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"A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs./year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings."
- McAliney, Mike. Arguments for Land Conservation: Documentation and Information Sources for Land Resources Protection, Trust for Public Land, Sacramento, CA, December, 1993
"One acre of trees annually consumes the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced by driving an average car for 26,000 miles. That same acre of trees also produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe for a year."
- New York Times
" A 100-ft tree, 18" diameter at its base, produces 6,000 pounds of oxygen."
- Northwest Territories Forest Management
"On average, one tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. Two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four."
- Environment Canada, Canada's national environmental agency
"Mean net annual oxygen production (after accounting for decomposition) per hectare of trees (100% tree canopy) offsets oxygen consumption of 19 people per year (eight people per acre of tree cover), but ranges from nine people per hectare of canopy cover (four people/ac cover) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to 28 people/ha cover (12 people/ac cover) in Calgary, Alberta."
- U.S. Forest Service and International Society of Arboriculture joint publication
- December 15, 2010 at 10:36 pm(1) Dr. Henry says:
I don't want to sound rude, but your calculations are either meant to be missleading or you have no clue what you are talking about.
" A 100-ft tree, 18″ diameter at its base, produces 6,000 pounds of oxygen."
I'm assuming that is true. But that same tree will also consume (get rid of) 8251.875 (8000 to significant figures) pounds of carbon dioxide. The Math at the end.
An average human consumes 550 liters of oxygen daily, which is 631 lbs a year, (density of oxygen is 1.46 g per liter), so that same tree could support almost 10 people, not two.
Basically that one 100 ft tree would consume 1.33 pounds of CO2 for every 1 pound of oxygen it creates, and will support 10 people yearly.
"A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 48 lbs./year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings."
Must be a tree the size of a peace of paper. That same tree would produce much less oxygen. and would support less than one person a year.
6000 lbs of O/2.2 (convert to kilograms), *1000 (convert to grams) / 32 (convert to moles of oxygen) (in the photosynthesis reaction that trees do to create energy but also oxygen, the balanced equation is 6CO2+6H2O–>C6H12O6+6O2) so for every mole of oxygen there is one mole of carbon dioxide, so take the answer from before (85227.27 mol O) convert it to mols CO2, (which is the same number) times by molar mass of CO2: 44.01g, divide 1000 (to convert to kilograms of CO2) times by 2.2 (convert answer into pounds) = 8251.875 pounds of Carbon Dioxide per year. Because the original number being worked with was 6000, which is only 1 significant figure, only one carries over, so 8251 becomes 8000.
Theres the math, kind of confusing written like that, but thats the best I can do with typing in a text box.
- June 11, 2011 at 3:34 am(2) Mark joseph says:
What???! Your opening statement: "I dont want to sound rude, but your calculations are either meant to be missleading or you have no clue what you are talking about."
The author has not made claims, but quoted other well respected authorities. You should know that!
You don't want to sound rude? You couldn't sound more rude if you tried and you are not even aware of it? It throws all your claims of logic into doubt from the first base.
A very interesting article and worthy of 'adult' discussion.
- June 29, 2011 at 12:35 pm(3) Maria says:
If you notice she actually just found information from other sources and quoted it because her first quote from Arbor Day Foundation states exactly what you said 1 healthy tree can produce oxygen for 10 people for a year. My whole grip is why don't people see all these figures that are great ones instead of just all the bad. Work something out with the good instead of complaining about all the bad in the world. Great information everyone.
- December 15, 2010 at 10:57 pm(4) Dr. Henry says:
"On average, one tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. Two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four."
- Environment Canada, Canada's national environmental agency
Using the same formulat above, that 'average tree would consume 360 pounds of carbon dioxide each year. You would need 3 of those trees to support one person. It would not support two by itself like you said.
" A 100-ft tree, 18″ diameter at its base, produces 6,000 pounds of oxygen."
Say that a collection of those trees filled one entire hectare with 100% canopy cover, I'm assuming that the canopy if viewed as a circle will have a diameter of about 20 feet. so the area that covers is pi*10^2= 314.159 square feet which is equal to 29.20 meters squared. 1 hectare is equal to 10000 square meters so, one hectare would have aproximately 342 of these trees (10000/29.2). As mentioned above, one of those trees produces 6000 lbs of oxygen, so 342 times 6000= 2052000 pounds of oxygen. One human needs about 631.5 pounds of oxygen a year (mentioned in last comment) so 2052000/631.5. Thats 3249 people, not 19. Now unless im missing something really big, this article is complete bs. I'm srry, please correct me if I'm wrong, im ready to learn.
- June 18, 2011 at 8:32 am(5) chandra mani aryal says:
Dr. henry i'm not a talanted person like you but i think i would like to ask to you that if a tree produces the oxygen nearly about 6000 pounds of oxygen. Very large portion of it is used by plant during respiration so the actual production is much more less than expected. It's only my thought not the finding of the research. I could be wrong too.
- August 18, 2011 at 1:35 am(6) Joe says:
Now I believe the real question is not how much CO2 the tree absorbs but how much O2 it produces. Do the math again and try to make it a little more simple Dr. Henry, a human consumes approximately 6-8 lbs of oxygen a day ( right now I'm going to meet it in the middle at 7), so 7*365=2555 per year. Now, I'm not an expert on trees but if a 100-ft tree 18″ at the base produces about 6000 lbs every year, it would be able to produce enough oxygen to support 2.34833659 …. people.
- May 22, 2011 at 1:30 pm(7) Mr. Nobody says:
Great display of figures and math, and I appreciate it.
If someone wants to account for the approx amount of trees on Earth, please don't forget to add in the other beings that share the Earth with humans, i.e. animals, insects, germs.
Even the weather relies on air and its density thereof.
- April 6, 2012 at 3:51 am(8) talon0409 says:
Umm I think we are all a bit on a hit and miss here. You all keep converting to Pounds and liters and so on which id baffling bc you are making a lot of assumptions (which is bad). when dealing with an ideal gas under standard conditions it goes PV=nRT (pressure x volume=# of moles x gas constant x temp) but seeing as how our surroundings are NOT standard then these converstions are pointless. When doing the math just keep it simple and stick with like units.
- April 30, 2012 at 8:28 pm(9) Diplomacy says:
Joe, double check your units.
The average person consumes between 6-8 LITERS of O2, not pounds. if you make the conversion yourself using dr henry's formula supplied above, you'll get the correct figures…
- September 25, 2012 at 11:09 am(10) casual observer says:
I believe we all need to be careful when taking one piece of information and substituting it in another equation without being certain that the two are able to be used interchangeably. For example On average, one tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year. Two mature trees can provide enough oxygen for a family of four.
- Environment Canada, Canadas national environmental agency
An average tree may produce 260 pounds of oxygen a year and two mature trees enough oxygen for a family of four. But where does that say two average trees can support a family of four. An average tree and a mature tree are not the same thing. Many trees are young and die or are cut down before becoming mature. So clearly the average tree must be much smaller and produce much less oxygen than a mature tree.
This is just one example of using facts from one area to then make a conclusion in another area where it sounds correct because we can agree on the first item but the logic to apply it to the result is flawed.
- October 5, 2012 at 3:30 pm(11) jL says:
what i do not understand , surely the thee produces sugar, leafs, wood from all this Co2 it absorbs, and one day it uses the sugar up, the leafs fall down, de-compose and the wood gets burnt or rots, all these procresses release CO2, or consume O2, and in history plants could only act as sink for C)2 becasue they were transformed into oil/coal, before we burnt it, so how does a normal tree, which will not be transformed into coal, add to all this?
- December 9, 2012 at 5:19 pm(12) Will Dolezal says:
When they say a human being needs? Are they only taking into account breathing? What about other actions that generate carbon dioxide, such as heating?
- January 16, 2013 at 2:22 pm(13) Othellobrown says:
Just thinking out side of the box here, but if trees are the key to stopping global warming, can anyone tell me why or if they are working on producing trees that sprout like geo pets and able to reach maturity in one to five years, or giant leaves ten times the size of normal leaves, I'm sure they have the technology to do it, cause I've seen chickens as big as turkeys,giant pumpkins and tomatoes, so why don't they make enough giant leave trees to consume all the pollution????
- February 10, 2013 at 7:12 am(14) Dude says:
All this wasted energy blah blah blah go outside and plant a tree. I'm researching trees in general but mainly the history and the affects thereof. Stunned, amazed, love and respect sum up my studies thus far. I challenge all to go hangout with a tree and give it a name.
- June 10, 2013 at 4:28 pm(15) sirion says:
Don't forget the dark phase but what if there is a tree that does not release carbon dioxide in the dark phase, what if it could handle drought conditions and wet conditions and 1 hectare is equivalent to a rainforests potential to absorb co2, its called a Portulacaria afra (spekboom) from the Eastern Cape, South Africa, can be propagated from cuttings directly in to soil.
- September 27, 2013 at 3:07 pm(16) Loren says:
Dr. Henry's math is very informative and I am happy to know that there is a way to calculate how much oxygen a tree produces as well as how much oxygen a human consumes. However, I have to agree with Maria and Mark Joseph that Dr. Henry's reply was rude and negative when it would have been much better had he merely given us the facts about how to actually calculate the numbers. He might even have gone so far as to thank the author for searching out some sources on the subject and then gently show how one would do the calculations.
- October 11, 2013 at 6:10 am(17) Alexey says:
I'm not an expert in tree metabolism, but essentially the tree captures much more carbon while it's growing, not when it is mature. When it is growing, it needs carbon to build up the tree mass, and hence consumes a lot of CO2. But when it's mature (doesn't grow in size any more), it needs CO2 basically to grow leaves. So, when calculating how much oxygen a tree generates, one should rather to look at a tree at it's maximum growth rate.
Another way to calculate the average tree CO2 capture is to take a mature tree trunk weight, divide by it's age and infer the amount of carbon from timber chemical composition. That would bee a good way to double-check the numbers.
- November 18, 2013 at 11:49 am(18) Ned says:
Don't the majority of trees grow faster in warmer conditions? I think of Stradivarius violins and how he used slower growing trees during the mini iceage to obtain the perfect pitch. Also, what happened to the molecules of Caesar's last breath once he exhaled? Did the trees essentially scrub them clean, converting it back into breathable air? I'm a novice when it comes to chemistry and math, just some thoughts that popped in my head
- December 21, 2013 at 1:46 am(19) Somendramohan Ghosh,Geen technologist says:
- January 1, 2014 at 9:16 pm(20) William Fleming says:
Trees do NOT make oxygen through photosynthesis. They make sugar for their own use. A plant cell and animal cell are alikeboth oxidize sugar. For every atom of oxygen split off using the suns energy, there is an oxygen atom recombined somehow, someday, either in the plant itself or in the cells of animals who eat the plant. Every carbon atom in a trees trunk converts to CO2 when the tree burns or rots, using the exact amount of excess oxygen released during the life of the tree. Its the Conservation of Mass and Energy, a law of nature ignored by many in all the environmental ballyhoo. Mature trees not growing contribute NO excess oxygen.
- January 3, 2014 at 5:30 pm(21) Krusatyr says:
<b>Planting the right trees</b> (never ever plant Eastern Red Cedar, kill them off) in the right place to reforest stressed environments can have many positive repercussions in addition to releasing O2 and storing the carbon.
Tree lines and forests can restore top soil and water tables, slow evaporation, enable other flora and fauna and increase resources for balanced use.
Reforestation can be a mostly privately financed program, kept at local and State levels, outta the hands of Central Planning, who would use it for raising taxes, hammering free enterprise and limiting freedom.
- January 4, 2014 at 10:08 pm(22) William Fleming says:
I'm with you Krusatyr on the value of trees. But please explain what is wrong with Eastern Red Cedars. There are a lot of them on my place. Even loggers in this area
will leave them standing when clear cutting because they are considered special.
- January 23, 2014 at 4:49 am(23) Jacob Edrei says:
To Dr. Henry:
You forgot that green plants (green trees are included) breath Oxygen during the night and release Carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Sorry pall but you made a mistake in your calculations.
- March 20, 2014 at 9:10 pm(24) Armando Landa G. says:
Dr. Henry, please give sources.
Is there a University doing research regarding?
This is an evidence urbanists and government should know about from truthfull source.
- April 2, 2014 at 1:18 pm(25) Starshiptrouter says:
Science is rude to me every day as it is to millions of scientists and engineers in many fields. Its sharp sword keeps me honest. I love the sting of truth more than comfortable falsehoods.


