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SF approaches 1 million residents
So the Association of Bay Area Governments, which plays an outsized role in local planning by making all sorts of projections, based on whatever economists and demographers use to make projections, that are supposed to guide how cities in the region make land-use decisions, says San Francisco should be prepared to see its population grow to 964,000 people by 2035.If you figure that's only an estimate, and probably off by at least five percent, we could be talking about a million people in this city just 20 years down the road.
Now: Some of those people will be coming here for jobs that are being created. Many will be coming here as immigrants from other countries. Many more will be coming because, well, California is growing, and, as the official motto of the old Redevelopment Agency put it, "Omnes Volunt Habitare in Urbe San Francisco." Everybody wants to live in the city of San Francisco.
ABAG says we're going to need to build homes and create jobs for all of those people, and the Chron talks about the new private-sector development that's going on, and the zoning plans the city has adopted to increase density, particularly on the Eastern and Southeastern side of town. (Yes, it's crazy, but John Rahaim, the planning director, freely admits that 80 percent of all new development is going into 20 percent of the city.)
Before we decide that this is our fate and our future, though, it's worth considering a few points.
1. San Francisco is already one of the densest urban areas in the US. Last time I check the data, this city was number three on the list, behind Manhattan and Union City, New Jersey. Clearly, urban areas are going to have to get more dense as population increases in this state; the only other option is suburban sprawl, which works for nobody. But I wonder: Should San Francisco take this much more density when Berkeley (for example) doesn't want it and won't take it? Should it all go on the East Side when the more suburban-style areas on the West Side don't want it?
Is there a way to do density that looks more like North Beach -- one of the densest neighborhoods in town, and a really great place to live, work, and visit -- and less like the highrise forests of Soma, which are unappealing at ground level, discourage neighborhood interaction, and are lacking in human scale?
I don't want to live in Manhattan. I don't want Soma to turn into Manhattan. Downtown is bad enough.
2. Nowhere in the Chron article, or in the comments attributed to Rahaim, is there any mention of affordable housing. That's crazy. The urban planning train wreck that we're heading for is all about the balance between jobs and the cost of housing. The vast majority of the jobs in San Francisco today do not pay enough to cover the cost of renting or buying a market-rate home. That's not going to change radically; tourism and government are, and will be, the city's major industries, even as tech, which pays better, increases.
If the housing that gets built is not in synch with the needs of the workforce, then the workers will be forced to live futher and further away, which leads to exactly the kind of sprawl and transportation problems that this "infill" and increased density is supposed to prevent.In other words: Affordable housing for the workforce prevents sprawl. Market-rate housing for people who live here and commute to work on the Peninsula is not environmentally sound.
3. Density -- both in housing and in commercial development -- has huge impacts on existing populations, particularly low-income communities. That's not part of the planning discussion at all, and it really ought to be the starting point.
I know my trolls -- I know you well -- and I know you're all going to say that growth and change is inevitable. Sure. But I think of a city first and foremost as a community, as a place where a diverse group of people live. Protecting that is just as important as giving developers and businesses a chance to make money.
Oh, and Rahaim's comment -- "This (growth) is going to happen whether we plan for it or not" -- is wrong. If we don't build office space and room for new jobs, if we don't build housing, the growth isn't going to happen. San Francisco gets to decide what happens on land in San Francisco. Not saying we want to stop (all) growth, but Rahaim is a planner, and he should know: Growth happens when you encourage it and allow it. Growth doesn't happen in places where you don't allow it.
There is no growth in Bolinas, because the people who live there don't want it. There's less growth in Berkeley, because the people who live there want less. Again: Not the model I want to use. I don't want to live in Bolinas any more than I want to live in Manhattan. But San Francisco does control our own fate, and we should never forget that.
being one part of the Bay Area. Any other major city in the US would be defined in terms of the entire urban area - places like NYC, Houston, Chicago and LA are not balkanized into many different towns and counties - they are managed as one coherent whole.
But to listen to you, anyone would think the rest of the Bay Area, home to 4-5 million people, is irrelevant. When the Bay Area plans as one unit, as with BARt or the freeways, the place works. But when people get all parochial about one particular fiefdom, like you do, then beggar-thy-neighbor is the result.
We do not need a plan for SF, or Berkeley or Bolinas. We need a plan for the Bay Area, which will probably grow by a million or two in the next 50 years. Remembering always that you cannot micromanage an organic thing like a city of 5 million.
