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Starks (knee/ankle) won't play in the regular-season finale.||||||| The Packers will have a first-round bye and won't play again until Jan. 15.
Starks will miss his second straight game because of an ankle injury and Brandon Saine is out after sustaining a concussion, leaving the Green Bay Packers with only two running backs for Sunday's game against Kansas City.||||||| Make sure to get Starks on the bench before its too late. Even if healthy, he makes for a poor play against the Chicago Bears in Week 16.
Starks was active for Thursday's game against the Lions. He was listed as questionable with knee and ankle injuries after he was hurt late in last week's win against Tampa Bay.||||||| Coach Mike McCarthy said the decision would be made before the game. Starks, the team's top rusher, was listed as questionable on the injury report after participating in a short walk-through session Wednesday. Starks suffered a sprained knee and an ankle injury in the final minutes of the win over Tampa Bay on Sunday. He was a limited participant in practice Tuesday, the only extensive on-field work the Packers had this week.
Starks has a sprained knee and a sore ankle, leaving his availability in doubt for the Green Bay Packers' game at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day.||||||| Starks hurt his knee late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's victory over Tampa Bay. The Packers did not practice Monday, but Starks likely would not have been able to go if they did. Packers coach Mike McCarthy says the injury isn't as bad as it appeared to be initially, and is holding out hope that Starks might be able to practice Tuesday.
Starks led the Packers in rushing Sunday in a 45-38 win over the Chargers.||||||| He had 66 yards on 13 carries and one reception for nine yards.


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"My husband's dementia is getting worse," said Cashman, of West Hills. "I can no longer spend the time and work that is necessary to keep this pageant a success, and at the same time care for him on a 24/7 basis, even with help."
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Hoping to avoid same-day-arrival-chaos, we flew into NOLA the night before and stayed at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel. A cab from MSY to our hotel was just $33- cheaper than the downtown hotel shuttle at $20/head. While the hotel was old-ish and the elevator creaky, the furnishings were new and the bed linens were crisp and luxurious. Free wi-fi and in-room coffee were also available. This is the most convenient hotel to the Julia Street Terminal, we were only a block away and easily rolled our luggage the following day (1 pm).
This is a cramped terminal, from the get-go we were made to wait in a security queue which took ages to get through (about an hour). The room became uncomfortably hot, but people were generally in good spirits and kept peeling off layers of clothing to keep from overheating. From there we were taken aside and led to a SUITE ONLY check-in line, we were the only ones in line. We were checked in promptly and taken to a VIP lounge where we were met by our concierge who issued our room keys. From that point, a butler escorted us onboard and since our room wasn't ready yet, to Cagney's for lunch. Total time from arrival at terminal to lunch at Cagney's: 1 hr 15 minutes. Not shabby at all.
Our stateroom was handsome, modern, and roomy. The wall of floor to ceiling windows gave a real WOW factor. The room sported a dining room table with four chairs, a sofa, 2 upholstered guest chairs, a coffee table, and queen sized bed. The asian motif was sleek and stylish, the bed linens were of high hotel quality thread count. There were more pillows than I could ever imagine putting to good use! The pod style coffee/tea maker (FREE) was a nice bonus, especially since cruise ships typically have bad coffee (not sure why). We were please to find a filled fruit bowl, a bottle of champagne, a bottle of wine, and a bottle of Aquafina all complimentary. I'm not entirely sure if we received these goodies because of our past-cruise history or because they come standard in a suite (first time).
The bathroom was especially swanky: heavy glass shower (separate from tub), deep albeit narrow soaking tub, high-end hansgrohe fixtures, twin sinks, tile floor, shaving mirror, scale (unused but a nice touch regardless). While maybe not as spacious as my bathroom at home, a rather respectable size indeed.
A real bonus: storage galore. There's a walk-thru closet (on the way to the bathroom) with 4 armoires for hanging-up clothes, drawers along the vanity in the suite, drawers in the bathroom, drawers in the night stands (with some of the cleverest reading lamps I have ever seen!), and more drawers at the foot of the bed.
Our room came with a butler (Bagus) who we likely underutilized but was quite helpful. He brought us an extension cord for my husband's CPAP, daily in-room "treats" (sometimes plates of chocolate covered strawberries, sometimes canapes), he kept the coffee/tea stocked, called for an iron/ironing board (which was promptly delivered) and brought us orange sherbet on the night we were both feeling too pooped to leave the room. He will also bring DVDs on-request (the room has a DVD player), fetch all of your food (even from the open specialty restaurants WITHOUT and upcharge), but you MUST tip your butler since neither the butler NOR concierge receive tips from the auto daily gratuity (a trip to guest services clarified this).
Our concierge (David) was also helpful. He arranged our dining reservations in Aqua and Versailles for the nights we didn't eat in the specialty restaurants. As a suite passenger, one is entitled to priority debarkation at all ports-o-call, which was handy, but as another suite passenger commented upon arriving at the Star Bar waiting for priority debarkation like the rest of us "suddenly, I don't feel so special anymore!"
Dining at Cagney's for breakfast and lunch was one of the major highlights of this cruise. Cagney's is a small dining venue that is for suite passengers only for breakfast and lunch, at dinnertime it becomes a surf-n-turf specialty restaurant. The continental style breakfast had everything I wanted and more: croissants, fresh berries, whipped cream, muesli, melon, bananas, lox, and sooo much more. If that's not enough, one can order off the menu too! The service in Cagney's was excellent. Norwegian tends to have more southeast asians as service staff (as apposed to eastern europeans) which I like, they are quite friendly and not snooty at all.
During our cruise our dinners were varied: Le Bistro, La Cucina, Cagney's, Aqua, and Versailles. Le Bistro is a cute french bistro, I was not feeling particularly well the night we ate here, so I honestly can't comment on the food since I had no appetite. In fact, because we ate so little our upcharge was refunded to our account. Very classy! La Cucina however was a bit of a disappointment, everything seemed "off," but it could've been an aberration, maybe the chef was sick and the dishwasher was cooking? That aside, it was still a lovely restaurant with dim lighting and nice accoutrements. At Cagney's our eyes were bigger than our stomachs, we went "hog-wild" and ordered way too much food. The portions were ginormous, lamb, salmon, steak! All was prepared beautifully. I especially liked the truffle-oil french fries! Seriously good eats. Aqua is modern/trendy with low ceilings and snazzy lighting. Even though it's not a specialty restaurant, the servers are still quite adept and the dishes are quite good! Versailles has more of a bustle than Aqua, I like the vastness and the Louis-the-XIV-decor, the plate glass windows aft are stunning! Here the food is excellent also (the NY Strip steak was one of the best I've ever had: umami central).
