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Expanded gambling is coming to Maryland, including live blackjack, poker, and roulette, and soon, a Las Vegas-style casino will open in South Baltimore. So, who wins?
Huge empty swaths of gray pavement in the vast parking lot don't bode well for Perryville's Hollywood Casino on a warm November Saturday night. Inside the VIP valet parking area, for example, sit exactly 14 cars. Past the front doors and the flashing lights, bells, and whistles, three-quarters of the plush, deep-cushioned chairs at Hollywood's slot machines are empty as well.
In the casino's Celebrity Bar & Grill, a pop-rock cover band takes the stage as then-undefeated Alabama and Oregon battle LSU and USC, respectively, on two dozen flat screens, creating a little movement and conversation, but not much. What energy is inside the 75,000-square-foot facility comes from the back of the 2-year-old casino, where small packs of men gather around videotaped images of cleavage-enchanced model/dealers for electronic blackjack.
"It used to be, on a Saturday night, that you couldn't get a seat at any of the blackjack tables or slot machines," says Dwain Felts, a Perryville-based contractor in the midst of a minor losing streak. "Now, look around, it's 10 p.m., and it's empty." Hanover's Maryland Live Casino, he says, which opened in June, pulled away the slot machiners, but as far as the table-game crowd is concerned, most had already returned to competing Delaware Park. "I live in Perryville, and I go to Delaware Park 90 percent of the time," he says. "Honestly, you feel a little insulted here. With table games, at least you have a real dealer talking to you, real cards. Here, you've got a machine talking to you and taking your money."
Down I-95 on the same night, Maryland Live's vibe is completely different. Approaching midnight, there's a steady line streaming inside, and, on either side of the entrance, The Cheesecake Factory and Bobby's Burger Palace are busy. At the casino's Rams Head concert venue, people are actually dancing to a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'."
" . . . Everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice, Just one more time . . ."
Meanwhile, 4,700-plus slot machines hum and the curious gather behind those wagering on electronic blackjack and roulette, checking out the action. Attracting approximately 20,000 people daily, Maryland Live is now pulling in $34 million a month (and badly hurting Hollywood Casino). Nonetheless, three days before the Nov. 6 election, the casino's electronic table-game players voice the same complaint as Felts: They feel cheated out of the full Vegas experience.
"This place is about two or three things away from being a 'real' casino," says 24-year-old Bryan Lovern, splitting a pair of nines with the digital dealer showing seven. "It needs live games and free drinks."
"You want to be able to play Texas Hold 'Em against other players," his buddy Vincent Campanaro chimes in. "And it needs a hotel."
"Maybe hookers, too," Lovern adds with a laugh.
On election night though, Maryland gamblers got their wish—most of them anyway. Prostitution jokes aside, the passage of Question 7 will bring live table games, 24-hour operations (including 24-hour alcohol sales), Texas Hold 'Em poker—even a World Series of Poker room at the future Baltimore City "Horseshoe" casino—and likely, a resort-style, MGM casino at Prince George's National Harbor. Of course, there's the old line about being careful what you wish for. But other than the card sharks and casino owners, who stands to win from expanded gambling, which undoubtedly changes the state's entertainment landscape, and notably, South Baltimore? And how much more can Marylanders be expected to gamble with Perryville already faltering and three more casinos scheduled to open? Finally, are there social costs to pay?
For someone who stood on the sidelines during the heated Question 7 debate, David Cordish, Maryland Live's 72-year-old owner, appeared quite pleased strolling, high-roller style, with a buxom blonde on each arm, into a press event a week after the referendum's passage. The General Assembly had won Cordish's silence during the election season—in exchange for lower tax rates on slot machines and a much lower tax on revenue from the forthcoming table games—after he protested the addition of a sixth casino in Prince George's County. Maryland Live may be only 10 miles from Baltimore City, but 40 percent of its customers come from south of the casino [as opposed to north, east, or west]. An animated Cordish was celebrating the arrival of table games, as well as the opening of The Prime Rib restaurant at his casino. A few days earlier, Maryland Live general manager Robert J. Norton said in an interview that replacing electronic table games with live table games has typically boosted table revenues by 20-25 percent at "slots-only" casinos. Slots revenue, coincidentally, also typically increases with the addition of table games.
"We've made a commitment to build a world-class facility from a fiscal standpoint and from an amenities standpoint," Cordish tells the gathered media throng. "The last piece is the table games."
In fact, table games aren't really the last piece. Cordish says that future plans for the casino include an adjacent high-rise hotel and conference center, noting Maryland Live currently does not use all of its leased land. The bottom line is more jobs, he points out, highlighting plans to hire 800 dealers and 1,200 new employees overall—while creating a "dealer school" in conjunction with Anne Arundel Community College.
If there was any doubt whether Cordish, whose Baltimore-based company bears his name, believed voters were going to pass the table-games measure, during his press conference he stood behind a genuine green- felt blackjack table—covered with cards and chips—as if he had it waiting all along. Between 30-50 poker tables will be moved into a dedicated poker room, with about 150 table games added overall, says Norton, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas graduate and the son of a gambling executive. The length of three football fields, Maryland Live was designed, Norton adds, in both configuration and size, with the expectation that table games would follow. It just proved to be sooner rather than later.
Cordish, who is also competing for Pennsylvania's final gambling license, remains adamant that there should've been separate Maryland gambling bills, one for table games and one for a sixth casino. Still, he expresses sheer joy at the prospects of live poker, blackjack, and the rest. "Somehow, the whole atmosphere is different," Cordish says. "I've got friends who will say, 'I only play with a live dealer.' I have friends who won't come here because we don't have live dealers."
Depending on when the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission approves regulations, Maryland Live and the state's other two up-and-running casinos, Perryville and Ocean Downs, should have some table games in place this spring. Ironically, while Hollywood Casino owners Penn National spent tens of millions of dollars to defeat Question 7—to protect their casino interests in Charles Town, WV—legalization may save its Perryville business by keeping Cecil and Harford gamblers at home.
Meanwhile, above the Mason-Dixon Line, Pennsylvania's gaming industry, which has had table games for two years, posted $3.1 billion in gambling revenues last fiscal year, stealing customers away from Maryland, Delaware, and Atlantic City, where revenue has dropped 40 percent. So, will Maryland's three "destination" casinos—Maryland Live, Baltimore City, and National Harbor (assuming its application gets the nod)—see a similar gaming boom or cannibalize each other? Cordish won't make any grand predictions. "Forecasting is virtually impossible," he says, acknowledging the Perryville, Ocean Downs, and coming Rocky Gap casino will be much smaller operations. "We'll compete."