I agree with your basic premise that SF should be viewed as part of a metropolitan area, but you're off-base to suggest that the NYC or Chicago metropolitan areas are "not balkanized".
Indeed, they are, the New York metro not only crosses county lines, but also state lines (into New Jersey and Connecticut).
Ditto Chicago which encompasses a 10-county region across 3 states.
Parochialism is unavoidable.
But where an urban area is wholely within one State, such as Houston, Phoenix or LA, the entire metro area is typically viewed and planned as one entity, even though there may be different cities and counties involved.
In the case of La, it is mostly LA County, with about the same population as the Bay Area.
Regardless, I am arguing for more BayArea-wide planning and less obsessing just abiut SF. Bay Area politics would be a lot less extreme if the jurisdiction was larger.
Houston? Chicago? All of these places are balkanized. Get out much?
jurisdiction, while the Bay Area has 9 nine counties and countless cities, all of whom think they are somehow special.
But it's really just one big city.
Where do you get the idea that NYC's metro area is not fragmented? Even within NYC itself - each borough has it's own "executive" (borough president) with their own budget. The boroughs sometimes compete against each other. That says nothing of the suburbs in it's own state.... let alone it's suburbs in New Jersey and Connecticut.
but then you look at places like Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, LA etc which are much more monolithic, and so do not have the "balkanization problem" that so curses the SF Bay Area.
The cities and counties of the Bay Area should be working together as if they are one large city, and not engaging in beggar-thy-neighbor policies. And when we go the unified route, as with BART, it is wildly successful.
59% of SF residents think the city is on the "right track":
the final "runoff" in the last election.
60% of SF'ers want more growth, jobs, progress and development. That's a clear mandate.
In all fairness, there is no way that we can expect Tim to accept the findings of that poll.
Ed Lee's approval rating is 61% and was strong across all demos. 59% want the Warriors arena.
No way is it reasonable to expect Tim to accept facts like that. Give the poor guy a break.
I'm just waiting for lilliwhatever to start calling it a "mendacious push poll" because they asked "Do you approve or disapprove of the job Ed Lee is doing as Mayor?" and they put "approve" first.
Note also: the "Biggest problem facing San Francisco" is the "Cost of owning a home".
Home ownership is the what the people of SF want. Our local government must prioritize their efforts around this fact.
people too. SF home prices have tripled in the last 15 years, which is very sweet for those like Tim and Marcos who have made handsome profits from a trend they publicly claim to dislike.
It is always interesting to know the demographics behind a tiny 500 person sample and then, factor in the +/- 4.5% error factor. While my opinion counts for nada when weighted against scientifically derived sampling, I do believe the thumbs up for SF could change dramatically if you were to asked engaged neighborhood people in places like Mission Bay, Dog Patch, Potrero Hill, Rincon Hill, or the NE Waterfront if they think the City is on the right direction. These are the hot areas for wannabe developers and folks just are not all that thrilled.
It is always interesting to know the demographics behind a tiny 500 person sample and then, factor in the +/- 4.5% error factor. While my opinion counts for nada when weighted against scientifically derived sampling, I do believe the thumbs up for SF could change dramatically if you were to asked engaged neighborhood people in places like Mission Bay, Dog Patch, Potrero Hill, Rincon Hill, or the NE Waterfront if they think the City is on the right direction. These are the hot areas for wannabe developers and folks just are not all that thrilled.
Great for my home value?
Marcos says the same for the Mission!.
Homeowners love extra demand!
Love extra demand and constantly rising prices. Some of us would prefer diverse neighborhoods.
Anyway, how can you say you like diversity when you do not want rich people in SF?
But all of you enjoy a higher level of security and equity.
Marcos and Tim, in exposing themselves to risk and being willing to expend sweat equity, can walk tall when their RE investments pay off bigtime, versus "playing it safe" by hogging a rent-controlled unit.
Should it makes it more difficult for them to credibly advocate progressive policies or diversity, or oppose gentrification. And they may look hypocritical to some. But what red-blooded american would not applaud them for taking a risk and making a profit? It's the American way and, unlike Greg and Lilli, they do not hate America nor disparage being a winner.
Love extra demand and constantly rising prices. Some of us would prefer diverse neighborhoods.
in your zip code that would be used to prevent affluent whites buying any more of those bijoux million-dollar Bernal Heights cottages, and instead subsidizes purchases of them by non-whites?
