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Claremont is one of the most affluent cities in Southern California. It is the home of the prestigious Claremont Colleges. Property values are rising rapidly. The heart and civic center of the city is the Claremont "Village," which includes City Hall, the county library, and numerous trendy shops and restaurants within approximately 14 blocks of tree-lined streets.
In 1973, the Village and the area to the west were declared a physical, social, and economic liability. Deemed "blighted," they became a redevelopment project. With the power of redevelopment, the City, its Redevelopment Agency, and two private developers redesigned and are redeveloping the area west of the Village at the cost of five existing businesses, a storage facility, and $2.25 million.
Redevelopment in California began in 1952 after the adoption of a new state constitutional amendment,Article XVI, Section 16, which permitted the creation of redevelopment agencies and their financing through tax increment. Tax increment provides a neverending source of revenue.
After a redevelopment project is adopted, taxes on real property in the project area are divided between the original taxing agencies and the redevelopment agency (typically the city council under a different legal label).The taxing agencies (for Claremont, 16 entities including the County, school, flood control, and water districts, fire department, etc.) and the redevelopment agency/city council receive the amounts they would have received before the adoption of the plan, plus additional, small, statutory amounts. The remainder of the tax increment-i.e., the additional property tax-is the revenue from the additional values assessed after the adoption of the redevelopment plan goes to the redevelopment agency/city council.
In addition to financing through tax increment, redevelopment agencies also have the power to take property by eminent domain and to issue bonds without the twothirds voter approval that is otherwise required in California. The agencies are responsible for new streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, landscaping signage, signals, public parking, trunk lines for sewers, storm drains, and communication and electricity. Redevelopment agencies are also responsible for demolition and grading.
Cities, through their redevelopment agencies, have these extraordinary powers for a reason, however questionable. Redevelopment was intended to revitalize blighted communities by reversing the decline of urban slum neighborhoods which have been rendered economically useless and a liability to the community. Also, there must be "true blight" as exemplified by the kind of inner-city slum conditions described in the Bunker Hill case. There, it was found that unacceptable living conditions were 82 percent, unacceptable building conditions were 76 percent, the crime rate was double the city's average, the arrest rate was 8 times the city's average, the fire rate was 9 times the city's average, and the cost of city services was more than 7 times the cost of tax revenues.
Unfortunately, rather than curing blight, redevelopment today is primarily used to recycle real property by using eminent domain to acquire parcels and sell them at a discount to a developer. Instead of private capital paying for the construction of streets, curbs, and sidewalks, redevelopment agencies often pay for them. The benefit to the city is increased sales tax and more upscale residences and commercial businesses.
To cure this misuse of redevelopment for private commercial benefit, the California Legislature enacted a statute that requires that 20 percent of the redevelopment tax increment be used for low- and moderate-income housing. As a general rule, however, this mandate is honored more in its breach.
The City of Claremont adopted a redevelopment plan which included the Village by passing City Ordinance 73-8. By doing so, the Claremont City Council declared that "blight" existed in the Village. Yet in its description of the Village's physical, social and economic conditions, the Claremont Redevelopment Agency described it as follows: The existing structures "were fairly well maintained"; residents were described as "predominantly white, of moderate income, and either elderly or young families with children"; economic conditions were "characterized [sic] by relatively static retail sales and a lack of dynamic growth in the commercial facilities."
In 2000 the Agency and City Council again reviewed the question of blight in the Village. The Claremont City Council found that the Village was indeed blighted. This "finding" was made despite the fact that the Village remains a vibrant, active area where rents are so high that several local businesses went out of business. According to the Redevelopment Agency's staff, "The Claremont Village is one of the most successful small downtown areas in Southern California. Parking spaces are nearly full most hours of the day, even into the evening, and there are virtually no commercial and retail vacancies in the Village."
Home prices around the Village are no longer affordable for most of the elderly or young families with children. Because the findings of blight were not challenged within 60 days after their adoption, they cannot be challenged.
The idea of expanding the Village across Indian Hill Boulevard, the main north-south street in Claremont, began in the early 1990s. The City decided to take what it termed a "proactive approach" to the expansion. Initially, the approach was directed to potential development, which evolved into the actual development of shops, a theater, a hotel, cafes, and offices. The development was initially called "Village West." But because this label struck fear into the hearts of the existing merchants, the Agency changed the name to "Village Expansion."
The City and the Redevelopment Agency wanted to ensure that the Village grew in an orderly, thoughtful manner that reflected the community's standards, "not just the whims of private developers" (Village Expansion section of Council Briefing Paper, 2002). But the Redevelopment Agency had already hired two consultants: One was a private residential developer; the other a private commercial developer.