Harford Community College history professor and gambling analyst James Karmel says he always saw the Arundel Mills' mega- retail complex—drawing 14 million consumers annually—as a perfect casino location. National Harbor, next to Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia should also do well, he says. The vacant Russell Street lot where Baltimore's casino will be built, on the other hand, though not far from M&T Bank Stadium, may take more time to thrive. Karmel calls it, "potentially a great site."
Currently, the area remains largely surrounded by gas stations and warehouses. The hope is that a Harbor East-like mixed-use district will grow around the two-or more-story casino when Caesars Entertainment breaks ground this spring. Originally, Caesars intended to use its Harrah's brand for the casino, but after Question 7 won the day, the world's largest casino company increased its investment from $375 million to more than $400 million, upgrading to its newer Horseshoe brand. It also means that the casino—Horseshoe partners with the ESPN-televised World Series of Poker—will host annual, two-week long World Series of Poker circuit events.
Horseshoe's general manager, Chad Barnhill, has been with Caesars Entertainment for 18 years, including the past few years at a Horseshoe casino in Bossier City, LA. Like Norton, he's a casino lifer, growing up in Metropolis, IL, and interning at the Caesars-owned Harrah's there. He says that Caesars wants to bring the Horseshoe brand to more urban centers, with its greater emphasis on table games than its Harrah's cousin, adding that the Baltimore facility will be similar to a Horseshoe that opened last year in Cleveland and another planned for Cincinnati. It'll house 3,750 slot machines, more than 100 table games, as well as a 500-seat banquet facility. Construction is projected to create 2,000 temporary jobs and 1,700 permanent jobs.
"The richness and the elegance of the product will be the draw," Barnhill says. "It's very table-game centric and very focused on customer service." The World Series of Poker circuit events, which attract regional players attempting to qualify for the end-of-the-season finale in Las Vegas, he continues, "will bring thousands into the city, booking hotel rooms, adding to the restaurant business, and bringing real benefits to the city."
Barnhill says for Horseshoe to succeed—competing against casinos in every direction—it needs to become "a part of the pie" luring visitors downtown. Caesars may build a hotel down the road, like Maryland Live, but will rely more immediately on occupancies elsewhere in the city, partnering with existing hotels. They'll also invite several Baltimore restaurants inside the casino. "We'll have a great crab-cake place, a great steakhouse, the best slice of pizza in town. Whatever is the best that the city has to offer—we want to be a part of that legacy." That said, Barnhill says, "We see opportunities, whether it's for us or other developers, to create more economic opportunities in the area."
Caesars Entertainment is developing the Baltimore casino, under CBAC Gaming, with co-investors Rock Gaming—owned by Quicken Loans and Cleveland Cavalier owner Dan Gilbert—plus a group of prominent local investors, including Theo Rodgers of A&R Development, Anthony "Tony" Deering of Caves Valley Partners, and Eddie Brown of Brown Capital Management.
Deering, the former Rouse Company chairman and CEO, believes Harbor East serves as a potential model, comparing the casino to the 750-rooms and suites Marriott Waterfront Hotel that served as the catalyst for the still-burgeoning, upscale neighborhood. "There's four-and-a-half blocks north of the casino, between M&T Bank Stadium [and the casino], that could become an entertainment zone," Deering says. "Plus, there's waterfront property behind the casino that could be attractive to a third-party developer."
Nan Rohrer, vice president of economic development and planning for Downtown Partnership, views the Horseshoe casino as "added value" for the city, providing another option for conventioneers and tourists.
"It's very complementary with everything else in the city," Rohrer says, adding with a laugh that the staff at Visit Baltimore, the city's tourism agency, will certainly love having slots and table games to plug. "If you think about the Red Sox and Yankees fans that come into town, maybe they'll come a night early, stay over on a Friday, and go to the casino. It's one more good option for folks coming here to enhance and extend their experience."
"This development will also change the face of Russell Street, as the
stadiums have done before, improving one of the main entrances to the
city," says Kimberly Clark, the Baltimore Development Corporation's
executive vice president. "In and of itself, it's a huge economic
development with 1,700 jobs, and the amount of money going to the city
will help lower property taxes and improve schools." Clark noted that
the casino's rent obligation to the city is 2.99 percent of gross gaming
revenues, with a minimum set forth of $8 million the first year, $10
million the second year, $12 million the third year, and $14 million
The nearby service station and warehouse owners, she says with a small chuckle, "are probably seeing dollar signs now."
of the concerns by residents around the casino in South Baltimore have
focused on traffic and commitments to hire city residents. But there's
no organized opposition like Cordish faced in Anne Arundel County.
attended a South Baltimore Neighborhood Association meeting in
mid-November and heard from residents worried about the closing of part
of Warner Street and congestion on Ravens' game days. However,
Barnhill also says residents have been interested in employment
opportunities. To his point, at a recent zoning hearing, Baltimore
Community Churches United organizer Richie Armstrong, and city activist
Kim Trueheart, inquired about city efforts to ensure construction and
casino-employment opportunities for city residents—not about zoning
changes. State law requires priority hiring for those living within a
10-mile radius of the casino.
Remarkably, in the Question 7
television-ad debate, where some $93 million was spent by competing
casino interests, opposition focused almost solely on whether promised
state revenue would increase education spending. State comptroller
Peter Franchot prominently said there was no such guarantee. Virtually
nothing was said, however, about the likely fallout from expanded
gambling—the expected increase in the number of problem gamblers and
associated uptick in domestic violence, bankruptcy, divorce, theft,
embezzlement, and worse.
According to a SUNY Buffalo study, living
within 10 miles of a casino has a significant effect on problem
gambling and nearly doubles the odds of someone becoming a pathological
or problem gambler. Similarly, a National Gambling Impact Study
reported that Gamblers Anonymous chapters in the U.S. increased from
650 in 1990 to 1,328 in 1998 after a period of rapid gambling
expansion. In Maryland, there are 16 weekly G.A. meetings a week.
Nevada, for example, with less than half of Maryland's population, has
In too many circumstances, the consequences are serious, says
Leroy Yegge, bar manager at Dempsey's Brew Pub & Restaurant at
Camden Yards and a long-active member of Gamblers Anonymous.
not against gambling. My concern is when people get in over their
head," Yegge says. "When people are losing the mortgage, the rent,
college tuition, and the bills aren't getting paid. The thing that
scares me when you bring table games in is that you expand the
demographic. Slots players tend to be older—with the card games, you're
bringing in more active, younger players, 21-35, gambling more money,
who wouldn't play slots. You're going to see guys blowing their
paychecks. Not right away, but in several years, you'll see the theft,
embezzlement cases, and suicides in the news."
