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CLEMSON, SC – Jonathan Gantt has been named Director of New Media for Clemson Athletics, athletic director Dan Radakovich announced today. Gantt will begin work at Clemson on Oct. 28.
Gantt comes to Clemson following a three-year stint with the Tampa Bay Rays, where he served most recently as Senior Communications Coordinator. He helped operate the team's social media outlets and wrote and edited team publications. Gantt also served as correspondent for Major League Baseball, providing content for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms.
"We look forward to bringing Jonathan on board to help develop our plan in a vital area of communication," Radakovich said. "His vision and experience will help our department tremendously as we continue to move forward in the digital space."
At Clemson, Gantt will oversee all web and social media strategies of the athletic department. He will also help with the creation and management of content for social media and serve as a liaison with official athletic site partner NeuLion.
Prior to his tenure at Tampa Bay, Gantt worked as Marketing/Public Relations Manager with Ripken Baseball and the Charlotte Stone Crabs. Gantt helped launch the Stone Crabs organization, the high-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, in 2008.
A 2008 graduate of Middle Tennessee State, Gantt worked with the Nashville Sounds and as a student assistant in the Washington and Lee sports information office.
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Choosing the best Samsung phone for 2020 isn't all that easy, considering how many models are out there – but our comprehensive guide can help you out. We're going to explain in detail what you get (and what you don't) from most of the various Samsung handsets on the market today.
Samsung is probably most often associated with heavyweight flagship phones, but as we'll explore here, it also makes some rather good mid-range and budget models too. Whatever you're looking for from your next smartphone, there's probably a Samsung device to fit.
When it comes to finding the best Samsung smartphone for you, the process is the same as shopping for phones in general: you need to weigh up the size of the handset, what you get in terms of specs and performance, and of course the all-important price (the widgets on this page should help).
Finding the best Samsung phone
When it comes to smartphones, everyone's needs are different of course – some people want the best Samsung phone camera (something Samsung excels at, by the way), some people want the best Samsung phone on a budget, and so on. We've tried to cater for all those different needs below.
Samsung's One UI layer that it puts on top of Android continues to go from strength to strength as well. The bloat has been trimmed down, the interface is now much more intuitive, and it even has a few features that Google would do well to copy for its own Pixel phones.
Almost 1 in 5 phones sold worldwide is a Samsung one – that's almost as good as Apple's figures and way ahead of anyone else in the market besides the big two. And considering Samsung's phones are well built, powerful and stylish, it's no surprise either. Let's dive in and find the best Samsung phone for you.
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These are the best Samsung phones
1. The best Samsung phone for most people: Samsung Galaxy S20
The sweet spot for Samsung's 2020 flagships
Reasons to buy
Of the three flagship S20 phones that Samsung has unveiled in 2020, we reckon the standard S20 phone is the second best of the bunch when you weigh up specs against price. The extras you get with the S20 Plus aren't really worth the extra price for us, though your opinion may vary.
This is also the phone to go for if you're after the smallest Samsung Galaxy S20 phone – even though the screen is still a substantial 6.4 inches in size. Under the hood, like the other S20 models, you've got the very capable Snapdragon 865 or Exynos 990 CPU (depending on your region) running the show.
Okay, the phone's main camera isn't quite up to the level of the S20 Plus or the S20 Ultra, but we don't think you're going to notice too much, and the Galaxy S20 is still capable of taking some tremendous shots (and recording in 8K video, like the other models). Absolutely worth a spot on our best Samsung phone list.
2. The best premium Samsung phone: Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
The best of the best in Samsung's line-up
Reasons to buy
We've certainly been impressed with what Samsung had to show off in its Unpacked 2020 event, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra is simply the best handset that the manufacturer has ever rolled out... it's packed with power and functionality, and has quite an incredible camera that can reach up to 100x digital zoom.
The 6.9-inch display is a gorgeous one, and shows off everything from movies to photos with real punch. Add to that the hefty amounts of RAM and internal storage space that you can get fitted here, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra really catches the eye – as well as costing a serious amount of money of course.
It's the rear camera that's really the star of the show: a quad-lens model with a main sensor that goes all the way up to 108 megapixels. Your photos won't come out that size, but all those extra pixels mean high-quality photographs in just about every situation, including low light. The best Samsung phone.
3. The best budget Samsung phone: Samsung Galaxy S10e
The best Samsung phone for saving some cash
Reasons to buy
The Samsung Galaxy S10e sits above some very big hitters in our list, and that's because it's still a very appealing package more than a year after its launch. For less money than the phones at the very top of our recommendations, you still get a snappy top-end processor inside and the slick Samsung software on board as well.
The dual-lens rear camera isn't quite as good as some others, and of course the 5.8-inch screen is smaller – but you might well see that as a positive not a negative. There aren't that many Galaxy phones with screens under 6 inches in size any more, and this is one of the best.
While the price isn't rock-bottom budget, we think it's the best bang-for-buck phone in the Samsung Galaxy range at the moment, and it doesn't compromise too much in terms of internal specs, camera quality or features. If you've got smaller pockets or hands, or you want to save some money on your upgrade, the S10e is well worth a look.
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4. Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G
The best Samsung phone with a digital stylus
Reasons to buy
There's a lot to like about the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, and if you can manage the cost, it's undoubtedly one of the best Samsung experiences you're going to get this year. It features a brilliant design, a more than capable camera, and internal specs that mean it will outpace almost every phone on the market.
The biggest reason for buying the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, though, is of course that S Pen – scribble on the lock screen, control the camera remotely, unleash your creative side, and more. If you need a phone with a stylus for serious work on the go, this phone has you covered.
5G is on board, as the name of the phone suggests, which means you're covered for years when it comes to next-gen connectivity – and considering you've got the Exynos 990 or Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset (depending on region) running everything, this isn't a phone that'll be slowing down anytime soon.
As we've said, the price is a little on the eye-watering side, but for something you're going to use every day for years to come, you might consider it worthwhile. The triple-lens rear camera with 5x optical zoom deserves a mention too, as it's capable of capturing some fantastic snaps in any kind of lighting.
5. Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Still a fantastic, if pricey, Samsung phone
Reasons to buy
We have the Galaxy S20 phones now of course, but a year on the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus remains an attractive proposition: it offers stunning build quality, a superb 6.4-inch display, a high capacity battery, and a triple-lens rear camera that's going to get you great shots every time.
The only reason you wouldn't want to get the S10 Plus is if you don't like large screens or if you want to splash out on the S20. Otherwise, this is definitely one of the the best Samsung phones on the market in 2020, especially as prices start to drop in the wake of the S20 launch.
Unwrap and unbox the Galaxy S10 Plus and you certainly won't be disappointed with the look and finish of the phone – it's still going to last you a good few years, and is still going to turn a few heads whenever you pull it out.
6. Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
An outstanding Samsung phone for 2020
Reasons to buy
The Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus might be placed the lowest of the S20 handsets in our list, but we're still very much fans of the handset – it's just that other phones offer up slightly better value in terms of what you get for how much you pay. The main difference over the standard S20 is a bigger screen and an extra time-of-flight (depth) sensor on the rear camera (for blur effects and so on).
If you just take the Galaxy S20 Plus on its own, without any context at all, there's a lot to like – it takes fantastic photos, the screen and design look superb, and you'll struggle to find many better-specced Android phones during the whole of 2020.
The 6.7-inch screen is a hefty one, so make sure you really want a display this big before parting with your cash, if you decide that the Galaxy S20 Plus is the best Samsung phone for you. Considering the hardware packed inside, you're unlikely to be disappointed, and we're wondering just how Samsung will top it in 2021.
7. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
The best Samsung foldable phone
Reasons to buy
The Galaxy Z Flip is going to really appeal to some people, and really put other people off – it all depends what you think of that foldable hinge in the middle, which makes the Galaxy Z Flip an innovative phone in 2020 at the very least. It's still early days for the handset, so we're hoping that it stands the test of time and that the hinge is truly durable.
Samsung hasn't skimped too much on specs here either – the Galaxy Z Flip comes with the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset and 8GB of RAM, which should really be plenty for all the mobile phone tasks you want to do. It also has a few software tricks up its sleeve, with the ability to split the screen in half, top to bottom, if needed.