The governmental "process" for developing the Village west of Indian Hill Boulevard began in 1998. That year, the Claremont Planning Commission began preparing a Specific Plan for redeveloping the area west of the Village into a mixed-use residential and commercial area. In January of 2001, the Village Expansion Specific Plan was adopted by the Claremont City Council. City officials laud the fact that during all the planning there were numerous public meetings: "The Village Expansion Specific Plan is based on a series of planning principles developed through an extensive public participation process. Each of the components of the Specific Plan was reviewed by City commissions at various meetings." Yet a majority of members of the public who attended these meetings has stated that the public's conclusions and recommendations fell on deaf ears and that city staff simply adopted the recommendations of the two consulting developers. The two developers that were originally hired as consultants to design the new Village were then hired by the Agency to build the new Village.
The Redevelopment Agency states that the success of the existing Village cannot be taken for granted and there are many examples of once-successful shopping districts that have deteriorated after being neglected by business owners and city officials. But these conclusions overlook the fact that the Village businesses do not, and because of high rents cannot, neglect their businesses, and that city officials in City Hall are in the Village.
The Agency claims that Claremont finds itself in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Will the market or the whims of two consulting developers provide the solution? The Agency argues that communities throughout Southern California are building new retail developments designed to attract consumers from outside city limits. The Village, however, is not a development. Claremont residents buy many of their goods outside of Claremont.They visit the Village for the ambiance, the good restaurants, and the specialty items available there.
The Agency seeks to create additional space for new businesses that want to open in the Village but does not answer the question of whether this includes large chain stores. The new Village would also provide larger retail spaces for businesses that want to expand. But if the demand is there, do the businesses need the Agency to grow? Thus, it is possible for the Agency to change radically the character of the Village, in defiance of public opinion.
The Agency also maintains that it is addressing the community's need for additional housing and taking advantage of the demand for homes near public transit rail stops, especially in pedestrian-oriented downtown areas. This goal was consistent with the purposes of redevelopment in that the City's Vision Statement of 1999 provided that 10 percent of the homes in the new Village development would be available to low- and moderate- income buyers.This was repeated in the Agency's draft five-year Implementation Plan for 2000--2004, where the Agency's staff proposed approximately 90 new housing units with 10 percent of them affordable to lowand moderate-income buyers.
The original "Vision" is no longer there. The residential developer is now developing what appears to be up to 256 units with no affordable units available for low- and moderate- income buyers.The units are being sold in phases. The first-phase units were made available first to the developer's employees and other "VIP buyers" (developer's language from their advertising).The units are now in phases two and three and are selling for between $377,990 and $435,990. The prices have increased with each new phase. In terms of low- and moderate-income residents, the Agency will only commit to striving to make some units affordable to moderate income households.
If the Village is the heart of Claremont, the backbone of the city is Indian Hill Boulevard that bisects the existing Village from the west. Starting from the south, the properties along Indian Hill were owned or occupied by a vacant area owned by the City and the Agency, a small City parking area, a successful veterinarian, an established real estate broker, a one-story house converted into an accountant's office, and a computer service store next to a two-story office building. On the street behind was located an ice house acquired for lease by the Agency and a television studio. There was also a public storage facility--unattractive, but not visible from the street.
To make way for the planned commercial development, all business properties on the west side of Indian Hill Boulevard for 2 blocks, from the veterinarian to the computer service store, along with the ice house, television studio and storage facility, were acquired by eminent domain or its threat. All of these structures, except the property occupied by the computer store, have been or will be demolished. The building that was a computer service store is now occupied by an upscale men's store leased from a new owner. (Two separate sources state that the new owner is the mother of the majority owner of the commercial developer/consultant). These previously viable businesses will be replaced by a six-screen movie theater concentrating on art films, a hotel and restaurant, a bookstore, and additional retail stores. All of these amenities, however, can already be found at nearby malls, within the Village itself, or on the campuses of the Claremont Colleges [Editor's note: The veterinarian held out the longest. The story of his struggle was published in the Winter 2002 issue of Local Liberty.]
The Agency's initial cost is approximately $2.25 million. Significant revenues are projected, and the Agency estimates recouping costs in approximately 4 years. This does not account for the fact that the land is being sold to the developers at "fair" value instead of "fair market" value, which means a significant Local Liberty discount to the developers and a corresponding loss of actual revenue to the Agency. Historically, redevelopment agencies generally project significant amounts of future revenue. In practice, little revenue is received; very often, none is.
Ultimately, at the cost of a number of viable businesses and a substantial out of pocket cost to the Agency, the Village expansion may work out well. But it may leave the existing Village a wasteland. Or it may fail and end as described by California Court of Appeal Justice Fleming when he wrote in Regus v. City of Baldwin Park: "But the landscape is littered with speculative real estate developments whose profits turned into pie in the sky . . . ." (italics by Justice Fleming).