Now to Norwegian Star's achilles heel: the BUFFET. This is the saddest, most hospital-cafeteria-romper-room-like buffet I have seen on a cruise ship! AVOID AT ALL COST!!!
Cruise ship shows are too "amateurish" for my taste, so I skip them. I've seen a couple on this ship, they are a major YAWN. Additionally, the Stardust Theatre's seats are so close, one could easily get claustrophobic if seated anywhere but an aisle. We did see the comedian "Noodles." Not so funny. Pretty G rated stuff.
Our ports were Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan, Cozumel. In Costa Maya we went on an excursion to Maya Chan. The ride was long and bumpy but scenic. The resort was idyllic: palm trees, palapas, soft sand, clean, small, and intimate, excellent service! Not a good place to swim though, the rocky/silty sand has a peanut butter-like consistency and feels really icky especially when you start sinking.
Belize City (English speaking port)- If you want a "proper" beach you will need to take a boat ride to one of the nearby Cays. Belize City is a tender port, so you will need to calculate about 25 minutes ship-to-shore. I hired a taxi to take me to Cucumber Beach, which really isn't a proper sandy beach, but rocky instead. They have a man-made lagoon (which doesn't connect to the ocean) for swimming, a restaurant, and palapas. Entrance was $10/head. I collected shells at the beach (big ones too!), had lunch at the restaurant (excellent rice and beans), and read a Roslund Hellstom novel. I took a taxi tour thru town and landed back at the port shopping district which is brimming with designer knock-offs (LV, Coach, Burberry, you name it). Total cost $40 taxi (including tip), beach $10, lunch $9.
Roatan- An excursion to Parrot Tree Plantation. The port area is very clean/quaint albeit small. The locals speak English since it is taught in schools, so getting around is quite easy. Our excursion to Parrot Tree Plantation started in a crammed like sardines bus ride (seats made for emaciated Ethopians not fat Americans) and took about 45 minutes. Parrot Tree Plantation was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. It's a little "contrived" with the lagoon, but here are the warm turquoise waters at long last! The included meal was pretty good, buffet style: pasta salad, chicken, veggies, rice n beans, etc...
Cozumel- The comedian on the Norwegian Star's funniest joke is this: Cozumel in Mayan means T-shirt. That pretty much sums up this port. We went to Playa Mia which was a little "theme park" like, very clean, but for the cost ($80 head) they don't explain much. You have to "learn" what's included and what's not. First of all, mixed drinks are free, you will need to go to the umbrella hut to get an umbrella (FREE) but tip the dude who installs it, and lunch is a open time free-for-all. The lunch was surprisingly tasty with dozens of choices, fish, chicken, rice, tacos, salads, etc... The swimming area here was the best on the trip thus far, deep blue warm water, however there are some big rocks, so I recommend swim shoes. This is more resort-style with all of the chaise lounges stacked arm-to-arm.
Overall, the ship is well maintained. The loungers on deck need to be replaced as many are fraying and sagging, but besides that and the aforementioned pathetic buffet, the Norwegian Star is ship shape. Sure, the atrium is starting to look a little "dated" but everything is shiny and clean.
Since we didn't fly out of MSY until 3pm, we did the city tour which drops us at the airport. What a great way to debark! We met in the Stardust lounge, and once we were cleared, our tour was off the boat, luggage grabbed, thru customs, and on the bus in less than 30 minutes! The tour itself was quick but nice, a good intro to NOLA.
Overall, a FANTASTIC cruise on the Norwegian Star!


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Sacramento, CA
TA quality on a decline
The fabric, fit, style are spectacular. The quality of workmanship is terrible. After one wash, every buttonhole is unravelling. I had to take a scissor and trim loose threads from most of them, as well as other areas around the shirt. I have also had to do this with other shirts from TA. I don't ever have to trim and repair shirts that are store bought, and they cost a lot less. I think this is the new standard from Territory ahead. My advice to future customers--don't think the high price means quality, it just means high price. A fancy shirt that is not well made, is a shirt that is falling apart.
Houston, Texas
This shirt is comfortably relaxing.I use it as a shirt or jacket. The woven fabric is unusual.
Camden SC
Interesting Pattern
I'm very wary of colorful patterns because I'm not a flashy guy, but I do like to wear unique clothing. I don't wear a tie so I tend to express myself with the shirts I wear. This particular pattern is subtle enough to not make me feel cartoony and elegant enough to make me feel well-dressed, and the texture feels nice.
Top Shelf Shirt!
A real favorite of mine. The texture and colors really fit my wardrobe and tastes extremely well. Jazz concert or club, dinner and drinks, business casual meeting- this shirt fits any role with style and class.
Baltimore, MD USA
Love this long sleeve
Beautiful shirt. It's hard to believe but the muted colors of this shirt are very striking. The fabric is light weight and soft to the touch. It can be ready to wear from the dryer or looks even sharper with a touch up from the iron. Nice drape, holds it's shape well. Never fail to get a compliment while wearing this shirt.
Plano, TX
Best Shirt Ever
I have never seen a shirt this cool in my 45 years. Great color with an interesting texture. Thanks TA for making mens clothing interesting. I get so many compliments when wearing this shirt.
Milwaukee, WI
Totally gorgeous shirt!
This is a totally gorgeous shirt! A real winner... an instant favorite... My husband thanks you...
NYC & Ulster County, NY
You should probably get it.
If you're thinking, ""Wow, that looks pretty cool. Neat colors... maybe I should get it..."" You should. Try zooming in on the fabric if you haven't already. Check out that crazy pattern. It's great-- something like an ancient temple wall or an illuminated text. Something you don't see very often. And take in all the different colors that make up the overall earthy palette. One small caveat I can give is that the colors look brighter and more saturated in the photo than they will be in real life. At least with my version of the shirt, it's notably darker and more subdued. Not that I'm complaining; I feel like that makes the intricacies and colors even richer and patterns more entrancing in their subtlety.
Colors not like picture
Colors way more muted than image. No gold/amber at all. Just gray and brown. Does not look like picture at all. Shirt tail hem a lot deeper too. Will have to return.
Not like the photo
As usual for Territory Ahead, the fabric and workmanship is outstanding. But the colors are NOTHING like the catalog photo, They are extremely muted and muddy. Returned this shirt; wish they made the one shown in the photo!
Golden CO
My son likes it!
I purchased this for my 29 year old son who lives in Texas. He likes the shirt and sent me a text picture today of him wearing it. It looks very nice on him and goes well with his style...intellectual PhD musician student who likes quality and comfort. I ordered him 3 shirts from TA and he likes them all! The shirt is slightly more muted thatn the online picture but still looks beautiful.
Nice shirt, but color is not as shown.