The foldable Galaxy Z Flip is undoubtedly a cool piece of technology, but is it worth the admittedly high asking price? That all depends on whether you want something that's practical or attention-grabbing. Still, we have to give Samsung high marks for persisting in trying to make the foldable phone market a viable proposition.
8. Samsung Galaxy A51
Budget class from Samsung
Reasons to buy
If you're shopping down at the budget end of the market and are still interested in a smartphone, then we reckon the Galaxy A51 is one of the best options you can go for right now: shop around, and you should be able to pick this phone up for not very much at all (see the link above for the best deals currently on the web).
Of course you can't expect flagship-level specs at these lower price points, but the phone won't let you down in the performance, camera or battery departments, and it's also a really nicely designed phone – that 6.5-inch screen is one of the standouts, for example.
The phone comes rocking Android 10 and the latest One UI updates from Samsung, so in terms of software, it can do just about everything that the more expensive, flagship Galaxy phones can do as well. What you don't get are some of the extras like wireless charging and full waterproofing.
9. Samsung Galaxy S10
The best Samsung phone for a lot of people
Reasons to buy
It can be tricky to choose between the three Galaxy S phones from this year and the three Galaxy S phones from last year, but the S10 can still hold its own – weigh up the screen, the camera, and the price, and it's a phone that's still going to have a lot of admirers out there.
In our time with the Samsung Galaxy S10 we've been impressed by just about everything the phone has to offer: blazing fast speeds, a gorgeous-looking 6.1-inch screen with minimal bezels, the triple-lens rear camera, and more. You can't go wrong with this, and it's now more affordable than ever.
Remember this was very much a flagship phone last year, and not all that much has changed in 12 months (and you can still get updates to the latest Android software as well). This being Samsung, the fit and finish are superb as always.
10. Samsung Galaxy Note 10
The slightly cheaper productivity powerhouse
Reasons to buy
If you like the look of the Galaxy Note series, and want to get that S Pen functionality, then consider the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 over the Note 10+ – it's smaller, and it's cheaper, and in return you get slightly inferior specs, a slightly less capable camera, and a slightly smaller battery (though battery life should end up being about the same).
We prefer the Note 10+, which is why it's higher in our list, as it just has more of everything: the standard Note 10 is just a bit too close to the Galaxy S phones to stand out as much. Still, it's a super-powerful, fantastic-looking phone, and it could be the best Samsung phone for some people.
Although we haven't given it its own entry here, it's worth considering the more affordable Galaxy Note 10 Lite as well: the Lite has a bigger screen and keeps the S Pen stylus, but also comes with slightly inferior internal specs and without useful features such as wireless charging.
11. Samsung Galaxy A90 5G
5G from Samsung without the price hike
Reasons to buy
The Samsung A90 5G is the cheapest way to get 5G connectivity on a Samsung phone, and one of the cheapest ways to get 5G connectivity full stop... sure, it makes some compromises to get to a lower price point (no waterproofing, no wireless charging), but you might well consider the trade-offs to be worth it.
It's not exactly a budget phone either, but you do get that 5G and a top-of-the-range Snapdragon 855 processor here for your money. The 6.7-inch screen looks the part too, and the triple-lens camera on the back is not to be sneezed at either. One of the best mid-range Samsung phones.
With 5G now appearing in more parts of the country, it might be wise to make your next smartphone purchase one that's futureproofed – the coverage is only going to get better over time, and those download and upload speeds really have to be seen to be believed.
12. Samsung Galaxy A80
Good phones don't have to break the bank
Reasons to buy
Samsung's mid-range phones continue to get better and better, with the Galaxy A80 a case in point – you get some very decent specs, a decent camera, and all for significantly less than you would have to shell out for something like the Galaxy S20 or the Galaxy Note 10.
The most eye-catching feature on the Galaxy A80 is the rotating camera: you slide up the back of the phone, and the rear camera spins around to become the front-facing one. It's a neat party trick if nothing else, and means your selfies are going to look as good as your other snaps.
Elsewhere the screen is as good as we've come to expect from Samsung, and the 3,700mAh of battery power should be enough to get you through the whole day and then some. Definitely worth considering as one of the best Samsung Galaxy phones of 2020 if you're limited in how much you can spend.


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GREEN HOME-Stop recycling! Local haulers want to do it for you
You've been doing it for years–-dutifully separating recyclables from your trash, rinsing jars and removing caps, tying your cardboard, and placing them in the assigned bin if you use the City's curbside service; the guidelines for which you have memorized.
You also use the McIntire Recycling Center, the Paper Sort facility, and the Ivy Transfer Station and keep track of special collections days for bulky waste items, electronics, and hazardous waste. You take your metal to Coiner's Scrap, your plastic shopping bags back to the grocery store, your clothes to Goodwill, your styrofoam and bubble wrap to Mail Boxes Etc. or Pack N Mail, your used construction items to the Habitat Store, and your used ink cartridges to Staples. You are dedicated to recycling. You are greener than thou.
Okay, maybe you're not.
Maybe you're lucky to get a few bottles, cans, and some paper out to the curb before you have to rush to work, or only have time for a few runs to the McIntire Recycling Center each month. Maybe you've got a big bin of recyclables at home you've been meaning to get rid of. Maybe, to be honest, you find recycling to be a pain in the...
Don't feel bad. You're not alone.
Despite how "hip" it has become to recycle, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest figures, only 33.2 percent of the 250 million tons of trash generated by Americans gets recycled. Locally, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Committee puts the recycling rate at 34 percent. What's more, the average American now throws away 4.5 pounds of trash every day, compared to just 2.7 pounds in 1960. But you know that. You know how fast your kitchen trash can fills up. Basically, our elaborate efforts at recycling have been undermined by our capacity to create more and more trash.
"The demands of source separation have been the biggest impediment to participation in recycling," claims Peter Van der Linde, who believes his state-of-the art Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Zion Crossroads is a solution to the problem. "Consequently, most of the population doesn't even attempt to recycle."
However, now that many local trash haulers have dumped the services of the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority in favor of using Van der Linde's new MRF, giving up on recycling could be the best way to recycle.
Say what?! Allow us to explain.
After surviving a $20 million RICO law suit brought against him by the RSWA–- which was supported by both local governments and finally settled out of court in January–- Van der Linde has been able to focus on operating his "landfill of the future," which uses two state-of-the-art recycling machines, combined with hand labor, to sort and recycle construction and demolition debris, commingled recyclables, and even household trash.
Because all the sorting and recycling is done at Van der Linde's facility, customers of those local trash haulers–- including Dixon Disposal, Time Disposal, SDI Disposal, Fluvanna Disposal, Kingrea's Disposal, M&M Disposal, All American Trash Services, Ace Disposal, and Sandridge Disposal–- can simply throw everything into one big bin. According to Boyd McCauley of Time Disposal, many of his customers don't even know they're recycling.
"Van der Linde has changed everything," McCauley told the Hook. "Even our customers who don't recycle are now recycling. It don't get no easier."
Indeed, even when you attend a concert at the Pavilion or the Jefferson Theater, you're recycling with Van der Linde.
"It's saving us a ton in labor costs," says Kirby Hutto, manager of the two music venues, on why he chose to dump the City's trash service and partner with Dixon Disposal. "We had to pay our staff to sort recycling, but once we switched to Dixon we didn't have to do that. "
For about the same cost of city trash decals, Hutto says Dixon will pick up trash when the bins are full, not only during scheduled routes. What's more, because there was such a large volume of trash generated at the Pavilion, Hutto says the City wouldn't allow it to use the McIntire Recycling Center, leaving the Pavilion with few recycling options. Now all the trash and recycling generated by the 3,500-person venue is sorted at Van der Linde's facility.
"As far as trash collection and recycling goes, this is transformational," says Hutto. "There's a new game in town."
Waste of money?
Apparently, our local governments didn't get the memo. The County recently decided to support the RSWA for another year to the tune of $350,000, while the City is still locked into agreements with the financially ailing Authority and its corporate partners, Waste Management and BFI/Allied/Republic, to the tune of around $2.6 million a year.
