During the examination, in the compressor section, the engine number 2 bearing was found to be damaged, and appeared dry with evidence of high temperatures. The corresponding races also appeared dry with evidence of high temperatures. The forward side of the bearing cage exhibited significantly more damage than the aft side, with the forward side bearing cage deformed and the bearing balls on that side appearing rough, with large areas of material loss.
To confirm oil flow, the engine gearbox was attached to an oil supply and the engine oil pump was rotated by means of a hand drill. Three of the four jets from the oil supply tube (piccolo tube) produced streams of oil; however, the fourth, which normally supplied oil to the aft face of the number 2 bearing, did not.
The piccolo tube, number 2 bearing and several associated parts were retained for further examination.
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I think that the presentation of the product was pretty accurate online. The measurement feature with a ruler's inch or two is great and one that should be on ALL jewelry. It gives a perspective of size and when buying jewelry, you need to know how large something might look on an adult, teenager or child for whom the gift is being purchased.
This cuff bracelet is exactly as pictured, even better. The quality is excellent, and the price very reasonable. The cuff has some flexibilty in that you can widen or decrease the size for a better fit. If you are looking for a piece of jewelry with a caual flare then this would be a good choice.
I love this cuff... So amazing.. It goes with everything and i love the fact that i didnt buy it in the store and see other people wear the same .. I love to have one of a kind jewlery and this is one of them...i would defenatly tell people to get it!!!
I love how this is made, the details are better than what is pictured. However, I am so disspointed with the size. It would fit a mans arm not a womans, I have to send it back. Other sizes were not offered
I think the bracelet is great. It is very dramatic.
Very eye catching for the price. Really like how this bold piece of jewelry makes a statement when you add it to your wardrobe.
It is a beautiful bracelet and kooks so nice on the arm. It is a good feeling to know that I have helped someone in a distressed country.
This is a great looking cuff. I would suggest keeping it sealed air-tight and polishing it after wear due to metals involved, but a good buy and look.
I have to have an 8 1/2" bracelet. I have a wide wrist, big hands, and long thin fingers. Bracelets and watches don't always fit me. This one is absolutely perfect and drop-dead gorgeous. It's also comfortable. I put it on yesterday and just wore it around the house to see how it felt. It was great. I could not be more pleased.
Honestly, really blown away given some of the mixed reviews! This is possibly one of the loveliest, best presented pieces - in a red box, wrapped in red tissue and in a pretty little sheer green sack - that I've ever purchased from Overstock, and I've been a long tem shopper. Thank you O, and the beautiful women who made this impressive cuff!
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IT SEEMS TO ME the peer mediation program for Stafford County school students is a concept that belongs in the Good Ideas Hall of Fame.
But you may disagree. In fact, you may disagree so strongly that you want to punch me in the nose and kick my backpack down the hall.
So, here's what we do.
We agree to sit down with two trained student mediators and talk through our disagreement. I can explain my thoughts and feelings without interruption. Then you can express your side of the issue, also without interruption.
Then the two of us--with help from the mediators--come up with a list of possible resolutions to our dispute. We consider anything and everything. Then we pare down that list to just the most practical means to reconcile our differences. Lastly, the mediators put the agreement in writing for both of us to sign.
That's peer mediation, in a nutshell.
In Stafford, there are teams of student mediators in place at all 15 elementary schools and at two middle schools. Interest in the program has been expressed at other schools, as well, according to Carol Dexter, the substance-abuse prevention counselor for Stafford County Public Schools.
Dexter has a long association with the peer mediation program, which has existed in the county for 10 years. On Peer Mediation Day last month, about 150 student mediators from throughout the county came together for workshops on brainstorming to resolve conflicts and on active listening.
"We have anywhere from 12 to 20 mediators at each school," Dexter said. "It works well in high schools, but scheduling is a problem. So, for now, fitting the program into an elementary school day is more practical.
"The process is very consistent. But the way they use it may vary from school to school. The key is to get everyone to buy into the system. That means the staff, students and administration. When all three groups are referring problems for mediations, then the program can really get going."


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Miley Cyrus has been all over NY Fashion Week, and was seen attending Rachel Zoe's show on February 13. Dressed in a very Valentine's Day-esque red jumpsuit, the 20-year-old singer — who is known for her edgy style — was seen sitting in the coveted front row with her mom Tish. It looks like one of the styles on the runway really caught her attention, as she sat there with a wide open mouth. However, we can't tell if it's in a good way or a bad way, so we'll let you guys decide! Here's your moment to let your funny side shine! How would you caption this?