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By Jake Winfrey
The Cullman Times
Morgan Smith propelled Cullman with a double-double as the Lady Bearcats overcame a hot start by East Limestone, defeating the Indians 54-41 Thursday night to advance to the Class 5A, Area 15 title game.
The senior came up big once again, tallying 16 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists in the victory.
"Morgan played great," coach Jonathan Hayes said. "I thought the key tonight, though, was our outstanding defense."
East Limestone jumped out to an early 10-2 lead, but Cullman (16-10) was able to settle down in the second quarter, taking a nine-point advatange into the locker room.
Hayes said although his team didn't shoot the ball particularly well, it was still able to get its fair amount of easy baskets.
"Our good team defense and rebounding really helped us out," he said. "We had a lot of transition points. Most of those were run-out layups."
Baylee Johnson aided Smith with 13 points and three steals, while Hayden Short was good for 10 points and nine rebounds.
Other Bearcat contributors included Blair Nall, eight points, six rebounds and three assists; Emily Tucker, four points; Hannah Shelton, two; and Christina Skinner, one.
The win advances Cullman to the area championship game, where the Bearcats will take on Hartselle Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Tigers advanced earlier in the evening by defeating West Point 51-39 on their home court.
The Warriors held a slim lead in the fourth quarter, but a late 10-0 run by Hartselle helped the Tigers pull away late.
West Point concluded its season with a 12-12 record.
% Locust Fork 58, Fairview 52: The Aggies came up just short in their upset bid of the Hornets, losing a six-point heartbreaker on Thursday night to end their season.
Fairview entered the fourth quarter trailing by eight points but cut its deficit to as little as one down the stretch.
Unfortunately for Cheryl Mangum's squad, it couldn't get any closer, as the Hornets pulled out the victory.
Julia Creel tallied 15 points and seven rebounds in her sendff with the Aggies, while Marlana Johnson dropped in 12 to go along with six boards.Sarah Harper notched an even eight points and eight rebounds. Kennedy Trimble netted five as well.
% The Rest: Addison's season came to a close Thursday with a 67-45 defeat to Decatur Heritage.
% The Times' sports writer Jake Winfrey contributed to this report.

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put off
Meaning: If you put something off, you change the time it's meant to happen to a later time or date.Synonym: postpone (formal)
For example:
- put sth off If it's too hot to play the final game today, they'll put it off until tomorrow.
- be put off We went to the meeting, but no-one was there. It had been put off until the following day, but no-one had told us!
- put off doing sth We'll have to put off opening the new office because the builders are taking so long to finish it.
put off: meeting, concert, game, event, opening
Quick Quiz:
The concert has been put off


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HOUSTON (AP) -- Jherrod Stiggers had 15 points on 4 of 7 shooting from behind the arc as the Houston Cougars pulled away midway through the first half for an 80-62 win over the UT-San Antonio Roadrunners Thursday night.
TaShawn Thomas finished with 14 points and six rebounds with four blocks. Thomas was 6 of 7 from the field for Houston (3-0), which shot 55.8 percent from the field in the game.
"That first half was like the best defensive stand we had all year," TaShawn Thomas said. "Everybody on the court was locked in, ready to play. In the second half, we came out dull and they just came out and kept attacking us. I think we only beat them by one point in the second half, so in the second half we got too complacent and were just going back and forth with them."
Despite the hot shooting from the field, Houston struggled from the free throw line shooting 53.8 percent (14 of 26).
"We'll work on them," Houston coach James Dickey said of the free throw shooting. "We could have had a bigger lead at halftime. Part of inefficiency in the first half was we had a lot of possessions in the first half where guys just missed. We just missed too many in the first half and didn't shoot them well for the game."
Hyjii Thomas had 22 points and six rebounds to lead UTSA (0-2).
UTSA head coach Brooks Thompson said Hyjii Thomas, who is one of the more experienced players on the Roadrunners' team that includes six players that either transferred this year or played in high school last year, played well.
"He is a senior and one of our only experienced guys," Thompson said of Hyjii Thomas. "He's a junior college transfer, but he is a senior, so he has a year of Division I basketball under his belt. He's taken the team on his back a little bit, and hopefully, we can get him guarding with a lot more urgency, but he's doing a great job."
Jordan Sims added 13 points and Keon Lewis chipped in 10 points for the Roadrunners, who shot 32.8 percent from the field and hit just 5 of 19 from behind the arc.
The Roadrunners shot just 20.7 percent from the field in the first half in falling behind 36-19.
"I think Houston did a good job," Thompson said. "They are long and athletic, and they can guard. . I do think we came in and were sluggish, and we missed some shots we typically make, but I think Houston affected what we were trying to do. We took some quick shots and turned the ball over uncharacteristically, and that really hurt us."
Houston, which shot 52 percent in the first half, used a 20-4 run over a 10-minute stretch of the first half to grow the lead to 19, 35-16, on a free throw by Danrad Knowles with 2:39 left in the opening half. Stiggers had nine points in the run on three straight 3-pointers.
"I didn't have a mindset on shooting, but I take what they give me," Stiggers said of his 3-point shooting.
UTSA closed the lead to seven, 43-36, five minutes into the second half on a Hyjii Thomas 3-pointer to cap a 10-0 run in which Hyjii Thomas scored all of the Roadrunners' points.
The Cougars countered with a 7-0 run of their own to take the lead back to 14 on a Tione Womack jumper with 13:22 remaining in the game.
The Roadrunners had one more run in them and got the lead down to 56-49 with 9:14 left in the game on a Sims 3-pointer, but Houston responded again with a 15-1 spurt over the next 4:30 to push the lead to 21 on a Stiggers jumper. LeRon Barnes had seven points in the run for Houston.
"He and J.J. (Richardson) really helped us in the second half," Dickey said of Barnes' play. "LeRon hit a big three and had a nice pass down low. LeRon is a guy that can really help us. He did a very good job and had four rebounds as well."