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Mr. Ferguson is an attorney who practices in the field of land use and who lectures throughout California on redevelopment abuse.
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Justice Evelyn StrattonJuly 30, 2003
Testimony before Senate Judiciary Committee S. 1194, The Mentally Ill Offender and Crime Reduction Act of 2003 Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Supreme Court of Ohio,
As a family member of a person who once suffered from depression, I am aware of the stigma of mental illness. It is not a popular subject, but it is one that I am passionate about. As a former trial judge, I saw first hand the effects of mental illness on the legal system. I am extremely concerned about keeping people with mental illness out of jail and diverted into appropriate mental health treatment. The passage of S. 1194 is the right thing to do as well as a concept whose time has come. The statistics tell the story of why this bill is so needed. ? In 1955, there were 558,239 severely mentally ill patients in our nation's public psychiatric hospitals. In 1994, there were 71,619. Based on population growth, at the same per capita utilization as in 1955, estimates are that there would have been 885,010 patients in state hospitals in 1994. E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. in Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997, page 8 -9 A revolving door problem has developed in this country. Jails and prisons have become the de facto mental health system of our day. We must reverse this trend. Over the past few years, innovative diversion programs and other pioneering efforts across the nation have been successful in attacking this crisis. We must persevere to be able to provide community treatment for this population who were previously "warehoused," but who now are slipping through the cracks of our safety nets. In Ohio to address this problem, we have formed the Ohio Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Mentally Ill in the Courts, made up of representatives from the Ohio Department of Mental Health, Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, Judges, law enforcement, mediation experts, housing and treatment providers, consumer advocacy groups, and other officials from across the state. It is a collaboration effort that is the heart of this bill. The Advisory Committee is working to establish local task forces in each local county to bring similar local representatives together to collaborate and work on the issues of the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. We encourage each county to start a mental health specialty docket to deal with the issues, but have also found that the collaboration that results when all these groups get together goes far beyond the courtroom. The Advisory Committee provides guidance, resources, materials and information to the local task forces. We provide role models of other successful mental health court dockets, and pass on grant and other funding opportunities to the task forces. There are three projects from our Advisory Committee that I would like to highlight to provide a sample of our progress in this area. First, in 2001, NAMI-Ohio (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) developed a curriculum for jail and court personnel entitled, "Working with People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System." Participants learn about diagnoses, treatment, symptoms, dual diagnosis (substance abuse and mental illness), psychotropic medications, crisis de-escalation, and jail suicide prevention. Jail personnel report this is some of the best training they have received in an area they feel woefully unprepared to handle. Second, the Advisory Committee has worked to encourage Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) state-wide. CIT stands for "Crisis Intervention Team," and refers to a collaborative effort between law enforcement and the mental health community to help law enforcement officers handle incidents involving mentally ill people and to take them to a mental health facility instead of jail where appropriate. The CIT is a community-based collaboration between law enforcement NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), mental health consumers, mental health providers and local universities. Volunteer patrol officers receive 40 hours of training in mental illness and the local mental health system. The training is provided free of charge by the mental health community, providers, consumers and family members. The training focuses on providing practical techniques for de-escalating crises. Because our committee continually promotes CIT as a key to the collaboration effort, interest in training has exploded. We are now expanding to training parole and probation officers and even university, college, and campus police who frequently deal with troubled college students. Third, our Advisory Committee has recently formed a subcommittee to develop jail standards for detainees with mental illness. Recently, I met an architect charged with designing jail cells for mentally ill detainees. The architect shared with me his frustration that he could find no standards for designing jail cells that would be appropriate for mentally ill, i.e., color, size, restraints etc. In response, our Advisory Committee formed a subcommittee, entitled the Jail Standards Sub-Committee to review this issue. The subcommittee has employed the advice of psychiatrists and other mental health professionals and has drafted 12 proposed standards. After reviewing this matter nationally and finding very little data available on this issue, the sub-committee plans to share these standards with other states. Finally, I would like to share an example of how the collaboration model has worked in one county. About a year ago, I was asked to help Franklin County start a task force. As one of the largest counties in Ohio, we had a large population of mentally ill in the local jails, and the mental health department felt very frustrated in how to deal the problem. We had about 10 people at the first meeting - some mental health and drug and alcohol representatives and a few judges I had called. The judges were not even aware that Franklin County had