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New Times' Best of Broward-Palm Beach 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up 30 of our favorite tastemakers -- restaurateurs, chefs, bartenders, and other foodies who make the South Florida food scene what it is. We'll start with number 30 and lead up to South Fl ... More >>
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Tesla asks early adopters to cough up more cash
Tesla clearly thought things had gone just a little too well for it at the Detroit Motor Show and so has decided to shoot itself in the foot by increasing a raft of accessory and option prices on the Roadster for buyers who thought they had locked in their options. First off, the previously included-in-the-price high-power …
Damn Tesla
they should let buyers have all those freebies and continue to lose money. All that lovely goverment handout money is rightfully due to the new owners after all. Just because they were prepared to pay the full whack doesn't mean that they should forego any of the refund, thus allowing Tesla to survive long enough to sell to other people (and perhaps provide parts and service).
Oh geez
So this $120,000 car is now an extra $8000? Woe betide me. I WAS gonna get one, but now FORGET IT--if they're gonna GOUGE me like that, then the hell with 'em!
Probably tied to the cost of capital
You've got to admit that Tesla is pretty ballsy - launching a new car in the midst of a depression. And while this pricing "upgrade" may seem like cruel and unusual punishment for their early customers, it most likely reflects the reality of needing to post an early cash flow success in order to be able to go to credit markets for on-going financing. After all, if the banks aren't prepared to lend to GM, Ford or Chrysler (or Toyota, Nissan and Honda for that matter) why should they consider Tesla to be a good risk?
The brilliance in Tesla's move is that it has kept the price "revenue neutral" for its customers. Yes, they "lose" the US$7500 tax credit, but the net-net is pretty much a zero impact. And, as Steve notes in the first post, being able to build and inventory parts is as much a part of the game as selling the car.
Let's hope that Musk keeps his snoot out of the Marching Powder...unlike some other car entrepreneurs we can name...
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Put me down for $8000 too, if you're just giving it away.
$8000 is still $8000. Not exactly pocket change.
Why would you want one of these trumped up short range shit-buckets anyway? Surely Honda's hybrid or the upcoming generation of electric vehicles is a better bet. Looks great, but goes nowhere fast!
$3000 for a hifi...
...In a sports car?
Stereo = weight = slower speed.
So your paying $3000 to go slower...
Granted you don't have the sound of 110db 12" from your ears, so guess you have to listen to something...
- Will these floor mats massage your feet?
- Are they made of solid gold? Leather? Endangered species fur?
- If you rub them with your feet, will the static discharge help recharge the batteries?
- Do they have embedded LCD screens linked to undercarriage cameras filming the ground, so you have the impression you are floating inches above it (or have the impression the floor was torn off?), adding to the impression of the vehicle is roomier, or that you are floating on thin air?
Then, there is NO WAY floor mats will cost 150 quid / bucks / whatever.
Effecting 350 customers
> Tesla says the increases will _effect_ 350 customers
What? The increases are going to produce 350 additional customers? Pretty smart move by Tesla, then. I mean, I would have thought that the increases would _affect_ their existing customers - just shows what I know.
BMW floor mats are $130. So, as long as Tesla floor mats last a couple years and have a logo $150 seems just fine.
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A place that hasn't changed January 31, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Restaurants.
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John Weeks of the San Bernardino County Sun takes a look at "Things that Haven't Changed" in the Southern California Inland Empire.
One of them is on the Mother Road:
Want a good old-fashioned sandwich? Head to Peppi's at 17670 Foothill Blvd. in Fontana. It's a classic Route 66 eatery that has been serving up sandwiches and burgers since 1948.
Country Store may close January 31, 2007Posted by redforkhippie in Businesses, People, Preservation.
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(Sign hanging above the cash register at the Country Store)
When the Country Store opened on 11th Street in Tulsa nearly 40 years ago, it was, in fact, in the country.
Four decades of urban sprawl later, the Country Store's location on historic Route 66 is considered part of midtown Tulsa. Farmers are an endangered species, and most of the city's gardeners are out in the suburbs: Jenks, Bixby, Broken Arrow.
A perfect storm of big-box stores, urban sprawl, heavy debt, and crop-scorching drought is bearing down on the longtime Tulsa institution and its third-generation owner, Bill Sivadon, and barring any last-minute miracles, it looks as if the business may close for good.
Sivadon and his wife, Kathey — pictured above — reported Tuesday that the store is set to close any day. If they can sell off their remaining stock at retail prices, they may be able to raise enough to pay off their debt and save the business — but time is of the essence. Their creditors have been poised to pull the plug for the past week or so. Wait a day — or even a few hours — and it may be too late to buy one last souvenir and make one last effort to help keep a Route 66 institution alive.
Bill said there is an off chance he may be able to reopen in 30 days, although the odds are slim.
Despite the impending closure of his family's business — which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 — Bill is not bitter. He harbors no ill will toward his creditors, whom he calls "good people" who extended deadlines and helped him as far as they could, and if he's worried about his future, he isn't letting it show.