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The Volunteers of "Friends for Kendall County Animals", coordinated by Rebecca Wilhelmi, are sponsoring a Holiday Pet Food Drive to benefit the Pet Food Department at the Kendall County Food Pantry.
Through Dec. 15, a number of drop off locations are providing bins to hold donated pet food to provide the clients of the KCFP with food for their pets.
- Septran Bus Company, 3241 Cannonball Trail, Bristol
- Canine Physical Rehab/See Spot Swim 2285 Cornell Avenue, Montgomery
- Oswegoland Park District (three drop off locations):
- The Civic Center, 5 Ashlawn Avenue, Montgomery
- Boulder Point, 0 Boulder Hill Pass, Montgomery
- South Point, 810 Preston Lane, Oswego
- Fox Ridge Veterinary Clinic, 130 5th Street, Oswego
- GoDogGo, 100 S. Main Street, Oswego
- Heads or Tails, 17 W. Jefferson, Oswego
- Julius Ishmael Salon, 56 S. Main Street, Oswego
- Prairie Point Elementary School/Student Leadership Team, 3650 Grove Road, Oswego
- RJ Automotive, 24 Stone Hill Road Unit A, Oswego
- The Village Grind, 19 Main Street, Oswego
- Close Companion, 1304 Sunset Avenue, Yorkville
- Empower Martial Arts and Fitness, 1213 S. Bridge Street (rt. 47), Yorkville
- Nurture Your Pets, 210 Beaver Street, Yorkville


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CHAPEL HILL — Southern Season, the Chapel Hill gourmet and kitchenwares store, has been sold, according to a press release issued late Tuesday evening.
Longtime owner Michael Barefoot, who opened the store in an 800-square-foot space in 1975, has sold the company to TC Capital Fund, a joint venture between two Chapel Hill investment funds. Those include Carrboro Capital Corporation and Tryon Capital Ventures. The founders of Carrboro Capital are Clay Hamner, Betty Kenan and Phil Phillips and the founders of Tryon Capital are Pete Coker and Peter Reichard.
Tuesday's announcement was not surprising given that there had been rumblings that the store was struggling financially and a couple employees were recently laid off.
Barefoot will remain involved the store's operations, along with business partners Tim Manale and Briggs Wesche. The store includes the Weathervane restaurant, a prepared food deli and cheese counter, kitchenwares, gourmet foods and a cooking school.
Joining the management team will be Larry Shaw, who has worked at the Vermont Country Store and Nordstrom.
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Hey folks,
Just wanted to use the blog to give a shoutout to my friend Hadas Parush who's now working for the Winnipeg Free Press. A few of her photos are going to be in The Art of Swap (that is, when it finally gets published)
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A friend doing awesome work
Tags: elmaks, hadas, parush, photojournalist
Hey folks,
Soon To Be Picturesque [your input here]
Well, the grand mystery of my health and ailments continues to confuse me. Having to put aside planned overseas field research and suddenly question the feasibility of future career plans which had previously seemed like a sure thing due to sudden medical problems has been bad enough. Still being uncertain is maddening.
Things that I'm loving include New Orleans's Hypothetical Development Organization, a group whose raison d'etre involves imagining new futures for dilapidated or vacant buildings. What is it about New Orleans that`s managed to bring together street artists, graphic designers, urban planners and activists, architects, and other creatively-minded folks togetherÉ I've got a few projects on the go right now, and something of this sort being done for a number of Ottawa's dilapidated landmarks (hello, City Centre building!)or dwindling downtown parking lots would be a neat idea. Good art of any kind should bring people together and get them talking about things they otherwise might not get to…and we're at the cusp of an era where a lot of urban 'ways of life' are about to change considerably. Letting creativity run amok for the sake of getting people thinking about urban futures…that`s something I`m all for.
It's been a while
It's been a while since I last brought you anything new. Unfortunately, my health has not been good at all in the last few months and this has forced me to step away from both school and creative projects. At this point a whole lot of things are on hold.
Burning Man and some urban planning thoughts
Tags: 2010, brc, burning man, elmaks, nevada
The term 'Black Rock Desert' is somewhat of a misnomer. A desert is a hostile, harsh ecosystem wherelife of some sort has managed to adapt and thrive under the sun's harsh glare and blistering heat. There are no sand dunes and no cacti out in the alkali flats, just cloudless brilliant blue skies and endless clouds of harsh dust that stings your eyes and leaves your lips hardened and chapped. The alkali flats themselves are ringed by a small mountain range that seemed deceptively close and looked, in the morning and afternoon, like something out of a Lawren Harris painting. I had vowed to bring in no more gear than I could carry on my back and in my arms, and so I arrived in a dust storm and freak rain-shower with some one hundred and twenty pounds of, well, stuff. George Carlin famously said that a house is a place for your stuff and stuff is the collected array of things that slowly but surely fill up your house…and a small 7-by-four foot tent would be housing my stuff for the next eight days. Most of this- eighty pounds- was water.
Pictures do not do Burning Man justice. I've heard someone say that trying to describe Burning Man to someone who has not been there is like trying to describe the colour red to someone who has never before seen colours. Burning Man, in a way, reminded me of what it is like to walk around wide-eyed and in wonder of everything around one's self and I've done my best to try and take that feeling back home with me. Besides being a research assignment, it was also a meditative exercise. When I left Reno, Nevada there were two major hurricanes in the Atlantic south of Bermuda threatening the U.S. east coast, the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall was being commemorated, and talking heads on the major American news networks were chattering on about the NYC Islamic Center controversy and the upcoming Congressional and Senate elections. Being in a total communications technology blackout for eight days gave me a chance to think about urbanism, street art and life in general with only my surroundings for inspiration.
to be continued with more from Burning Man and some thoughts on what I've been reading recently and the current state of our cities. New streetart update coming soon… and for you Canadians out there, this awesome book is out in bookstores tomorrow! This is definitely on my reading list this month.
McGill Cyclist and Pedestrian Forum this week
Tags: bicycle, bixi, campus, cycling, issues, mcgill, montreal, path, university, urban, urban planning
McGill Reporter Article
"A McGill forum to discuss issues arising from these changes, co-sponsored by SSMU and University Services, will be held Thursday, Sept. 23, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Student Centre on McTavish St. The event will give participants a chance to air their views on where McGill's mobility priorities should be focused in the weeks and months ahead and how different members of the community can reconcile what are sometimes competing needs.
It happens that Sept. 23 is "Bicycle Day" in Montreal – part of a week-long series of events aimed at encouraging public transit use and other alternatives to the automobile – a happenstance forum organizers thought was ideal as the backdrop for their event."
Burning Man, Part Three
Tags: 2010, black rock city, burning man, elmaks, gerlach, nevada, reno
At its widest, Black Rock City is close to two miles wide. It is located out on the inhospitable Black Rock Desert, an alkaline lake bed eleven miles north of the small town of Gerlach and 120 miles northeast of Reno. As an urban planner in training, I've come to learn to care about the facts and figures. Then again, by going to Burning Man you're heading out into a desert environment where you have to care about the important numbers- namely a 30 degree celsius differential between night and day temperatures and a recommended intake of 1-1.5 gallons of water daily.
As an urban planner in training and someone who has been wanting to attend Burning Man for several years running, I found this year's theme of The Life of the City too enticing to resist. If there is one thing that has always amazed me about Burning Man, it's the degree to which it seems to showcase the most incredible aspects of human creativity. (Even before attending, I've compared it to what would happen if one gave LSD to MacGyver, and that description seemed the most accurate one once I settled in there). Ever since I found myself working on the post-Katrina relief and reconstruction effort in New Orleans, I've found myself interested in post-disaster situations and the possibilites for improvement therein. Burning Man seemed like it would present a challenging situation in terms of water conservation and management, and so I decided that documenting innovative methods of DIY water management and use would be one of my goals out in the desert. It could have a practical and useful application in terms of a reapplication to temporary settlements elsewhere in the world…after all, Black Rock City is one of the world's largest self-contained temporary camps. And if all else fails, when one is heading out into a Hunter S. Thompsonesque fantasy world for eight days it's good to have a project to keep one's self grounded.
Reno, the fourth-largest city in Nevada, is a curious entity. The Truckee River, which flows through the heart of Reno's downtown, is surrounded by a gorgeous linear park which offers breathtaking views of the surrounding hills. Yet the city itself seems an interlinked web of strip malls, a giant, sprawling construction where the only buildings higher than five storeys are the hotels of the casino district. I arrived in Reno in the early morning of August 30th, and the city reminded me of so many others I'd passed through in Greyhound rides through the American South. Yet, on the other hand it seemed different- more pristine, friendly and welcoming. The first association that entered my mind was with Birmingham, Alabama's downtown core, where nothing seems to have been built since the 1970s and the city's Modernist concrete office towers all bear a similar shade of dusty brown. However, in Birmingham the streets give off a distinct feeling of repressed, deep-seated anger and frustration.
The second image to enter my mind was Vegas. Years ago, I sat on a smoky North York bar patio in the late hours of the night with a beer in hand listening to a tattooed late-20s former Las Vegas resident tell stories of robbing tourists just off of the Strip in between his pulls on a blunt. There's something about Las Vegas that frightens me, and that something goes beyond the sky-high crime rate and Stephen King's post-apocalyptic epic "The Stand". While we as a society may look to the space program, the Human Genome Project or the United Nations as an example of what Western thought can bring about, it seems to me that the ultimate achievement of North American consumer capitalism is more like Las Vegas.
more to come….
DIY Bike Lanes and Imaginary Crimes
Tags: bike lanes, brazil, canada, census, crosswalk, cyclist, elmaks, fraser institute, Harper, imaginary crimes, long form, margaret, muslim, neocons, obama, pedestrian, roadsworth, sao paulo, somerville, stephen, stockwell day, street art, tony clement, urban improvement
First of all, let me begin with an awesome street art initiative from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Urban Repair Squad
As the article mentions, Sao Paulo is known for its congested streets which pose a dangerous challenge for pedestrians and cyclists alike. During Brazil's World Cup games, a group of street artists took to the city's empty streets to paint bike lanes and pedestrian crosswalks in hazardous areas, a project which reminds me a lot of Montreal's very own Roadsworth.
There's some talk about initiating traffic-calming initiatives and pedestrian-friendly urban improvements in Montreal's St. Henri Borough to manage dangerous and confusing intersections. (Ongoing construction has, in some places, created a maze of concrete barriers through which pedestrians must weave in order to cross streets). I've suggested that the local borough council, if and when it begins a public awareness campaign to raise support for intersection overhauls, get a street artist like Roadsworth (or myself) to paint new pedestrian crossings in certain intersections. I'm thinking of something along the lines of a meandering clown-shoed path to best illustrate the danger that construction barriers pose to pedestrians crossing far-too-wide streets in which they're often forced to stop halfway. Or a stencil of the Montreal Pedestrian Charter, which was adopted to prevent situations like these.
And now on to gripe-town. The Harper government continues to stand pat on its decision to eliminate the mandatory census long-form, a decision which has been condemned across the board. To this date, only a handful of groups have come forward to support Harper's decision. These include the Fraser Institute, a right-wing, pro-'free market' think-tank, as well as the National Citizens' Coalition, site of Stephen Harper's old job, and the euphemistically-named Canadian Taxpayers' Federation.
Stephen Harper's contempt for others and their points of view has been glaring and at times, even chilling. Watching Industry Minister Tony Clement being apparently forced to publicly defend the scrapping of the census long form, seemingly as punishment for having criticized Harper's decision to do so in the beginning, smacks of a tragic comedy; one part misery and two parts farce.
As a future urban planner I will be one of the many people who will be making important use of census data that, in Canada, currently has an international reputation for accuracy, proper documentation and strict privacy controls. What it all boils down to is this:
As Noam Chomsky has said, media discourse no longer revolves around a debate or interaction of two opinions. What has replaced it is instead a strategy by which a message is repeated over and over until it enters the public consciousness and becomes public opinion. Facts are replaced by buzzwords. And it works. For example, take the recent survey which found that close to 20 per cent of Americans believe that President Obama is a Muslim.
Harper's people have been trying to push a conservative Christian agenda on Canadians for a number of years, an agenda which requires more than a complete ignorance of the facts. For example, it's not enough for them to say that Insite does not work, in spite of the massive support it has received at a city, provincial and even international level. It's not enough to call for a recriminalization of marijuana and mandatory minimum sentencing for possession charges in spite of a tremendous amount of evidence contradicting the very same fear-mongering pitches which Harper & Co. toss out.
No, in order to successfully pull something like this off you have to sway public opinion in your favor first. And that involves both flooding the airwaves with your own message and destroying the foundations of your opponents' arguments. As long as census data remains reliable you're bound to see situations where Conservative ministers get caught with their pants down, as was the case when Treasury Board President Stockwell Day tried to claim that the Canadian crime rate is rising rather than falling in order to justify a planned $6 billion dollar expenditure on new prisons.
You can't call your opponents "ivory-tower intellectuals" and "thug-huggers" and get away with it very well if they can meticulously tear your arguments apart with cold, hard data. You're just stuck in place babbling on about Imaginary Crimes. These types are the worst kind of policy-makers. Like 'bio-ethicist' Margaret Somerville, these people follow a scientific approach insofar as it suits their ideological goals. They prepare an ideological argument first, and then scour for figures that supposedly back it up.
New Stuff from Ottawa
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'cause anyone can throw sneakers up over a phone line. This one's part experiment, part tribute to ABOVE and his arrows. Maybe next time I should follow the Elmaks crescent-moon up with a whole solar system.
On the BP oil spill…
A number of things have been making me more angry and frustrated over the past few weeks, and chief among them is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The stories of deliberate neglect and corporate pursuits of any and all loopholes in order to reduce liability and circumvent the need to install important, blowout-preventing equipment have already hit the news over and over again. I've got a personal connection to this tragedy and it hurts me to see some places I love so much destroyed by waves of thick, toxic oil. I've been to Venice, Louisiana and gone swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. I've planted marsh grasses in Lake Pontchartrain and gone canoeing in the wetland bayous. I had wanted, after graduating, to work for a summer on a Louisiana shrimping boat…a dream which seems to be ruined right about now.
After reading how much BP was spending on PR firms, I felt I had to do a little something for the activist effort down in the Gulf South…
I made this image in about 30 minutes with Photoshop and Illustrator (much of which was spent creating different image layers and using Free Transform to pull apart different layers of the logo so as to optimize it for stencil making), and I'm making it available for any and all non-commercial activist work. Use it as you like, folks.
An oldie but a goodie…
This one was really fun to do. It let me draw like a kid, and I was laughing the whole time through thinking of a little kid explaining to his class how Dexter "deads a lot of bad mans"