Last February, after giving interested companies just 15 days to respond to an Invitation to Bid, the city signed a five-year contract worth $3.7 million with Waste Management to collect household trash. Two months later, the city renewed a one-year contract with BFI/Allied/Republic Services worth over $400,000 a year to collect curbside recycling, with four more renewal options available to the company. In addition, the city pays over $900,000 a year in disposal fees to the RSWA.
Under the contract, Waste Management must bring city trash to the Authority-sponsored BFI/Allied/Republic transfer station in Zion Crossroads (which happens to be right next to Van der Linde's MRF), due to the city's service agreement with the Waste Authority. From there, the trash is trucked 77 miles away to a BFI landfill, while the City's curbside recycling, picked up by BFI/Allied/Republic and sorted at its transfer station, is supposedly trucked 87 miles away to a MRF in Chester, Virginia.
Waste Management also has a $1.4 million annual contract with the RSWA to haul waste loaded in trailers at the Ivy Transfer Station to a company's landfill in Amelia, Virginia, and the RSWA also pays BFI/Allied/Republic $675,000 annually for the services of its Zion Crossroads transfer station.
Of course, as trash haulers that own giant holes in the ground, BFI/Allied/Republic and Waste Management are clearly not inclined to pay to use Van der Linde's MRF.
In fact, Van der Linde began ruffling feathers the moment he broke ground. Last December, Valley Department of Environmental Quality waste manager Graham Simmerman, who issued Van der Linde his permits, revealed that "people were trying to use our agency to irritate Mr. Van der Linde."
Simmerman described the many anonymous, unfounded complaints his office received about the facility since it first broke ground, which he believes came from "players in the trash business" and happened because the facility was "upsetting the status quo" by diverting waste "away from the RSWA and BFI." RSWA and BFI claim innocence.
With more homeowners (Van der Linde reports that the Lake Monticello community, home to 4,200 homes, is currently discussing going with him via local haulers) and businesses like the Jefferson Theater and the Pavilion going with local haulers aligned with Van der Linde, tonnage rates–- and therefore tipping fees–- at the government-sponsored transfer stations have been declining. Tipping fee revenues were down $364,000 in the RSWA's 2007-2008 budget cycle, before Van der Linde opened his facility, but that figure jumped to $758,000 the following year after Van der Linde opened. Currently, the Authority is attempting to save itself by privatizing the operation of the Ivy Transfer Station, having issued a Request for Proposals in January. To date, no proposal has been selected.
Meanwhile, the City appears to be contemplating closing the money-losing McIntire Recycling Center and ending its agreement with the beleaguered Authority, which expires at the end of June.
"That's providing us a rare opportunity, a welcome one in my book, to take a comprehensive look at our solid waste management system," says Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, "and consider ways we might reform it to reduce costs and steer more materials away from the landfill."
However, while the governments continue to plan and discuss, local haulers may have already made those plans obsolete.
If the city were to simply allow local haulers like Dixon to take over, the expensive budget for "waste collection services" could potentially be reduced to zero. Plus, Van der Linde's facility could potentially steer approximately 3,000 tons of city household trash away from landfills, recycling rates could increase, and trash service might actually be cheaper for city residents.
For example, Dixon is currently charging city residents $19 per month to pick up a 96-gallon container of trash and recycling every week, which adds up to $228 per year. That's $55 less than the $283 cost of an annual city trash decal for a 96-gallon container.
Of course, the city's "pay as you throw" sticker system, which generates about $1 million a year, allows people who don't generate a lot of trash, or who strive to recycle more, to save money as they save the planet, as 13-gallon stickers can be purchased for just $1.05.
"Our household of two, using free curbside, puts out a large can of household trash every three weeks," says City Councilor David Brown, who sits on the RSWA board and claims that he spends only $3 a month on trash stickers.
"I think this issue needs a lot of looking into," says Brown of a possible deal with Van der Linde. "If we can achieve a good recycling rate with a MRF, great. But let's make sure before we move in that direction."
However, as Van der Linde points out, under the existing system, the recycling rate for the approximately 7,800 tons of city household trash collected every year is exactly zero percent.
"The recycling rate for our dirty MRF isn't perfect, yet," he says, "but isn't it better than all of it going to the dump?"
As Van der Linde explains, his survival depends on diverting as much as he can away from a landfill, thereby avoiding tipping fees and associated transportation costs.
"The more material we send to the landfill, the higher our cost of operation," he says.
In addition, Van der Linde says there's money to be made in a steadily expanding local market for recyclables, including cardboard, paper, metals, wood products, plastics, commingled recycling, brick, block, concrete, and drywall. He also mentions that a new $5 million tire recycling facility recently opened in Louisa County.
Van der Linde claims his current recovery rate for construction and demolition debris is consistently 90 percent, that the rate for commingled recyclables (recyclables that have been separated by businesses or home owners) is 95 percent, and the rate for household trash is currently at 38 percent, a number he hopes to raise with recently-purchased equipment.
But Brown wonders if Van der Linde's facility could handle the 7,800 tons of trash the City generates, plus all the recycling and construction and demo debris. And what about the quality of recyclables collected this way? Doesn't much of it get contaminated?
Van der Linde claims his permit allows the facility to process a thousand tons per day. He admits that recyclables get contaminated, as some "pretty weird things end up in there," but he also points out that much of it gets contaminated before it gets into the trash can– bottles containing cigarette butts, oil-soaked pizza boxes, and uncleaned peanut butter jars, for example. In the end, he says, the potential increase in the overall recycling rate among the local population as a result of his facility more than makes up for the amount that gets contaminated.
What's more, he says his facility has a newly installed recovery system for contaminated materials, which are sent to a massive ââ?¬Ë?waste-to-energy" facility in Harrisonburg that heats and cools the James Madison University campus by burning household waste.
As a recent article in the New York Times pointed out, a 2009 EPA study favored these waste-to-energy plants over landfills "as the most environmentally friendly destination for urban waste that cannot be recycled." In Europe, the Times noted, there are about 400 such plants producing heat and electricity, many of them state-of-the-art, while there are only 87 plants in the United States, nearly all of them built more than a decade ago.
"Maybe the best system would be to continue to offer curbside recycling," offers Brown, "but put all remaining trash through a MRF."
However, as Van der Linde mentions, dedicated recyclers like Brown can reduce the chance of contamination by simply putting food waste in one bag and everything else in another. More importantly, though, by dropping them both in one container, it eliminates the need to run two separate pick-up routes.
The appeal of working with Van der Linde, says Dixon's Randy Dixon–- besides not having to run a separate route for trash and recyclables, which had made offering curbside recycling cost-prohibitive–- is feeling confident about telling his customers that their stuff is getting recycled.
In contrast, while BFI/Allied/Republic told the city they collected 3,332 tons of curbside recyclables last year, the city has no idea how much of that actually gets recycled. Under the city contract, the company basically "owns" the recyclables once they get picked up on the curb, and is under no obligation to report what's done with them.
"We have no reason to question that all of our materials are recycled," says city public works director Judy Mueller, though she admits to not knowing what and exactly how much actually gets recycled in Chester.
However, some of the haulers the Hook spoke to have been questioning how much the City and BFI/Allied/Republic actually recycles for some time, which is why they says they were happy when Van der Linde's facility finally opened.
"I know it's being recycled at Pete's place," says Dixon.
Meanwhile, the self-proclaimed "green" city of Charlottesville continues to pay big bucks to have 7,800 tons of the trash thrown in a landfill.
However, there might be a way out. According to the contract with Waste Management, the city can terminate the agreement at "any time" and "for any reason" with 30-days notice.
So might the City dump the RSWA and its corporate partners in favor of our local haulers?
"Everything's on the table with regard to how we collect and dispose of or recycle solid waste in the City," says Mayor Norris, who mentions that City Council held a work session on waste disposal April 19, after this special section of the Hook went to press. "Including privatization."
Update 4/22/2010 3:46pm: Charlottesville Tommorow provides a podcast of the April 19 Solid Waste work session.
More GREEN HOME– eBikes: Recent advances make 'em viable for Charlottesville
Concerned about slowing down automobile drivers on the Belmont Bridge, City zoning inspector Craig Fabio used to avoid making his rounds on his old Schwinn. Today, however, Fabio bicycles confidently over that same bridge on his way to inspections.