(Sign taped to the glass in the front door of the Country Store)
"The Lord's taken care of me for 57 years, and I don't think he's gonna stop now," Bill says.
He will, however, miss his customers, many of whom have become friends.
We know the feeling.
Old Chain of Rocks Bridge closes parking lot January 30, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Attractions, Bicycling, Highways.
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In a column by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Matthew Hathaway, we learn that Trailnet, which runs the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge that connects a pedestrian/biking trail from north St. Louis to Madison, Ill., is closing a parking lot on the Missouri side of the river indefinitely because of vandalism to vehicles there.
In an e-mail to the Post-Dispatch, Trailnet Executive Director Ann Rivers Mack announced Monday that the parking lot on the Missouri side would be closed indefinitely. She wrote that the group had tried to improve security at the lot, with little success. "Vandalism nonetheless continues, and we are working on a long-term plan," Mack said.
Kathi Weilbacher, a spokeswoman for the group, said that the parking lot closure could be temporary and that the lot on the Illinois side of the bridge would remain open. Pedestrians and cyclists can still enter the 5,353-foot-long bridge from either side.
Hathaway isn't thrilled with the closing, nor am I. He points out that with the closing of the lot, security on the Missouri side of the bridge probably will get worse because fewer people — and thus, fewer eyes — will be around to spot ne'er-do-wells there.
Trailnet presumably saw the folly in this move, and later told Hathaway that the Missouri parking lot could reopen soon if the group had "long-term partners" and more "regional stakeholder investment," whatever that means.
Hathaway encourages fans of the bridge and readers to contact Mack at 314-416-9930 or annmack (at) trailnet.org if you think closing the lot is a poor solution.
In the meantime, if you want to visit the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, park on the Illinois side. If you're driving west on Chain of Rocks Road, aka Route 66, in Granite City, you'll come to the base of the bridge anyway.
If you're not on Route 66, the easiest way to get to the Illinois side of the bridge is to exit at Illinois Highway 3 off Interstate 270, then turn south toward toward the Chain of Roads Road intersection (map is here). From there, you go west on Chain of Rocks Road, over a bridge that spans a canal, then west to the base of the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (map is here). There is parking on the side of the road and it's safer, mostly because it's more sparsely populated.
Historic hotel won't be taken over by city after all January 30, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Businesses, Preservation.
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A few weeks ago, we passed along a report by the Kankakee (Ill.) Daily Journal that said the city of Wilmington was going to take over the historic Eagle Hotel on Route 66 on Jan. 15 because its owner, William Scales, didn't have it operating as a business by a city-imposed five-year deadline.
On Monday, the Joliet Herald-News reported that may not be the case after all.
[Assistant Administrator Sheryl] Puracchio based her announcement on a contract signed by Scales and Tony McGann, the former mayor. The document was dated Jan. 15, 2001.
Attorneys reviewing the documents learned that for some reason the actual deal for the building did not officially close until April 2003. The closing documents were not included with the recorded contract.
"I contacted Mr. Scales immediately and apologized," Puracchio said. "In addition, I stated that the city has the same goal in mind, to have the hotel restored and operational."
This new finding gives Scales an April 2008 deadline.
"There is no way I am giving up on this project," Scales said. "I am just as passionate for this project as I was when it started many years ago."
The story makes it clear there was confusion between the city and Scales on the agreement, if there was one at all. Regardless, it seems apparent the city has backed off, and Scales will have about 14 months to open the Eagle Hotel, built in 1836, as a hotel/restaurant. This is certainly a better situation than having the hotel be in limbo all over again.
(Hat tip to Lynn "Lulu" Bagdon.)
"Devil Girl" movie shot on Route 66 January 28, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Movies, Music.
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Production recently wrapped on the thriller film "Devil Girl," which was shot on Route 66 and uses the historic road as its setting.
Here's synopsis of the film, according to its Web site:
Fay is a small town girl on a road trip to Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. When her muscle car breaks down during a drag race, she finds herself stranded in a creepy desert town along Route 66. In order to make enough money to repair her car, she resorts to exotic dancing, and before she knows it her road trip has become a nightmare. Trapped and desperate, she discovers the locals: a neurotic drug-abusing clown, an overzealous preacher, and a sexy woman with horns and a tail.
"Devil Girl" producer and co-writer Tracy Wilcox confirms in an e-mail that much of the movie was shot in the Route 66 town of Amboy, Calif., with other Mother Road scenes in Groom, Texas, and St. Louis.
It is such an amazing stretch of road. There is so much history! The Devil Girl crew was full of car enthusiasts who loved driving the Route 66 stretches! […]
We don't have a release date yet. We are finishing up in post(-production) and should be done by March 2007.