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What once seemed to be a promising rebound season for the Roswell Hornet football program after the abysmal no-win 2011 campaign came screeching to a halt Friday night after a region loss to the Wheeler Wildcats, 14-17.
In what could easily be considered one of the blandest first halves ever, which only produce an early Wheeler touchdown, Roswell and Wheeler engaged in a punting war for what seemed like the entirety of the first and second quarter. With the offense sputtering, the improving Roswell defense managed to hold the Wildcats out of the end zone until the dwindling seconds of the first half.
Down 0-14 at half time, Roswell rallied the troops and stormed back, as they have several times this season, to even the score at 14-14 with nine minutes remaining in the game. With a chance to win the game down by only three late in the fourth quarter after a mammoth 49-yard Wildcat field goal, the inconsistent Roswell offense stalled.
For the better part of two weeks, the Roswell offensive unit has looked utterly lost.
Led by senior quarterback Ryan Monty and senior running back Andrew Kwateng, the Roswell offense has only managed to string together 14 points in the last two games against Etowah and Wheeler. However, John Albert, senior wide receiver opposite Bennett Barton, has surged in the passing weeks. Albert has four touchdowns in the past three weeks; quickly becoming what seems like Ryan Monty's favored target, especially in the end zone considering Albert's quickness. Coming off of big offensive performances against Milton and Johns Creek, this new trend of offensive struggling is certainly confusing.
A very possible correlation between the Roswell offensive struggles could be the play of Kwateng. Kwateng, who started the season absolutely scolding hot with 884 yards in only four games, has considerably cooled in the past two games. In the past two games, Kwateng has only gained 216 yards on the ground, scoring only once. For the senior, who at one point was on track for 2,000 plus rushing yards, it comes as a bit of a surprise.
A more than real possibility is that the Hornets have already worn Kwateng out, riding him on offense for much of the first five games this season. In the past five games, Kwateng has handled 144 carries. Last season while getting limited play because of injury, Kwateng only recorded 79 rushes. During the 2010 season, Kwateng rushed the ball 114 times as a change of pace back. While Kwateng has been outstanding, there has to be some concern for the endurance and health of the running back. Can Kwateng endure a full season worth of workhorse carries? If the Hornets keep running Kwateng thirty times a game, we may find out the answer to that question sooner rather than later.
Roswell, now 1-5 and 0-3 in the 5-AAAAAA region, may already be in a must win scenario against Woodstock when they play the team in two weeks. Since defeating Centennial in the inaugural game of the season, Roswell has been outscored by a margin of 99-149 in the past five games alone. On average, the Roswell defense is giving up 29.8 points in that five game span, while the offense has only managed to average 19.8 points.
A central theme in the season so far has been the defenses play against opposing rushing attacks. Something that hindered Roswell all of last year has already had a huge impact in the 2012 season. Teams continue to run all over Roswell, possibly a result of the small physical size of the Roswell defense in comparison to other teams. In the past five games, Roswell has surrendered 14 rushing touchdowns. At this point, it would be suffice to say that the Hornets are struggling significantly in the running game.
While the Hornets still have four games to play, the season may already be in jeopardy. With Cherokee and Woodstock on the schedule, both rooted at the bottom of the region with Roswell, the Hornets have a chance to snap their current five game-losing streak. Unfortunately, Roswell has to play Walton and Lassiter to close the season. Walton trampled Roswell last year, winning 45-3 behind the effort of star-studded running back Tyren Jones. Lassiter, on the other hand, may pose the biggest, and certainly most talented challenge of the season for the Hornets. Currently 6-0, Lassiter is popularly considered the best team in the state of Georgia and is currently considered a top 25 team nationally, ranked at 20 on the Xcellent 25 National High School football rankings.
The last month of the season awaits Roswell upon return from their bye week on Oct. 12 when they play Woodstock, Oct. 19.


