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DOT approves plan for arena block bollards after yet another Technical Memo attempts to patch a flawed analysis
When in August 2011 plans for the installation of security bollards around Barclays Center submitted by FCRC to NYCDOT were made available to the public, AYW noted that the sidewalks as shown in the plans were in some cases significantly narrower than had been disclosed in the 2006 environmental analysis under which the Atlantic Yards project was approved. The photos above and below show the existing street corner as well as the sidewalk that extends from it along Atlantic Avenue, but the sidewalk will actually be two feet narrower at the time Barclays Center opens than it is in its existing condition.
Carlton Avenue/Pacific Street signal light knocked down for at least the third time
For at least the third time since construction began on Barclays Center, a signal light at Carlton Avenue and Pacific Street has been knocked down. The photo above left is from last week. To the right is a photo of the signal light damaged (but not knocked down) in July. At the bottom of the story is a sequence showing an Atlantic Yards construction delivery truck in July working its way around the corner with the assistance of flaggers.
ESDC says generators not to be used again at the Pacific Street/Carlton Avenue location "in the near future"
According to ESDC Atlantic Yards Project Director Arana Hankin, the generators used for the rebuilding of the Carlton Avenue Bridge will not return to Pacific Street at Carlton Avenue "in the near future."
Ms. Hankin informed us, "The generator was placed on the street because there was no space in the yard where the generator could have been placed to do the necessary work on the south abutment of the bridge. If there is a need to use the generator in this area again, the contractors will be required to use noise attenuating blankets."
The generators were placed in that location without any noise attenuation, apparently in violation of the Amended Memorandum of Environmental Commitments. The MEC details the use of noise barriers, equipment enclosures and perimeter fencing made of 3/4 inch plywood to mitigate noise impacts. None of those measures were implemented in this case. The generators were located approximately 50 feet from residences and only a short distance from the construction offices housing FCRC's contractors.
Nighttime use of railyard floodlights may continue until September 2012 or beyond
The floodlights in the Vanderbilt Railyard are being used to extend construction work hours to as late as 11:00 PM many days of the week. In the spring of 2010, LIRR told community members the lights would be used infrequently to enable work that could not be executed in the day while the railyard was operating. At that time there was no mention the lights would be used for construction.
The policy for use of the lights has apparently changed. According to ESDC Project Director Arana Hankin, LIRR and the FCRC contractors working on the Carlton Avenue Bridge are negotiating an agreement for the use of the lights that includes extending construction work hours. The rebuilding of the Carlton Avenue Bridge is not a LIRR project, although its completion is dependent on various elements of railyard construction being finished. The lights are planned to be used until reconstruction of the Carlton Avenue Bridge is complete, which must be prior to the time the arena opens in September 2012. It is unclear to what extent the lights will be used when construction in Vanderbilt Railyard continues with the replacement of the permanent railyard. It is anticipated to be complete in 2016.
Generators at Carlton Avenue and Pacific Street disrupt residents
Generators adjacent to perimeter fencing across from residences, and the absence of barriers to shield the residences from the noise they generate, appear to violate both the spirit and the letter of the Amended Memorandum of Environmental Commitments. The generators are apparently being used to facilitate construction of the Carlton Avenue Bridge.
They are situated directly across the street from residences on the north sidewalk of Pacific Street at the location of the Carlton Avenue Bridge. They are in a highly visible location close to the construction offices and along the walking route between the construction offices and the arena construction site.
A recent incident report declaims, "Their generator is making me crazy !!!!" It asks, "Is there any way we can have them "plug" their damn equipment in instead of using the damn generator ALL DAY EVERYDAY?!?!!? It is really starting to drive me nuts!"
A resident with a decibel reader registered 98 decibel level outdoors in the vicinity of one generator Saturday, December 17th at 6 pm. According to the Guide to the NYC noise code, a train has a decibel level of 100dB(A) and a lawnmower has a decibel level of 85 to 90 dB(A). The guide explains a decibel is a logarithmic unit, "which means that a noise measuring 30 decibels is actually 10 times louder than a noise that registering at 20 decibels." A measurement of 45 dB is recommended indoors and should not exceed 65 dB. Outdoor walls and windows are anticipated to reduce noise levels by 15 dB. Residential units are located roughly 50 feet from the location of the generators.
From street trees to illegal parking; photos show Atlantic Yards' adverse effect on 6th Avenue
Illegal parking on sidewalks, primarily by 78th Precinct employees, has replaced street trees on 6th Avenue between Dean and Pacific Streets. The photos above are one example of how Atlantic Yards construction has reversed the development progress of some areas of the community adjacent to the project site. The photo on the left was taken in December 2007. The photo on the right was taken November of 2011.