The difference? Fabio now gets a boost from the City newest green addition: a pair of bicycles whose pedals literally leap when he shifts on his onboard battery pack. Rather than fight the bridge uphill, he now cruises without strain. READ MORE
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They don't seem to realize their (RSWA) operation is already dead, and they are unable to hold the funeral.
We thank Van der Linde from taking his trucks off of Route 250 in Fluvanna County from listening to residents and instead taking I-64 at Zions Crossroads, per special use permit requirements. However, we are concerned about the increase in the amount and frequency of private haulers constantly taking I-64 at Boyds Tavern and using Route 250 in Fluvanana County to get to these facilities when the I-64 exchange at Zions makes more sense. Just look at the trash littering the sides of the road along Route 250 in Fluvanna County. Please be good stewards to Fluvanna County residents by taking I-64 at Zions Crossroads thus restoring peace, quiet, safety, avoid further road deterioration, and a clean community for Fluvanna residents to live in which was before these facilities were approved. After all at least three (3) school buses travel Route 250 plus residents need safe access to and from their driveways. Taking I-64 at Zions would have very little impact on residences and school buses. How would you like to hear roaring trucks at 6:00 in the morning going by your residence? We understand if you are doing weekly pick ups for those who live on the road or on connecting secondary roads. But, come on, Monday through Saturday, constantly using Route 250. Most private haulers pick up trash on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays along Route 250.
Whine whine whine. We want to protect the environment but only if it doesn't disturb my afternoon nap. Just like the "we want to stop using foreign oil and coal, but I don't want a nuclear plant near me" people. Quit being ehsholes and do what is right for the planet, quit being simple minded self-centered and get on board. It is earth day for heaven's sake.
In response to Concerned Environmentalists: Trash is unnecessary being littered along the sides of the roadway on Route 250 in Fluvanna County from these big, loud, smelly, heavy trucks. This is from speeding down Route 250 with overloaded and/or uncovered full or empty trucks. How is littering trash along with roadway on Route 250 environmetally friendly?! After all we have well water. It is not like they don't have an alternate route to take. They should be taking I-64 at Zions Crossroads. There are only businesses in that area not residential except for Spring Creek Subdivision which is way off of the road and the school bus goes into the subdivision to pick up students. The Fluvanna County school buses stop along Route 250 to pick up students. These trucks are a definite safety issue to those that live in the area and most have most of their lives. We didn't want these facilities approved. However, Fluvanna County did it anyway. At least these haulers can do is actually show concern for the environment and Fluvanna residents by not littering and speeding and take I-64 at Zions Crossroads. We clocked the mileage and they are only one (1) mile away from Zions Crossroads. We will ask again: How would you like to hear these big, loud, trucks at 6:00 in the morning (did not state "afternoon")?! You don't know anything about the situation since you probably don't live near these facilities. Take a drive in the area Monday through Friday, at your leisure, and you will see why we are complaining. Prisoners have to pick up the trash that is littered but not after it has accummulated and citizens start complaining. They don't even pick up their own trash!
I hope we can at least figure out a way to keep the book exchange trailer somewhere. It's absolutely one of my favorite things about Charlottesville, silly as it may seem. I love bringing my books there once I'm finished with them and seeing they are gone the next time I come, and I love leaving with a few new ones to me every time I leave it.
in response to Concerned troy residents. it would seem to me that the trucks driving by your house at 6am would be those of bfi leaving the yard for work, which happens to be right beside van der lindes facility, not those of local haulers taking their daily routes worth of trash out to the mrf before they start their route in the morning. also i dont know when the last time was that i saw an uncovered trash truck. i'm pretty sure they have passed laws recently that mandate those trucks to be covered whether full or empty. and being someone that grew up in this area and on the east side of town i know that there are very few homes close enough to the road to truly be affected by passing vehicles. and as far as the safety of the kids getting on and off those busses on 250, there are more issues with drivers of private vehicles then those of small trash haulers on a state highway like 250. get over yourself and try to support a change for the better. your concerns and complaints make it sound to me like your a bfi employee, or are in some way affiliated with them, the rswa or waste management.
that man/woman has a point. Quit being ehsholes and take the damn interstate
Recall the acronym- NIMBY......
In response to tired of whiners: Believe me we are not BFI employees, we are not affiliated with any of them, and expressed our displeasure when they were up for approval in Fluvanna. We would never work for BFI, Waste Management, or RSWA under any circumstances. I am a lifetime Fluvanna resident. We were present during the Board of Supervisors meeting when BFI was up for approval of their faciity. They promised, in front of us, that they would mostly take Interstate 64 not Route 250 and recycle most of the debris. We knew they were fibbing and I yelled out "Yeah right." Sure enough they did not/are not doing what they promised. As far as the private haulers are concerned they do take the I-64 exchange at Boyds Tavern then Route 250 through Albemarle and Fluvanna (approximately 7 miles on 250) instead of I-64 at Zions Crossroads. If this is not the case then why do we see them everyday, Monday through Saturday?! If they are picking up local trash then we should only see them three days a week. Before these facilities were built we didn't any large trash haulers and hardly any private haulers unless they were picking up citizens trash. Don't get us wrong we believe in recycling and are happy that Van der Linde is there as a better alternative to BFI. But, we see big haulers all the time empty and uncovered or over filled and covered. Debris have flown in front of driver's view and it is dangerous. This has happened to me and several other citizens traveling in the area. If this not the case then why are we constantly picking up debris in our front yard? Plus, why do we continue to see debris along the sides of the road along Route 250 and in the revenes? Just because it is a law concerning covering the trucks that doesn't mean they are following it! Plus, there is hardly any Police presence to enforce it. We live at least five miles away from these facilities and see the negatives everyday. Once again, what would you do if the shoe was on the other foot and these facilities were this far away from your home and you had to put up with all of this? I am sure you would be complaining. This is the only method we have to get our thoughts out in the open. Nobody in Fluvanna County government or from BFI will listen to us. At least Van der Linde did. May be some of the private haulers will?
When will our officials wake up. Continuing to use these big land-fill based trash haulers is not only environmentally unsound, but financially ridiculous --why don't they see this ?
why dont you all just shut up and make your own darn trash hauling company then you see how it is. huh? how bout that?
"Concerned Troy Residents"- what do you do with your trash?
Dave -- great story.


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Yum! Brands, Inc. [LOUISVILLE, Ky] (NYSE: YUM) announced the promotion of David Gibbs to President and Chief Financial Officer. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the global Pizza Hut Division. He served as CFO of Pizza Hut U.S. from 2005 to 2010 before transitioning to a global role as President and CFO of Yum! Restaurants International. Gibbs also served as President of Pizza Hut U.S., prior to assuming the role of division CEO.
Hilton Worldwide [MCLEAN, Va.] (NYSE: HLT) announced the appointment of Sean M. Dell'Orto as chief financial officer of the planned real estate investment trust (REIT) that is expected to form following its separation from Hilton Worldwide later this year. Dell'Orto will continue to serve as senior vice president and treasurer for Hilton Worldwide. Previously, Dell'Orto was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Barceló Crestline Corporation, and was vice president and treasurer at Highland Hospitality Corporation.
Anaplan [SAN FRANCISCO] announced it has appointed David F. Conte to its board of directors. He is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President at Splunk Inc. Previously, he served as CFO at IronKey, Inc. Prior to that, he served as CFO at software company Opsware.
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation [CARNEGIE, Pa.] (NYSE: AP) announced the appointment of Michael G. McAuley as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer. He most recently served as Senior Vice President and CFO at RTI International Metals (RTI). Before joining RTI, Mr. McAuley held positions of increasing responsibility at Goodrich Corporation, and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Groupon [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced that it has named Mike Randolfi as its Chief Financial Officer. Randolfi most recently served as CFO of Orbitz Worldwide. Prior to Orbitz, Randolfi held a number of senior finance roles at Delta Air Lines, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President and Controller.
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: SGYP) announced that Gary L. Sender has resigned as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Bernard F. Denoyer, who has served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Secretary at Synergy since 2008, will assume responsibilities as Principal Financial Officer.