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Riders in this news : ; Xavier DE LE RUE
" Deeper is definitely the word. Two weeks ago, Jeremy JONES showed up with his filmer Chris in Bruson Switzerland to film the last segment of their season. The goal of that mission was quite unclear, ride some steeps, use no heli, sleep in the mountains.... As I arrived on Saturday morning with my daughter from the Pyrenees, I did not know what to expect from that trip. The weather was pretty unsure for the next few days and after discussing the whole situation, it seemed that all obvious options had to be done with at least one overnight in a refuge. No way we could get that first window on the next morning. Fair enough, we decide to go climbing in 'La fully » that nice big boulder facing one of our projects: 'L'aiguille de la Mone ». That face looked big but totally doable in terms of conditions. At five o'clock, as it's time to go home, we look up one more time and decide that there is no way to seat around and miss that short but good window. We're gonna go for it, and in the worse case we won't make the summit.... that's not the end of the world... At least, we're gonna start getting things going.
Three hours later, after a rich Swiss diner, we leave our car all geared up. We're all excited with the mission... It's 10 o'clock and we have 9 hours ahead of us to get to the top of the run at 7 in the morning. I'm not going to mention that we got lost around the car for over an hour until we found the right trail, but we finally got to find it and get things going. It's amazing how time goes by quickly when you climb at night. Our rhythm is great and after 6 hours of hiking, the sun starts to give the first colors far on the horizon. We finally reach the base of our face, it's just gorgeous. Enormous glaciers surround us and as we keep on hiking, and going over Bergshrungs and crevasses to reach the final big hanging snowfield, we get enchanted by this most incredible sun rise painting us with pretty much all the colors of a rainbow. We get to the top a little later than expected, around 8 o'clock. Jeremy gets to see what the Alps can offer in terms of steep riding at this time of the year. We are surrounded by the most incredible panorama. Bassin d'Argentiere, Triolet, Mont Dolent, Aiguille Verte.... And "l'Aiguille de la Mone" that's standing under our feet...
The ride is amazing. At that time of the year, snow conditions become way easier to read and to trust and really allow you to enjoy safely these kinds of exposed runs. It feels great... Mission #1 is accomplished; the trip starts right away with an epic adventure. When we reach the car at 10 am and that the clouds start to cover the face, we can feel really thankful that the mountain didn't shut us down. There's gonna be two days of bad weather, two days to rest from that big first one...and all that with a big smile on our faces.
Our Next mission is gonna be on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. The Benedetti couloir on the Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey. That line has been riden once in 1977 by Mr Benedetti him self, and has never been riden by any one since then. It's quite rare to have such an impressive and obvious steep line that hasn't been riden much in the Chamonix area. We are about to find out the reason why. The first day of access to the hut is already a mission in it self. From the Punta Helbronner, above Courmayeur, we get to split for around two hours across the glacier to reach la Combe Maudite and this big range of « small » couloirs below the famous Kufner ridge, one of them giving access to the our hut, the Bivouac de la Fourche. At the bottom of the couloir, Jeremy, Fan Fan (our guide) and I get to cross the bergshrung and start hiking in the steep when we hear that woom noise. It takes us a few seconds to realize that Chris just disappeared into the crevasse. The reality of the high Alpine strikes us and brings us back to reality. Chris is safe, and shortly out of the whole, but we just got to be reminded that no rules have to be forgotten up there. Being happy and all motivated, we've started that climb without all the needed attention and right away we get this (luckily with no consequences) huge slap in our faces. It's just the beginning. And it appears that this area is really wild and demanding, especially at this time of the year.
It's incredible how strongly we've had had these signals that reminded us that there is no way relax up here until we would get our foot into the actual cable car. Between huge hanging seracs, slabs, bergshungs, falling stones, crevasses, cornices.... there's been messages all the way. We've had to be 100 percent focused on what we were doing as well as on the environment surrounding us. We finally get to that hut and it's definitely mystical. it's basically a little box hanging on a rock that is supposed to be able to « lodge » 12 people lying, .... 8 people being already almost too much, but anyways we didn't get the chance to test that limit. At 3 o'clock when we got out of it for our first attempt, it's been really cool to start the day (night) with a rappel in the dark with the board on the back, crampons ice axes... At the end of the rope we would land into this 45 degrees icy couloir. Pretty interesting to ride that in the middle of the night. Slide sleep would be more of an appropriate word for the technique in that passage. After crossing the big Brenva Glacier and all the hanging glaciers, we quickly got to realize that less and less stars would shine upon us and that slowly the clouds were getting stuck on the Mont Blanc above us. By the time the sun would rise, those few clouds became a snow storm.... retreat was the only option. The next few days would be bad and going up in bad weather was not an option. Out there, the way back is pretty much a mission too. Between steep mixed climbing, descending an icy couloir and crossing these exposed glaciers... it's only a good five hours later that we get to the Torino hut, ready for our descent to the valley. After three days up there, that face is definitely a major goal for us.
We've studied it under all possible angles, we know all the accesses, the timing the conditions, all we got to do is to get it right. In that period, Jeremy and I got to feel quite comfortable about riding that face, all the mission around it became less and less mysterious for us and seemed totally doable. After that bad weather, we got to face a really hot south weather getting us to postpone such a big project. We still chose a two days period to get up there and ride some smaller lines in the Combe Maudite. As soon as we start accessing the goods, La Tour Ronde area becomes more or less our zone. Our first run is a quite open 300 meters face with the usual nice open bergshrung at the bottom. At the top we get to climb our first pieces of blue glacier ice. It's good to be in more human sized runs, and definitely a great way to feel the atmosphere and get used to cruse around up there. Jeremy and I start to get well connected in the mountains and we get to have the time to rally up the Gervasutti couloir on the west face of the Tour Ronde right after that. 450 meters of a nice long straight couloir. By the time we reach the summit, snow is falling, but the visibility in the couloir is still great... and so is the ride. Our first run together on nice firm and soft corn snow, really enjoyable...
The next day aims us towards the North Face of the Tour Ronde. Jeremy is not really confident about it but once more, it seems to be adequate to start hiking and see on the way up if we reached our limit or if the conditions start to be critical. The middle part of the face is a steeper blue ice section needing ice screws and proper belayed climbing. Jeremy is really stocked to get to discover all these new alpine mixed climbing techniques, and when we get to the top to get the board on our feet, it seems more than comfortable to ride down that face.
After a few hours the whole ascent has gone more than smoothly and it's great to be at the top of the run and know exactly what you're gonna get on your way down, definitely something we don't have when we hit these big faces with a heli.
At that time, the Italian couple we passed on the steeper section is still hanging on the ice bellow us in the middle of the face, and it seems that Chamonix on the week end makes these pics quite busy when you start to see all these roped up teams showing up from all different directions... After some discussions and being able to get infos from the film team that these guys are well protected on the belay, I get to ride and reach these two Italians, that finally (after discussion and help) decided to turn back and not keep challenging that big snowfield leading to the top in the middle of the afternoon of one of the hottest days in the month. It was quite difficult to see how stubborn and most of all not at their place on that day these guys were. 5 hours to climb half of the face and wanting to continue at twelve o'clock on the warmest day.... They were not happy that I made them turn back, but I'm glad I did...
Anyways, La tour Ronde is standing in our back now. It's been great to get that piece of run and climb behind us and the Benedetti couloir seems to be the next objective. These two days definitely got us more comfortable and prepared to go and hit the big one. It's been definitely a great thing for both of us to process that way slowly but surely. It seems quite obvious to us that as soon as we step into our boards we have absolutely no problem to feel comfortable in these steep runs even if the conditions are not perfect. The combination of a good front side edge with the two ice axes is definitely rock solid. It's been an option not to use a rope on the way down and straight line the piece of ice but that whole dealing with the Italian made us want to go down and maybe not challenge the whole thing too much.
That North face is quite impressive when you look at it from the front but it's still way easier to get down there surely than to hit some wicked film lines with big jumps high speed and tons of pow.... As stupid as it sounds it's a good thing to feel as it is pretty much super important to kow your possibilities when you get into the steeps.
Looking back towards these two days, it seems that it's been great to get these into the process to go back to la Blanche de Peuterey and that we're gonna benefit a lot from that time spent up there.
A few days later, that colder front shows up, after a pooring thunderstorm. It seems to be the window that we've been looking for. We get to repeat the whole process to get to the hut. The whole film crew is really well dialled up and fully independent to capture the run on the next early morning day. Same thing, an hour later this time because of the colder conditions. At 4 o'clock, the sky is cloud less and everything seems to be lined up to get to our goal. When at 7 we start to climb the final steeper pitch of the face, we realize that the 50 km/h north wind that's blowing on the face and that's gonna intensify through out the day is enabling the snow to soften up. It's been snowing less than what we thought and that old snow won't defreeze today. Jeremy and I still see the descent possible. Snowboarding is a great tool in the steeps, especially with ice axes, but at that point, there's no way to split up the team. The out run is pretty much the sketchiest open glacier and we'll have to stay the three of us till we get to the dry valley floor. The vibe between us becomes strange at that point.
Everything looked great up to then but suddenly that weird feeling comes when Fan Fan starts to doubt big time on the evolution of the conditions. It's really hard to take decisions but after a while, we choose a more « tranquille » option and the col de Peutery becomes our B plan. Way less interesting, the snow is kind of brownish but it seems that within a small hour we should be able to reach the summit and get ready to ride. The way out of that zone is really exposed and as time goes by it seems that this easier option becomes the only reasonable option. Everything seems clean but on our way up I get hit on the arm by a flying stone and we all three get to barely avoid that slushy slide that's descending in our way. At that point, it's already 11 in the morning and it becomes clear that we should head down.
Too many signs play against us and since we've given up our main objective, the motivation is definitely not the same any more. The way down is by far the most radical open glacier run I've ever gone through. Until we get through these two really chunked up portions, we don't know if we're really gonna be able to make it through. After crossing this huge mined seracs field, we get to ride... descend... roped up over all these whole and below these exposed slopes to reach the bottom of one of the most impressive glaciers in the whole area. Quite an adventure. When we get out of the ice, the first thing that comes to our mind is of course a little regret. Sooooo close.... It's hard to say no in the mountains especially when you get to feel the whole thing really possible and that no real obvious sign get you to turn back. It is still obvious that we could have done it, but it also appears clearly that in a long term perspective you wanna have such a grandiose line in good conditions before you get to hit it and have the whole team fully ready to commit to it. You can always go for it and most of the time get away with it, but at the end of the day, Jeremy and I feel right... We didn't force it. We tried hard, but not too hard. And as basic as it sounds, we got down in one piece, knowing that this pretty lady would still be there in the future and that we'd still be there as well to go and get acquainted with her.... Two hours later, as we called Anselme Baud to share a moment for an interview to hear about his long term steep skiing experience I get the news that one of my very good friends and one of the strongest female snowboarder in the world, Karine Ruby just died falling 20 meters into a crevasse after her two clients next to the Tour Ronde. It's just incredible, her, on that totally harmless glacier roped up, disappearing like that so suddenly when we get to go, at the same time, through the one of the worse places in the whole area. There's definitely a message there, but at the same time we just don't know what to think any more. So much beauty, so much cruelty at the same time. That place is seriously wild and even if we got to spend one of the best trips of our lives, it's just almost impossible to get confronted to such reality. It's summer time... time to let time help us digesting this horrible but really important lessons... "
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Don't Let The Outfit Fool You, Camilla's A Gap Girl At Heart
Apr 8, 2010 12:20 PM
I've never been a huge fan of Camilla Belle, but I can't deny how gorgeous she looked at the Grove yesterday afternoon!
The actress and an equally attractive gal pal were snapped shopping at the Gap, and after that the ladies grabbed some produce from a local mart. Nothing wrong with dressing up to run errands - girlfriend probably knew she was going to be photographed!
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Trenton Patch editor Nate Stemen and Patch Ad Manager Nicki Sharer are nosy. They just can't keep their noses out of other people's businesses.
That's why Nate and Nicki are going from business to business from 2 to 4 p.m. April 25 to meet the small business owners that are so vital to the city and the wonderful people who work and shop in their establishments.
This isn't the first time these two ambassadors of Patch have made their way around the city.
In March, Nate and Nicki met some truly wonderful and interesting business owners like Larry Pettinga at and Dave Susewitz at .
They had a long conversation with Jeff Cada of about interesting ways to revitalize Downtown Trenton.
They even had lunch at and could not have been more pleased with the delicious food and outstanding service. (I'd like to personally thank our server Sandy Cholette for running out to the parking lot with my notebook and Sharer's leftovers that we left on the table. Thanks Sandy, we owe you one.)
Overall, meeting and speaking to Trenton business owners was a fantastic way for Nate and Nicki to further ingratiate themselves into the community.
They hope you will greet them with open arms and welcome them into your store or business as they embark on their second excursion along West Road and Downtown Trenton.
If you are a business owner and you'd like them to swing by and say hello, please provide your name and the name of your business in the comment section below.
Don't forget to . What does that mean, you say? Click the link and find out how doing something that is free and takes less than a minute can help your business.
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The Riviera Nayarit:
The Riviera Nayarit is one of Mexico's beautiful resort areas. The Riviera Nayarit has been gaining popularity over the last few years and is becoming one of Mexico's foremost beach destinations. Here you'll find traditional coastal towns and villages, as well as beachfront resort areas with lots of tourist amenities. Whether you're looking to relax on the beach, take part in some soft adventure, enjoy excellent dining or be pampered at fabulous resorts, the Riviera Nayarit is sure to please. This area boasts an impressive diversity of flora and fauna and is a favorite among bird watchers and nature lovers.
The Riviera Nayarit runs along the Pacific coastline of the state of Nayarit, extending from Nuevo Vallarta, just north of Puerto Vallarta, to the border with the state of Sinaloa. This is a 186 mile coastline of beautiful beaches set against a backdrop of green mountains. The area enjoys year-round average temperatures of 80°F (27°C).
Destinations in the Riviera Nayarit:
Nuevo Vallarta is a nautical center with a yacht club and two marinas.
Cruz de Huanacaxtle was a fishing village for generations, but now this town has been modernized thanks to the construction of the Riviera Nayarit Marina.
Punta Mita is an exclusive gated resort and residential community which includes the Four Seasons, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus championship golf course and luxury residences.
Sayulita is a bohemian beach town, popular with artists and surfers. The town has a large expat population.
Rincon de Guayabitos: A small, laid-back beach town that is popular with Mexican families. This is one of our favorite secret Mexican beaches.
San Blas: A port town offering fishing and surfing. The abundance of migratory birds here makes it a great destination for birders, who will also enjoy the annual migratory bird festival held here.