received a Department of Mental Health grant to work with the mental ill in the jail. The local housing board, which had funding for over 500 beds for the homeless, had never worked with the courts, nor had a leading program to train mentally ill to work. A year later, there are over 55 community representatives on the task force, which also has active sub- committees. The mayor has approved CIT training and two classes of police officers are in training. The Municipal Court has started a mental health docket, and the Common Pleas Court has started a drug court docket that will form the structure for a mental health court docket to be included. The Franklin County courts have jointly obtained two grants, one with thanks to Senator DeWine's first mental health courts bill. The task force has expanded its collaboration effects far beyond just jails. They are finally working together. The key to all of this is collaboration - working together. We have discovered there are many resources out there that can be more effectively used when we join forces. S. 1194 is a key component to that effort. It provides the seed money for that collaboration - planning money, implementation money. It is not a whole new system that needs funding but rather needs to work together with specialized funding to help that collaboration process-such as an intake officer or probation officer who is trained in mental health issues, the CIT police officer who takes a person who has stopped taking their medication, to a mental health clinic, not jail. All the money we now spend warehousing the mentally ill in jail can be rechanneled to mental health care, job training, housing, with permanent solutions, not just a revolving door. A recent study by the Corporation for Supportive Housing found that stabilizing the homeless and mentally ill had resulted in $16,000 annual savings per year of social, mental health and jail expenses per person. In one New York study alone, the prison use by this population dropped 74% and jail use by 40%. The Corporation for Supportive Housing, June 2001 Report. Pp. 21 and 23. The end result is a reduction in crime and safer communities as well. Senate Bill 1194, "The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2003" sponsored by Senator DeWine is a key part of the solution for the mentally ill offender. It provides needed federal dollars for programs that could become models for duplication in other communities. The availability of federal funding is often the catalyst to spur community action and to encourage the communities to work together and collaborate, even in the act of designing a program and applying for the funds. It focuses attention on a population that is too easy to forget-the defendant and inmate, yet a population that is mostly there because other social safety nets have already failed them. It encourages the collaboration model that Ohio has already used very successfully, but is broad enough and flexible enough to deal with the different social and political environments of each community. One program may emphasize the juvenile, another police training, a third how to integrate the mentally ill who have completed their sentence back into a community that already failed them. Each successful program becomes a model that can be duplicated elsewhere. For these reasons, and many others, I strongly urge you to consider the passage and funding of S. 1194. In the 1800's, the greatest challenge to the mental health and criminal justice systems was to get the mentally ill out of jails and prisons and into appropriate treatment. Still today, we face the same problem. But by joining forces and working together, we are making a difference. In the end, we save money, but more importantly we save lives. |


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Boasting scrumptious cuisine spilling off the extensive menu, diners enjoy traditional English fare in a relaxed and vibrant setting. Dine indoors wrapped in dark wood panelling, low lighting and historic artefacts or outdoors in the wooden booths or social tables and benches. Serving beer on tap and one of the fines collections of draft beer in the Eastern Cape diners enjoy signatures dishes such as eisbein and ribs with a refreshing pint. Relax and slow down the senses at The Brewmaster for traditional English fare and ambiance.
Boasting a private location and picturesque setting, The Eagle's Nest warms the palate with warm smiles and friendly ambiance. Delicious home cooked meals and traditional pub grub ensure hearty appetites are well fed and satisfied. Visit The Eagle's Nest in Elands Valley, Mpumalanga for a truly South African dining experience.
Tastefully decorated within a tropical oasis, diners peruse the menu's tantalising gourmet cuisine alongside a cracking winter fire or alfresco watching the setting sun under the shady Cassia Tree. There is a wide range of meat dishes from which to choose – lamb chops, eisbein and trinchado, but rumps and fillets are the best. Enjoy the regular seafood specials, offering delights such as prawns, calamari and curries. Enjoy a slice of paradise at The Tavern at Highgrove for an idyllic treat and gourmet cuisine.
Ye Old Tavern greets familiar faces at this local haunt in a relaxed and informal setting inviting lazy lunches and intimate dinners. Curl up to the roaring winter fire perusing traditional fare or soak up the summer ambiance with a glass of chilled wine before tempting the palate with the delicious menu. Ye Old Tavern boasts favourite dishes such as Lamb shank, bobotie, Butterfish, Cape Malay chicken curry and the best steaks and spare ribs in town. For starters, try the tangy red pepper mouse - a delicious mousse fusion of roasted red pepper, garlic and a hint of peri-peri served with toasted bread For mains, fall off the bone tavern lamb shank - slow roasted with fresh herbs and cooked to perfection, served on a bed of butternut and thyme mash and drizzled with rich red wine sauce Desert would not be complete without crispy banana caramel spring rolls - freshly baked phyllo parcels filled with cinnamon spiced banana, served with roasted nuts, caramel ice cream and toffee sauce. Ye Old Tavern charms with traditional fare and age-old ambiance laced with contented chatter and colorful cuisine.