So, this is a really nice shirt, but the color of the one I received is not like the one shown. My shirt is dark olive, burgundy and navy blue, which is nowhere near the colors shown in the photo. It is so different that when I opened it I thought that they had sent the wrong shirt. The patterns are the same however and I like it, so I will keep it. Just beware that what you get may not look like the shirt in the photo, which really seems like a rather huge oversight on the part of TA.
Boulder, CO
Lovely Shirt: NOT as pictured though!
As other reviewers have noted, truly a lovely and unique shirt... but as a couple have also pointed out, QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE IN THE PICTURE! The one you will get is much more muted and 'understated' than the one pictured online, colors not nearly so bright; so much so that it truly does, as one reviewer noted, look like a different shirt! However: I also liked it enough to go ahead and keep it. So yes: well worth buying, very attractive, very elegant.... but not a lot like what the picture shows. TA: you guys have GREAT products! PLEASE do a better job of showing them!
Provo, UT
I really like the muted colors and great texture of this shirt. However, be careful, it shrinks quite a bit in the laundry and despite my careful washing the small is now too small for me. I'm debating whether to order a medium and then wash and dry it on hot to dial in my size.
Western MA
Comfortable, Colors Off
I'm sitting here comparing my shirt to the image on the laptop screen & thinking there is no way they are the same garment. Or the web site photo was shot through a color filter. The Terracotta/gold vertical stripe that caught my eye is a muted olive on mine. The vertical blue stripe that is a close match to the tee shirt is so muted its hard to tell its a blue.The overall impression is that my fabric went through an olive brown wash as the last production activity so that all the colors in the garment came out "subtle".The stripes do not 'pop' like the screen image does. The quality is excellent, the fabric comfortable. I will keep it but do wish it matched the web site image as that was what I was after.It would have been a 5 star if the colors were correct. CGS
Nothing like the picture
I really wanted to like this shirt but it is nothing short of ugly. The picture shows light orange stripes which add a little pop. My shirt has no orange at all. There's a brown stripe instead. The rest of the colors are so muted that from just a few feet away it's hard to discern any color save the maroon. Even the blue stripe is dull and washed out. No way I received the same shirt that's pictured. What a shame because I really like the style, weave and texture. Back it goes.
Silver spring, md
nice shirt
a nice shirt but runs small & shrinks in the dryer--order a size up
Philadelphia, PA
Not quite like the picture
My shirt doesn't have so much an overall blue hue as a muted yellow/gold/burgundy hue. It's actually much less blue that I expected from the catalog and website. I'm 6' 200 lbs, 44/44L blazer. My shirts are L or XL depending on the shirt. After washing the L fits well and has a slight tailored silhouette rather than block-y. It has a soft hand and a noticeable texture. The sleeves are proportional (rather than too long as TA shirts often have). I have about 20 TA shirts and this compares well in quality and appearance.


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Dawson Community College volleyball has started signing members of next fall's freshman class, starting with Livingston's Park High School senior Victoria Foster.
Coach John Marble recently announced Foster's commitment to the Lady Buccaneer volleyball team. "Victoria is a natural volleyball player and very athletic," he said. "She is loaded with potential."
Foster stands at 5'11" and is familiar with all positions at the net, playing outside hitter, middle blocker and right side in high school.
Marble said he is looking forward to having her on the team. "Victoria is a hard-working player that knows how to overcome adversity and compete," he said.
Foster will join five returning sophomores; Amanda Little, Ashley Eslinger, Megan Young, Myriam Lebied-Julien and Kirby Sabec all are expected to return in the fall. The Bucs are losing three seniors to graduation; Amanda Shadbolt, Terah Lund and Janelle Sheeran all were members of the inaugural Buccaneer volleyball team two years ago.
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1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast
1 cup 99% fat-free chicken broth
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced, or 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup celery, sliced
1 medium yellow onion, cut in eighths
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 large carrot, sliced diagonally 1/4" thick
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
Separate the pineapple chunks form the juice. Reserve the juice.
Heat a large skillet over low heat. After cutting the chicken into 1-inch pieces, transfer to the skillet. Mix the pineapple juice, chicken broth, vinegar, brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic in a medium bowl, and pour into the skillet. Cover the pan and simmer for 10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Add the vegetables and pineapple to the skillet and continue to simmer for 5 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch and water until smooth. Pour the cornstarch mixture into the skillet, stirring constantly. Once the cornstarch has been added, continue to stir the mixture for approximately 1 minute longer until the sauce becomes thick. Serve immediately.
Calories: 180 cal
Total fat: 2g
Saturated fat: 0g
Polyunsaturated fat: 0g
Monounsaturated fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 50mg
Sodium: 620mg
Potassium: 194mg
Carbohydrate: 23g
Fiber: 2g
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Selecting Development Infrastructure
This week, I was tasked to create a development infrastructure with the following components:
- Subversion for SCM
- Trac for bugtracking
- Hudson for CI
- Sonar for Quality Reporting
- Nexus, a Maven repository
I added 2 more components:
- A database in order to store data from each application in the same datastore
- A LDAP in order to authentify oneself in each application with the same credentials
Since we had no server to begin from, I had to install the infrastructure on my development machine, meaning Windows and 1 Gb RAM. The following is a personal feedback I have from this week.Subversion
Subversion means Apache HTTP Server. Since I already installed Apache a few times, installing (and configuring it) one more time went like a breeze. I really love this software.
Likewise, once one's got the Subversion installer, installing it and configuring the underlying Apache instance can be done in less than 1 hour.Trac
Now comes the fun part. Trac was a choice not made by myself (I even didn't know this product until this week). This choice was made from Trac's features. Little did we know that Trac runs on Python.
I (and my company) have no Python skills, so please, don't make fun of me because of what follows.
I installed Python and then configured Apache to use it. That was the easy part.
First lesson, Trac doesn't run on the latest Python (v3.2). I learnt that the hard way.
Second lesson, Trac needs a whole stack of component connectors:
- since Trac can display you Subversion repository, it needs to communicate with Subversion. It is done through Python so here come Python svn bindings. And if you installed Python v2.6 which is compatible with Trac, that's too bad because bindings are only avalaible for Python 2.5
- Trac uses SQLLite (first time I heard of this, I'm beginning to feel like a complete idiot) out-of-the-box to store its data. Since all the other applications can run on MySQL and I happen to know a little about MySQL, I wanted Trac to use MySQL (a logical step). Not surprisingly, Python needs drivers to use MySQL, like in Java. This is done through MySQL Python. Completely unlike in Java, drivers are not put in the classpath of the running application, but installed in the Python distribution. Python 2.6+ is not supported though Trac supports it. Life is fun.
- Trac needs a installation component called setuptools that manages Python eggs (a specific format for Python extensions).