Benefitfocus, Inc. [CHARLESTON, S.C.] (NASDAQ: BNFT) announced that Dennis B. Story will join the company as chief financial officer. Story is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer of Manhattan Associates, Inc. and has been with Manhattan Associates since March of 2006. He was previously senior vice president of finance for Certegy until its merger with Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to Certegy, Story held the CFO role at NewRoads, Inc., and also previously served as a senior vice president with Equifax. Story began his career at Coopers & Lybrand.
Grange Insurance [COLUMBUS, Ohio] announced that Terri Dalenta has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. She most recently served as SVP of Property Product Management for Allstate Insurance in Chicago. Prior to Allstate, Dalenta served as EVP and Chief Risk Officer for Aviva North America and then served in the company's London headquarters as Risk Framework Director. She also previously served as Chief Risk Officer and Corporate Chief Actuary for Safeco Insurance. Terri started her career in the late 1980s with Aetna Life and Casualty. She's also held senior positions with Deloitte Consulting, LLP and Travelers Insurance.
Social Reality, Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (OTCQB: SCRI) announced the appointment of Rahul Thumati as its Chief Financial Officer. He joins the company from Liberman Broadcasting. There he served as Corporate Controller and VP of Finance from August 2014 until joining Social Reality in March 2016. Prior to working at Liberman Broadcasting, Mr. Thumati held a variety of executive finance positions including his post as Corporate Controller of Evergreen Studios. Previous to that, he also served as Corporate Controller for Forward Industries. Mr. Thumati was employed by The Walt Disney Company, from November 2008 until September 2011, serving as Senior Manager- Corporate Accounting and Manager- Transaction Support from November 2008 until November 2009. Prior to that he was employed by Deloitte & Touche, serving as Senior Consultant – Regulatory and Capital Markets Consulting.
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [BAUDETTE, Minn.] (NASDAQ: ANIP) announced the appointment of Stephen P. Carey to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steve has held various financial and accounting positions with Schering Plough Corporation and most recently, Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Steve began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Penn Community Bank [DOYLESTOWN, PA] announced that it has hired Stephanie A. Austin as its chief financial officer. Austin previously served as chief financial officer and treasurer for Continental Bank Holdings, Inc. for nine years. Prior to that, Austin served as the controller at Harleysville National Bank. She previously had served as the controller for Progress Financial Group.
Brixmor Property Group Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: BRX) announced that it named Angela Aman as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Aman will succeed Barry Lefkowitz. Mr. Lefkowitz has held the position on an interim basis since February 2016. Ms. Aman currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Starwood Retail Partners. Previously, she served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Retail Properties of America, Inc. She previously served as a Portfolio Manager with RREEF and started her career in the real estate practice in the investment banking group at Deutsche Bank.
Bear State Financial, Inc. [LITTLE ROCK, Ark.] (NASDAQ: BSF) announced that Chief Accounting Officer Sherri Billings was named Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. Mrs. Billings has been with the Bank since 1979. She has served as an Executive Vice President since 2002 and became Chief Accounting Officer in 2014. She previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and First Federal Bank from 2002 until 2014, as Senior Vice President for First Federal Bank from 1993 to 2002, and as Treasurer for First Federal Bank from 1986 to 1993.
Unum Group [CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.] (NYSE: UNM) announced that Josh Nelson will be joining the company as chief financial officer of its Colonial Life business. Nelson joins Unum Group from MetLife, where he most recently served as vice president and chief financial officer. He previously held leadership roles at The Hartford and AIG.
Tangoe, Inc. [ORANGE, Conn.] (NASDAQ: TNGO) announced that Jay Zager will assume responsibility as the company's interim Chief Financial Officer, after former CFO Gary Martino resigned. Mr. Zager most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), from which he retired in 2013. Prior to this role, Mr. Zager served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at 3Com Corporation.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. [SAN JOSE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CDNS) announced that Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer, who joined the company in 2010, has decided to retire.
Bask Technology Inc. [LEHI, Utah] announced that Phil Fraher has been hired as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Bask, he served as CEO, COO and CFO for Houston-based FuelQuest, President and CEO of Visual Numerics, Inc., COO and CFO of Brightmail, Inc. and held other financial management positions at Cahners Business Information Electronic Media Division, Pilot Software, and Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, Fraher has been a key advisor to several emerging startup organizations and previously served as an Executive in Residence at the Houston Technology Center.
SUPERVALU INC. [EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.] (NYSE:SVU) announced that Mary Winston has been appointed to SUPERVALU's Board of Directors. Ms. Winston joins the Board having most recently served from 2012 through August 2015 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Before joining Family Dollar, from 2008 to 2012, Ms. Winston served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Giant Eagle, Inc. Ms. Winston currently serves on the boards of directors for Dover Corporation and Domtar Corporation, and from 2008 through February 2016 was a director for Plexus Corporation.
Safeware [DUBLIN, OHIO] welcomes Michael Newcomb as its new Chief Financial Officer. Newcomb joins Safeware companies like Cardinal Health, Express-Med and IGB.
Icertis [BELLEVUE, Wash.] announced the addition of Jeff Epstein, Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), to its Advisory Board. Epstein, the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Oracle.
Seychelle Water Filtration Products [SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.] (OTCQB: SYEV) announced that James Place will become President and remains CFO.
Lee Industries, Inc. [PHILIPSBURG, Pa.] announced the appointment of Joshua T. Montler as president and chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Joshua Montler has served as vice president of finance and operations for the company since 2008 and will succeed his father,Robert W. Montler, as president. Robert Montler will remain chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Prior to joining Lee Industries, he was a senior cost accountant for First Quality corporation in Great Neck, N.Y. Previously, he was a cost accountant with Denver, Colo.-based Gates Corporation. He earlier served as an accountant for Young, Oaks, Brown & Company.
DDR Corp. [BEACHWOOD, Ohio] (NYSE: DDR) announced that Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Luke J. Petherbridge will step down from his role. David J. Oakes will also serve as chief financial officer and treasurer on an interim basis until a successor is appointed.
Excel Trust [SAN DIEGO & NEW YORK] announced its appointment of Luke J. Petherbridge as Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Petherbridge is an experienced retail real estate executive and currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of DDR Corp.
AMREP Corporation [PRINCETON, N.J.] (NYSE: AXR) announced that Pete Pizza will retire as Chief Financial Officer of AMREP. Clifford Martin, currently AMREP's Treasurer and Director of Accounting, will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer.
Brightcove Inc. [BOSTON] (NASDAQ: BCOV) announced that Gary Haroian has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Haroian's has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for several public software companies, including serving as the chief financial officer of Bowstreet and Concord Communications and as chief executive officer of Stratus Computer. In addition, he currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen Technologies and EnerNOC, and has previously served on the boards of directors of A123 Systems, Network Engines, Unica Corporation, Phase Forward, Authorize.Net Holdings and Embarcadero Technologies.
MSCI Inc. [NEW YORK] (NYSE: MSCI) announced that Kathleen Winters will join the firm as Chief Financial Officer. She will succeed Bob Qutub, who is retiring from the firm. Ms. Winters joins MSCI from Honeywell International, where she most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Winters began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held various positions from 1989 to 2001.
Watt Companies [LOS ANGELES] announced that Brian Burdzinski has been promoted from Vice President to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Watt, Brian led finance operations at John Laing Homes and Western Pacific Housing.
Vantiv, Inc. [CINCINNATI] (NYSE: VNTV) announced that Stephanie Ferris has been promoted to chief financial officer. Ferris joined Vantiv in 2009 as senior vice president. In 2013 she was tapped to be general manager of the company's merchant bank business. Before Vantiv's spin-off from Fifth Third Bank in 2009, Ferris spent 8 years serving the bank in various leadership positions, including as chief financial officer of Fifth Third Processing Solutions. Prior to Fifth Third, Ferris worked in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Frequency Electronics, Inc. [MITCHEL FIELD, N.Y.] (NASDAQ:FEIM) announced that Alan Miller will step down as Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer.
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. [ITASCA, IL.] (NASDAQ: FMBI) announced that Paul F. Clemens, Chief Financial Officer of the Company and its subsidiary, First Midwest Bank has advised the Company that he will be retiring.
ikeGPS [BROOMFIELD, CO.] announced the appointment of Dennis Bencala as its chief financial officer. Bencala has served as CFO and vice president of finance at NASDAQ-listed Ikanos Communication Inc., CFO and corporate controller of NASDAQ-listed SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., CFO at venture capital-backed Renewable Energy Test Center Inc., and corporate controller of venture capital-backed and Hong Kong-listed ScanVision Inc.