Entire railyard is illuminated for construction mornings and nights, including outside of scheduled construction hours
For the last several weeks railyard flood lights installed in 2010 have been used to extend construction hours. They have also been used intermittently during the very early morning hours either for construction or LIRR maintenance.
The lights are bright enough to cast shadows to neighborhoods outside the project site. The residents most impacted live at the same height as the light fixtures. One incident report describes the condition in some residences in 700 Pacific Street as blinding at night.
The construction alerts outline the use of the lights to extend construction work hours starting at 6:00 am and from dusk to 7:30 pm weekdays. But incident reports state the lights sometimes come on at earlier times weekdays like 4:30 am and 5:00 am and weekends at 6:30 am. The construction alerts do not describe the lights being used during the weekend at all.
It is unclear at this writing whether the work outside the construction hours detailed in the construction alerts is associated with LIRR operation or with construction. Although the full yard is illuminated, often the work taking place is by a small number of workers in one location. According to nearby residents, the lights have been turned on more frequently in the early mornings recently than in the past. This coincides with the announcement in the construction alerts the lights would be used for construction.
Equipment spews dust into air over railyard and Atlantic Avenue
Video submitted with an incident report shows dust being blown into the air this morning in the railyard near the work reconstructing the Carlton Avenue Bridge. The video above is one of four submitted.
The incident report accompanying the video reports "this has been going on for the last few days."
The report notes that the dust was so significant the worker using a water hose to suppress dust moved away, stopping his task.
Gucci horse competition coming to Barclays, but where will the horses go?
As yesterday's Wall Street Journal article The Horses Will Jump in Brooklyn announced, beginning in 2013 the Barclays Center will be the third site for the Gucci Masters, an elite show-jumping event that attracts the world's top riders.
The announcement is a reminder that while most of the press around the Barclays Center opening is focused around the Nets, professional basketball games will be only 40 of the 220 or so events anticipated for the arena. The range of programming - from the horse show to the three performances a day for Disney on Ice - have traffic and operational impacts that were never outlined in the FEIS. In this case, where will the horses go?
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For the New York Masters, about 70 to 80 horses will be stabled inside the building, with more than 200 horses in tents just outside, and 1,500 tons of special silica sand will be shipped in from Europe.
The Paris Gucci Masters is held at the Salon de Cheval, a dedicated horse show facility that includes warm-up rings and trailer parking in addition to stables and show rings. Instead, the Barclays event will resemble the International Horse Show at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., which closed three city blocks around the arena this October.
More violations of truck rules and regulations occur, causing air quality impacts
An incident report from November 28th contains two videos showing trucks departing the construction site quickly and stirring up dust into the air. The location of the incidents shown in the video is Pacific Street at Carlton Avenue, where a dispatch is supposed to stop all trucks and only let them advance when the designated entrance is ready to receive them.
Air quality in the community near the site is affected when trucks speed and/or dirt is spread from the work site by the wheels of construction trucks. While coordination of trucks associated with project construction has improved since incident reports and stories posted on AYW began drawing attention to violations of truck rules and NYC law, there has never been wheel washing stations at each exit as promised, and dirt and mud is often tracked from the site. Further, the number of exits/entrances currently in use at the site far exceeds what was anticipated in any environmental analysis.
Inside the construction site trucks are required to obey a 5 mph speed limit. The video shows trucks apparently traveling too fast on the public section of Pacific Street; an area where the 5 mph speed limit may not apply, but where community life must co-exist with the designated route of Atlantic Yards construction delivery trucks.


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Scoring 80 goals in all competitions over the last two seasons for a massive club like Bayern Munich is good enough to guarantee a player a start for his national side. Well, it's a guarantee unless your name is Mario Gomez.
No matter how good of form Gomez has been in for his club throughout his career, he's never been able to fully translate that over to the national side. It's easy to say Gomez just hasn't risen to the occasion when wearing the colors of Germany. Mario was part of the Germany team in Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010, but he failed to find the net in either competition. In fact, his ineptitude in front of goal in Austria/Switzerland was widely lampooned by the world media.
Stats are misleading in the case of Gomez. He has scored 22 times for his country in 52 appearances, and a closer look at those goals show that 8 of those goals came in qualifiers for Euro 2008 and Euro 2012. (Gomez didn't score in qualifiers leading up to World Cup 2010.) However, those goals came against world "powers" San Marino, Kazakhstan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Belgium. The strongest competition he's scored against came in friendlies against Uruguay and Australia.