- Trac uses a templating engine. Version 0.10 of Trac needed ClearSilver, version 0.11 needs Genshi. Since I used Trac v0.11 and completely forgot to install Genshi, it complained about… not finding ClearSilver. Thanks for the misleading error message, I lost about 1 hour.
Third lesson: in order to use Eclipse Mylyn (an Eclipse plugin that manages to connect to a bugtracker and displays issues in Eclipse), Trac needs the XML-RPC plugin to be installed. Using the previously installed setuptools, it only needs a command-line instruction.
Fourth lesson, a project is linked to an environment. An environment is created using a command-line tool and then configured in Apache.
Fifth lesson, it is impossible to create sub-projects though a patch exists to modify the code in order to do so.Hudson
Hudson comes into two flavors:
- Hudson standalone as a Java Web Start installer
- a war file
The standalone runs nicely even though I can only guess at the underlying complexity. It can be configured to run as a Windows service. I am amazed: this is too good to be true. My deepest respect to the developement team. Finally, I uninstall Hudson (equally as easy) because…
I will have to run 3 Java applications: Hudson, Sonar and Nexus. If each runs in standalone mode, this means 3 JVM running concurrently and I'm bound to my crappy 1Gb RAM. Since each of these applications is delivered in a WAR archive, better have a lightweight server such as Tomcat (or Jetty). Since I'v used Tomcat since the dawn of time and since I see Jetty more like an embedded container, I installed Tomcat (this is a no-op, even for first time users).
Deploying Hudson in Tomcat is easy enough. Just don't forget to configure Tomcat's JVM with the -DHUDSON_HOME Java property. This tells Hudson to use this folder for storing its files (runs, builds, etc.).Sonar
Sonar was deployed easily in Tomcat. I configured it to use MySQL and everything went fine. The only comment I have about Sonar is that it comes in a whooping 45+ Mb archive. I mentioned this to the development team: it will likely be curbed in future versions.Nexus / Artifactory
Nearly finished I thought and went on to deploy Nexus. Deploying Nexus war in Tomcat went fine. Configuring Nexus went not. I wasn't able to find a single line of documentation regarding using Nexus not run in standalone mode, even though it is available for download in war format. Having lost too much time with Track, I decided to use Artifactory instead. I already installed this Maven repository on a customer's site and it gave me complete satisfaction.
Just don't forget to configure Tomcat's JVM with the -artifactory.home Java property. This tells Artifactory to use this folder for storing its internal files.
Yet, I ran into an error trying to use MySQL instead of JavaDB. Whatever the configuration I used, Artifactory was not able to use the password I provided to acces MySQL: I kept having Access denied for user 'artifactory'@'localhost' (using password: NO) messages. Having spent a considerable time trying to correct the thing, I went back to using JavaDB. Since Artifactory provides an repository backup functionality out-of-the-box, I can live with it.
Finally, having Artifactory up and running, I kept running into OutOfMemoryError: PermGenSpace errors. Tomcat was using 512Mb (which is a really low value for 3 important applications) but it has no effect on permanent generation space. I tried different -XX:MaxPermSize configurations without any luck. So in a bold move, I switched from a Sun JVM to a JRockit. Since then, I got no such errors anymore, though I have very high Garbage Collection time. Nothing a little more RAM and correct tuning can cure.OpenDS
I wanted all my applications to use the same authentication component. I used OpenLDAP a couple of times before but it was always ankward to install and use (I'm no LDAP guru) . I browsed the web a little to find OpenSource and free (as a beer) LDAP servers and stumbled upon OpenDS. Easy to install, easy to configure and last but not least, easy to manage LDAP entities. Everything done through its GUI.
Configuring Apache and Tomcat to use LDAP is done through XML editing, for Artifactory and Hudson, it is done through the webapp. Artifactory even provides a test button to check whether the connection is correct.Conclusion
All in all, I'm pretty happy with the components installed, save one. Trac does provide many functionalities but it has not its place in our infrastructure since Python is not my friend and it needs to many components I won't be able to debug if we run across a problem. JIRA would be the bugtracker of choice, but since it is not free, it has no chance. I've already used MantisBT, and though it uses a PHP stack (and not Java), I feel more at ease with it. In its latest version, it can even integrate third party PHP Wikis. Any thought about it ?
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David Gilbert replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 5:55am
JIRA would be the bugtracker of choice, but since it is not free, it has no chance.
Is that because you require open source licensing on principle, or just that you don't want to pay over any cash? If it's the latter, then I don't get it (unless JIRA is really really expensive, which is not the impression I have of that product).
Artur Biesiadowski replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 8:08am
You want JIRA Professional or Enterprise (Standard is too crippled for any serious work). For LDAP, you need Enterprise, same goes for per-component leaders and few other nice-to have features.
This means $2400 or $4800 license. Somehow I feel that if entire project infrastructure has to run on 1GB RAM developer machine, even $2400 might be a prohibitive cost.
Robert Enyedi replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 10:09am
Off topic: I can only imagine the money your company loses because of sticking to 1 GB of RAM: startup, compile, run, debug can take several times more if you are short on memory, not considering the effects of frustration.
In my opinion, these days a Java EE developer's machine should have at least 3-4 GB of RAM (thanks Sun), with the only limit being a 32 bit OS and the time/effort required to switch to the 64 bit version.
On topic: I wanted to try out Trac myself, but I was intimidated by the installation process. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Mladen Girazovski replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 10:24am
Off topic: I can only imagine the money your company loses because of sticking to 1 GB of RAM: startup, compile, run, debug can take several times more if you are short on memory, not considering the effects of frustration.
Yeah, save a Penny and spend a pound...
I'm using a very similar setup (Mantis/Maven2/Sonar/SVN/Hudson/Artifactory), had similar issues with trac, gonna look at Redmine, seems a like a great tool.
However, i stopped installing it on physical machines, i prefer virtual machines (currently vmware server [free], since the VMs run on Windows & Linux), that way, if you find out (which you probably will) that you'll need more resources, it's easy & fast to add more.
Andy Gibson replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 11:39am
Just out of interest, in terms of general development infrastructure, what about backup of at least the Subversion repositories? Personally, I've been using online subversion repos more and more as it lets me access work from anywhere, and someone else is (I hope) taking care of backups (hourly in my case).
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Developer Dude replied on Thu, 2009/08/06 - 3:45pm
The experience with Trac doesn't surprise me - not because it is Trac (which I have heard good things about), but because there is a lot of software out there, especially OSS s/w, which has the same kind of installation headaches and dependency hell. If you think this is frustrating for an experienced developer, try walking in the shoes of a total computer neophyte. It shouldn't be this hard regardless of what the software is - it really doesn't need to be this hard, we can do it, we have the technology.