Yegge, in fact,
says he recently spoke with a compulsive gambler in Boston—a friend of a
local problem gambler—who had literally been on a bridge days before
considering suicide. "His family had no idea," Yegge recounts. "He'd
lost everything. I had to tell his wife what was happening."
2010 University of Maryland, Baltimore County survey estimated that
roughly 150,000 Maryland adults have experienced moderate to severe
difficulties related to their gambling.
Joanna Franklin, program
director of the new University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center
of Excellence for Problem Gambling, says that between the mid-1980s and
2011, not a dollar was set aside for treating problem gamblers.
"Maryland was the first in 1979, shortly after the lottery was
established, to offer gamblers and their families counseling, but
budget cuts ended the effort." Today, she says, the problem-gambling
center is funded by a $1.5 million grant, covering the cost of a
gambling helpline, clinical training programs, research, and prevention
and public-awareness campaigns. The center is also advising the state
on the launch of a treatment program, which Franklin expects to be
announced this year.
In the meantime, slots are already the top
reason why people call Maryland's gambling helpline. Franklin expects
the number will jump dramatically with increased awareness around
And though Maryland just doubled down on its casino
bet, gambling will likely expand again in the not-too-distant future.
Cordish believes Maryland's casino industry will evolve further, if for
no other reason than the industry itself is already reaching out in
different directions.
Last year, Nevada Senator Harry Reid and
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, prompted by a Justice Department
reinterpretation of the 1961 Wire Act, began legislation to legalize
online poker. Reversing course, the Justice Department decided that the
law, which has prohibited betting over telecommunications lines, only
applies to sports betting. The ruling creates space for online poker
and other games at the state level, and has the support of gambling
interests, such as Caesars and MGM.
Also, New Jersey wants to
issue sports betting licenses this year—although the NCAA and the major
professional sports leagues have filed suit to stop the action. Since
1992, there's been a federal ban on sports gambling in all but four
states, including Delaware, where NFL parlay tickets are allowed. New
Jersey is challenging the ban on the grounds that Congress can't allow a
business to run in certain states but not others.
Martino, director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency,
believes it's only a matter of a time before politicians go after the
revenue that can be generated by legalizing and taxing sports
betting—assuming changes in the federal law. "The numbers on illicit
sports gambling are incredible," Martino says. "There's an estimated
$300 billion wagered a year on sports. That's everything, office NCAA
pools, not just with bookies, but that's a lot of money."
Jersey's constitutional challenge is just a start, says Martino, adding
that more states will assuredly follow suit if they win in federal
court. "Clearly, if that happens, and it's still a big 'if,' sports
wagering will start to explode." If, or when, internet and sports
gambling comes to the state, Caesars and MGM, with their Las Vegas
experience, will be in good positions for the opportunity.
immediately, Cordish sees other direct competition coming for
Maryland's gaming industry. "As soon as the National Harbor casino is up
and running, you'll see Virginia open one up two miles away on the
other side of the river," Cordish speculates. "We've been in the
gambling business watching this for 20 years," he says. "It's a domino
The good news is that although Maryland is playing catch
up, William Eadington, University of Nevada, Reno economics professor
and director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial
Gaming, believes the market likely has room to grow. "There is a
saturation point, but I don't think we're looking at that with the
Baltimore-Washington market," Eadington says. More than attracting
tourists, he says, it's important for casinos today be close to
population centers.
Still, will the economic development, the
direct and indirect jobs, and the tax revenue help lift the state and
Baltimore? Or will problem gambling and related social ills exacerbate
current problems? Atlantic City may have been in bad shape before
casinos, but it's not exactly thriving today either.
"Yes and
yes," says Franklin. There's going to be additional jobs, revenue, and
development. There's also going to be social costs. "With additional
gambling, the prevalence of problem gamblers, the 3.4 percent in
Maryland, will likely increase a little," Franklin says. "Will the
social costs outweigh the benefits? It's inconclusive, because
nobody—not the social scientists or the economists—can agree on what set
of figures to use. Studies have put the social cost at anywhere
between $5,500 and $30,000-60,000 per problem gambler. But one study
calculated the cost of divorce, for example, by just using the cost to
file for a divorce.
"Is that really the cost of a divorce?"
the answer is really that it is good, and it is bad," Frankin
continues. "There's an upside and a downside. The best thing we can do
at this point is put all the apparatus in place to help people who are
going to need help.
"Gambling is here."


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If the intent is to replace the LiquidCrystal library, then, IMHO, I think it is importantthat it be a drop in replacement and still allow existing LiquidCrystal sketchesto continue to compile without having to make any changes, even if it is as simpleas updating the constructor names in the sketch
It would make it really easy to also add in support for using a shift register or a SPI interface:http://code.google.com/p/arduinoshiftreglcd/
Hi Bill el al.,sorry I didn't answer before. You have raised very fair points in your previous post, I will do a cut and past from the previous post to answer and keep in one place the library discussion.I can also see that people will not like to replace the current LCD library and when they compile find out that it doesn't. To be fair, I think that I will rename this library and try to create a "compatibility define".Mind you, this is not an easy task, since to be fair, the LiquidCristal class would have to be the base class to all 4 bit objects and also to be used as a virtual class.QuoteIf the intent is to replace the LiquidCrystal library, then, IMHO, I think it is importantthat it be a drop in replacement and still allow existing LiquidCrystal sketchesto continue to compile without having to make any changes, even if it is as simpleas updating the constructor names in the sketchI think that the easiest thing to do is:- Rename the base class to something <TBD>. I would appreciate all your help here. Something that is easy to remember and descriptive of what it does (I had "LCD" in mind).- Rename the current LiquidCrystal_4bit class to LiquidCrystal.This would simply give you full compatibility with the current library and be able to use the extensions differently. In this case, the library would be a simple replacement without having to change a single line of code.
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I'm glad to see the support for 0022 (I'm off to try it out on my 1602 display - will report back)
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Mike Konczal responds to my criticisms of the Rolling Jubilee by rejecting arguments I don't really make, though he runs some of them through a caricature machine, and then brings up other "more important" worries that bear no small resemblance to mine.
I can't even make sense of some of the things he says. For example, I'm not sure what this even means, much less how it fairly represents anything I said:
Doug Henwood, for instance, believes that this is generated by activists' uncritical populism, or the anarchist anthrology of David Graeber's Debt, or the reification of Bowles-Simpson's debt talk. But this is putting the carriage before the horse.
Just what is the carriage, and what is the horse?