Joachim Löw abandoned the 4-4-2 for a 4-2-3-1 after the group stages of Euro 2008. Gomez's poor performance in front of the net accelerated this move. He was benched while Miroslav Klose retained his starting position. It's tough to argue Löw for favoring Klose over Gomez. Club form has never mattered in the case of Klose. Rudi Völler, Jürgen Klinsmann, and now Löw have stuck by him for one simple reason: He scores big goals in big games for Germany. He definitely hasn't failed to score in major tournaments. With 25 goals in qualifying and 16 goals in those tournaments, you can easily see why Klose is favored.
The general (and correct) consensus is that Gomez is a confidence-dependent striker. There is no doubt that when he gets going, he's absolutely tough to stop. As I said in the first sentence of this piece, Mario has scored 80 goals for Bayern over the last two seasons. If your name is not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, that number is astronomical. One must also take into consideration to sheer volume of opportunities that Gomez gets to score in a Bayern shirt. Without exact figures in front of me, I will make the assumption that he sees roughly about one billion chances. It normally takes Gomez a couple of chances to get going, but when he does, he can score with the best.
As long as Klose remains healthy, Gomez will likely be starting the tournament from the bench. It will be important for him (and Germany) that he capitalize on the chances that he receives during his opportunities on the pitch. If he's wasteful like he was in 2008, you can be sure that Löw will try his other options. Gome and Klose are the only forwards that are being brought to Poland/Ukraine, but Löw has let it be known that he will be willing to put Marco Reus and/or Andre Schürrle up top to find goals. While Germany does have a potential weakness in defense, the forward position should not be an issue. The service will be there when Gomez sees the field. Thomas Müller, Mesut Özil, and Lukas Podolski are as talented an attacking trio that you'll find.
Germany has twenty one victories and one loss when Mario Gomez scores a goal. For Germany to reach their goal of winning the 2012 European Championship, Gomez is going to have score goals. They won't be able to rely on a 34 year old Miroslav Klose to carry them through another tournament.
Mario Gomez
National Team: Germany
Club: Bayern Munich
Age: 26
Position: Forward
Role On Team: Second choice striker in Germany's 4-2-3-1


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Though I stood in line for the midnight release of almost every Harry Potter book, I was a bit more hesitant about reading J.K. Rowling's newest book. The Casual Vacancy has been hailed as an "adult" book, something vastly different from the author's previous series about wands and wizards. Set in a small British town called Pagford, The Casual Vacancy follows the town's residents through intertwining narratives, all surrounding the political issues brought forward by the death that occurs in the book's first chapter.
Most reviews of Rowling's newest tome have been lukewarm at best–critics and readers were put off by her very realistic prose which features swearing, drug use, depictions of rape and abuse, explicit sexuality, and references to Facebook. In contrast to Harry Potter's magical world, where nobody ever needs to pee and magical teenagers left mostly to their own devices never progress past snogging, Pagford seems shockingly realistic. Many reviewers have blamed this feeling on Rowling "trying too hard" to show her worth beyond children's fantasy. However, I found that the disingenuous feeling of Rowling's realism came from somewhere else: the extreme representations of poverty in The Casual Vacancy.
(My discussion from here forward will contain spoilers from The Casual Vacancy.)
Though Rowling's mess of characters share screen-time pretty equally, much of The Casual Vacancy centers on the character Krystal Weedon. Krystal is the character who represents "the Fields," a contentious area of Pagford that borders the larger town of Yarvil and contains unkempt public council housing and the Bellchapel Addiction Clinic. The Weedons are the only of Rowling's main characters who live in poverty– though her remaining characters suffer from abuse, self-harm, and mental illness, they are all characterized as solidly middle class. The characterization of the Weedon's poverty sets them apart from the other residents of Pagford, as does the fact that they serve to represent the entire idea of "the Fields," a subject that crosses the minds of the rest of Pagford's residents due to its political impact in the central plot point of the parish council elections.
The Casual Vacancy, and along with it, the characterization of the Weedon family, suffers from the extreme situation of poverty that Rowling chose to describe. It isn't that the Weedon's situation is not realistic– of course, stereotypes of poverty are informed by real brushes with it. The problem is that by representing social issues like poverty in extremes, we often cannot recognize the problem in any of its other forms.
The argument against extremes was first articulated to me through a feminist lens in a 1989 bell hooks article, "Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Feminist Perspective". Hooks argues that while feminists have had to focus on extremes to bring an issue to the attention of the public, this same focus can be harmful when addressing more common forms of the problem. In the essay, hooks uses the term "battered women" to illustrate her argument. "Battered woman" not only defines a victim of intimate partner violence by their injuries, but implies repeated, visible, and ongoing physical abuse. When the term "battered woman" is translated into a representative figure in books, television, or film, we get the typical image of a battered wife– visibly bruised, emotionally shaken, and marked with a token black eye. This image erases many other forms of intimate partner violence that occur, most notably, emotional abuse that does not leave such visible scars.