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In addition to clearing , workers will tackle Dinglebrook, Hanover, Gopher and Schoolhouse Hill roads today, First Selectman Pat Llodra said.
In total, Newtown still has 17 roads that are impassable due to broken poles and downed trees and utility lines, officials said. Clearing those thoroughfares, also known as "make safe" work is a high priority, Llodra said. Without access, emergency vehicles will have difficulty reaching residents in those areas.
Six Connecticut Light & Power crews, or in total 12 workers, were in town Wednesday to assist with the clearing work. In addition, work to restore electricity in town continues slowly with Llodra saying she believes most, but not all of town, should regain power by Friday.
The focus for Wednesday is Church Hill, Commerce and Hanover roads and The Boulevard. Walnut Tree Village, areas north of the flagpole on Main Street and possibly parts of Hanover Road also were slated to have their power restored, officials said.
As of Wednesday noon, about 60-percent of the town remained in the dark. Significant progress was made Tuesday when most of Main Street and parts of Sandy Hook regained power but more work remains.
While town officials said they have enough tree crews -- which includes from CL&P as well as five private tree companies the town has contracted with -- utility workers remain scarce, which has hampered restoration efforts, Llodra said.
"The pace of the work is slow," she said. "What we are missing is enough of the power crews."
Based on her conversations with CL&P, Llodra said she believes the majority of the town should have its power back by Friday but full restoration will take longer, adding that she has doubts about the Sept. 7 deadline CL&P chief operating officer Jeff Butler had set for full restoration across the state.
"At the pace of the work, we're seeing, it doesn't leave me confident," she said. "If that is your goal, then you better give us more workers."
Llodra said she has told the company she is "disappointed" at the response the utility has exhibited.
"We need to never have this level of response again," she said.
The town also began offering free ice and bottled water to residents at Reed Intermediate School Wednesday with another round planned for Thursday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Residents who lost electricity are urged to throw away all of the food in their refrigerator. Covered dumpsters are available for food disposal, courtesy of Associated Refuse Haulers, at the Botsford and Hawleyville volunteer fire departments and at Newtown High School. They will be marked "Food Waste Only." Residents also can throw out food waste at the Transfer Station free of charge and without a permit, officials said.
The transfer station hours on Wednesday also have been extended to sundown.
Showers are now available at Reed as well as Newtown High School, which regained its power. The Senior Center also reopened while Children's Adventure Center next door remained closed but expects to reopen Thursday.
All park and recreation facilities including fields were closed today.