The film's Web site contains a trailer, images from the production, and a list of the cast and crew. Although there are exotic dancers in the film, I found no nudity on the site, so it's work-safe.
Also, Scum of the Earth is one of several hard-rock bands that contributed music to the film. Here's a YouTube video containing footage from "Devil Girl" for the band's song, "Beneath the Living":
The case of the mysterious traffic surge January 27, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Motels, Movies, Web sites.
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Traffic at Route 66 News jumped to record levels today, fueled mostly by a link from the Wigwam Motel in Rialto, Calif. The motel showed how its teepee design inspired the Cozy Cone Motel in the animated hit movie, "Cars."
That link to here has existed for nearly 10 months, so I was flummoxed on why the traffic surge was suddenly occurring now.
We think we tracked down the reason. My in-laws report that MSN featured Top 10 Offbeat Hotels on its homepage today. A Wigwam Motel is on the list and is linked.
Note that I said a Wigwam Motel. The MSN article about the Wigwam Motel is about the one in Holbrook, Ariz. However, the link with the article goes to the Wigwam in Rialto.
Make sure you check those links before sending stories online, kids.
Both motels, by the way, are recommended for stays during your Route 66 traveling.
In case anyone's wondering, Route 66 News averages about 50,000 page views a month. In recent months, it's ranged between 1,400 and 2,000 views per day. Today, it's surpassed the 3,000 mark.
Another class ring found at Blue Whale is returned January 27, 2007Posted by Ron Warnick in Attractions.
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For the second time in a month, a class ring that was found years ago at the Blue Whale of Catoosa, Okla., was returned to its rightful owner, according to the Tulsa World.
The ring was was stolen from the owner's house in the burglary in the 1980s. It either was pawned to someone else who later lost it at the Blue Whale, or the burglar lost it at the Route 66 landmark.
The ring was returned to Randal Wise, who graduated from Warsaw High School in Indiana in 1975.
"It has a lot more value now because of what it represents," Wise said. "It just floors me … somebody would go through all that effort to return it." […]
"It reminds me of what might have happened in the small town I grew up in," he said. "It's not something you see much anymore."


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Note: Please welcome our newest author, Kat Statman. Kat is a 2L at W&L and he is particularly interested in tidal and offshore energy production.
The past year or so has seen a boom in tidal energy projects throughout the United States (and world for that matter). It is increasingly clear in the alternative energy field that use of the energy created from tides and running water (clearly one of the oldest forms of harnessing water energy) may be part of the solution to green energy needs in addition to solar and wind power.
Particularly in the last year the US has seen a big push for tidal energy. In Oregon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the installation of 10 generators about two and a half miles offshore from the city of Reedsport.
The generators used there are made by Ocean Power Technologies and it is predicted that the 10 generators will have the capacity to power 1,000 homes. While the buoy system that Ocean Power Technologies has developed was set to be in place in October, due to ocean and weather conditions they expected much later in the year they have postponed the launch date until spring 2013.
Regardless, it is clear that the tidal energy market is booming. Ocean Power Technologies has also recently entered an agreement with Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding in Japan. This move will be a significant expansion for the New Jersey company and is a sure sign that the market for tidal energy is strong and pervasive at an international level.
Oregon and Japan are not the only two locations that are seeing a boom for the industry. In September, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) issued a press release that they are successfully running their turbine in Cobscook Bay Maine. Not only is the generator successfully running, it is hooked up to the grid (the first instance of an offshore renewable source that has been grid connected in both North and South America). While the turbine only has the capacity to power 25 to 30 homes, the capability of producing more substantial amounts exists.
Other projects of note are the successful tests of the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project in the New York's East River by Verdant Energy. They received an FERC license in January 2012 and are in the final stages of the project. After a number of initial tests, including successfully powering the grocery store on Roosevelt Island (a small residential community of New York City), and being the first to successfully connect to a grid system in their second phase of testing between 2006 and 2009, things are very positive for the company and the ambitious project. Verdant has high hopes for the success of the project and believes that they will be able to power 9,500 homes between Manhattan and Queens.
One thing that is of particular note, by looking at the map provided by the FERC on proposed and possible Tidal Energy projects, New York City has a disproportionate number of proposed projectes compared to much of the Eastern United States sea board. This may be in part due to Mayor Bloomberg's strong insistence on the importance of clean energy and global warming.
Since Hurricane Sandy only a few weeks ago, it is clear that Mayor Bloomberg will not be making an about face on issues of green technology but rather pushing further on. If the tidal projects are as successful as the tests seem to indicate and the international market's push for them is indicating, it is likely that our coasts will be littered with different forms of turbines (come back for a later post on the different types and the effects they may have on the environment as well as their efficiency in converting tidal energy into electricity).