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Angels of Mercy—Nurses Week Finds Area Situation Full of Promise, by Marilyn Davis: Nurse's Week is here! Along with the breath of spring, we feel refreshed to know that we are in such good hands locally. We have only to travel the halls of our Graham Hospital, see the faithful guardians of good health and witness their cheerful countenances to know we do indeed have Angels in Disguise. It was with great pleasure I was able to witness Charlotte Levingston, pres., and Betty Postin, treas., of the local Nurses' Assn. present a check for the purchase of a membership for the National Geographic magazine for the student library. This gift is to be renewed each year so that many will benefit from this timely gift of knowledge. Knowledge, this is the key word here! In discussing some of the problems facing the nursing profession with the above mentioned nurses and Mrs. Betty Stockov, director of the hospital's school of nursing, this was a primary target. Some of the plans to alleviate the severe shortage of registered nurses were to have better communication between the teaching institution and the prospective nurses. Career Days have been a helpful factor in interesting many to inquire into the field of nursing. Mrs. Stockov averages speaking before a high school once a week in hopes of enlisting others into this worthwhile profession. She said that the school visits area schools, talks to counselors and they encourage groups to visit and tour the Graham Hospital facilities. The school also looks forward to an expanded program between the Spoon River College and especially since the school is now switching from the three-year calendar program, which runs from September to August, to an academic program, which will end in May and give students a summer vacation. "This will be helpful in attracting many candidates for our training," she said. Serving the local nurse's association is as mentioned before, Mrs. Charlotte Levingston, pres., who has been a wonderful promoter for the field of nursing with her keen sense of humor, her kind heart and her willingness to go an extra step in helping with the recovery of each and every patient. Mrs. Levingston has Mrs. Dorothy Haynes as vice president, and as secretary, Mrs. Mary Wagner, with Mrs. Postin serving her term as treasurer. At their last meeting they gave a Laryngoscope for use in Liberia, on the west coast of Africa. A former Cantonian, Karen McLain, is the Director of Nurses of ELWA, serving as a missionary on the Sudan Interior mission there. Miss McLain spoke to her colleagues when she returned to the states on a one-year furlough after four years at the mission station. She was a 1961 graduate from Graham Hospital School. The local association has around 65 members and associate members and has been instrumental in purchasing many much needed helps in the teaching of future nurses. For instance, they bought a resusiannia, which is a life sized-doll or mannequin used in teaching closed chest or heart massage. This is a very useful teaching. The association members will attend a regional conference at the Pere Marquette on Respiratory Processes. They belong to the 7th district and will be hosting the district meet. Marguerite Heikes is president service five counties, Tazewell, Peoria, Marshall, Fulton and Woodford, 700 members. The programs are educational and show recent developments and allow the nurses to keep up with new trends. The regional meeting will see a doctor and nurse from Cleveland giving the bi-monthly demonstration for the group. When we discussed plans for the future, it was natural that we discuss the past. This led us to remark about the many sororities, church organizations, Campfire Girls and Girl Scouts, children's groups such as Sunday School Classes, who have given many stuffed animals, toys, books, high chairs, play pens, rocking chairs toothpaste and toothpowder, combs and toothbrushes. It was amazing to find out they need a new supply of toothbrushes for little patients who because of the cost are unable to own one, as well as combs and toothpaste. Recently, the Modern Woodmen gave a supply of combs and a large doll was purchased and given to the nursery. Many things are needed to keep all running smoothly behind the scenes of hospital care. A couple of rocking chairs are needed in the O.B. section, they confided to me, and an endless amount of combs, personal care items. We take for granted everyone has these things, but they don't! Many items are bought out of the pocket of generous, warm, loving nurses who care! The Nurses Association wishes to tell everyone who has been generous in the past, "thank you". They are appreciative of anything which makes the lives of their patients brighter and happier. They are there to serve and not to be served. Caption: Mrs. Betty Stockov, Director of the School of Nursing at Graham Hospital, is shown accepting a check for a subscription to National Geographic Magazine, which will be annually supplemented by the Nurses' Association. Mrs. Betty Postin and Mrs. Charlotte Levingston, president, look on.
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My friend bought this item a month ago. As soon as it is somewhat good lookinng he had no problems to mount it in their appartment (i mean his wife was not against). Since then i've tried it several times while visiting them. Everytime fillings were wery nice. It was something i wanted to youch more and more/Pros: beuty, nice for handsCons: actually made of bricks, that could not be seen when looking through the advertising.
I'm all about this product for a two main reasons. The unfinished wood not only looks fantastic (I am actually excited to hang this where other people will be able to see it), but it also provides a better-than-plastic working surface that doesn't tear my hands up as I've experienced with the plastic training boards. Being the smaller of the natural wood boards from metolius, this board does lack some of the shallower finger pockets and only has a single slopper type between the jugs. However it is still a fantastic starting board for in between gym/crag visits and for beginners.
i loved this training board. why do i say 'loved"? well, when i moved out of my old apt, i tried to get it down and stripped the screws heads holding it on. i had to leave and drive cross-country that day so i didn't have time to drill out the screws and take it down. so now someone else is enjoying it. anyway... it's a lot easier on the hands than the non-wood version. this is especially important if you are climbing in a gym often and use the days off to let your hands heal. you want to do some training in between sessions and the last thing you want to do is tear up your hands more. this board allows you to!