The first part of this passage is a tendentious summary of my argument that the StrikeDebt! people have inherited from American populism an obsession with money and finance as the root of all our economic problems, while not paying much attention to the things they connect to in the real world. So, debt is a symptom of crappy wages, unemployment, expensive health care and tuition, and a cheesy welfare state. It's fine to organize and propagandize around debt as long as you use it as a point of entry into that larger conversation—but the StrikeDebt! people have so far done that more in passing, while fixating instead on a so-called "debt system." They say they'll move on to that, and I hope that's true.
Apparently Konczal actually agrees with me, because he says about 600 words later that it would be wrong to focus too much on debt itself, and declares himself happy that "the Strike Debt coalition has worked to link its concerns back to larger ones of public health care, free education, and a more robust safety net. Weaving these concerns with broader ones is precisely the work that needs to be done." I'm not sure that the coalition is actually doing those things very prominently; almost everyone who's commented on the scheme is talking about the buybacks, and not those larger issues.
Moving along, I assume the reference to "anarchist anthrology" is a typo, and not an invocation of Anthrax's 2005 greatest hits compilation. Konczal is ignoring what I think is an important point: that the movement is influenced by Graeber's analysis of debt, an analysis that really has little to say about how debt works in capitalist societies. It fixates on debt as a transhistorical category, encouraging an obsession with it to the exclusion of other economic categories.
Konczal is also skeptical about my proselytizing for bankruptcy. I hardly think it's a "universal solvent" (solution?) and never said it was. But it could be used by a lot more people than are using it now. And, while it can be expensive, as I pointed out in the bankruptcy chapter of the Debt Resistors' manual—a passage that thankfully survived the collective editing process—you can get free representation by contacting your local bar association. It's a lot more promising way out of debt for more people than this debt buyback scheme. And here's some testimony from someone who went through the process a bit over a decade ago—a passage that did not survive the manual's editing process:
At the mere suggestion by a friend who claimed to know of a lawyer who could help me by declaring bankruptcy, I immediately felt a sense of relief. It made no sense that I was in this situation. I did not buy one thing that I didn't need. It was extremely demoralizing. So I borrowed the amount for the small fee this lawyer asked for and was soon set free of that godawful ball and chain. And now my credit record is impeccable, and delivered from all that worry.
And another of Konczal's "more important" worries is "whether or not this will build a community of people committed to the cause going forward." Uncanny, since I said something very much like this myself:
It's also difficult to imagine an organized political movement emerging from it. One of the beauties of the various Occupy encampments around the country is that it created deep bonds among participants that last to this day. These ties were the reason that Occupy Sandy emerged so quickly in New York in the wake of the hurricane. But the Rolling Jubilee operates largely through murky, near-anonymous secondary debt markets and through the media. It's difficult to explain in itself, and it doesn't lead easily into a discussion of larger issues of political economy. And it doesn't create organization or social ties: even if the relieved debtors knew about their liberation, which they well might not, it would be viewed more as a deus ex machina than a political act.
Finally, I resent the hell out of the implication that I don't care about people's suffering, assuming that's what it is, since it's often hard to parse the prose in this post (though the Marx-baiting sneer is clear enough):
It's fun to imagine people writing hostile comments on that 99% tumblr saying that all these people's misery is not useful to the cause because it focuses on the sphere of circulation instead of the sphere of production. But this is what is behind young people's suffering and it is an important project to address it as such.
Really, Mike, if I didn't care, I could have chosen a more lucrative and/or less aggravating line of work. I've tried to be very comradely in my criticisms; you could too.


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A Palestinian teenage girl was shot Saturday morning by a security guard outside the West Bank settlement of Anatot after an alleged stabbing attempt.
According to Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samri, the 13-year-old girl approached a gate leading into the Anatot settlement and attempted to stab a security guard.
The girl, identified as Ruqayya Eid Abu Eid from the village of Anata, west of the Anatot settlement, was shot by a security guard several times and died shortly after.
The alleged attack happened around 8 am. The police spokeswoman said an initial investigation suggests the girl had a fight with her family before leaving her home armed with a knife.
The girl's father arrived to the scene shortly after in search of his daughter, and was detained for questioning at the Ma'aleh Adumim police station. Ma'an news reported the girl's family lives in Anata but is originally from Yatta, a city south of Hebron.
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At the World Literacy Summit in Oxford this week, the Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) released its Equinox Blueprint: Learning 2030, a comprehensive document of findings and recommendations for rebooting high school education for the future.
WGSI is a non-profit partnership between Perimeter Institute and the University of Waterloo, created to promote dialogue around complex global issues and advance strategies for a sustainable future.
The newly released Blueprint is the result of the Equinox Summit, which brought more than 40 education innovators from around the world to Perimeter Institute for a week-long forum in the summer of 2013.
The findings and recomendations of the Blueprint, says Summit curator Dr. Michael Brooks, are intended to spark innovative, practical reforms to education that best prepare the children being born now, who will be graduating high school by 2030, to be productive and successful in their postsecondary lives.
"We need the kind of change that can work anywhere for anyone, regardless of their resources," said Brooks. "We can impact the well-being of a generation with changes that are well-defined, affordable, and implementable. But we need to begin this work now."
The 2013 Summit was the second such biennial gathering hosted by WGSI, following 2011's inaugural Equinox Summit: Energy 2030, which explored how cutting-edge science and technology can contribute toward a more sustainable energy future.
The latest summit shifted focus to the intellectual energy that will power the future, and ways to ensure this precious resource is nourished and tapped to its peak potential.
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Medtronic's Center of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore will enable it to address market-specific needs and barriers
Singapore: Medtronic opened a global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Business Model Innovation in Singapore. This new Center, based in the current local Medtronic facility, is responsible for designing, testing and scaling new business models for the rapidly growing developing markets across Asia.
Next to developing new financial approaches, the center will also develop new commercial models to systematically address market growth barriers, which would be piloted in one country and possibly rolled out across several markets around the world, and in particular in emerging markets in Asia.
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Mr Kevin Lai, director, biomedical sciences, Economic Development Board (EDB), Singapore, said, "We strongly welcome Medtronic's decision to establish its global Center of Excellence for Business Model Innovation in Singapore. Emerging markets in Asia provide tremendous growth opportunities for companies, but also present new challenges. This global Center of Excellence for Business Model Innovation will enable Medtronic to address market-specific needs and barriers more effectively through Singapore. This is an example of the new capabilities that Singapore is partnering with companies to build, to support their growth in Asia."
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BOSTON (AP) — Joe Rahon scored 15 points, including five straight down the stretch, Olivier Hanlan added 14 and Boston College used a late 12-0 run to erase a double-digit deficit and close its regular season with a 74-72 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Ryan Anderson had 13 points and Eddie Odio netted 11 for the Eagles (15-16, 7-11 Atlantic Coast Conference), who finished the season with three straight wins. The teams are likely to meet again in the opening round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday.
Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 16 points and Chris Bolden had 12 for the Yellow Jackets (16-14, 6-12), who were coming off their biggest win of the season on Wednesday, a 71-69 victory over No. 6 Miami that wasn't sealed until a last-second tip-in by Georges-Hunt.
Boston College trailed by as many as 10 in the second half before orchestrating a comeback on Senior Day.
After twice creeping within three points with four minutes to play, the Eagles tied the game with 2:30 remaining when Rahon converted a three-point play. The freshman added another driving layup with 1:13 left that staked Boston College to a 66-64 lead, its first since midway through the first half.
Hanlan then converted on a fast-break layup after a blocked shot by Odio and later added another basket to put the Eagles in front 71-64 with 25 seconds left.
A quick 3-pointer by Georges-Hunt and a scooping lay-in from Pierre Jordan cut the deficit to three, and after Hanlan hit 1 of 2 from the free-throw line, Bolden drained a 3 from the corner to make it 73-72 with 2.7 seconds remaining.
Patrick Heckmann then sealed the game with a steal on the inbounds pass after also hitting 1 of 2 from the free-throw line.
Mfon Udofia netted six of his nine points to put the Yellow Jackets in front 44-38 with 17:44 to go and Georges-Hunt later scored four straight, including a deep jumper at the 14:21 mark, that handed them their biggest lead to that point, 52-42.
The Eagles whittled the deficit to four with 11 minutes left when Odio went on a personal 8-2 run, canning a 3-pointer from the left wing and later adding a baseline dunk to make it 54-50.
A pair of free throws by Anderson and a slicing layup from Hanlan knotted the game at 56-all with just under 7 minutes to play.
Just when it appeared the Yellow Jackets were about to put the game away, stretching the lead to six on a tip-in by Brandon Reed and a long jumper from Robert Carter Jr., the Eagles strung together a strong surge of their own to close their regular season in style.
The Eagles' Andrew Van Nest scored seven of his nine points during a 17-7 run midway through the opening half that turned a six-point deficit into a four-point lead with 10:49 to go.
But Boston College turned the ball over on three of its final six possessions, the last miscue leading to a 3-pointer by Bolden that sent Georgia Tech into halftime with a 36-32 edge.
With Tech's loss and Clemson's loss to Miami, the Yellow Jackets received the 9th seed on next week's 60th annual ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C., and will face Boston College again at 12 noon Thursday. The winner of that game will advance to play the regular-season champion Miami Hurricanes Friday at noon.


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Roberts makes first trip to ABC since bone marrow transplant
Robin Roberts made a much anticipated return to the Times Square Studio of "Good Morning America" for a behind-the-scenes test run Thursday morning, ABC News reported.
Roberts arrived at the studio at 5 a.m. after waking at 3:45 a.m.
It was her first time back on set since undergoing a bone marrow transplant last September.
"What a thrill to be back at 'GMA''s Times Square Studio this morning and see the best folks in the world, my 'GMA' family," Roberts said. "I can't wait to get back to the anchor chair in a few weeks."
During a live interview from her New York City home last week, Roberts explained that she would be doing a series of "dry runs" that her doctors had approved as the next step in her recovery and on her road to returning to "GMA."
"My doctors want me to see how many people I actually come in contact with. How my body reacts to the stimulation, that's code word for stress, of being in the studio environment," she explained.
"My skin is very sensitive and so we have to see how it reacts to the studio lights. My vision is still a little blurry from the treatment," she said, explaining why tests needed to be done off-air. "All of this is getting better day by day so that is the next step."
Robin's doctors approved her return to "GMA" after her most recent test showed no abnormalities.
"What we know now is that can't see any of the disease that prompted this whole process right now," her oncologist, Dr. Gail Roboz, of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center said on "GMA" last week. "That's really, that's what we were looking for."
In late December, Roberts, a breast cancer survivor, celebrated the crucial 100-day benchmark from her bone marrow transplant to treat myelodysplastic syndrome or MDS, a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow.
The transplant was a five-minute procedure in which the donor cells from Robin's sister, Sally-Ann, were injected into Robin's system through a syringe.
Since the September transplant her doctors have been tracking her recovery and monitoring her weakened immune system to ensure that her system is successfully acclimating to the new bone marrow. Her doctors have called her recovery strong.
"She is doing wonderfully," Roboz said. "There are many patients who at this point after a transplant are not at all having a conversation about going back to work, let alone the type of work that she does, so we are thrilled that she's doing so well."
The "GMA" anchor made a special appearance in December at the New York City wedding of her "GMA" colleague Sam Champion to Rubem Robierb. Roberts played a part in the nuptials, reading a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Museum of Printing History: A Field Report
The Digital Media 3350 class visited the Museum of Printing History on January 30, 2012. The museum is located at 1324 West Clay, right outside of downtown. I live in the Heights, so my drive was not bad. Our guide's name was Amanda Stevenson, who is the museum's curator.
Early Writings
The Writing Prior to Printing (3500 BC to 1400D) was our first stop. A fact of the gallery is that the Chinese invented movable type. I understand why it did not catch on. Their alphabet is huge and it would take allot work to produce the characters. Another point of interest was the Hyakumanto Dharani Scroll. It dates 764 – 770 AD and it came from Nara, Japan. It is one of the few remaining block printed dharani scrolls and is one of the oldest surviving examples of printing on paper.
Gutenberg's Press
The Renaissance Gallery displays a replica of the 1450's; was built by Steve Pratt. Gutenberg united movable type and the printing press. It uses casting type, raised letterform and reads backwards. Ms. Stevenson printed the body copy from the Gutenberg Bible right there on the spot. I thought that great but she work her muscles to print it. She told us that there are three people that work the press. First is the compositor, who sets the letters and the spaces. The beader is who applies the ink. And the most important person is the puller, who pulls the lever to print.
American Gallery
The American gallery features a 19th-century Columbian iron handpress. It is a one-pull press and the platen exerts more pressure than Gutenberg's. This allowed the printing of daily newspapers because it was faster. On the wall was an edition Pennsylvania Gazette, printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1765.
Texas Gallery
The Texas Gallery does us proud by displaying documents of the state's first printer, Samuel Bangs. Printed pieces from the 1800;s are displayed. These documents were printed on his own press. Between this galleries were the Hall of Headlines. Newspapers from important event in history were displayed.