As for the 1GB of memory. Totally unrealistic constraint - unless you are totally broke, unemployed, starting some OSS project totally on your own and this is the only machine you have. Otherwise upgrade your RAM or get another machine that can be upgraded. If an employer asked me to do any dev task on a machine with only 1 GB of RAM I would be polishing off my resume right then and there - or, breaking out my credit card to buy my own machine. RAM is cheap - time is not.
BTW - I am just about ready to buy a 17" MacBookPro, now that it takes 8+ GB of RAM, but I am still holding out for 4 cores. My personal home dev machine, an 8 core MacPro, currently has 10GB of RAM - specifically purchased for its capacity for RAM so I can run various server processes in a realistic environment. It is not unusual for me to see memory consumption of 6 GB or more. I figure Eclipse itself needs at least 1 GB of RAM, Tomcat with any servlets at least 1 GB of RAM, most DBMSs at least 1 GB of RAM (SQL Server at least 2 GB of RAM), and then most modern OSes need at least 1 and preferably 2 or more GB of RAM, not to mention all the other things I might have installed, and not to mention having multiple instances of something running in a VM (itself a memory hog because you are running another copy of an OS) to test against (say how something works on SQL Server v. PostGreSQL v. mySQL). I am not talking about bare bones minimums, I am referring to reasonable configs where you get adequate performance and don't spend (waste) time stopping one process in order to start another.
Most employers will skimp at least somewhat on a dev computer purchase that, if they bought the right machine, would be less than what they pay a single dev in a month - usually much less. The amount they would save by not skimping would be recouped in less than a month. But go figure.You have my sympathies. I guess the fact that they didn't give you a server to do this on should have been a clue.
Gilbert Herschberger replied on Fri, 2009/08/07 - 7:42pm
I appreciate how important and difficult it is to share information with other developers. It is important because a development environment determines your capacity. It is a limiting factory of what you are capable of producing.
It is difficult because a development environment is very personal. What works for one might not work for another. Developers are sometimes afraid of writing about it because it reveals something very personal.
One very important part is keeping a written record of what you are doing. How do you go about developing a development environment? How often do you examine your environment? How often do you replace it?
Your machine has become a de-facto server, part of the infrastructure. By coincidence, you happen to also use it for your development. There are well-documented benefits and costs of choosing a multiple-purpose machine. Life (and technology) is filled with difficult choices.
Brian Fox replied on Mon, 2009/08/10 - 11:23am
Nearly finished I thought and went on to deploy Nexus. Deploying Nexus war in Tomcat went fine. Configuring Nexus went not. I wasn't able to find a single line of documentation regarding using Nexus not run in standalone mode, even though it is available for download in war format.
The configuration of Nexus is 100% done via the UI, so there is no difference between the configuration once you have it running in Tomcat vs the Standalone mode. Was there something in particular you were looking for that you couldn't find?
Nicolas Frankel replied on Wed, 2009/08/12 - 4:57pm
Thanks for your contribution, I will try to enlighten the points you raised the most / are the most pertinent regarding to what I wanted to tell:
- First thing first: that was not a personal project but my company's
- 1Gb sucks. Oh yes it does! But the point was to prototype an environment, not run on such a machine in a long run.
- JIRA is not free, so we won't use it. Alas, I must say that the cost was a factor. I had no budget: no penny, no pound, no nothing. Only sweat and toil ;-). Products could be closed source but free (Oracle Lite would have fit... if not for PHP).
- I looked at RedMine briefly, liked what I saw but had not time to test. I will put it under my 'To evaluate' bookmarks.
- Virtualization is a very good idea and thought about it. Unfortunately, my conclusion was that was not compatible with my crappy configuration.
- As for online SCM, it could be compatible with a personal or OpenSource development but not for a private or closed one. For me, it's a no go there. Just like putting companies' private data in the cloud. Feels like the beginning of a flame war, doesn't it?
Walter Bogaardt replied on Thu, 2009/08/13 - 6:22pm
Why not use Continuum for CI? It's simple works great with maven. Setup is no time. There are other uses beyond just simple CI. Carlos worked on a project for us doing just this and this is the result of his work. http://www.eu.apachecon.com/presentation/materials/171/Enterprise_Build_and_Test_in_the_Cloud_-_Carlos_Sanchez.pdf
Oh try to do this infrastructure in .NET, yikes.
Matt Raible replied on Wed, 2010/01/13 - 12:02am
- Source Control: Git
- Source Viewer: FishEye
- Wiki: Jive SBS
- Bug Tracker: JIRA
- Continuous Integration: Hudson


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ARCADIA, Calif. (March 30, 2013)—Ridden for the first time by Rafael Bejarano, consistent Doinghardtimeagain layed close to a fast pace and went on to a resounding 3 ½ length victory in Saturday's $200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes for 3-year-old fillies bred in California, covering 6 ½ furlongs in 1:16 flat.
With 3-5 favorite Sweet Marini breaking sluggishly, 7-2 second choice Doinghardtimeagain, drawn in post position nine in the 11-horse field, sat third behind dueling leaders Marks Mine and eventual second place finisher Hail Mary.
"I just tried to find my position and figure it out from there," said Bejarano. "She was a little hot going to the gate, a little excited, but she was good once she was in the gate. "When I saw that the favorite (Sweet Marini) didn't break that well, I just had to find my position and go from there."
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Doinghardtimeagain, a daughter of Ministers Wild Cat, has been a gem of consistency for owner/breeder Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC, as she had two wins and three thirds from six starts coming into the Evening Jewel.
"She ran like we expected," said Dan Ward, assistant to Hollendorfer. "She was training well and got a super trip. He's (Bejarano) the best rider. He knew he had it. He's 17 for 28 on our horses. I just told him she has enough speed to be up close and that she likes to fight. She's a hard trier."
Doinghardtimeagain paid $9.20, $4.20 and $3.80. With the winner's share of $110,000, she hiked her bankroll to $346,270.
"This stud (Ministers Wild Cat) is real hot right now," said Tom Stull, owner of Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC. "When we saw that the two-horse (Sweet Marini) didn't have the lead I was pretty happy."
Hail Mary, who cut out pressured fractions of 21.64, 44.89 and 1:09.66, was engaged by the winner at the top of the lane and proved second-best under Julien Leparoux, finishing four lengths in front of Cloudy Moon and Kevin Krigger.
Off at 7-1, Hail Mary paid $7.00 and $6.00.
Cloudy Moon, off at 30-1, lagged far back early and made a run through the lane to finish 2 ½ lengths in front of Qiaona and Garrett Gomez. Cloudy Moon paid $10.20 to show.