However, while this rise in tidal energy technology is exciting for clean energy advocates there are other competing concerns that must also be considered. The New York Times noted in September while discussing the Oregon projects that local fisherman are concerned that if the technology is adopted too rapidly that it will affect the salmon populations ability to enter the rivers for breeding. In Maine there have been concerns about the aesthetics of the turbines and the fact that they will affect the pristine nature of the Maine coast.
There are also specific legal concerns that will arise in the area of Maritime and Insurance law. The turbines must be connected to the ocean floor in some way. If it is a buoy energy producer it would through a cable or a more traditional turbine as in the RITE project by direct placement on the ocean floor. Therefore, the locations of the turbines will have to be known and reported to ship captains in order to avoid any allisions.
There are other difficulties highlighted by the Oregon projects delays until the spring of 2013. All of the buoys or turbines will have to be connected to the grid via underwater cables. However, if something severs a cable and the ocean conditions are not safe for a crew to repair the cable, then the grid can lose a significant source of energy depending on how the connection to the grid is established.
Like with all technological advances there will be growing pains, however, tidal energy looks like a positive move forward in the clean energy sector and one that the market is showing respect and admiration for.


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Blood Draining appears to be the clear cut favorite, not Bladeward, at the moment.
The "left out" feeling is understandable. You're going to hear that your gear is marginal for ICC 10, but in my opinion, you should do just fine in there on the first 4/12, provided you understand the fights. A couple of clears on the lower spire and your gear will improve without doubt.
In the short term, you may want to look into some of the more "affordable" craftable pieces to help with your health pool. The 226 crafted belt and boots have ample gems lots to fill eith +30 stamina. The Sarnoite Swordbreakers will take care of your wrist slot for quite some time.
As you start accumulating Frost Badges, you'll want to invest in the cloak and then the belt. After that it's your preference.
And I held on to the crab for quite some time on one of my tanks. I wouldn't get rid of it, in fact I'd carry multiple trinkets and swap depending on your needs. It's nice to have a stamina trinket with an "on use" avoidance proc handy.


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Sundance 2013
It's all in who you don't know: An outsider's view of Sundance
Published: January 30, 2013
The thing no one tells you about the Sundance Film Festival is that it's all about the shuttles. Seriously. Park City is a town of roughly 7,500 people, and for one week each January, 50,000 film fans, industry insiders, press reps and Hollywood wannabes descend on the cozy mountain town and crowd every inch of condo, roadway, restaurant and bar space available. The buses that circle and loop the sometimes far-flung theaters, event venues and parties act as Sundance's slow-moving circulatory system, putting together people who might not otherwise meet.
For those trying to catch as many films as possible, riding the shuttles can be a kind of hell, thwarting even the best-planned itinerary. For germophobes, they are a coughing, sniffling petri dish that requires an onboard supply of hand sterilizer. And for anyone hoping to make a business connection, they are a terrific opportunity to strike up conversations with producers, filmmakers, composers or members of the press.
The first scan is for face recognition – is the guy with the beard and Ray-Bans someone I know? Next comes the badge check. Festival attendees wear lanyards with color-coded ID cards. Red typically denotes someone of importance. Green is for members of the press. Gray for industry. Passengers surreptitiously attempt to check the name, affiliation and occupation of those beside them. After all, movie producers are difficult to spot and indie filmmakers aren't exactly adorning the cover of Entertainment Weekly.
Most of the films at Sundance were seeking distribution or sale. Every day brought news of new acquisitions. This year's big winner was Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's (who penned The Descendents) The Way, Way Back, which was snatched up for $10 million. The summer vacation coming-of-age tale has a top-notch cast that includes Steve Carell (playing it straight), Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney. It's entertaining enough but pretty formulaic stuff. Racking up another $4 million was Joseph Gordon-Levitt's writing-directorial debut, Don Jon's Addiction. Levitt plays a Jersey Shore-style hunk addicted to online porn who can only be saved by Scarlett Johansson. It's more engaging than you might expect.
Sundance's midnight programming served up We Are What We Are, a horror-drama that attracted healthy crowds and a seven-figure sales price. This slow-burning creepfest about a reclusive and religious family of cannibals was well-acted and -directed, but gorehounds may be too impatient to wait for the final half-hour of batshit-crazy violence. On the flipside, S-VHS offered up a bloody quartet of found-footage vignettes. This sequel to cult fright fave VHS has a few interesting ideas and a significant number of jump scares but suffers from unforgivably atrocious writing.