Hearst Newspaper Gallery
This gallery displays how the emergence of printing with linotype or "line casting machine". As the name infers, it produce an entire line of metal type at once. In 1890, Ottmar Mergenthaler invented this device. It could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use on printing press. This machine revolutionized the art of printing.
The Film, the Harvest of Wisdom
The Harvest of Wisdom is film about the history of written communication from prehistoric to present times. I actually watched this on the Digital Media's website.
I believe the museum exists to display the development of essential technological innovations that lead have to today's modern printing methods. These innovations have lead to the spread of information and to a more well-informed world.
By observing the history of printing, I realized how far society has come since the days before printed word. The invention of the printing press was evolutionary in the spreading of information. That day, I saw many historical pieces but my favorite collection was the miniature books.
Related articles
- Innovations of Graphic design in China (djcadchina.wordpress.com)
- #printmaking – Screen print on canvas (finished today) (myartmydisease.wordpress.com)
- Where Gutenberg worked (buzzmachine.com)
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To keep your wheels looking like new, regular cleaning is highly recommended, and in adverse weather climates where salt or chemicals are used on the roads, it is mandatory in order to maintain the finish warranty on your wheels. Please follow these guidelines:
- Never use any chemical-based cleaners or harsh cleaning solutions.
- Use only mild soap and water with a soft, non-abrasive cloth rag to clean the wheels of dirt and debris.
- Spray-on, hose off type cleaners are strictly prohibited
- Do not clean the wheels when they are still warm from operation of the vehicle – allow them to cool before attempting to even hose off. Cleaning them in shade is highly recommended.
- You can apply a soft paste or spray on wax to your wheels to ease maintenance and improve wheel appearance on clear-coated, painted or chrome wheels; this is not advised for unprotected polished surfaces.
This Warranty is given only to the original consumer/purchaser of GWG Wheels (GWG) products. This warranty is not transferable. PROOF OF PURCHASE is required for all warranty work – be sure to keep your original invoice.
THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESSED WARRANTIES. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING THE WARRANT OF MERCHANT LIABILITY AND THE WARRANT OF FITNESS OF A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, IS LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THIS WARRANTY. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations may not apply to you. GWG Wheels makes no other warranty beyond that contained in this writing. Except for those warranties that are implied by law that cannot be legally disclaimed, any other warranty is hereby expressly disclaimed. No other representation, by any officer, employee or agent of GWG Wheels will be binding upon the company.
GWG Wheels products are warranted to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for as long as the original purchaser/consumer (deemed to be the date the wheels are received by the purchaser/consumer) owns the wheel. The wheel finish is warranted to the original purchaser/consumer for a period of two (5) years from the date of purchase to be able to withstand non-hazardous weather and climatic conditions, non-hazardous paved road conditions and typical operating temperatures for normal driving.
As a condition of this limited warranty, GWG Wheels products must be properly installed on the vehicle for which the wheels were intended and manufactured for as specified and agreed to on the Order Confirmation authorized by the consumer/purchaser, or in the care and mounting instructions provided at the time of delivery, and where applicable, by using the specified lug nuts/bolts or other hardware which may be supplied by GWG Wheels for such installation. In addition, the tires that are mounted on the wheels must be proper for the vehicle.
This warranty does not cover damage to, or any failure of an GWG Wheels product caused by unreasonable use of the wheels, road hazard or externally caused damage from the following conditions:
1) Off road racing, or unpaved road driving conditions or road hazards; for example, pot holes, gravel, road debris, scrap metal, tire remnants, trash and other road clutter.
2) The failure to properly use the tires which are mounted on the GWG wheels; for example, improper inflation of tires, loading the vehicle beyond its capacity, misalignment of tires and wheels, imbalance of tires and wheels and/or the use of incorrect tires and wheels.
3) Any kind of impact or abuse resulting from bends/bending of rim parts, collision/impacts, pot holes, flat tires, curbing, racing, accident, fire, vandalism or rubbing due to projection from the wheel well.
4) Infrequent or improper cleaning of GWG Wheels products will void the finish warranty. Only a mild soap applied with a hose or soft cloth should be used to clean GWG Wheels products. Cleaning GWG Wheels products with a hard or coarse brush or fabric, chemical based cleaners or acid sprays may cause damage to the finish that will void the warranty. Note: Many car washes use acid spray to clean road wheels.
5) Exposure to road salt or other hazardous chemicals used on roadways during inclement weather.
6) The application to GWG wheels of any type of clip-on weights or other accessories. USE TAPE-ON WEIGHTS ONLY.
7) Any damage or failure which occurs as a result of your continued use of GWG Wheels products after your discovery of a problem.
8) Wheels damaged in transit or by misuse, accident or negligence, or that have been repaired or altered by anyone other than GWG Wheels.
1) Contact an GWG Customer Service Representative at 718-297-9600 to make the company aware of your claim. At this time, an official Return Authorization Number (RA#) will be issued that must be clearly marked on all shipping materials and supporting paperwork.
2) Arrange to have the wheels shipped to: GWG Wheels, 105 Lakeville Rd New Hyde Park, 11040
3) Include the following items:
- A copy of the original invoice for the warranted wheels/products
- A written statement or email explaining the problem you have encountered, the circumstances which the problem occurred, and the year, make and model of the vehicle on which the wheels were initially installed. In addition, indicate the year, make and model of the vehicle including tire size on which the product was installed at the time of the warranty event occurrence, if different from above.
4) Upon receipt of the wheels, GWG Wheels will inspect them per the warranty claim and contact the customer to determine the appropriate course of action.
5) If it is determined that upon inspection of the returned wheel(s), it qualifies under the terms of this warranty, GWG Wheels, will at its own expense, either repair or replace the warranted wheel(s) at its sole discretion.
6) GWG WHEELS ASSUMES NO REPSONSIBILITY FOR REMOVING OR RE-INSTALLING THE WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE, LOSS OF VEHICLE USE, LOSS OF TIME, CONVENIENCE OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL EXPENSE. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.
- Discontinued styles may not be available for crash repairs, and is at the sole discretion of GWG Wheels.
- Discontinued or custom finishes may not be available for RGA or refinish.