The argument against extremes has been brought up in many feminist issues. In 2011, feminist activists convinced the FBI to change its definition of rape, which had not been updated since 1920. The FBI's old definition included the phrase, "forcibly and against her will," which (despite the obvious gender pronoun issues) placed pressure on rape survivors and law enforcement to prove whether the rape was "forcible". The FBI definition was influenced by larger myths that we have about rape in society: that rape is usually committed by an evil stranger in a dark alley who physically injures their resisting victim. As feminists, we know these myths are wrong, but society continues to focus on "extreme" versions of the crime, which is represented and then echoed through our media and laws.
The same problem of extremes exists in society's treatment of poverty. I am speaking from an American perspective, which of course differs from the exact issues of poverty that are prominent in Britain, specifically regarding issues of race. But here are just a handful of ways society creates a specific idea of what "poor" is supposed to look like:
Poor folks are regularly ridiculed for using food stamps to buy basically anything (soda, "junk food," or treats for children). Poor people who buy new shoes must not really be poor. Poor people should stop having children, but we don't want to pay for their contraception either. If you are not homeless, you are not really poor. If you buy fast food, you aren't really poor. If you have money to celebrate birthdays/holidays/etc, then you're not really poor. And so on.
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep this past September, Rowling touched on her own experience with poverty in Britain and how it informed her writing of The Casual Vacancy. Rowling said: "It's not my story, but it does address themes, subjects that are very important to me". She may have been better off writing something closer to her story. Rowling is well-known for her period of poverty while she was writing the first Harry Potter book as a single mother. This time in Rowling's life is almost mythical in the media, which likes to toss around stories about her writing the novel on napkins because she couldn't afford paper. The media has also written that Rowling's habit of writing in cafes was directly related to her poverty– she was escaping her unheated flat. Rowling has denied such myths, complicating the portait of her time of poverty. Those myths, along with many others, feed our desires for a romantic and extreme form of poverty. But the reality of Rowling's situation did not fit our poverty narratives. She was a poor single mother from a middle-class family, educated at the University of Exeter, divorced after an unsuccessful marriage in Portugal, and unemployed and on welfare benefits so that she could finish writing a book about a boy wizard. Rowling's life does not fit into stereotypical poverty narratives, but it is an image of poverty nonetheless.
The Casual Vacancy is very much a book about politics and class wars, so Rowling may have intentionally created the Weedon family as a stereotype for poverty in the UK. If this was the intention, I believe she failed. Rowling herself articulates the problem that I find with her book in this quote: "One of the great problems for me is that the poor … are so often discussed just as this large, shapeless mass. You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience…"¹ .
It is unfortunate that the extreme and stereotyped description of the Weedon family represented the poor as something Rowling wished to avoid: a large, shapeless mass of stereotypes.


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10:00am Thursday 21st February 2013 in Countywide
THE number of people signing on in Oxfordshire has risen – bucking the national trend.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show 6,842 claimed Jobseeker's Allowance in January, a rise of 280 on the previous month and the highest figure since August.
But nationally the claimant count fell for the third month in a row – down by 12,500 to 1.54 million, the lowest since June 2011, following a huge increase in employment.
Business leaders in the county have struggled to explain the rise.
Nigel Wild, president of the Oxfordshire Chamber of Commerce, said: "I have not had any intelligence into why this may be happening. It is a bit of mystery."
Kate Allen, managing director of Oxford recruitment firm Allen Associates, added: "The way Christmas fell there was a two-week break followed by a bout of cold weather, which may have delayed recruitment. But it has picked up in the last few weeks and I can't see where those figures are coming from.
"Generally clients are reporting a really positive outlook, although they are creating more temporary positions – which may become permanent – than they were before the recession."
During January a number of retailers including camera specialist Jessops – which had five stores in the county – and electrical store Comet closed their doors for good while video chain Blockbuster and music retailer HMV went into administration.
While those companies are national, experts say many local stores are also feeling the pinch.
Margaret Coles, chairman of the Oxfordshire branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "I have noticed more and more shops being boarded up."
She added that employers were now being cautious before taking on new recruits.
"A lot of people are taking stock and I think the recession is biting more now than a year ago. People keep thinking it will get better and then it doesn't."