As usual, the true Sundance gems were the documentaries and premieres. Korean filmmaker Chan-Wook Park (Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) debuted Stoker, and despite its Hollywood pedigree (it boasts A-listers like Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska) Park's highly twisted sensibilities remained intact. Also willing to disturb was Daniel Radcliffe in Kill Your Darlings – not because his movie is too dark but because Potterphiles may not be ready to see the former teen wizard French-kiss another man. Radcliffe shines as the budding poet Allen Ginsberg, and he's joined by a sterling cast, including Ben Foster as William S. Burroughs and Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) as the boy who sets other boys' hearts aflutter. Most of the documentaries were of the "people suck" variety. One such doc, Blackfish, examined the exploitation and abuse of orcas by theme parks like SeaWorld. It's not as galvanizing as the Oscar-winning The Cove, but should still attract and appall sympathetic audiences.
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With two start times and two completely separate courses, where you can park and how you get to the start line are different this year. Also, there is a lot of construction in the area.
The full marathon starts at 7:00 a.m., and the half starts at 8:00 a.m. The two races run in opposite directions. With staggered start times, and new courses, some roads that have always been open in past years, won't be this year.
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The 2012 Olympic athletes have been splashed across every news outlet, but what did the Olympic athletes of yesteryear look like? Charming and decorous, it turns out. But before we get to the athletes, let me present a comparison of royals in attendance at the Olympics: first, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco watching the Olympic games in 1960 (above) and Duchess Catherine–in pearls!–and Prince William of England in the audience at this year's events (below). Continue reading
Carrollton, TX, August 9, 2013. TO CELEBRATE the growing diversity in the City of Carrollton, members of the various cultural communities within the City have come together for a multi-cultural event themed, "Carrollton's Jubilee of Cultures". Spearheaded by Pat Malone, a former Council Member for Carrollton for 7 years, the event marks a culm… Read more »
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12 Servings
Prep: 50 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
1-1/2 cups sugar,
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs,
2 ounces German sweet chocolate, melted
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon salt,
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/2 cup ground almonds
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The Committee on Campus Race Relations (CCRR) held its first meeting on March 17, 1994. While its formation was precipitated by a racial incident that polarized the campus community, the Committee owes its genesis more directly to the hard work and tenacity of a group of faculty, staff, and students who formed an ad hoc committee in response to the crisis. The original racial incident occurred in the spring semester of 1993, and the ad hoc committee worked for several months, spending long hours discussing the complex issues that emanated from the incident. Their work culminated in a report to President Charles M. Vest. The report addressed not only the issues raised by the original occurrence, but cited also several systemic problems that the group felt contributed to the incident and the subsequent responses of various sectors of the MIT community to the crisis. The report concluded by asking Dr. Vest to form a presidential committee on race relations. He announced the establishment of CCRR in February 1994.
At about the same time, another ad hoc group of faculty, staff, and students began meeting to develop an entirely different response to the crisis. This group grew out of a class taught by Dr. Clarence G. Williams, Special Assistant to the President, and eventually produced a videotape entitled It's Intuitively Obvious. The videotape recorded African American students discussing their experiences with race at MIT. Subsequent to the production of that video, an invitation was extended to the larger MIT community to make similar tapes, and Dr. Williams' office went on to produce four more videotapes in which students of different racial backgrounds discussed issues of race on the MIT campus. The funding for this series also was provided by the President's Office.
In the spring of 1996, the Committee took responsibility for preparing, funding, and producing a fifth videotape in the It's Intuitively Obvious series. This fifth tape brought together, prior to their graduations, many of the students who had participated in the first four tapes. These five It's Intuitively Obvious videotapes have been used successfully to initiate facilitated discussions of racial issues for various student, staff, and faculty groups on campus. We encourage campus groups and committees to view these tapes to gain an understanding of racial issues facing students and as an introduction to diversity training. During the 1999-2000 academic year, CCRR's educational outreach efforts included support for a group of undergraduates who wanted to build on the It's Intuitively Obvious series. Their two-part series, Breaking Down Barriers, was completed in 2001.
One of the major issues that CCRR has had to address from its inception, is the fact that it was not established to respond to crises; handle harassment complaints; or advocate for individual ethnic groups, affirmative action, or equal opportunity. It has been difficult, at times, to articulate exactly what "race relations" means outside the context of these other, more clearly defined issues. Slowly, however, we have come to realize that although advocacy, admissions, hiring, and harassment policies are not the same as race relations, these issues nevertheless constitute an important part of our agenda. Each has a crucial impact on the racial environment at MIT. In response to the charge from Dr. Vest in 1994, CCRR has committed itself to improving race relations at MIT in all its aspects.