We have enough equity in our homes that we still afford diverse neighborhoods, suckas.
If every flat in the Mission were put up for sale tomorrow, they would be mostly bought by white yuppies because they can outbid the Hispanics.
Every Mission home that gets sold decreases diversity. I live in the Mission and my block has gone from 50% hispanic to almost all white in ten years.
You and I are both part of that same process - the gentrification and de-diversification of the Mission. Own your sins.
I've lived here for decades. There have been white techies and queers here since there have been white techies and queers. Our building had been owned by a white woman for decades and it was snatched up by converters as she cashed out to an assisted living complex in LA. Before that we lived in an industrial building.
We've taken care and steps to gentrify nothing with our housing choices.
1) You outbid non-white people who wanted to buy and live in that building
2) You could rent out your condo at below market rent to low-income hispanic people and yet decline to do so
3) You admit you will rent the property out without the benefit of rent control
4) Every mission property snapped up by white speculators like you take away an affordable hosuing opportunity for others.
Luxury condos gentrify.
which would be defined as "luxury" in most of the US and means that the vast majority of buyers of SF condo's are privileged white people like you.
And because we are not building enough new housing units to satisfy the demand, that means that affluent whites like you over-bid for mission condo's, thereby displacing low-income POC.
So yeah, on one level, your crappy unit right next to the drug-dealing hotspot of SF can hardly be deemed "luxury". And yet your affluence displaces others and kills diversity. You have helped gentrify the Mission and turn it into an area of luxury condo's.
Rationalize it any which way you want, but your occupation in a formerly hispanic neighborhood directly harms low-income SF'ers.
Development boosters pimping for luxury condos are gentrifying the Mission.
low-income people of color by outbidding them when they try and buy the cheapest properties in their neighborhood.
As are Steve Jones and his hipster Mission cup cake stands, Redmond and his college yuppie values. All these self pity inspired yuppie liberals are gentrifiers, because they spout inane cliches about diversity doesn't change their status. Progressive supervisors, Bay Guardian employees, non-profit workers, etc... much of the progressive industrial complex are gentrifiers.
IT kills me when white people move some place and feel that they are down with the locals culture vicariously they are somehow immune from being gentrifiers.
It slays me when I go to Mission bars and talk to people who have lived here a few years complaining about the newcomers. Hipster Guardian readers on their fixed gear bikes shopping on Valencia and drinking PBR at the not so dive like anymore bars... complaining that the neighbourhood is loosing something.
In the stages of gentrificationMarcos and I are pioneers, the first stage of gentrification. Usually people not to concerned about the crime and filth.
As the pioneers move in the others follow, not some massive conspiracy, natural forces at work.
your yuppie paradise is not such hot spot to live in anymore
More art patrons brings more professional artists.
The artists, punk rockers, gays and whatnot who pioneered are replaced by yuppies and that crowd of over achievers who feel real bad that others are taking over their neighborhood that they lived in for two years.
This is the high comedy of Bay Guardian progressive hemming and hawing. Their demographic is the people who are doing the moving in and the driving out. Steve Jones and his Valencia St wacky store pals are OK to him, but heaven forbid some other less enlightened operation move in and cater to a less enlightened crowd.
There are only so many good artists, so having more than that adds little value and actually detracts from diversity.
The Mission is becoming more white, because of people like Marcos, but then 15 years ago there were not enough whites there, so the Mission is actually more diverse now than before.
It's also a lot safer, with less petty crime, prostitution etc.
How many artists do we need?
I don't know, I was down on Capp St a few nites ago & there was plenty hookers at work. Captilism 4ever!
as a 15 year resident of the Mission, I can tell you that things are orders of magnitude much better and safer than back then.
My block has gone from 100% renter to 100% owner in that time.
But hey, I'm sure a john can always find a trick if he looks hard enough.
Matlock, you know the curse of being ahead of curve after curve and seeing the consequences left behind. Very early adoption of U2 is my own personal worst legacy of shame, a shitty gift that keeps on giving, only shittier.
It is not like if we don't get out ahead of the curve that the curve is not coming anyway. All we can do is to leverage the insight that comes with our instinctive foreknowledge to tread as lightly as possible.