EyeGate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [WALTHAM, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EYEG) announced the appointment of Ryan R. Brenneman as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining EyeGate, Mr. Brenneman served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at CYS Investments, Inc. Previously, he was Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer at First Marblehead Corporation. He spent over four years at Freddie Mac, where he served as Controller – Multifamily Accounting and Controller – Investments and Capital Markets Accounting. He has also held senior-level finance positions at organizations including Booz Allen Hamilton, Protiviti, Inc., InterSystems Corporation and NerveWire, Inc. and has served as an Independent CFO Consultant to several companies in the Boston area.
MOD Pizza [SEATTLE, WA.] announced the appointment of Bob Barton to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Barton was CFO and VP of Operations for nine years at drugstore.com, and President, COO and CFO of OnlineShoes.com.
Omnitracs, LLC [DALLAS] announced the appointment of Sarah Hagan as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Omnitracs, Hagan spent 11 years at Sabre Corporation. She also served as vice president of finance for a $700M division that develops software solutions for the airline industry. Earlier in her career, she was an auditor with public accounting firm RCO.
Wilhelmina International, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced that James McCarthy has been named the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, McCarthy has served as Controller of Orchard Media, Inc. (August 2009 to April 2016). Earlier in his career, he worked at Ernst & Young, LLP in New York.
Manhattan Associates, Inc. [ATLANTA] (NASDAQ: MANH) announced that the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Dennis B. Story, notified the Company he will be leaving to pursue personal and other business interests. the Company intends that Linda C. Pinne, Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer, will serve as Manhattan's interim CFO until Mr. Story's successor is in place.


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Archive for December 18th, 2012
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– photo by Mitch Waxman
Mayan Apocalypse Countdown: just 3 days left until the 13th b'ak'tun ends, initiating the Mayan Apocalypse on December 21st. Tick, tock.
Our Lady of the Pentacle demanded that we enjoy this last weekend before the prolapse of reality on the 21st occurs.
Hence- we set off to a pair of holiday parties set at equidistant intervals from the subway and found ourselves negotiating an unfamiliar path on Queens Blvd. Saturday Night., which carried us past the Borough Hall of Queens in some garden called Kew.
Fever pitch, our anxiety over the fate of time and space was nevertheless abated as merrily we skipped along. Our bacchanal of perambulation, however, ended suddenly when we realized that there were shadowy forms crawling upon Civic Virtue.
from oldkewgardens.com
This landmark was designed by Frederick MacMonnies and sculpted by the Piccirilli Brothers (Ferrucio, Attilio, Furio, Horatio, Masanielo and Getulio) of the Bronx. (Attilio and Furio also sculpted Daniel Chester French's statute of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial and the Lions in front of the New York Public Library.) Civic Virtue stood in front of City Hall [see the 1923 picture] until Mayor La Guardia decided he was sick of being mooned by it everytime he left the office. In 1941, La Guardia finally thought of a way to get rid of the thing. He made a gift of the statue to Queens County in honor of the opening of its new Borough Hall. Civic Virtue was moved to the park next to Borough Hall where it has remained since.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
This was on Saturday afternoon around 4:30, an odd time for non emergency service municipal employees or contractors to be at work. A large and adroit flashgun was attached to my trusty camera, and the tableau was revealed.
Immediately, one realized that the leaders of our fair borough- realizing that the forthcoming and foretold Mayan Apocalypse would wreak havoc upon the artistic heritage of future Queensicans, had begun certain preventative measures to preserve and protect the already deteriorated statue.
from queensnyc.com
A spokesperson from Borough President Helen Marshall's office said, "Borough President Marshall is pleased that the statue will be restored and will work to see that the base of the statue, which will remain here, will be transformed into a public sitting area with benches and landscaping. She would also like the public area to pay tribute to outstanding women who have made a significant contribution to our borough and city."
– photo by Mitch Waxman
If there is one thing for which the masters of the Queens Borough Hall are known for, it is the protection of and frank veneration of the iconic symbols of Queen's past – such as St. Saviours in Maspeth, and the Queens Plaza Millstones.
Also, it was obvious that by conducting this operation quietly, under a twilight sky and unpublished schedule, they were attempting to avoid any build up of anxiety or panic within the local population or the broader constituency of the City of New York.
Such diligent service- ensuring that the surprise of this long standing work just disappearing from a perch it has stood upon since the 1930's would cause no great tumult during the busy work week, during which a torch bearing mob of depressives, self immolators, and arts enthusiasts would surely chain themselves to the statue in order to guarantee its permanence- is the hallmark of true civic virtue.
from nytimes.com
Despite the criticism, "Civic Virtue" remained in place, in part because politicians were leery of demolishing something on which $60,000 had been spent. It was left to George U. Harvey, borough president of Queens in 1941, to put Manhattan out of its misery. Discerning a kindred spirit, he welcomed "Civic Virtue" to Borough Hall that year, two months before Pearl Harbor.
"I have been kicked around for years, just as that statue has," Mr. Harvey said. "I felt that he and I had so much in common that if he were over here, near my office, I could come out here sometimes and we could tell each other our troubles."
– photo by Mitch Waxman
Dross interpretations, influenced by politics and ideological pedagogy, described the statue as denigrating toward women. This is due to its representation of crime and vice in the fanciful form of serpentine hybrids. The 1922 Frederick MacMonnies statue originally stood in Manhattan's City Hall Park, where it was loathed by more than one Mayor.
from politicker.com
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's push for a professional soccer team in his borough–possibly at the expense of Queens–did not go over well with a certain Astoria councilman:
"Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., called it a declaration of war.
'Brooklyn is already in the process of stealing our . . . Civic Virtue statue and moving it to Green-Wood Cemetery, so what's next, the Mets?' he fired back. 'I better go and lock up the Unisphere.'
– photo by Mitch Waxman
It came to Queens in 1941, just as all of Manhattan's problems do. A rumor has been planted that the Borough Hall wishes to construct a "monument to women" here in its place, but that can't be true- it must be a ruse designed to disguise the fact (and avert panic over) that the sculpture is simply being protected from the fiery event horizon of the looming and inevitably indescribable horrors of the Mayan Apocalypse.
from queensbp.org
Out of all of Queens today, only one farm survives — and that as an historical restoration. Henceforth, all further development will necessarily involve infilling and upbuilding, deterioration and replacement, rejuvenation and adaptation, and similar processes. Queens today is a physically mature urban territory but also one of intense social dynamism.


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At last we have Chilean SIM cards. This took a longer than expected. Here is everything we know about acquiring a Chilean SIM card.
- You can buy, from the moment you get here, prepaid SIM cards without having to have a RUT number (Chilean ID). These SIM's DO have data, contrary to what many people may tell you. We were told a number of things, such as you needed your genuine RUT, not temporary RUT to get a SIM, that you can get prepaid calls only but no data without a RUT and that you can just walk into any store and pick up a prepaid SIM anytime you want. As far as we can tell, it's the latter that's true.
- To get a SIM on contract you need to have a Chilean bank account. This is so that you can pay the monthly fee online. They cannot set up a direct debit. This is apparently unsafe. You have to remember to log in to the website, get your bill and pay it every month.
- Movistar are the only mobile provider that gives short term contract lengths. Ours is for 6 months. They also have 'special' packages for Startup Chile members. However Movistar are not always the cheapest or most reliable network so many people have gone for other networks despite the longer contract lengths.
- Once you get your Chilean bank account, and you want to go with Movistar, you have to arrange a time to meet with the Movistar representative. The first name we got given was for a guy who was on holiday, and even when he returned he told us he was the wrong person. We then talked to the right person who gave us incorrect information as to when she would be at CMI to open the contracts. Eventually we coordinated the right person on the right day in the right place, and we got our SIM's within half an hour. It's easy when you know how.
- To get your SIM card contract you need the following items, a photocopy of your passport, a photocopy of your Chilean ID, a photocopy of a blank cheque from the chequebook for the account you are paying the subscription from and CLP$3990.00 cash.
- If you have an iPhone, after inserting your new SIM, you must reset all your settings before you can make & receive calls outside of the Movistar network.