718-297-9600 | firstname.lastname@example.com / 24hrs Support Team
Return policy
You should inspect your order immediately upon receipt and BEFORE you proceed with installation, as sometimes an installer will damage a product during the installation process. If your order is not complete or there is any problem, contact us within 48 hours of receipt. If you are not satisfied for any reason, you may return a product within 14 days for a full refund, minus any shipping fees (you are responsible for return shipping) and a 10% restocking fee. Before any item is returned you must call to arrange your return with our customer service team. In addition, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS MUST BE MET TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND:
- Product must be returned in NEW RESALEABLE CONDITION, just as it was delivered. Products should be insured for full value through your chosen carrier to cover any damage sustained during return shipping. Products must be returned with all original packaging in place as well as with all accessories. CARDBOARD CANNOT DIRECTLY TOUCH THE FACE OF ANY WHEEL OR IT MAY CAUSE DAMAGE. You should take all necessary steps to insure that all items are properly secured and packaged to avoid damage during the return trip. Any accessories should be packaged and secured inside the return box (lug nuts, center caps, etc). We will not accept returns that have been used or improperly repackaged. If an item is returned damaged NO REFUND WILL BE ISSUED and you will be responsible for all shipping costs.
- Product has not had a tire mounted on it, has not been installed or used in any other way. IF AN ITEM HAS BEEN MOUNTED, IT IS NOT RETURNABLE. As noted on our boxes, you should have a certified installer TEST FIT one wheel on the front and rear of your vehicle, ROTATE 360 degrees, and check for proper clearances BEFORE mounting tires. Wheels are not returnable once a tire has been mounted.
- Exchanges are allowed within 30 days, but you are responsible for all applicable fees, including return shipping and insurance. NO REFUNDS, EXCHANGES OR CREDITS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER 30 DAYS.
Q: What is TPMS?
A: A tire-pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is an electronic system designed to monitor the air pressure inside the pneumatic tires on various types of vehicles. A TPMS reports real-time tire-pressure information to the driver of the vehicle, either via a gauge, a pictogram display, or a simple low-pressure warning light.
What is offer in our TPMS package?
- 4 TPMS and
- TUFF NUTZ Installation Kit
b. 4 locks
c. 4 valve stems
d. 4 center rings
- 16 lugs
- 4 locks
- 4 valve stems
- 4 center rings
Different sizes of Lexani Tires GWG offers?
- 225/40/18
- 235/40/18
- 235/45/18
- 245/45/18
- 245/50/18
Our Lexani Tires successfully meet the promised 50,000 mileage.
The brand purposely designs tires to perfectly complement their range of wheels; expecting customers to purchase both, the GWG wheels and tire together. The emphasis on maintaining the aesthetic extends to its tire designs, which are beautifully manufactured with aggressive tread patterns and grooves, highlighting any vehicle outfitted with them.
The company panders to a niche by focusing performance on looks over, and goes a step further by positioning its designs in the budget to the mid-tier range. Its tire's performance is similar to most tires in the price range, performing capably with no outstanding results.
Why Buy Lexani Tires?
- Affordability
Affordable tires are a God-send for customers that must remain within their means, and cannot afford to splurge on a premium set of tires. If you want to purchase an economical yet aesthetic tire, then Lexani's offerings are perfect for you.
The brand offers 8 solid passenger car tires targeted towards budget-minded individuals. Even its high-performance tires are priced lower than competitor offerings, allowing you to equip your vehicle with a full set of its tires within a modest sum. The brand's tires provide good grip, decent handling, adequate braking, and acceleration -making the value proposition fantastic.
- Aesthetic
It is no secret that the brand is primarily concerned with its performance rather than the visual aesthetic. The brand was designing alloy wheels before it was manufacturing tires, and goes further by pairing its tire designs as supplementary purchases with GWG rims.
The brand sells three types of tires: passenger, performance, and truck tires. With each variant immaculately detailed to show off your vehicle.
Design Features
- Handling
The brand will not be winning awards any time soon, for offering exceptional handling. Lexani manufactures tires that marginally increase the grip and traction afforded to drivers.
The company designs its tires with tread compounds integrated with symmetric tread patterns to offer capable handling on both dry and wet conditions. It also incorporates design elements such as wide shoulder blocks, allowing drivers to corner at great speeds while remaining stable.
- Durability
Tire mileage and overall build quality are topics of concern for every driver. Lexani ensures its designs offer worthy mileage on top of their low prices.
Tire wear is negatively impacted by debris build-up, to counter this its designs feature deep voids that clean themselves. Lexani utilizes a cut and chip resistant tread compound to mitigate premature wear and tear. The manufacturer incorporates solid shoulder lugs to add extra protection for each model.


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send_file(path, options = {})
Sends the file by streaming it 4096 bytes at a time. This way the whole file doesn't need to be read into memory at once. This makes it feasible to send even large files.
Be careful to sanitize the path parameter if it coming from a web page. send_file(params[:path]) allows a malicious user to download any file on your server.
- :filename - suggests a filename for the browser to use. Defaults to File.basename(path).
- :type - specifies an HTTP content type. Defaults to 'application/octet-stream'.
- :disposition - specifies whether the file will be shown inline or downloaded. Valid values are 'inline' and 'attachment' (default).
- :stream - whether to send the file to the user agent as it is read (true) or to read the entire file before sending (false). Defaults to true.
- :buffer_size - specifies size (in bytes) of the buffer used to stream the file. Defaults to 4096.
- :status - specifies the status code to send with the response. Defaults to '200 OK'.
- :url_based_filename - set to true if you want the browser guess the filename from the URL, which is necessary for i18n filenames on certain browsers (setting :filename overrides this option).
The default Content-Type and Content-Disposition headers are set to download arbitrary binary files in as many browsers as possible. IE versions 4, 5, 5.5, and 6 are all known to have a variety of quirks (especially when downloading over SSL).
Simple download:
send_file '/path/to.zip'
Show a JPEG in the browser:
send_file '/path/to.jpeg', :type => 'image/jpeg', :disposition => 'inline'
Show a 404 page in the browser:
send_file '/path/to/404.html', :type => 'text/html; charset=utf-8', :status => 404
Read about the other Content-* HTTP headers if you'd like to provide the user with more information (such as Content-Description) in http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.11.
Also be aware that the document may be cached by proxies and browsers. The Pragma and Cache-Control headers declare how the file may be cached by intermediaries. They default to require clients to validate with the server before releasing cached responses. See http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/ for an overview of web caching and http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9 for the Cache-Control header spec.
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Rails 2.1 supports the x_sendfile apache module:
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X-Sendfile equivalent for Nginx
Nginx supports a similar http header to X-Sendfile called X-Accel-Redirect.
Set the X_SENDFILE_HEADER constant somewhere (eg in your environment.rb) file:
ActionController::Streaming::X_SENDFILE_HEADER = 'X-Accel-Redirect'
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Womens adidas Swift Run Athletic Shoe - Ash Pearl
Style #: 436871
Ash Pearl
Lace up the undeniable comfort of the Swift Run Athletic Shoe from adidas! The lightweight Swift Run Athletic Shoe is optimized for comfort and style, featuring a breathable knit upper with signature side stripes, and lightweight EVA midsole for exceptional impact resistance and support.