Favored Sweet Marini was never a factor with Joe Talamo aboard and finished seventh, beaten nearly 20 lengths.
"I had a good trip," said Talamo. "She broke a little slow, and she just didn't fire today. She had a lot of kickback (dirt in her face) today, and she just didn't fire."
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"Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies," a weekly half-hour film review program, was announced today by its producers, Chaz and Roger Ebert. The program continues the 35-year-old run of a reviewing format first introduced by Gene Siskel and Ebert and later by Ebert and Richard Roeper. It will return to its birthplace, launching nationally on public television with presenting station WTTW Chicago, where it began in 1975 as "Opening Soon at a Theater Near You" and then in 1976 as "Sneak Previews," became the highest rated entertainment show in PBS history. The original format moved into syndication as "At the Movies" in 1982 with Tribune Entertainment and a quarter-century with Buena Vista Television.
The Eberts said the new program will air in January 2011, and in addition to reviewing new movies will expand into coverage of New Media, special segments on classics, on-demand viewing and genres, and an extended website. It will use the copyrighted "Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down"® format made famous by Siskel & Ebert.
"I believe that by returning to its public roots, our new show will win better and more consistent time slots in more markets," added Ebert. "American television is swamped by mindless gossip about celebrities, and I'm happy this show will continue to tell viewers honestly if the critics think a new movie is worth seeing."
Hallelujah. All I have to do is TiVo the show every week and watch it on Sunday night, and my old ritual will be alive and well. Mitchell and Lemire are both strong, sexy TV presences who can be counted on to keep things lively, although I was fond of the last At the Movies hosts Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott, who are also trying to work up something new. They were likely too serious for today's ruthless TV market, finally. Going back to PBS is probably the right move in order to keep the show smart.
jl | September 14, 2010 8:06 AM
But will Mitchell be smoking his cigars and sitting on a box of cash?
Bobby Jo | September 11, 2010 12:02 PM
It is good that the show is back up and running, however I always felt Chirsty Lemire to be a very weak film critic and I would have loved to seen the last two hosts return instead.
Elias | September 11, 2010 9:40 AM
fantastic, I was just so sad the show was suspended. I hope there will be a website where one can watch the series over the internet as I am from europe and will not be able to watch american television :/
Adam | September 11, 2010 8:05 AM
I'm not crazy about Lemeire. I feel she is a little to feminine in her attitudes toward certain films, but Mitchell seems alright. His TCM stuff is pretty good. I feel Phelps and Scott should be involved in some capacity they brought back intelligence and dignity to the old show (albeit for a short time). Hope they get something new going! I personally think Richard Roeper should be a host. I love his sarcasm! Can't wait for his new project! Also I think Reelz channel should have their own film review program. Maybe one of the more youth oriented networks should also try to enter this televison subgenre as long as it actually has reviews, not a bunch of annoyingly edited clips and sound bites. Kind of passionate about this stuff because I'm an ocasssional online/print critic myself. This generation needs good intelligent critique oriented shows. There is enough fluff and cough...cough, reality! Thank god the show is coming back to PBS. No commercials...yeah!
Jason | September 11, 2010 7:49 AM
Good going, Roger! This is wonderful news. Can't wait!
pete | September 11, 2010 7:32 AM
good to hear. I love Elvis Mitchell.
John | September 11, 2010 5:26 AM
What about Richard Roeper? I'm kind of sad he won't be involved.
head_wizard | September 10, 2010 11:59 AM
Any idea what Phelps and Scott are trying to do? I loved there show.
Scott Cherney | September 10, 2010 11:14 AM
Good news for film fans, especially with the addition of Elvis Mitchell and Kim Morgan, an excellent writer I've followed since her days here in Portland, Oregon.
Geoff | September 10, 2010 7:56 AM
Boy howdy!


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Essay: Mimi Zeiger
The Interventionist's Toolkit
ark(ing) Day, San Francisco. [photo courtesy of
It's been two and a half years since the financial crisis crippled the global economy. During the long slump that's followed, the architecture, design, and construction sectors have threatened to hit bottom over and over, but a real recovery, which would signal a final flattening out, never seems to materialize. While some firms show signs of stabilization — but only after massive job shedding in 2008 and 2009, and largely thanks to projects in China and the Middle East — most practitioners are just eking by. [1]
In the spring of 2009, I interviewed AIA chief economist Kermit Baker for a piece in
magazine, on the likely prospects for young architects graduating into a recession. Based on figures from previous recessions, Baker painted a grim picture, and I wrote:
"Baker cites figures from the U.S. Department of Labor website: from the peak of employment in July 1990 to the lowest point in January 1993, 14.6 percent of positions at architecture firms were eliminated. The 30-month trough outlasted the overall national recession, which ended in late 1992. Baker notes that the downturn early in this decade is recorded as lasting from March through December 2001, but there was no upturn in design activity until 2004 and construction picked up only in late 2004 and 2005 — a chilling four years down to generate four subsequent years of growth." [2]
The sluggish return we're now experiencing seems discouragingly consistent with Baker's models. If we follow his timeline, there's still another couple of years left before we can expect any recovery within the design professions; and once we do, the profession will look like nothing we've ever seen before. So, what to do in the interim? Wringing hands over the misdirected funding and lost opportunities of the stimulus package is simply depressing.
In which case, here's the question: what's the operational mode of the bust? Previous economic crises have offered up examples: paper architecture, the growth of theoretical and artistic practice, in the 1970s and '80s; the lost generation, young designers leaving the architecture for virtual realms, in the '90s; and paperless architecture, the rise of formal digital experimentation, in the early '00s.
Top: Dumpster diving/pools, New York City, made by
Macro Sea Mobile Pools
. [photo by Antonia Wagner] Bottom: Poster,
The Putting Lot
, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Our current recession is inspiring its own strategies and tactics: It's increasingly a catch-all for a host of urban interventions. This is a trend that I like to describe with a mouthful of a title: Provisional, Opportunistic, Ubiquitous, and Odd Tactics in Guerilla and DIY Practice and Urbanism. With this verbaciousness, I hope to capture the tactical multiplicity and inventive thinking that have cropped up in the vacuum of more conventional commissions. These days vacant lots offer sites for
urban farming
, and
dumpster pools
. Trash recycles into a speculative housing prototype (see the
Tiny Pallet House
). Whether it's The Living's
Amphibious Architecture
or Mark Shepard's
, the built environment speaks through mobile devices. Retail spaces hit by the recession are fodder for reinvention, as the art organization
No Longer Empty
transforms unleased storefronts into temporary galleries. Even the street itself is reclaimed. REBAR's annual initiative,
Park(ing) Day
, urges global participants to use a pranksters wit to turn parking spaces into pocket parks, one quarter at a time.