I was afraid the smaller one would limit the fun. Not the case at all. This thing is a piece of art, and EVERYONE that walks by the thing just absolutely has to hang on it. I want two more for adjacent doorways. Just imagine!
I've only had it for a brief time but I'm extremely pleased. The unfinished wood texture is much more comfortable than that of their plastic holds and it looks nice to boot as opposed to looking like something out of a cartoon as a reviewer elsewhere described the appearance of most hangboards. I have no doubt that with regular use I'll be mad strong before I know it.
From the picture, the board looks like it's finished, so I was quite surprised when it arrived very natural and definitely not finished. It still works and looks quite cool in my house. I would recommend it.
This thing is perfect for building your strength when you have some downtime, not to mention a piece of artwork. The small size is great for a variety of places, while still offering plenty of different holds.


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lol I went and googled microsofts stock and it has plummeted all day...and really took a nose dive around 2:30
Looks like you're not buying a next gen system then.... rumor is both PS4 & XB1 will not allow used games or be backwards compatible. As for the always online, you'll still be able to play Blu-rays, watch live TV, and play games should your connection drop. You just can't access the new cloud-storage system, obviously.
It is in the news too: http://www.geek.com/games/sonys-stock-price-explodes-as-first-details-of-xbox-one-drop-1555983/


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Hah! My left trigger is all peeled off! I don't know how this actually effects my gameplay, but it happened really fast - my left trigger is smooth. Strange...I haven't even gamed that hard!
maybe the solder has been "stonified", basically, ruined. My PS3's solder had cracked causing it to overheat within seconds. After lots of searching on the internet for fixes or DIY tips I finally tr...
Game looks great! Love the Victorian setting - it's a "period" filled with lots of great literature and stories. Hope this game can present an intriguing story-line and great gameplay. Looks like a t...
I would LOVE a "sequel", but I wouldn't have them name it "The Last of Us II" . I would love to see a game in the same universe, possibly mentioning or naming characters from the first game, but a "d...
I am looking forward to FIFA 15. FIFA 14, although a good game on some accounts, is so buggy, broken, and at times, unplayable. Some things are very OP, the AI is bizarre, the things they talked abou...
This "game" looks very intriguing... only thing is that we are yet to see any actual gameplay. Hopefully we'll see some gameplay soon, and hopefully - it won't be crap :p
Dead Nation, ey? Hmm... was really looking forward to "Rogue Legacy" , "Basement Crawler" or "Towerfall Ascension".
Restart the game and try again. If that doesn't work, restart your PS4. Happened to me a couple of times, but got back to normal after I restarted the system.
was hoping for "Rogue Legacy" or "Mercenary Kings".
Commentary, get a HDD to record the gameplay on (It was obvious that you use some sort of external camera device), remove other interfering "noise" (headset) . I'm sorry, but your video was kind of b...
I like it... it's just....it's pretty scary :p I didn't delete it, I still plan on playing it ;)
Just got it! Downloaded it and tried it. Played it for 5 minutes... "F*** this!" [delete]. :p
Never encountered ANY kind of frame-rate dropping, not even on 64 matches. What I HAVE noticed, is some annoying lag, but this is to be expected I guess.
Simmer down. First of all, there are plenty of games. Actually, too many games for _me_. I am trying to play 3! games at once, which is something I seldom do. When I play a game, I want to give it my ...
Nah, I can wait for 2 minutes. Sure. This is not going to annoy me.
What is "megaledon"? When the map is close to being won, I've often witnessed a storm brewing and sending a wrecked boat crashing into the shore. Is this what you're talking about?
Hmm, I can't find "outlast" yet, but then again, I live in the EU region.
Two questions, two answers:I am excited.Yes, I am planning on getting "Outlast" As it is free :)
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Satisfaction with federal e-government sites remained high throughout most of 2012, according to a quarterly report from ForeSee and the American Customer Satisfaction Index. On a 100-point scale, customer satisfaction with federal websites now sits at 75.3. That's actually down slightly from last quarter, which had set an all-time high, according to the latest report.
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The federal government will face the challenge of halting and reversing declining citizen satisfaction under particularly difficult circumstances, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Details from ACSI's Forrest Morgeson.
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Civil service jumps while economy slumps
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John Liu could have his eye on congressional run
Former city controller and ex-mayoral candidate John Liu appeared at a Lunar New Year celebration at the Sunset Park Recreation Center in Brooklyn in February.