The Guide to Resources in Racial, Ethnic, and Intercultural Relations was first published in the summer of 1994 primarily as a catalog of classes focusing on issues of race and race relations. As it evolved, the content shifted to highlight the nonacademic resources at MIT and to provide a forum for community voices. The Guide included statements about race relations by MIT's president and students. In 1997, we began including the text of Dr. Vest's remarks from the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Breakfast. In 1998, we added statements by six of MIT's Institute Professors on issues of race and diversity, and this edition of the Guide includes a new collection of Faculty Voices from some of the Institute's most distinguished teachers and researchers. In 1999, we were pleased to welcome the addition of Staff Voices to the Faculty and Student Voices. In September 2003 the CCRR decided to change the Guide to a brochure. All information from the Guide is now integrated into the Inventing Our Future website.
As part of its initial charge, the Committee has an active grants program that supports a wide range of projects and activities promoting multicultural understanding and positive race relations within the MIT community. Each year, the program funds between 15 and 20 projects—including arts events, residence-based events, lectures, seminars, and films.
In 1995, the Committee premiered a groundbreaking film, W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices. After the screening, members of the MIT community engaged in a conversation with the filmmaker, Louis Messiah; two of the screenwriters; and the musical director for the project. The screening and the public forum were a huge success for the Committee and paved the way for more CCRR-sponsored public programming. In 1997, the Committee established RACE2000!, a series of public programs focusing on race relations. RACE2000! provides opportunities, both small and large, for honest discussion about racial issues. Large, community-wide events have included "An Evening of Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Kathleen Cleaver" (1997), "Asian and Asian American Experiences: A Forum on the Racial Climate at MIT" (1998), and "Questioning Race: Is BLACK Black?" (1999), which featured a panel discussion with Professor Lani Guinier from Harvard, and Professor Melissa Nobles, Dean Isaac Colbert, and students Eto Otitigbe and LaTonya Green from MIT.
In spring 2004 the committee sponsored a panel discussion on Race: The Power of an Illusion. The panel was comprise of Professors Melissa Nobles, Ceasar McDowell, Jeff Ravel, Jonathan King, and Chris Capozzola from MIT.
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Panama City, FL---Bay alum Bert Reed may have been cut by two NFL teams in recent weeks, but he remains optimistic when it comes to eventually earning a pay check in pro ball.
I spoke with the FSU and Bay grad on the practice field of his prep alma mater a few days ago. We talked about his shot at making an NFL roster this summer. He was one of the Browns final cuts in August, then spent a few days on Tampa Bay's practice squad before getting cut there.
All that says Bert simply good experience and certainly won't keep him from continuing to pursue a career in professional football.
"I am just running routes on my own, I'm still working out. I still got a workout regimen from Cleveland that they gave me, so I stayed with that. Right now it's just all about appreciating the game and being able to watch from the outside in, it's so different now. But I know I can play, and I know, honestly that God has a plan for me when it comes to this NFL thing. So I'm gonna keep my head down, stay grinding, and I'll be there soon, I know I will."
As we told you Monday Bert's had some preliminary talks with the Arena Football League team in Arizona, so perhaps the AFL is the next step in his pro career.
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Twelve-year employee Elizabeth Carroll closes the bottom on a sport coat at Hardwick Clothes.
Payday lending pioneer Allan Jones has secured permission from a bankruptcy judge to buy the oldest suitmaker in the U.S. for $1.9 million, in a deal designed to save Cleveland, Tenn.-based Hardwick Clothes from its mounting debts.
Jones, who will buy a business that loses more than $100,000 per month, plans to turn around the clothing manufacturer and make it profitable, he said. But keeping the company's 235 workers busy sewing will require millions more dollars from Jones over the next few years, he admitted Friday at U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chattanooga.
"The purchase price is just the down payment," Jones said.
He'll have to open up the checkbook as soon as he closes on the deal to pay off Keltic Financial Partners, which granted a revolving line of credit to carry Hardwick through the bankruptcy proceedings. That loan alone will be worth an estimated $735,000 by the June 16 closing, not to mention hundreds of thousands of dollars in capital improvements that the Hardwick family had postponed.
Jones already reduced his original $2 million offer to $1.9 million during "tense" negotiations, after a property review discovered underground diesel storage tanks and structural issues.
But Cleveland's wealthiest businessman thinks the ailing 134-year-old clothier is salvageable.
"There is a market for 'American made,'" Jones said. "I think the pendulum is swinging the other way."
Jones' attempt to buy the business was almost derailed by rival buyer Joe V. Williams III of Chattanooga, but Jones triumphed by the virtue of being able to pay cash.
Though Williams' bid was $200,000 higher, the real estate broker failed to put up the upfront cash as required, and also was unable to do the deal without securing financing. The debts to Keltic could have risen to $1 million had the company waited until the end of August to sell to Williams, as he requested, diluting the value of his higher offer.