The worst is one San Francisco developer consultant who is literally a culture vulture. I'd bet the guy could go see a performance in someone's warehouse one night and then turn around and consult on flipping the place for condos the next morning.
People who displace others with economic superiority gentrify. People who buy upscale condos in a work a day neighborhood gentrify. People who patronize upscale businesses that displace or even out compete local serving businesses gentrify, they don't even need to live in the neighborhood. People gentrify because they do things that gentrify. Just living somewhere alone does not cause gentrification.
Marx wrote that Hegel is said to have remarked "History repeats itself twice, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce." It is farce time here.
Since 1776, at least, there have always been white people in The Mission.
Like the Police they are hard to listen to now.
The people who were going to the Firehouse or the Chatter Box 23+ years ago paved the way for the present group of gentrify types. It's the standard path taken by gentrification. People willing to put up with the shit and business owners willing to take a chance come first.
There's a whole fashion, food and life style industry designed to cater to the Bay Guardian reading "I'm down vacariously with the local folks in the area, so I'm OK but you're not" now.
When I moved here I immediately saw it coming. There used to be boarded up stores all along Valencia, now it's full of Bay Guardian praised foodie operations packed with bearded "bohemian" types looking for the real.
Progressives and their effete tastes are the gentrifiers, the people who are anti-gentrification complain about their fellow gentrifiers. So strange.
I don't go to Bi-Rite and stand in line that is 40 yards long, patronize fancy eateries reviewed in the Guardian, or yoga studios where my bike seat gets stole, but I do go to all the bars that once catered to Latino's now bought by and designed for gentrifiers.
Unlike the Bay Guardian lack of self awareness team I'm not deluding myself. It's the way things go in this world.
The quality of the Police's work and their exceptional individual talents, perhaps one of the few punk/new wave virtuoso groups, extends the shelf life, as does their wise decision, as the Jam did, to call it quits before it got too embarrassing.
I don't think that you can say that progressives as a political sector have the kind of epicurean tastes that drive gentrification. Cheap space is what made the Mission attractive and affordable to restaurants replacing hardware stores. But then again, wasn't it Mission native Charles Phan whose original Slanted Door replaced the black owned hardware store on Valencia? The HW store relocated to 18th and Mission but could not make a go of it and were replaced with a cheap Asian plastic shit place.
The Chameleon...After it replaced the Chatterbox, the rocker chick, Alfie, moved to 8th between Mission and Howard and worked a sales op out of a roll up garage front. But the Chatterbox was a bit too unpunk for my tastes back then.
Perhaps that's why the SFBG doesn't play for keeps on gentrification, they realize that the economic upsides towards gentrification are theirs as well.
gard types in our midst. What novel concepts or cultural jewels might such foresighted mavens validate and nurture -- or conversely, what possibly denuded crap might one erroneous judgement on their part lead us to be subjected to? I might never have heard the disco mix of "Two Hearts Beat as One" except for marcos.
gard types in our midst. What novel concepts or cultural jewels might such foresighted mavens validate and nurture -- or conversely, what possibly denuded crap might one erroneous judgement on their part lead us to be subjected to? I might never have heard the disco mix of "Two Hearts Beat as One" except for marcos.
Keep on counting what we've known were your blessings since long before you had a clue.
This is a joke. White people have always wanted everything for fuckkking them. Selfish father fuckers-queers don't bang mothers !!!!
You should try to be be more careful and enlightened.
A modest proposal: take out the equity in your home and purchase a negative cash flow rental property with long term tenants. It would be the perfect opportunity to maintain diversity.
affordable homes for the most vulnerable and under-represented peoples of San Francisco.
C'mon Tim, put your equity where your mouth is, and don't make diversity just something that someone else should achieve. You can use your good fortune and affluence to really help others less fortunate than yourself.
Diversity of colors? Maybe
Tim's kooky ravings around race include complaining about conservative white European Catholics "values," when Catholics from minority countries have even more crazy "values." Race to Tim is just him tasking it for granted non whites will vote his values.
We were discussing Lee's 59% result in the last mayoral election as an indicator of SF voters wanting more growth, development, homes and jobs.
You might want to get an update.
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Police's Savile report criticised
Representatives of Jimmy Savile's victims have criticised a report by West Yorkshire Police that concluded that "there is no evidence he was protected from arrest or prosecution" because of his relations with the force or officers.