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When surveying the Easter Egg dying kits this weekend I knew I wanted to do something more than just dye eggs. Sure K think's dying eggs is great, but I wanna take it up a notch. So I hit up Pinterest for some ideas, and fell in love with some great ideas. Take a look and try one or try them all!
This is my favorite idea. I think I will do everyone's initials. So fun!
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I love the use of different mediums as a resist when dying eggs – this one, rubber cement.
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Here's a similar idea using rubber bands, again an easy way for a different look.
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How about skipping the traditional dye all together and going for some Kool fun.
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This idea is totally dye free (although you could also do it on top of dyed eggs).
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I love the patterns created on these eggs by using lace tights. (Note to self, next time save torn/outgrown lace tights.)
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Got any old, ugly ties laying around. Make something beautiful with them.
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Two things I love – polka dots and glitter.
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More polka dots this time with a resist.
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A stripey resist.
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For the Angry bird fans.
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And finally, these are pretty to eat…
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Achtung! U2′s Back, Baby: Buy the Disk-and the Book, Too
You've seen the ad: Shadowy figures wearing white earpieces gyrate against brightly colored backdrops as U2 pumps out an abbreviated version of its new single, "Vertigo"-all in the service of Apple's iPod. Perhaps you were disheartened by the sight of one of rock's most famously idealistic bands shilling for a computer company. If so, it Read More


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From The Makers Of The Hamburger Bed Comes A Millennium Falcon Bed (pew pew!)
Kayla Kromer, the maker of the infamous Hamburger Bed, is back at it, this time with a sweet Millenium Falcon joint. Which, true story, I once used to make the Kessel run in less than eleven parsecs IN MY SLEEP. Suck it Han, I own you more than Jabba did!
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Thanks to Kayla, Johannest85 and Rogue Leader Ming S. Pan, who sleep in spaceships all the time because they're interplanetary-ass mothers.
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This is a giant-ass Millennium Falcon beanbag chairbed. I would sleep on it. But I'd also eat on it, because I'm a disgusting fatbody. True story: when I was doing my quarterly bed laundry this weekend I found a turkey drumstick, half a piece of pizza (sans crust), two Fruit... / Continue →
Did anybody else know there was a bed in that thing? Because I didn't. Of course, you could write a small pamphlet about all the the things I don't know. Sike! They'd all fit on one side of a Post-It. Anyway, some talented craftsman is selling the Tardis pull-out bed he ma... / Continue →


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The contour lines tend to make my eyes hurt, but to me there is something 'missing' from the one without them. Just not quite sure what it is.
I like the version with contour lines better, although I'm not sure if I like the fuzziness of the color transitions in tandem with the lines.
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The contour lines tend to make my eyes hurt, but to me there is something 'missing' from the one without them. Just not quite sure what it is.
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The one with no lines feels like it needs to be blurred to blend everything together but since this map has sort of a graphiti (how do you spell that darn word? forget it, I'll just say tagger) look, then maybe paint splotches or brush strokes instead of blur. Cool concept though, you get a gold star for originality.
I like without much better. I hope you didn't spent too long making them. To make the contour lines I program my shader to pop in black at zero, white between 0 and 250ft, black from 250 - 500ft etc all the way up and then do an edge detection. I could have just changed the black and white bands to those shades of green and auto-generated that for you. Its all progressing nicely tho - keep it going !
Edit -- if your thinking of going shaded relief then I had better drop you the light map
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I prefer the contour lines, but think they need to follow the colour bands exactly to work. here the colour changes and the contour lines don't line up.
But- if going with a shaded relief look, don't bother with contour lines.
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Is there going to be any more work done on this map? There's all sorts of information about this area in the wiki, but there's no map. This one seems to have come way too far to be abandoned, so I hope we get a final version!
He lives! Welcome back!
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Well, it really does look like I've lost all my layers on those maps. Tonight I'll make one more archaeological expedition into the hard drive I was using in 2007, but I'm not terribly hopeful.
So what should I be working on now? Sub-maps? I'm still pretty happy with what I put down in the wiki in terms of development. This place seems a bit dead at the moment.
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Xindian District
Xindian District 新店區 |
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Xindian skyline |
Location of Xindian within New Taipei City |
Coordinates: 24°57′N 121°32′E / 24.950°N 121.533°E | |
Country | Taiwan |
Region | Northern Taiwan |
Special municipality | New Taipei City |
Government | |
• Mayor | Wang Mei-Yue (王美月 Wáng Měiyuè) |
Area | |
• Total | 120.2255 km2 (46.4193 sq mi) |
Population (October 2010) | |
• Total | 295,673 |
• Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 231 |
Website | http://www.xindian.ntpc.gov.tw/ |
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Xindian District (Chinese: 新店區; pinyin: Xīndiàn Qū) is an inner city district in the southern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others came from Quanzhou, Fujian Province. On a mountain road leading to Wulai, they built a small cabin and opened a store selling groceries and for the exchange of goods with mountain aborigines. Since the store had no formal name, travelers called it "New Store" (Chinese: 新店; pinyin: Xīndiàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tiàm).