To make matters worse, Williams' attorney, David Fulton, asked to be removed from the case, citing "other circumstances." Williams was denied permission to address the court, as no attorney would call him as a witness, and Fulton and Williams left the courtroom mid-hearing. That left Jones as the last man standing.
Jones is close to picking out a new CEO to replace current chief Tommy Hopper, who has run the company for the Hardwick family for the past 17 years. Hardwick is among the last of the U.S. businesses that still produce tailor-made clothing, blazers, sport coats and uniform in spite of billowing economic headwinds. The company has lost money for the last several of those years, because of foreign competition from overseas clothing manufacturers with far lower labor costs, and low trade barriers for foreign-made goods, officials said.
"We've got to get sales up," Jones said. "I'm really impatient, ask my staff. They'll tell you my favorite term is the word 'now.'"
Though he'll ultimately let a professional CEO run the business, he's already got a few ideas on how he's going to revive Hardwick's flagging fortunes.
"Going casual has become a thing," Jones said. "Going forward we'll make the best navy blazer in the world, then we're going to make the best khaki pant."
Founded in 1880 by C.L. Hardwick, Hardwick Clothes is Cleveland's oldest manufacturer, but filed for bankruptcy in December because it was unable to make a required payment to the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
The company froze its defined benefit pension plan in 2006 and, after taking market losses during the Great Recession, asked the PBGC for assistance in shoring up its underfunded pension plan. Hardwick's pension plan covers 644 employees and retirees and has continued to make its promised retirement benefits.
But PBGC determined with only $11 million in assets, the plan was inadequately funded and ordered Hardwick in October to pay $7.3 million or it would file a $1.5 million tax lien on the company, forcing the company to seek bankruptcy protection.
The Hardwick family previously sold its woolen mill in the 1950s to Peerless Mills, which later sold to Burlington. The founding family also started Hardwick Bank in Dalton and Hardwick Stove Co. in Cleveland. Both of those businesses were previously sold to other companies.
Hardwick Clothing moved out of its downtown Cleveland mill in 1974 and to its current 175,000-square-foot plant. Over the years, Hardwick has sold every type of men's garment imaginable, including jeans, dollar pants, knicker suits, even convict stripes and leisure suits.
In the early days, the company spun the fabric and sewed the clothes in a single factory, leading to the company motto, "From the sheep's back to the clothing rack."
Jones says that he plans to fly the 38-star flag over the business once he secures the purchase, to commemorate the company's glory days. Though he hasn't set a timeline or promised that the company will return to its former high of 900 employees, he did say that Hardwick was getting "all of my attention," calling the company's employees its "biggest asset."
"This is very important to the community of Cleveland, there's a real sense of pride," he said. "But just because I own the business doesn't mean we won't still struggle. This will be a new venture for me."
Jones owns a number of short-term lending services, such as Check Into Cash, Loan by Phone, U.S. Money Shops, Buy Here Pay Here USA, LendingFrog.com, but has also diversified into real estate, dining and services. His holdings are controlled through Jones Management Services, which is based in a former shopping mall in Cleveland.
Jones on Thursday bought 62 acres of the property formerly known as Hardwick Field for $750,000.
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TRENTON, Ga. — It was going to take a perfect situation to get Cole Hicks to leave his assistant basketball coaching job at Dade County High School. He found one this week.
Hicks, son of Dade boys' coach Glen Hicks, will be the new boys' head coach at North Jackson High School in Stevenson, Ala., allowing the 30-year-old a chance to grow as a coach and maintain his strong family ties.
"I hated to leave him," Cole Hicks said of his father. "It was a very tough decision, but at the end of the day I have an 11-month-old daughter, so this was the right decision at the right time. We're not going to move from Trenton, so that's great for us because my wife works in Chattanooga."
He takes over from Mike Holt, who was not retained after going 18-36 in two years. The North Jackson administration didn't wait long to fill the spot.
"They called one evening and wanted to talk to me, offered it to me right after that, and after I thought about it for a while, I took it," Cole Hicks said. "I'm sure my last name had a lot to do with it. Dad taught and coached in Jackson County for 25 years and had a lot of success. They know I've been around the game for a long time, and they know I'll come over there and make them a better program."
He says the Chiefs will use the up-tempo, all-out pressing style his dad has used for years, and he knows the learning process will take some time.
"That's the only kind of basketball I know," he said. "They played semi-fast this season when we played them, but it will take some time to get to the speed I want to play. It's a big learning curve, but I'm hoping it doesn't take that long."
Glen Hicks had mixed emotions about losing his top assistant.
"They stole him away from me," he joked. "From a dad's standpoint I'm tickled to death, but as the head coach at Dade County it kind of throws a wrench into my program. Cole will do a great job there, and it's great he gets to stay close to home."
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