- 1 week after receiving our SIM's Ian still cannot receive texts of phonecalls from outside Chile, although he can make international calls/texts. No resolution in sight at this time.
- For both my mini-SIM and Ian's SIM, we cannot get more than an edge connection on our Androids. At this time we are not sure why, but we think it has something to do with the frequency of the Movistar mobile signal being incompatible with our UK Android devices, i.e. 850Mhz. Again, no solution in sight at this time, but I shall update this post when/if we have an answer.


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This home features 4 bedrooms and a study with 2 bathrooms and 3 living areas. On the outside you will find a beautiful swimming pool and a very big garden with lots of space for kids and pets. This property is located very close to Wonderboom Primary School in Wonderboom, Pretoria. Price NEGOTIABLE!!
JUST IMAGINE becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind.
The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun and just.... (Miguel Angel Ruij)
Words and phrases have strong meanings. The word JUST would refer to being treated fair and with respect.
The word IMAGINE stems from the Latin word that would refer to Image or Picture.
PROPERTY has its origin in the Latin word Proprietatem that means Enjoyment and the Right of Possession.
In conclusion DREAMING originates from the words Joy, Vision and Goal.
The founder and owner of Just Imagine Properties, Theo Erasmus, had the ability 10 years ago (2005) to combine and complete all these words into a Legendary Real Estate experience.
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Major Shifts Unlikely in Blue-Leaning Minnesota
-- Despite hosting Sen. John McCain's August nominating convention, Sen. Barack Obama is favored to win Minnesota in November -- the state has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in the last eight presidential elections.
The state's red and blue pockets are distinct. McCain kept the Gopher State in the headlines amid intense speculation that early supporter and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty would be tapped for the second spot on his presidential ticket, though McCain ultimately chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney was the big Republican winner on Super Tuesday in Minnesota with 41 percent of the vote, McCain came in second with 22 percent.
Obama counts Minnesota among his Super Tuesday wins. The state's caucuses awarded him 58 delegates after he captured 66 percent of the vote.
There are likely not to be shifts in Minnesota's established red and blue political pockets across the state map, though the purple areas surrounding them leave room for fluctuation.
The presidential race isn't the only politics in the Minnesota spotlight: Sen. Norm Coleman, the Republican incumbent, faces a Democratic challenge to his seat in former Saturday Night Live cast member Al Franken.


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Description: Well I am back with some more tutorials today and I thought that I would show you how to draw Pinocchio. As you know Pinocchio is about a young wooden boy that comes to life because of a wish that Mr. Geppetto placed one starry night. Mr. Geppetto is an older man that works as a woodworker. He makes wooden clocks, puppets, and anything else that can be made form wood. I love Pinocchio because he is so sweet, innocent, and funny. He is paired up with his conscience and friend Jiminy Cricket. Pinocchio absolutely loves his father Geppetto and he only wants to make him proud. This character that I will be showing you how to draw is from the animation minds at Disney. They made the little wooden boy so cute and innocent looking, they did a real good job. Did you know that the animated movie Pinocchio was their second released American animated feature film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? Anyways, what young Pinocchio must do is prove to the blue fairy that he is able to be brave, truthful, and unselfish in order to become a real boy. Even though he tries very hard to do as he is told, his innocence gets him in trouble even when he doesn't know that he is doing wrong. He first gets steered down the wrong path when he is approached by a sly fox named J. Worthington or Honest John. He parades around the streets and alleys trying to find his next dollar and he see's a butt load of cash with Pinocchio. He cons Pinoc into following him to see a fella named Stromboli who runs a mobile stage show with puppeteers that move around the wooden stars. Pinocchio is the main attraction because he is a stringless puppet that could make the overweight Italian puppet maker some serious dollars. He eventually gets saved by Jiminy when the blue fairy comes and lets him out of the cage. The two run back to Geppetto's house to let him know that he is home but unfortunately he is not there. You see, Geppetto got so worried about his little boy that he went to go look for him. By the time he found his father he was in the stomach of a Whale named Monstro. He saves his father and finally he proves to the blue fairy that he is brave, truthful and unselfish. The young wooden boy turns into a real boy and then the Family jumps around happily. I sketched out Pinocchio first on paper and then scanned him in. You will now learn how to draw Pinocchio step by step with detailed instructions and steps. I will be back later with more drawing fun in a bit so hang in there folks.


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The Technology That Allowed the Titanic Survivors to Survive
The 700 people who escaped from the disaster owed their lives to the inventor of radio.
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The 700 people who escaped from the disaster owed their lives to the inventor of radio.
The automated car of the past would have relied on an electrified road.
Five innovations that transformed our visual language.
This disease-hunting bot is based on the sea lamprey.
Its return to the past could reveal the network's future.
Cutting-edge tech -- algorithms and robots and drones -- could save lives during natural disasters.
An instructional program piloted by the search giant wants to help bridge the Internet's generational divide.
America's university-innovation engine is the envy of the world. Let's not change that.
A 1960s documentary by Ford is a whirlwind history of automotive design and innovation, culminating with the Mustang in 1964.
Earlier this week, I asked Atlantic readers to share how they come up with their best ideas. Here's what you said
Jim Marshall's famous black box allowed bands to be heard by larger crowds than ever before.
We're witnessing the beginning of a much-needed revolution in education.
David Brooks is right: The U.S. economy is an uneven landscape, where highly productive sectors rub up against industries that are adding people more than technology. What's the fix?
Some people say you can't teach start-ups. "They're ignorant," Blank says.
The presidential campaigns have the technology to know more about voters than any other bids in history.
The networks are joining the government to create a mega-database of stolen phones.
This is a story about how innovation happens. It begins in 1386 after the great Papal Schism (seriously), demonstrates the ability of universities to foster capitalism, and concludes with a surprising hero of the modern world: lawyers.
Call it the post-employee economy: The digital revolution is creating billions of dollars of wealth in a second world without people.
A sensor embedded in Phillips' new monitor helps you keep track of your posture, which is only a little creepy.
Why did Instagram's founders dilute their own stake in the company just four days before finalizing its acquisition?


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Matt Lashoff
Albany New York
Eligible for draft:
Trade with Tampa Bay, 2010
205 lbs.
Prospect Talent Score
Probability of Success
2003-04: Lashoff began his junior career with Kitchener of the OHL. He scored 5 goals with 19 assists and was +2 with 97 PIM in 62 games. He had one assist and was -5 in five playoff games for the Rangers. Lashoff was named to the OHL Second All-Rookie Team.
2004-05: Lashoff missed much of the season due to a case of mononucleosis but he put up decent numbers on a strong Kitchener Rangers team. In 44 games, he scored 4 goals with 18 assists and was +16 with 44 PIM. He was a regular in their top four and played in a lot of situations. Three of Lashoff's four goals were scored with the man-advantage. Lashoff had 3 assists and was +4 with 18 PIM in 13 playoff games for Kitchener. He played in the 2005 CHL Top Prospects game. Lashoff was selected by the Boston Bruins in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2005 NHL draft.
April 2005 Q&A with Lashoff.
2005-06: Lashoff returned to Kitchener and was a team-leader for the second-place Rangers. While he once again missed time due to injury, Lashoff scored 7 goals with 40 assists and was +8 with 146 PIM in 56 games. He was especially productive on the power play where he scored 2 goals and had 28 assists. In five playoff games for Kitchener he scored 1 goal with 1 assist and was +1 with 12 PIM. He signed a three-year, entry-level deal with the Bruins following the OHL season and joined their AHL affiliate in Providence. In seven games with the P-Bruins, he had 1 goal with 1 assist and was -2 with 6 PIM. In six AHL playoff games, he was scoreless and -5 with 6 PIM.
2006-07: Lashoff had an impressive first full season in pro hockey. After opening the season with the Bruins, he spent the majority of the season in Providence where he was named to the AHL All-Rookie team and was Providence's lone representative in the AHL All-Star game. At the NHL, Lashoff saw regular time in the Bruins' first five games of the season but then saw limited ice-time before being returned to Providence. He had a second five-game call-up in January. In 12 games with Boston he had 2 assists and was -6 with 12 PIM. In the AHL, he led all Providence defensemen in scoring with 11 goals (nine on the power play) and 25 assists and was -6 with 12 PIM in 64 games.