Criminologist: Police report on Savile 'poor'
Mark Williams-Thomas, the criminologist who led the initial ITV Exposure documentary that revealed the Jimmy Savile abuse claims, described the West Yorkshire Police report as "poor".
In summary WYP's review of #savile highlights almost complete 'amnesia' or where people remember no report or document can be found.
The quality of this #savile report seriously concerns me & although WYP has totally exonerated itself perhaps the IPCC can get to the truth.
Savile victim lawyer: Report 'begs a lot more questions'
A solicitor who represents over 40 of Jimmy Savile's victims has told Daybreak that West Yorkshire Police's report on the broadcaster's relationship with the force provides "some answers" but it "doesn't add up" and "begs a lot more questions."
He said: "It seems to me that West Yorkshire Police over the years failed to join up the dots, they had intelligence but something wasn't right."
"Against that background they were using Savile for crime preventions and so on, so they were giving Savile this aura of responsibility again and again, actually by West Yorkshire Police," he added.
Savile 'clearly has been involved with officers'
Jon Christopher, of the West Yorkshire Police Federation, said people would ask precisely what was "going on" between Savile and senior police officers. He told BBC Breakfast:
I think people will look at it and think 'what is going on there?'. Because clearly he has been involved with a lot of officers and not just police officers, but other professionals as well.
Nevertheless, it's the police officers who are in the light with this one and clearly the lessons have to be learned from that, if he was under suspicion in other force areas that something could and should have been done at that time.
I think the problem we've got there is the people themselves will know what relationships they had and the extent of those relationships and if there is nothing recorded anywhere I think it is extremely difficult to prove otherwise.
Savile committed '83% of offences in 1960s and 1970s'
Jimmy Savile committed 83% of offences in the 1960s and 1970s when he was aged between 34 and 54, a report by West Yorkshire Police showed.
Police: 45% of Savile's victims aged 14 to 17
The report by West Yorkshire Police showed 45% of Jimmy Savile's victims in the area were aged between 14 and 17.
68 Savile victims have come forward in West Yorkshire
The report from West Yorkshire Police into its relationship with Jimmy Savile said 68 of his victims have now come forward in the force's area.
The report also reveals that his youngest victim was just five years of age and the oldest was 45.
No evidence of Savile 'Friday Morning Club' misconduct
West Yorkshire Police's report into the force's dealings with Jimmy Savile found there was no evidence to conclude that there was any 'impropriety or misconduct in relation to the Friday Morning Club'.
– West Yorkshire Police report
All of those people spoken to who had knowledge of the Friday Morning Club described it as a 'coffee morning'.
Non-police attendees commented on how professionally the police officers who had attended Savile's home conducted themselves.
Savile had friends who were police officers, but he also had friends that were solicitors, doctors and many other professions.
All inquiries have shown that Savile was able to hide his offending from those he came into contact with and who probably thought that they knew him well.
The report also examined the way in which WYP used Savile's celebrity status to front a range of campaigns and appeals.
It stressed that at the time he was "seen by most of the public as a man who did good work".
But it concluded: "The review team have concerns regarding the absence of a process to secure Savile's services for some of these events and also the over reliance on personal friendships that developed between Savile and some officers over a number of years to secure that support."
No reports of Savile's abuse made until Oct 2012
West Yorkshire Police have just published a review giving more details about the forces' relationship with the broadcaster Jimmy Savile.Read the full story
No misconduct by 8 officers at 'Friday Morning Club'by Lucy Manning - Former UK Editor
West Yorkshire Police says eight officers attended a "Friday Morning Club" at Jimmy Savile's flat but there was no evidence of impropriety or misconduct by officers.
'Disturbing' Savile victims felt unable to speak to police
Victim Support, who advises West Yorkshire Police on sex abuse and who have helped Savile victims, has welcomed the force's report but said it is "disturbing" that none of Savile's victims in the region felt able to contact officers about their complaints while he was still alive
We have supported many of Jimmy Savile's victims and have seen first hand how much suffering he inflicted on so many lives.
We welcome the efforts West Yorkshire Police has made to be as transparent as possible about its relations with Savile during the years he was abusing girls, boys and young women and its own failures to share information internally and spot his pattern of offending.
– Lesley Mclean, Victim Support
It is disturbing that none of Savile's victims in the West Yorkshire area felt able to come forward while he was still alive and we hope with help from organisations such as Victim Support the force will continue to improve public confidence in its ability to tackle sexual abuse.