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As the weather cools down in the valley, Phoenix firefighters are seeing many more calls for mountain rescues.
FOX 10's Syleste Rodriguez talked to firefighters about how best to prepare for outdoor activity and stay safe on the trail.
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July 30, 2014
The 2012 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball All-Conference team has been announced after a vote of league coaches. This years GPAC All-Conference Team consists 17 first-team members and 17 second-team members, and an honorable mention list. Alex Heideman from Nebraska Wesleyan and Anthony Hincy from Doane were named the Hauff Mid- America Sports/GPAC Co Players-of-the-Year, while Ethan Opsahl from Dakota Wesleyan was selected as the Hauff Mid-America
Sports/GPAC Pitcher-of-the-Year. Jeremy Jorgensen from Doane was named the 2012 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-
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Matt's pursuit of culinary excellence started in some of the world's finest kitchens. From Copenhagen's renowned Noma to California's L'Auberge alongside James Beard award-winning chef Paul McCabe, Matt grew roots in the ideologies of season and place. In 2007, as one of fifteen chefs annually awarded the Young Chefs Culinary Scholarship in Spain, he met his mentor, Andoni Aduriz at Mugaritz. There, Matt gained a very natural perspective of modern cooking that built the foundations for the cuisine that garnered him accolades at Castagna in Portland, OR.
In 2010, Matt was named one of Food & Wine's "Best New Chefs in America", received nominations for Rising Star Chef by the James Beard Foundation in both 2010 and 2011, and included in Restaurant Hospitality's list of "10 Chefs to Watch" in 2010. Most recently, he had the opportunity to showcase his talents to great acclaim alongside Napa Valley's three Michelin starred Christopher Kostow for Meadowood's 12 Days of Christmas charitable dining series. Atera, Matt's most ambitious venture to date, relies greatly on his innate connection to time and place to create a dining experience unique to itself.


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Aug. 26 is National Dog Day. That's the day animal advocate Colleen Paige has designated for honoring all those dogs who bring in the paper, and all those dogs who are neglected.
Not to be confused with National Mutt Day (Dec. 2), National Puppy Day (March 23) or National Pet Day (April 11), each of the 19 national and international pet days founded by Paige are all designed with one thing in mind: to draw attention to the need for pet rescue.
Paige, author, pet behaviorist and self proclaimed "pet celebrity lifestyle expert" founded the Animal Miracle Foundation and Network (AMFN), a nonprofit Christian faith based charity, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Since 2004 Paige says that National Dog Day has rescued 100,000 dogs and has now spread its efforts worldwide.
"We will never meet a human who will love us without condition, without expectation, without someone, at some point, disappointing us, breaking our heart..." Paige said, "Dogs will never do this to us. They are steadfast.... and short, fat, tall, skinny, any race, any religion, there is no discrimination - we are perfect in their eyes. They deserve so much more than they get."
Paige dubbed the holiday a K-9 Fourth of July and asks pet lovers to celebrate by adopting a shelter dog, helping an ill or elderly neighbor by walking their dog, or with a $5 donation to a local shelter. But that's just three of National Dog Day's 50 Ways to Celebrate.
Here are a few places we thought of that are dog-centered, and/or could use your help.
- Dog park located on Highway 38 just south of Four Mile Road. If you are going north it'll be on your right.
SHARE! Post photos of your pooch to the to show 'em some love. Also, tell us in the comment section below how you are celebrating National Dog Day.


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Teresa Giudice is being accused of what some of her co-stars and Real Housewives of New Jersey fans are calling a "set-up." After a man named Angelo called out Melissa Gorga for previously dancing for him, Teresa let him rant on about her sister-in-law, leaving her co-stars wondering why she did nothing.
Now, Teresa has taken to her Bravo blog to defend her own actions, or lack thereof. "The guy Angelo didn't really do anything terrible, he wasn't rude or aggressive, so I couldn't really say anything more than I did," she wrote.
Some of the other ladies disagree with her. In fact, her cousin Kathy wrote in her own blog about how odd she thought it was that Angelo kept on talking about Melissa, as if it had been previously rehearsed.
One thing fans know about Teresa is that she is a very strong-willed person and if she feels that it went down one way, there's no one that can tell her otherwise.
For more of Teresa Giudice, tune in to Real Housewives of New Jersey every Sunday night at 10/9c.


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- May 4:
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- Bashar Assad's forces gain ground in Syria civil war
- Oct 14:
- Gunman in Syria kidnap seven Red Cross workers
- Oct 3:
- U.N. chemical weapons inspectors secure sites where they will work
- Sep 26:
- Syrian rebel groups break with Western-backed opposition
- Sep 24:
- UN chemical weapons inspectors returning to Syria
- Obama: Syrian chemical weapon ban must be enforced
- Spanish war journalist kidnapped in Syria
- Mass starvation feared in Syria; 'We have no food'
- AP Interview: UN aid official demands Syria access
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The team is expected to complete its inspection on Friday and their conclusions will be shared with members of the Security Council, Ban said. He didn't specify when that might be but said the experts "should be allowed to conclude their investigation activities."
His comments were in line with his previous calls for restraint in the face of increasing signs of retaliatory military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad by the United States and its allies. Speaking to reporters, Ban said he repeated that message Wednesday in a conversation with President Barack Obama.
"I expressed my sincere wish that this investigation team should be allowed to continue their work," he said after receiving an award in Vienna's City Hall and meeting Austrian government leaders.
"Diplomacy should be given a chance and peace given a chance," he said. "It is important that all differences of opinion should be solved through peaceful means and through dialogue."
The findings of the experts will also be shared with all U.N. member countries, said Ban.
U.S. leaders, including Vice President Joe Biden, have charged that Assad's government was behind the Aug. 21 attack that Doctors Without Borders says killed at least 355 people. The White House says it's planning a possible military response while seeking support from international partners.


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An effective customer relationship management (CRM) system can cut costs and increase conversion of leads into sales, according to Dr Jung K. Paeng, Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Company.
Speaking at Auto Tech 2006, a conference titled `IT for Excellence in Automotive Manufacturing', organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said that leveraging IT for the auto industry could help in automating the campaign process as well as conduct target marketing.
Integrated solution
He said that most auto manufacturing companies are dependent on the dealers for a large portion of the campaign, which meant that information on those customers and leads remained with the dealers. With an integrated CRM solution, the information would be accessible to the company, and customer service would become an easier task.
Hyundai Motor Company is about to implement a CRM project in India, he said, after which the company would look to begin similar projects in China, Europe and US.
Increasing efficiency
Earlier, Mr Kapil Jain, Vice-President, HP India, said that since most automotive companies expend a significant amount of energy on inventory management, an IT solution that increases efficiency is important.
Apart from that, he said that HP provides solutions in design, supply chain as well as demand chain (through CRM).
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|Interesting. I forgt that this was even coming out. I really like "A Series of Sneaks," I think it's probably their best record. I'm interested to hear how they sound even before that and if the Pixies comparisons really hold up.
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|I used to really hate telephono--and the pixies comparisons are definitely justified-- but the album has grown on me. Sometimes I'd just rather listen to something honest and sloppy.