2007-08: Lashoff saw time with the Bruins in four separate call-ups and continued to play a major role on Providence's blueline at the AHL level. He scored his first NHL goal, on the power play, on December 31st versus the Atlanta Thrashers and finished with 1 goal with 4 assists and was -2 in 18 games with Boston. With Providence, he was named to the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team for the second consecutive season and scored 9 goals with 27 assists and was +11 with 79 PIM in 60 games. In the playoffs, he had 4 assists and was +2 with 6 PIM in nine games for the P-Bruins.
2008-09: Lashoff began the season in Providence before being called up by the Bruins in December. He was returned to Providence in January then traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in March along with Martins Karsums for Mark Recchi and a 2010 second round pick. In 16 games with the Bruins, he had 1 assist and was +1 with 10 PIM. With the Lightning, Lashoff saw full-time ice for the first time in what amounted to a 12-game tryout – including back-to-back games in April in which he played over 27 minutes. In those games he had 7 assists and was -7 with 10 PIM. In 35 AHL games, all but two with Providence, he scored 5 goals with 16 assists and was -3 with 38 PIM.
2009-10: With 2009 first-round pick Victor Hedman grabbing a spot with the Lightning in camp, Lashoff found himself back in the AHL in his first full season in the Tampa Bay system playing all but five games with Norfolk. After being re-called on March 31 by the Lightning, he saw limited ice time in all but one of the five games he played in – and finished -2 with 21 PIM – the bulk of which came in his first game with the Lightning when he received a game misconduct for boarding just 2:22 into the game. In 68 games with the Admirals, he scored 8 goals with 16 assists and was -18 with 105 PIM.
Talent Analysis
Lashoff has the blend of skating, size and technical skill to be an outstanding two-way, puck-moving defenseman. He has been a power play threat at the lower levels of hockey and is a confident and smooth skating playmaker. He's at his best when he has the puck, sees the ice well and is solid on both the power play and penalty kill. Lashoff plays an aggresive style that sometimes crosses the line into undisciplined. His decision-making and awareness without the puck are sometimes suspect, particularly in the defensive game. He has the skill level and desire to be a top four NHL defender that contributes to the offensive attack but has not yet put it all together.
Lashoff enters his second Lightning training camp in a group of defensemen looking to seize a job under new coach Guy Boucher. Lashoff brings an offensive game that would fit well with some of the gifted forwards in Tampa Bay but has yet to prove that he can be competent enough in his own end. Though he is entering his fourth season of pro hockey, he is still only 23-years-old so there is still potential for improvement. Though he may never reach the top pairing potential that made him a first-round pick in 2005, Lashoff has the skill to be a full-time defenseman at the NHL level.


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Biden at vigil for slain Baton Rouge officers: "We need to heal"
BATON ROUGE, La. -- The gunman's bullets that killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge also targeted the country and "touched the soul of an entire nation," Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday at a memorial service for the fallen officers.
"We need to heal," said Biden, who was joined at a Baton Rouge church by Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, the officers' widows and hundreds of others.
Biden spoke directly to three officers' relatives from the stage. He promised them that a day will come when the memory of their loved ones will "bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye."
"They were defined by their courage," he said. "It matters who they were, and it matters who we are as a country."
Baton Rouge police officers Matthew Gerald, 41, and Montrell Jackson, 32, and sheriff's deputy Brad Garafola, 45, were shot and killed by Gavin Long, an Army veteran from Kansas City, Missouri, outside a convenience store on July 17.
Authorities say the gunman was targeting police officers.
"When that assassin's bullet targeted our heroes -- and he was an assassin -- he not only targeted them, he targeted the city. He targeted his country, and it touched the soul of the entire nation," Biden said.
Long, 29, also wounded three other officers before a SWAT officer gunned him down. Long killed the officers less than two weeks after protests erupted in Baton Rouge over the death of Alton Sterling, a 29-year-old black man who was shot and killed during a scuffle with two white police officers. The killing was captured on cellphone video and circulated widely on the internet.
Biden said he heard that Sterling's aunt embraced the father of one of the slain officers during a chance encounter after the shooting. He said they prayed together because "loss is loss is loss."
Lynch said it can feel as if the world is "broken beyond repair" after tragedies like the deadly shootout in Baton Rouge. But she said the gathering shows the community is united by "collective heartache" and a "common humanity."
Lynch is scheduled to remain in Baton Rouge through Friday afternoon to meet with local police officials and other first responders. The Justice Department is investigating Sterling's death. The two officers involved in that July 5 shooting were placed on administrative leave
Rosie Hernandez, whose nephew who is a Baton Rouge police officer, and her husband found seats Thursday inside the church where the vigil is being held. The 62-year-old said she is confident that the ceremony will help unite a community that has been grappling with racial tensions.
"Out of this tragedy, the hope is that we will become a closer community," she said.
Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Tullier was critically wounded and has remained in a hospital since the shooting.
Jackson, a corporal, was a 10-year veteran of the Baton Rouge Police Department. He was married and had a 4-month-old son. Days before he was shot to death, Jackson posted a message on Facebook about the difficulties of being both a black man and a police officer in the tumultuous aftermath of Sterling's shooting.
"Please don't let hate infect your heart. This city MUST and WILL get better," wrote Jackson.
Thousands packed the Living Faith Christian Center in north Baton Rouge on Monday for the 2.5-hour service celebrating Jackson.
His flag-draped casket bore the Superman logo, a nod to his wife's description of Jackson as "her Superman." Bagpipes were played as his casket was escorted out of the church by a group of police officers.
Mourners described Jackson as a loyal friend, an officer who loved his city and a proud father of his 4-month-old son Mason.
Garafola, whose funeral was Saturday, is survived by a wife and four children: sons ages 21 and 12, and daughters ages 15 and 7.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said Garafola "went down fighting," with surveillance video showing him firing at the gunman as bullets hit the concrete around him.
Gerald was a former Marine and Army veteran who served three tours in Iraq before joining the police force nine months ago. His wife, Dechia Gerald -- now a widow with two young daughters -- called him "my blue-eyed rock" in a written tribute. She expressed hope that his legacy will "bridge the gap and foster peace in the country he lived, loved and died for."


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Author(s): Dana Simpson
Winner of Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (Regional Book) 2016.
"The book is a perfect mix of ongoing stories...I plainly love this strip, and I love the books." (Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing) "...charming...the comparison to Calvin and Hobbes is apt-it has a joke-a-day format with recurring themes and gentle, winning humor that often results in guffaws. Also like Calvin and Hobbes, there is a thin veneer of snarky cynicism that will keep older readers interested in the stories well beyond most children's magical unicorn-loving phase." (Booklist) Unicorn and snark fans rejoice..." (The Bulletin of The Center for Children's Books) Named one of "14 Notable Chapter Books for Summer Reading" list; "My kids and I adore these characters and love this new book. It's one we'll read over and over again." (Melissa Taylor, Imagination Soup) "This is an excellent addition to a family-friendly home library. Adults and kids alike will love this warm and witty book. Buy it!" (Kala Kumar, Examiner.com)
Dana Claire Simpson grew up in Gig Harbor, Washington, drawing the entire time. She eventually graduated from the Evergreen State College, despite having spent all her time drawing, and not always for credit. Attempts at doing real work along the way are hardly worth mentioning; the relevant fact is that, from 1998 to 2008, she drew the internet comic strip Ozy and Millie. After winning the Amazon-sponsored Comic Strip Superstar contest in 2009, Universal Uclick signed her to a development deal for Heavenly Nostrils.


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"Automaton Transfusion" director Steven C. Miller talks about his entry for the new "After Dark Originals" line, "Scream of the Banshee". Starring Lauren Holly, the film is described as an old school monster movie and hopes to be the anchor to the new addition to the "After Dark 8 Films to Die For" family.
I'm sure you've been waiting for the return of the lesser known Duff sister Haley to the big screen. Worry no more as Haley Duff is in talks to star in the upcoming thriller "Cousin Sarah", a story of somebody's weird cousin moving to town where unexplained events start happening. Here's hoping her already signed co-star Jason Mewes lands the title roll of 'Cousin Sarah'.
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