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An unforgettable story of the Civil War, from the Director of "Gettysburg". Adapted from Jeff Shaara's heralded best-selling novel, a dramatic look back at America's bloodiest conflict. A moving portrayal of a nation divided, the film illuminates heroes from both sides of the war, and encompasses 158 speaking roles and thousands of battlefield 're-enactors'. Gods and Generals vividly brings to life not only the Civil War's legendary leaders, but also the soldiers, the families, and the citizens who were left behind.
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Set against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira, a 13 year-old Arab-American girl encounters various sexual situations, as she moves from living with her ill-tempered American mother to live with her strict Lebanese father in Houston, who is actually anti-Saddam, despite how he is perceived amongst his neighbors. Jasira's life becomes more tumultuous as she begins a sexual relationship with the racist father of the boy she baby-sits and an overly sexual African-American schoolmate. Her lack of knowledge of normality growing up in a dysfunctional family prevents her from understanding the abuse she is experiencing at first, until she slowly begins to grow up and realize what is occurring during a turbulent time in American society.
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Given the fanfare with which NBC is closing The Office after nine seasons (at least two too many), you'd think it was a Cheers or Seinfeld-sized hit from the "must-see" glory days, instead of the show that presided over the slow fade of a once-powerful comedy brand on the back of too many same-seeming niche comedies specializing in preciously arch irony. At its best (the Steve Carell and early Jim-Pam years), The Office had heart as well as range, as it found comic magic in its ensemble once the show emerged from the large shadow cast by the classic Ricky Gervais original series. But now it just hits the same beats over and over to lesser effect, which hasn't stopped NBC from pulling out the stops. The celebration (eulogy?) begins with an hour-long behind-the-scenes retrospective (Thursday, 8/7c) produced by NBC News — which didn't have more pressing business? — featuring interviews from cast members and producers. The main event is a super-sized finale (9/8c) that has swelled to an hour and 15 minutes, staged as a mock reunion of the Dunder Mifflin gang several months after the airing of the mock documentary that took nearly a decade to finish.
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Carrie Bradshaw finally had the perfect life — that is, as long as she was able to keep her suburban teenager/glamorous career gal personas separate. But during Monday's episode of The Carrie Diaries, her two worlds collided and the lies came to an end.
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Hundreds of local students took part in Global Youth Service Day on Saturday in Evansville.
The event aims to teach students important lessons about life and helping the environment. Organizers say this marks the 25th-year for the event worldwide. Students 14 News talked with say they were excited to be a part of it.
"It just hits your mind, like people would do this just to help the Earth," says Mark Turner.
Turner, who's in the seventh-grade, now knows how it feels to be part of a global effort to help the environment mark along with over 500 other students and adults. Everyone broke into 24 groups as part of the 'Youth Talkin' Trash' event.
Organizers say participants picked up trash in four different areas in Evansville, including downtown and Garvin Park.
"It feels great," says Turner. "Usually, you don't have that much of an opportunity to have a lot of people there for you to help you picking up trash."
Anne Statham is the director of USI's Service Learning program and she says this is the third year the program has had a grant to coordinate Youth Service Day events locally. After the trash-pickup, students gathered at the Downtown YMCA to eat lunch and celebrate their service to the Earth.
"Learning through doing and then reflecting on community issues to feel that they can make a difference," says Statham.
This event helps students learn about civic duty and leaderships and also sends an important message. Statham says she's hoping USI and the other organizations involved will continue to hold the event in years to come.
14 News was a sponsor of Saturday's event.
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This is an eight hour tour that will help you discover Paris and its history through the city's major landmarks and monuments, lunch at the 58 Eiffel Tower innovative restaurant and visit of Versailles Castle in the afternoon.» Learn more!
Paris Must See Tour, Eiffel Tower Lunch, and Versailles Castle
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Paris Must See, Eiffel Tower lunch and Versailles Castle is a eight hours tour that will help you discover Paris and its history through the city's major landmarks and monuments, lunch at the Eiffel Tower then visit of Versailles Castle.
You will start with a two hours Guide escorted city tour by minibus to show you around the must see of Paris: Arch of Triumph and Champs-Elysées, Concorde square, the Invalides, Eiffel tower and Trocadero, Opera, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Louvre Museum and Madeleine Church.