Across the UK, unemployment, including those not eligible for benefit, fell by 14,000 in the final quarter of last year to 2.5 million – 156,000 lower than a year ago.
n The Oxford and Banbury branches of HMV yesterday escaped the latest round of store closures.
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12:15pm Thu 21 Feb 13
zimmer, Wolvecote. says...
1:32pm Thu 21 Feb 13
jennie65 says...
3:22pm Thu 21 Feb 13
Isawyoucoming says...
zimmer, Wolvecote. wrote:A true account of the situation. the real numbers are far higher than this lot would have you believe
A breakdown of the figures into the following would explain why. How many have recently lost jobs, how many have come into the area from outside Oxford, and from the EU, against how many claiments have found jobs. If it is the first then there has been a higher than average companies/shops going to the wall, if it is the second, then there is nothing that can be done about it, and as they will all be claiming housing benefit as well, the bill will be massive. Nigel it is not rocket science, and a man in your position should have asked those questions before saying it is a mystery.
10:23pm Thu 21 Feb 13
Myron Blatz says...
9:08am Fri 22 Feb 13
xjohnx says...
More people than ever are actually working. There is just to many of us.
9:19am Fri 22 Feb 13
Man on the Green says...
1:33pm Fri 22 Feb 13
riman09 says...
Did we not hear recently some high profile companies closed? That's why the number keeps going up; it is the economy, stupid!
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Women's Alumni Softball Game 2014Oct 5th
with a Home Run Derby & Family Cookout William Peace University will host an Alumni Softball Game with Coach Charlie Dobbins on Sunday, October 5 at 12:00 p.m. at WPU's Wachovia Softball Field. 1:00 p.m. - HOME RUNView Event
The Importance of Being EarnestOct 15th - Oct 19th
William Peace Theatre presents Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Amy White. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy inView Event


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9:06 a.m. — Arrest. Terry Lewis Smith, 29, Peru, was arrested on a court order. Cass County Sheriff's Department.
10:01 a.m. — Theft. 300 block of Water Street. Complainant reported the theft of gas out of several vehicles. Logansport Police Department.
12:49 p.m. — Theft. 1300 block of High Street. Complainant reported the theft of several items from residence. LPD.
2:17 p.m. — Arrest. Misty Dawn Stallard, 26, Peru, was arrested on a charge of failure to appear. CCSD.
2:32 p.m. — Criminal mischief. 1 Berry Lane, LHS. Complainant reported vehicle had been spray painted while parked. LPD.
2:28 p.m. — Arrest. Robert Allen Skolds, 29, Peru, was arrested on a warrant for receiving stolen property. CCSD.
2:58 p.m. — Arrest. Mateo Hernandez, 34, Logansport, was arrested on a charge of operating never licensed. LPD.
5:26 p.m. — Crash. 100 block of East Columbia. Stacey Raisor, 40, Royal Center, reported someone had struck her vehicle while it was parked during school hours. LPD.
7:24 p.m. — Theft. 1400 block of Erie Avenue. Complainant reported the theft of CD player out of vehicle. LPD.
11:28 a.m. — Assist medics. 300 Cass Plaza Drive. Logansport Fire Department.
4:52 p.m. — First responder call. 400 block of North Street. LFD.
6:40 p.m. — Assist resident. 1769 Smith St. LFD.
2:32 a.m. — Assist medics. 29 Lock Wood. LFD.
6:03 a.m. — Assist medics. 1701 Smith St. LFD.


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Two candidates for governor didn't spend much time celebrating their victories in last night's primary election.
Democrat Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner were up early Wednesday already waging what could become the most expensive political battle in Illinois history.
The Democratic Unity Breakfast featured scrambled eggs on plastic plates at the ostentatiously downscale Billy Goat tavern. The equally upscale Union League Club was where Republicans served their Unity lunch. They complained about Gov. Quinn using economic wedge issues, such as a proposal to raise the minimum wage.
"He's trying to divide higher income folks from lower income folks. He's trying to divide small business owners from workers and employees. He's trying to divide the City of Chicago from the rest of the state," said Rauner.
The governor saw hypocrisy in the Republican charges of "class warfare."
"A billionaire calling for a cut in the minimum wage, that's class warfare. And we're not gonna let him get away with it," said Gov. Quinn. "We're battling for the soul of Illinois. And the other side has an extreme agenda that is mean-spirited."
Appearing live on Good Day Chicago, Rauner said as governor he could support a minimum wage increase, if other costs on employers were cut to stimulate the creation of new jobs.
"If we have workers comp reform, tort reform and tax reform, combined with a minimum wage increase, it won't kill businesses," Rauner added.
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