Driven by local and community issues and intended as polemics that question conventional practice, these projects reflect an ad hoc way of working; they are motivated more by grassroots activism than by the kind of home-ec craft projects (think pickling, Ikea-hacking and knitting) sponsored by mainstream shelter media, usually under the Do-It-Yourself rubric. (Although they do slot nicely into the imperative-heavy pages of
magazines.) They are often produced by emerging architects, artists and urbanists working outside professional boundaries but nonetheless engaging questions of the built environment and architecture culture. And the works reference edge-condition practitioners of earlier generations who also faced shifts within the profession and recessionary outlooks: Gordon Matta Clark, Archigram, Ant Farm, the early Diller + Scofidio, among others.
A critical mass of projects was identified in late 2008 when the Canadian Centre for Architecture's director, Mirko Zardini, and curator for contemporary architecture, Giovanna Borasi, selected 99 works for
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
. The design concepts, research and operational tactics spotlighted in the exhibition and related catalogue drew heavily on guerrilla art. Projects such as the
N55 PROTEST Rocket
, a militarized take on gardening that rocket-launches "seed bombs," which explode in empty lots releasing "Superweed" seeds; the illicit
Operation: Ivy League
, created by the self-proclaimed anarchitects The Space Hijackers, who installed ivy on sites around central London as a protest against corporate architecture; or
Sit In
, a series of public benches deployed around Toxteth, Liverpool: all these function within a reactive, if not revolutionary, framework. As Zardini says in the press release: "They reveal the existence of a world rich in inventiveness and imagination, alien to our contemporary modes of consumption. These actions propose alternative lifestyles, reinvent our daily lives, and reoccupy urban space with new uses." [3]
Sit In, Toxteth, Liverpool, by What If. [photo via
Canadian Centre for Architecture
It's a sentiment that brings to mind some countercultural activities of previous eras, such as The Real Estate Show, a 1980 exhibition staged inside an abandoned building in the Lower East Side, which addressed local housing and land use issues and led to the founding of the punk rock space
ABC No Rio
. (Video footage of artists occupying the space was featured this fall in
Alternative Histories
, an exhibition at Exit Art, conceived by Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman, that chronicled the experimental, reactionary, independent and/or activist art spaces in New York City since the 1960s.) In The Real Estate Show's manifesto, the artist-populated committee laid out the mission:
This is a short-term occupation of vacant city-managed property. The action is extralegal — it illuminates no legal issues, calls for no "rights." It is pre-emptive and insurrectionary. …
The intention of this action is to show that artists are willing and able to place themselves and their work squarely in a context which shows solidarity with oppressed people, a recognition that mercantile and institutional structures oppress and distort artists' lives and works, and a recognition that artists, living and working in depressed communities, are compradors in the revaluation of property and the "whitening" of neighborhoods.
It is important to focus attention on the way artists get used as pawns by greedy white developers. ...
The alphabet city occupation took place at time when downtown Manhattan was a clearly a different, rougher and edgier place; yet the artists' actions do set a precedent for the more conventional, commercial pop-ups that we're seeing a lot of these days, where fashion brands and trendy retailers temporarily lease a commercial storefront. The 1980 video captures artists who are taking risks to exhibit art (the building was shut down by the police as a result of the show) and taking a stand for social justice (the older exhibition argued that given a housing crisis derelict buildings should be reused).
Top: Park(ing) Day, San Francisco. [photo by Mike Chino courtesy of
] Bottom: West Oakland Greening Project, Outdoor Living Rooms. [photo courtesy of
More recently, these kind of interventionist practices were collected in smaller shows on the West Coast:
, shown at Superfront LA, and
DIY Urbanism: Testing the Grounds for Social Change
, presented at the San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, or SPUR. Superfront founder Mitch McEwen considers the exhibition catalogue for Unplanned a kind of textbook for new interventionist practice. In describing the show, she evokes the language of counterculture (utopian and dystopian) sourcebooks such as
The Whole Earth Catalog
The Anarchist's Cookbook
. This how-to immediacy is echoed in the introductory text that curator Ruth Keffer wrote for DIY Urbanism:
who: you
what: change
where: the city
when: now
how: do it yourself
Part invitation, part journalistic checklist, Keffer's text sounds a revolutionary note with that now — as in response to the '60s chant, When do we want it? Her call to action is an inescapable and essential tactic of the recessionary condition. "The current economic crisis has proven to be more than a challenge to our wallets: it has tested our faith in personal agency and our optimism in the future," Keffer writes. Challenging the global downturn with fierce localism and references to the history of social activism, she continues, "But this malaise has met its match in the Bay Area, where a spirit of fierce independence has always thrived. Here the bad economy has a silver lining: it has reinvigorated and mobilized the community of do-it-yourself urbanists." [4]
Clearly, a down market requires a hustler's skill and a grassroots dedication to practice. To cite an example from
DIY Urbanism
: the unsanctioned, temporary street furniture, placed on West Oakland and Los Angeles sidewalks to form the project "Outdoor Living Rooms," was, according to Keffer, routinely hauled off by city officials who cited the need for permits and insurance. Designed by The West Oakland Greening Project and Steve Rasmussen-Cancian, of Shared Spaces Landscape Architecture, these pocket parks were located in urban neighborhoods generally seen as hotbeds of crime and drug use; as such they offer frontline resistance to charges of loitering, drawing instead on the tradition of neighbors gathering on stoops and at street corners. In a 2007 story in Designer Builder magazine, Rasmussen-Cancian posited street furniture as a defense against West Oakland's gentrification. "Gentrifiers and the diverse longtime residents they displace have very different ideas about what makes an inviting, attractive neighborhood," he says. "Experience and studies show that working-class urban residents view the street as the center of the neighborhood, the place to hang out, to socialize, and to watch the passing scene. In contrast, most middle- and upper-class gentrifiers are looking for a quiet street as a gateway to their homes." [5] Although city codes prohibited placing the semi-permanent furniture on the sidewalk, the persistence of neighborhood activists and designers eventually won over the municipal watchdogs.