Photo stop are scheduled at the Invalides, Eiffel tower and Trocadero and Notre-Dame cathedral.
Following the City Tour, your driver guide will drop you off at the foot of the Eiffel Tower for lunch at "58 Tour Eiffel", 1st Floor located restaurant. You will take the elevator without waiting in line straight to the restaurant. Walk into a ship of light! A forest of chefs hats and precise operations. The cooks are busy preparing multicultural fast food served at the counter. A hostess escorts you to your table and takes your drinks order. Then you go to the counter to choose your lunch in an atmosphere of culinary joy and take it back to your table in family picnic style. Enjoy your lunch and the Panoramic view of Paris.
After lunch, the guide will be waiting for you at the foot of the Eiffel Tower to bring you to Versailles. At Versailles, you will be going through the park, Grand and Petit Trianon (from the outside), Marie Antoinette's Hamlet with the guide. Free time to visit the Great Apartments - Queen's Bedroom, Hall of Mirrors, Gallery of Battles, Royal State Apartments. At the end of your visit, the guide will drop you back at your accommodation in Paris.
Admission to the first floor of Eiffel Tower & Lunch, and Versailles are included (drinks listed in Menu section included).
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Two local families of East Atlanta murder victims joined together on Friday to raise money in hopes of bringing the killers to justice. The families of Patrick Cotrona and Alfred Johnson share a similar kind of pain – the pain of loss.Cotrona, 33, was killed in May after being shot during an armed robbery as he walked home in East Atlanta Village. "It's difficult. I don't want to go by his house. I don't want to see the memorial," said Kate Cotrona Crumm, Patrick's sister.Johnson, an Atlanta Police Department officer, died in 1980 when two masked men attempted to rob an East Atlanta grocery store shot him in the stomach. Johnson died in surgery. In the 33 years since his death, no one has come forward. "It was a hard time for us because was just the joy of the family," said Jane Comer, Johnson's sister. The store on Flat Shoals Road where the two crooks took Officer Johnson's life no longer exists, while a tribute marking the spot where Cotrona passed remains. "My brother and Officer Johnson...are sort of the unsolved murder cases of East Atlanta," said Crumm.The two families held a fundraiser at The Earl in East Atlanta on Friday to raise money for a CrimeStoppers reward that detectives hope helps solve both cases. "It's not going to bring my brother back...to get justice, but it would definitely bring a little closure, said Crumm. Ninety percent of the money raised during the Humble Heroes event will go to the CrimeStoppers totals of both cases. The rest will help seriously injured police officers and firefighters.
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Breakfast is King
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Remember when commercials used to show a "complete breakfast" with fruits, dairy, and grains? That's not common anymore – the average person doesn't indulge in a "completely" balanced breakfast every morning. We live in a faster world now, and I suppose the allure of balance is trumped by convenience.
I used to enjoy that convenience until I realized how vital a balanced breakfast was to weight loss.
Breakfast doesn't have to be a big production. It just has to be nutritious – high in fiber, protein, and complex carbohydrates. The key is to eat foods that make you feel fuller, longer. For my weight loss success, that meant cutting out as much bread as possible. Before I did that, I ate bagels, muffins, and scones often. Not good, especially for someone who sat while working.
Nowadays, my claim to fame is called the "Smiley Face Breakfast."
2 eggs (egg beaters or egg whites preferred)
2 slices of Canadian bacon
1 slice of fiber-rich toast
Use cooking spray to limit how much oil is added. Cook the eggs first because the bacon only needs 30-40 seconds per side. I call it the "Smiley Face" for obvious reasons. It takes about 5 minutes to prepare, and is incredibly filling and satisfying. Add to that an 8 oz. cup of grapefruit juice and a little dab of ketchup, and you got yourself a balanced breakfast, low in sugar, sodium, and carbohydrates.
This breakfast is approximately 300 calories.
Between breakfast and lunch, I eat whole fruits (e.g., bananas, apples) to keep my hunger at bay. I also drink a cup of coffee (black with no sugar – tough, I know!) because it boosts my metabolism and suppresses my appetite.
Breakfasts like this have helped me lose weight and keep it under control for years now. It's not for everyone, but it's balanced and nutritious. If you'd like to share your breakfast creations, please do so! I'm always on the lookout for healthy alternatives.