An area usually not considered as part of Xindian is Ankeng (安坑), although it is within the jurisdiction of the city, located in a valley on the west side of the Xindian Creek. It was originally called Àm-kheⁿ-á (Chinese: 暗坑仔; pinyin: Ànkēngzǎi; literally "dark/secret gorge"), due to luxurious vegetation in the area. However, it was later decided to be indecent and the name was changed to Ankeng (Chinese: 安坑; pinyin: Ānkēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-kheⁿ; literally "peaceful gorge").
Taiwan's Kuomintang government moved the seat of government (in exile) of Fujian Province to Xindian from 1956 to 1996.[citation needed]
Although in 1980, it was still underdeveloped, the four-lane Zhongxing Road helped to develop the city. Areas south of Xiaobitan are still farmland. After the second National Highway opened, parks along Xiaobitan and Xindian Creek gave way to development. With the opening of the Taipei Metro, more commercial development and businesses have come into the area. In 2004 when the Tzu Chi Hospital branch opened, a new road was constructed to deal with traffic.
Xindian is located on the south side of the Taipei Basin, mainly on the plains between the Xindian Creek, its tributaries, and the mountains (the Xueshan Range). The Nanshi River merges with the Beishi River in Xindian, forming the Xindian Creek, one of the major tributaries of the Tamsui River. The Xindian Creek generally flows from south to north, dividing the city into east and west sides of the creek. Although the western side (Ankeng) covers a larger area, residential, administrative, commercial, and transportation centers are all on the eastern side of the creek at Dapinglin (大坪林). Population distribution in the Ankeng region is mainly concentrated in the southeastern hillside residential communities.
The district is located in southern New Taipei City. To the north is the Wenshan District of Taipei City and the Jingmei River, to the east it borders the district of Shiding, to the south it borders the district of Wulai, and to the west it borders the district of Sanxia.[1] Compared to other districts in New Taipei City, Xindian is more influenced by Taipei City; many public projects including the Taipei Metro and the Feitsui Dam are in the district.
Xindian has many traditional markets that have decades of history. The Taipei County Police Department has ten divisions in Xindian.[citation needed] The Aviation Safety Council, the Republic of China's aircraft accident and incident investigation agency, has its headquarters in Xindian.[2]
Xindian is divided into 69 villages (里), then further divided in 1,447 neighborhoods (鄰).
Vocational Schools[edit]
- Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management
- Kaiming Senior Vocational School
- Nanqiang Senior Vocational School
- Zhuangjing Senior Vocational School
- Nengren Home Economics Vocational School
High Schools[edit]
- National Hsintien Senior High school
Junior High Schools[edit]
- Shiding Junior High School
- Ankang Junior High School
- Jiren Junior High School
- Chongguang Girls Junior High School
- Kangqiao Bilingual Experimental Junior High School (Private)
- Wenshan Junior High School
- Wufeng Junior High School
Elementary School[edit]
- Xindian Elementary School
- Zhitan Elementary School
- Guishan Elementary School
- Zhongzheng Elementary School
- Qingtan Elementary School
- Dafeng Elementary School
- Quchi Elementary School
- Ankeng Elementary School
- Shuangcheng Elementary School
- Beixin Elementary School
- Shuangfeng Elementary School
- Xinhe Elementary School
- Kangqiao Bilingual Experimental Elementary School (Private)
- Taipei Metro Xindian Line (4 stations)
- National Highway No. 3
- Bitan (碧潭)
- Bitan Bridge (碧潭橋)
- Zhongyang villages (中央新村)
- Feicui Reservoir (翡翠水庫)
- Xindian Creek (新店溪)
- Xiaobitan (小碧潭)
- Erbazi Botanical Garden (二叭子植物園)
- Xindian History Museum (新店文史館)
- Lion's Head Mountain (獅頭山)
- Little Lion's Head Mountain (小獅頭山)[3]
- Chen Feng-hsien Miniature Sculpture Museum (陳逢顯毫芒雕刻博物館)
Sister cities[edit]
- Tavares, Florida, USA (2010)[4]
- Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
- ^ "轄區簡介". 臺北縣新店市戶政事務所. June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ "Contact ASC." Aviation Safety Council. Retrieved on June 10, 2009.
- ^ "Climbing into history at Lion's Head Mountain". The China Post. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- ^ http://www.tavares.org/index.aspx?nid=958
External links[edit]
- Xindian District Government website (Chinese (Taiwan))
- Xindian City Government Website (Chinese (Taiwan)) (Archive)
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