- Lightweight knit upper with breathable mesh lining
- Lightly padded collar for comfort and support around the ankle
- Lace closure offers a secure fit
- Cushioned footbed for comfort
- Molded EVA midsole delivers shock absorbing cushion for increased energy return
- Flexible rubber outsole delivers premium traction
It still seems an unlikely story: a modest shoemaker from a small rural town in Germany develops a range of sports products so original and so perfect that they are sought by athletes from all over the world. As he indulges his passion for sport and for innovation, he creates a brand as great as any in the world. An unlikely story, but not impossible. Impossible is Nothing. For adidas, it all started with shoes. Shoes to play in. Shoes to play better in. Shoes to win in. Shoes that, one day, would tread Wembley and Wimbledon, win medals at the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup™. Athletes would wear them, record-breakers, and champions. Today, adidas is one of the world's leading brands, recognised and respected. Passion, authenticity, innovation, inspiration, honesty and commitment – that is what adidas means to us. But above all, it is the stories that made Adi Dassler's idea and principle "no athlete left behind" come to life on the biggest sports stages around the world.


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Three years ago, a friend of mind sent me a photo of a Scottish Deerhound going Best Puppy In Show. I don't normally get that excited about puppy awards, but this one was just beautiful. Three months ago, that Deerhound, was Dana Cline's BISS at this year's Scottish Deerhound Club of America National Specialty.
GCH CH Kenro's Witching Hour
Today I am delighted to tell you that CH Lehigh Ennis Carmichael JC picked up his first all breed BIS. The win came today at the day two show of the Sugar Bush Kennel Club in Chagrin Falls OH. Linda Krukar chose Ennis out of a a group that included the Pointer, GCH CH Oncore Mykyna Storm, the RBIS, the Giant Schnauzer GCH CH Kenro's Witching Hour, the Smooth Fox Terrier, the Pomeranian, GCH CH Toontowns Terriffic Tigger, the American Eskimo Dog, Silver Oak's Ranier, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Babheim's Captain Crunch. Congratulations to breeder/owner Paula Pascoe, co-breeder Pam Smithson, and owner Grant Winchell.


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Illinois Route 66 Association Overview
It Began in Illinois
Route 66 is probably the most well known road in this country, if not the world. Created in 1926, along with the rest of the federal highway system, it existed until 1985 when it was formally decommissioned and replaced by interstate highways. In the time between, it earned a home for itself in the hearts and memories of people across the country. And that place can never be taken by an interstate highway. The road passed through eight states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Illinois was the first state to have its section completely hard surfaced. And it was the first state to replace the old road with the interstate.
Formation of Associations
With the removal of federal Route 66 highway signs and the lack of any designation on maps, many Americans thought the road no longer existed. In government terms, this was true. But while parts of the old road had disappeared under the interstate's path, most of its 2,448 miles of pavement still existed and could be driven – if one knew where to look! By 1984, when Interstate 40 bypassed the last stretch of Route 66 in Arizona, a movement was already developing to resurrect the old road, put up new road signs, and restore it to the maps and atlases of the world. It might not be the great commercial artery that it once was, but it could still be a road – a road that people could use to enjoy a slower and more relaxed way of travel. The first state Route 66 association was formed in February 1987. On March 5, 1989, 15 people met in Pontiac. From there a core group of Illinois Route 66 fans began meeting to form an association in Illinois. That association was formally established in October 1989 in Dwight, Illinois. At that Founding meeting, the association elected officers and adopted bylaws to govern its operations.
Purpose of the Association
As stated in its by-laws, the purpose of the Route 66 Association of Illinois is to "preserve, educate, promote and enjoy the past and present of U.S. Highway 66. Our focus shall be on that portion of Route 66 which lies within the borders of the state of Illinois, although we will also take part in cooperative efforts which promote the highway's interests on a national level. Our primary activities shall be to promote tours, fairs and other public events along Route 66 or relating to it. We publish a newsletter, written map, and a series of brochures of What to See & Do, Where to Eat & Sleep, as well as other informational materials. We also cooperate and counsel with government in efforts to preserve and promote the high- way."
The association is governed by its officers (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and corresponding secretary) and its board of directors. The board consists of one member from each of the twelve Illinois counties through which Route 66 passed, as well as five at-large members. All officers and board members are elected to rotating two-year terms.
The association meets four times a year in January, April, July and October and has a picnic every September. There are also several planning sessions for the annual motor tour. Other meetings are scheduled as needed. All meetings are open to all members and they are encouraged to attend and take part.
Each year, the association sponsors a weekend motor tour the second weekend in June from Chicago to St. Louis in odd years and St. Louis to Chicago in even years on Route 66. The tour stops for music, meal, fun and fellowship in as many as eight cities along the way. We publish a quarterly newsletter that keeps readers up to date on Route 66 activities in Illinois and the rest of the country. And association members attend fairs and other public festivals along the route to promote the highway and raise funds through the sale of Route 66 memorabilia. These funds are then used to support the association's Route 66 Hall of Fame, brochures, mailing out information around the world to inquires about Route 66 here in Illinois, and other promotional activities. In June 1991 the association won the Governor's Home Town Award for economic development.
The Route 66 Hall of Fame
The "NEW" Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame Museum is located in Pontiac, IL. Established in 2004, it commemorates the people, places and events that gave Route 66 its special character. It features include plaques and displays honoring members of the Hall of Fame, as well as many other exhibits of historic and unusual interest. The Hall of Fame Museum is open year around. Admission is free. Induction ceremonies for new members are held each year during the Association's annual Motor Tour. The original Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame Museum, established in 1990, was located at the Dixie Truckers Home in McLean, Il.
Historic Route 66
One of our primary aims is to convince federal and state governments that Route 66 should receive special designation as a historic or scenic highway. In the Spring of 1995 IDOT put up historic signs along Route 66 in Illinois, complete with arrows. We hope this will lead to the establishment of visitors centers, museums, roadside parks and other sites dedicated to the memory and enjoyment of Route 66. There is a Route 66 association in each state along the way now working toward these goals. These associations work independently on state projects, but they work collectively on national efforts. The more members we have who will work for these goals, the better our chances are of achieving them.
A preservation committee has been formed to work on preserving what is left. We plan on taking an inventory of the highway and talk to the people of Route 66 to make an oral and written history. We will work with interested parties for placements to the National Register of Historic Places. In the Fall of 1997 we had our first listing in Odell, the old Standard Oil Gas Station. We will also work on projects we feel that will be worth while and in the best interest of 66. The committee meets periodically.
Association By Laws