No Longer Empty: opening reception for "Never Can Say Goodbye," at the former Tower Records on Broadway, New York, January 14, 2010. [photo by Ace Brown for
No Longer Empty
Last April, in a
New York Times
article entitled "D.I.Y. Culture," art critic Michael Kimmelman mused on the development of do-it-yourself-ness in the art world. His discussion countered the global market with homegrown practice. And surely parallels can be drawn between the recent art-market bubble and the booming architectures that went bust in 2008. Reflecting on the hope that priorities are shifting toward the localized maker, Kimmelman wrote, "[C]ulture (often unconsciously) identifies crucial ruptures, rifts, gaps and shifts in society. It is indispensable for our understanding of the mechanics of the world in this respect, pointing us toward those things around us that are unstable, changing, that shape how we live and how we treat one another. If we're alert to it, it helps reveal who we are to ourselves, often in ways we didn't realize in places we didn't necessarily think to look." [6]
Still, there's a tendency to dismiss these kinds of projects as simply whimsical — to smile at their authenticity or their expression of clever
, but at the same time to suppress any uncomfortable restive rumblings. But these projects hold at their heart a belief that change is possible despite economic or political obstacles, or disciplinary or institutional inertia. And the prospect for real change builds as more and more works accumulate in exhibition catalogues and digital venues. Broadcast via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and design blogs, these new temporary or provisional projects can be read relationally to each other without explicit contextual concerns. By aggregating and focusing upon these small-scale interventions, my hope is to reveal a larger framework — a network that makes nimble use of social networking and Web 2.0 technologies to transform local episodes into global outreach. Thus
The Interventionist's Toolkit
— a series that will light upon Places from time to time this winter and spring — is not necessarily about featuring projects, but about finding new ways to practice and provoke within the fields of architecture, urbanism, and design.
Editors' Note
This is the first installment in an ongoing series,
The Interventionist's Toolkit
. See also
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
1. See Kermit Baker, "
Firm Billings Rebound in November
AIA Architect
, December 2010.
2. Mimi Zeiger, "
Have You Seen Me
Architect Magazine
, July 2009.
3. Mirko Zardini, Press Release, A
ctions: What You Can Do With the City
, Canadian Center for Architecture, November 26, 2008 to 19 April, 2009.
4. Ruth Keffer, wall text,
DIY Urbanism: Testing the Grounds of Social Change
, SPUR, San Francisco, September 7, 2010 through January 2011.
Sidewalk Living Rooms
Designer Builder Magazine
, February 2007.
6. Michael Kimmelman, "
DIY Culture
The New York Times
, April 4, 2010.
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Yes, I do believe one person can make a difference. An idea for change is created and the energy to get it to becomes more and more real as actions take place.
I have always seen the design process as the way to make things happen...very blessed to have people around me who believe the same thing. When we employ it, things just go smoother...more intelligently and more intuitively. Looove design and all that comes with it...
florence haridan
01.31.11 at 10:11
Regarding DIY city development, you left out the Better Block movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdZpJ5MwbqA
Rebuilding blighted blocks, installing pop-up businesses, and implementing traffic calming all in one fell swoop.
02.02.11 at 10:30
The current state of the market most certainly requires inventive and irreverent approaches.
A great example for this is 5750 Dallas. The initiative successfully demonstrates how guerilla tactics can create awareness for the homeless situation in Dallas.
In addition, 5750 Dallas showcases how timing can be exceptionally powerful. The project was deployed on MLK right as Dallas had increased media attention due to the upcoming Super Bowl.
Chris Vogel
02.02.11 at 12:31
CreateHere's Detroit Civic Intervention, held last November, is another interesting "model" for revitalizing public space.
02.03.11 at 12:21
Great article! Spot on! And right up my alley, literally and figuratively speaking. I'm a veteran Williamsburg hipster (1983), long involved in urban interventionist art.
Interventionism does indeed speak to the fact "that mercantile and institutional structures oppress and distort artists' lives and works." And the life and work of others as well. The doctrine of Interventionism is that there is more, much more, to the world than the pedestrian consumerism that swamps the world.
But there is a cautionary note to be sounded here. Gentrification invariably "comes over" to the side of artists and integrates their creativity. Gentrification is, in fact, to a large degree, an extension of the aesthetic ideology of art. This is the paradox that artists need to get a better grip on.
It is understandable that artists usually recoil in disgust from a bourgeois culture that seems to shadow them everywhere. But try as they may to be activists for the working class, artists are historically inscribed as a bourgeois subculture, and this is a problem. But also a challenge.
It does not surprise me that ... "Although city codes prohibited placing the semi-permanent furniture on the sidewalk, the persistence of neighborhood activists and designers eventually won over the municipal watchdogs."
Damn right it "won them over." They love it! The municipality is always on the lookout for artists with great ideas, and the city will do summersaults for artists if "revitalization" is in the air — be it revitalization of a long-blighted neighborhood, or revitalization of an economy gone south in recent years.
The controversial "Loft Law" that was just passed by the New York State legislature for the third time in 30 years, is a testament to the legal exceptionalism that is extended to artists in all kinds of ways ... because politicians know artists reboot neighborhoods. They also know artists vote. I support the Loft Law and creative urban initiatives like the ones covered so well in this article, from ABC No Rio on out.
But be warned. If you make it cool, if you make it funky, and dude, if you make it awesome ... they will come. Oh yes, they will come.
Ethan Pettit
02.03.11 at 09:45
DIY efforts should not be viewed as whimsical, but as signs of true urban vitality. Although many DIY initiatives may be temporary, the impact is often substantial. In some cases DIY interventions can act as pilot projects to improve the chances of city officials eventually buying in and supporting the changes in an official way.
Yuri Artibise
02.03.11 at 11:44
great ideas for the next installments, thank you.
@ethan just a note, the West Oakland Living Room project was done to protect the neighborhood from the forces of gentrification. Because people lingering on the streets reads to real estate agents as too "urban" it is a means to develop a community from within.
02.04.11 at 01:51
A wonderful article for urbanist-hackers (in the best sense of the word, to use Varnelis' phrase). Thank you, Mimi; looking forward to the next installment
Cloud Collector
02.08.11 at 08:15
I absolutely love this. Thank you. As a consultant who helps implement DIY urbanist programs for business districts, I'm finding this is the easiest and most meaningful way to create livable communities in this economic climate - and just in general, really, given how difficult it is to make lasting positive change in most cities due to poor leadership, bureaucracy and old-fogey thinking. Small, incremental change makes a big difference. Not surprising, right? That's how most change happens.
April Economides
Green Octopus Consulting
Long Beach, California
April Economides
02.10.11 at 12:27
thank you mimi for a wonderful piece: for aggregating/focusing on these small-scale interventions to begin to reveal a larger framework through which it is possible that change is possible!
linda pollak
02.15.11 at 10:29
@mimiz. The West Oakland Living Room project sounds interesting. Making a claim to public space, increasing use of public space sounds like a great strategy for competing with real estate interests. I love these ideas.
02.25.11 at 07:37
Mimi- I love this kind of work and thinking about the city. It is very meaningful to me. I sometimes worry, though, that this way of working is geared towards academics (myself included) and not very pragmatic for practitioners. We have to find economic models that will work and take hold. I do believe it will happen. I am optimistic about our future.
Jeanine Centuori
02.01.12 at 01:17
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