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A number of recent studies have revealed a link between periodontal (gum) disease and heart disease. And since heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans, it's time to brush up on the facts.1
Gum disease can occur without any evident warning signs and is often painless, but several indicators can signal the disease. Talk to your dentist if you notice any of these indicators:2
Research shows a correlation between gum disease and an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.3 Specifically, researchers found that gum disease plays a role in blood vessel dysfunction, a condition that improves with intensive periodontal treatment (which may include scaling and root planing, locally administered antibiotics and tooth extraction), according to a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.4
These studies, along with other research, confirm that dental benefits continue to play an important part in maintaining overall health. Regular brushing, flossing, and dental checkups are more important than ever for your heart and general wellness.
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3 Beck JD, Garcia R, Heiss G, Vokonas PS, Offenbacher S: Periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. J. Periodontology 67,1123-1137 (1996).
4 New England Journal of Medicine, http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/356/9/911.
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The whole experience, from booking to the stay itself was a very positive one! Andy was very responsive and professional. The instructions providing after booking were super organized and helpful. We had quite a large group (16 in all!) stay at this condo for a weekend trip to Storyland. We were pleasantly surprised at the amount of space the house afforded. There was a a ton of space for all of us and plenty of bathrooms. The central air worked great which was great given how hot it was. We liked the fact that there was a grill and screened in porch and we also used the pool which was a nice add on. The location was perfect. We were close to a very nice town center (with mini golf, nice restaurants and shops) as well as a minute or so from a Starbucks and a Dunkin Donuts (a huge plus for me!!). For being so centrally located, it was also very private and serene unlike many of the other lodging options in the area that sit in a busy road. We enjoyed the private setting. The house was set up with everything we needed and everything worked and was clean. Andy, the owner, clearly fakes pride in the property and was very accommodating and attentive to our needs. He was very concerned with our enjoying out stay and we felt like welcome guests in his condo. I will definitely stay again next year for Storyland but would probably stay longer (we only stayed the weekend). I would also recommend to anyone.
This condo was amazing! The location was prime if you want to be close to restaurants and shopping but also feel like you are perfectly nestled in a mountain while just hanging out in the condo. The modern amenities that it has to offer was so convenient for the whole family and all the "extras" included for children (ie, pack & plays, safety gates, toys, high chairs, etc.) made this an easy traveling trip as a mom. While our kids are young we will be going back every year to enjoy the local amusement parks and I cannot think of a better place to stay as our family continues to grow. The space was great and very conducive for our needs while still also feeling like we had the comforts of home! Clean, comfy, and relaxed!
My family rented this condo for our summer vacation. This condo was perfect for all of us including our young children. The condo was very spacious, comfortable and clean; the layout was great for multiple families. The kitchen opens up to the dining room and living room which made it easy for cooking, socializing and keeping an eye on the children. There were 4 bathrooms; which was a plus! The area was quiet and tucked away in the mountains. It was a very short walk to the pool if you just wanted to take a quick dip or stay for the afternoon. It was extremely close to town and North Conway had so much to offer as far as restaurants, entertainment, parks and more. We went to Echo Lake on a few occasions and spent the days swimming, building sandcastles and enjoying the views. As far as the owner, she was great to work with and easily accessible. I would definitely recommend this property to others and plan on booking another vacation here in the near future!


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WINDTHORST — In this instance, calling the Big Country Game of the Week "a tale of two halves" would be no cliché.
In fact, Friday's unique hybrid game between 11-man Windthorst and six-man Throckmorton was exactly that — with Throckmorton pulling off a 46-21 win at Trojan Field.
Gary Farquhar caught two touchdown passes and returned a fumble 43 yards for a score to lead Throckmorton (4-1), which easily overcame a 7-0 deficit after a first half played with 11-man rules.
Class-1A Windthorst (3-2), which appeared completely out of its element during a second half played under the six-man rule book, fell victim to six straight Throckmorton touchdowns after the break.
The game was purely an exhibition and did not affect the records of either team.
"It feels good to come out and make a statement, and show 11-man teams that we have what it takes to compete with them," Farquhar said. "We came out rusty, but our defense stepped up, only allowing seven points in the first half."
Defense, was indeed, a key.
Throckmorton, the defending six-man Division I state champions, forced the Trojans into a mind-blowing nine fumbles, five of which were lost.
Five Windthorst fumbles (three lost) came in the all-important 11-man first half, which saw Throckmorton limit the Trojans to just one score — a 24-yard touchdown run by Brent Hemmi with 9:53 left in the second quarter.
"Any time you drop the ball like that and keep putting it on the ground, it's tough," said Windthorst coach Chris Tackett, whose team outgained Throckmorton 104—(-8) in the first half. "You can't play a good team like Throckmorton and give them multiple chances."
Windthorst's lack of offensive production when it had the advantage proved fatal.
Once the game shifted to six-man rules, Throckmorton found the end zone four times in less than eight minutes — all but ending the competitive phase of the contest.
Farquhar scored two of them — first on a 3-yard pass from Bryson Oliver with 9:09 left in the third quarter.
Oliver found Farquhar again at the 3:31 mark of the third with a 28-yard touchdown pass. An onside kick followed (recovered by Throckmorton's Hector Ibarra) and four plays later, Levi Taylor scored from 8 yards out.
THS expanded its lead to 32-7 one possession later on a 27-yard touchdown run by Rawlin Morrell.
"They were in the same boat we were in," Throckmorton coach Mike Reed said of Windthorst's difficulty in adapting to a new game in less than a week. "You're asking them in just four days time to get their timing down.
"We felt like we could take advantage of that with our pressure defense, and fortunately, we came out ahead in the turnover battle."
One of Windthorst's more costly mistakes came at the 9:51 mark of the fourth quarter when Farquhar scooped up a fumble and raced 43 yards for a score. Another fumble led to Throckmorton's final touchdown — a 4-yard run by CJ Rankin with 7:34 to play.
Windthorst managed two scores during the six-man portion — an 18-yard touchdown run by Pitman with 3:23 to play and a 24-yard touchdown pass from Chandler King to Hayden Hoffman at 0:19.
"We knew it was going to be difficult all week long," Tackett said. "But as the game unfolded, we realized it would take a lot more than a week to get ready for a game like that."
Windthorst 46
FIRST HALFThrockmorton 0 0 — 0
Windthorst 0 7 — 7
WIN — Brent Hemmi 24 run (Arturo Rosa kick), 9:53
First downs 4 5
Rushes-Yards 13-(-28) 28-104
Passing 19 0
Comp-Att-Int 2-8-2 0-5-0
Punts 1-46 2-27.5
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 2-0
Penalties-Yards 3-30 1-5
Individual statistics
RUSHING — Throckmorton, Levi Taylor 3-12, Trinity Haggard 3-6, Bryson Oliver 3-5, Adam Hernandez 1-(-8), team 3-(-43). Windthorst, Matthew Pitman 8-38, Brent Hemmi 4-36, Dylan Chambers 4-26, Kellen Green 3-19, Jonathan Chambers 3-6, Derek Mankins 1-4, Jose Sanchez 1-1, team 1-(-10), Chandler King 3-(-16).
PASSING — Throckmorton Bryson Oliver 2-8-2, 19 yards. Windthorst, Chandler King 0-5-0, 0.
RECEIVING — Throckmorton, Gary Farquhar 2-19.
Throckmorton 32 14 — 46
Windthorst 0 14 — 21
THR — Gary Farhuquar 3 pass from Bryson Oliver (Nathan Riley kick), 9:09
THR — Gary Farhuquar 28 pass from Oliver (Riley kick) 3:31
THR — Levi Taylor 8 run (Riley kick) 2:32
THR — Rawlin Morrell 27 run (Riley kick) 2:04
THR — Farhuquar 43 fumble return (Riley kick) 9:51
THR — CJ Rankin 4 run (kicked failed) 7:34
WIN — Matthew Pitman 18 run (Arturo Rosa kick) 3:23
WIN — Hayden Hoffman 24 pass from King (kick failed) 0:19
First downs 5 6
Rushes-yards 14-134 19-141
Passing 55 37
Comp-Att-Int 4-5-0 3-5-0
Punts 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2
Penalties-Yards 1-20 1-15
RUSHING — Throckmorton, Morrell 4-70, Levi Taylor 2-19, Nathan Riley 1-9, Adam Hernandez 1-19, CJ Rankin 2-4, Bryson Oliver 1-3, Luke Hale 2-3, Esteban Huizar 1-7. Windthorst, Matthew Pittman 9-65, Chandler King 1-(-7), Jonathan Chambers 4-8, Jose Sanchez 9-75.
PASSING — Throckmorton, Oliver 4-5-0—55. Windthorst, King 3-5-0—37.
RECEIVING — Throckmorton, Hayden Farquhar 1-3, Gary Farquhar 2-32, Levi Taylor 1-20. Windthorst, Dylan Chambers 1-6, Hayden Hoffman 1-24, Brendon Schreiber 1-7.


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I like your new pictures, they are very nicely done.
The plug on mine seems to be made backwards. I put them in where the plug clipped over the little lock thing and they didn't work. I turned the plug around backwards where the clip was on the opposite side of the little lock thing and they worked fine. Try flipping the plug around. Had mine in since Dec. and no problems. Hope this helps
How long have you had them on your truck? Awesome driving pics. btw!
How are the ATXs holding up for you? I'm lookin @ Predators... The C word [China] makes me gunshy though...
hey dude its chrome in that pic but black now i just scuffed the chrome up self etched primered it then 3 coats of black then 5 coats of clear coat.
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nope i left it on, check out my previous posts, i put up a how to and some pics for painting it whiile still on, really easy to do, just tape and a plastic drop cloth.
Thanks man, your guna love these wheels, theyre so easy to keep clean and they look sick
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