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In states where a photo identification is required to vote, Republican lawmakers have been able to avoid legal challenges to the rule by giving away free voter ID cards, thereby ducking the label of a "poll tax." But in Wisconsin, which recently passed one of the nation's most restrictive voter…
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Daddy\'s Groove & Little Nancy
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Daddy's Groove are back with the latest installment in their search for the perfect beat. Finding the time in between working on Guetta's 'Nothing But The Beat' album, remixing single 'Where Dem Girls At', guesting at his Pacha, Ibiza events and remixing James Blunt's 'Superstar', the trio have been putting the finishing touches to It's Not Right, But It's Okay' – a track that's been a key point in their DJ sets over the last year.
'It's Not Right, But It's Okay' was a huge international hit for Whitney Houston in 1999 and it's a sad and tragic coincidence that the final mix package was completed on this record only a few days prior to Whitney's untimely passing.
'We love Whitney Houston and have had the honor to work for her back in the day with our remix of 'I Didn't Know My Own Strength', so it was natural for us to do this track' say Daddy's Groove. 'We just mastered all the mixes on this record and have now decided to give it to all the DJs around the world as a tribute to one of the greatest voice of our time. R.I.P Whitney, we'll always love you!'
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17 Questions To Ask a Prospective Headshot Photographer
The best way to get more auditions is to have great headshots. Here are my suggestions to help you find and choose a game-changing photographer that is a fit for you.
17 Questions To Ask a Prospective Headshot Photographer
The best way to get more auditions is to have great headshots. Here are my suggestions to help you find and choose a game-changing photographer that is a fit for you.
The Dragons of Scam Artists and Bad Teachers in Acting Careers
Secret Agent Man continues crying out that actors need to beware the dragons of con artists and unprofessionals.
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Michael Kostroff shares some advice about how to make do on a shoestring, even in New York City!
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Your headshot is one of the most important tools in your kit. This is what gives someone an initial impression about who you are and gets you the attention you are looking for.
6 Tips to Gaining Industry Attention for Your Child
Much has been written on this subject, and after many years in the business working with child performers and their families, I am happy to weigh in with my six tips on increasing your child's chances of getting representation and auditions.
How Your Headshot Can Make You Look More (or Less) Attractive and Trustworthy
A new study from the California Institute of Technology finds that close-up photos or headshots can make a person seem less trustworthy, less competent, and less attractive.
The Return of the Backstage Readers' Choice Awards!
We're bringing back the awards that depend on you, our faithful readers, to nominate the teachers, coaches, studios, and more that have improved your career and your craft!
5 Settings on a Digital Camera You Should Know
Here are five settings already built into almost DSLRs that will easily allow you to take DIY headshots, production stills, or other promotional photos without breaking open the manual.
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The number of power outages from this morning's severe storms is nearing 100-thousand in northwest Indiana...
Northern Indiana Public Service Company says it was the most damaging storm event in the last five years... and it comes on the heels of powerful storms that caused a round of damage in the Region about a week ago.
As of 11 a-m, over 67-thousand NIPSCO customers were without electricity, especially in Lake and Porter Counties. Add to that about 15-thousand members of K-V R-E-M-C losing power as well.
K-V REMC says by noon the numbers were down to about 95-hundred... and crews from neighboring cooperatives and contract crews (like tree-trimmers) have been called to assist KV REMC. The rural electric cooperative reports five substations without power as a result of transmission feed being down.
In Merrillville, as many as ten-thousand NIPSCO customers were without electricity at one point, though those numbers have gone down a little
Merrillville was among the hardest hit based on phone calls we've taken today... traffic on US 30 just past the busy intersection with Broadway has been blocked off and on after a roof from a nearby Carquest auto parts store blew onto US 30... tipsters also tell us a billboard came down in that area, along with power lines... and one person said it looked like a pole of some sort was 'pulled' out of the ground
In the Gary/Hobart/Lake Station area, a tipster told us a highway sign was 'dangling' near the I-65/Ridge Road interchange... and the ramp was blocked earlier from Ridge Road to northbound I-65
Valparaiso Police say a woman was transported to the hospital this morning after being struck by a barricade downtown while the Farmers Market was being set up. No word on her condition at this hour.
In East Chicago, a caller told us it appeared a corner of a six-to-seven-story building had come down, bricks landing on Martin Luther King Drive... unknown what type of building this is or if it was occupied
In the Kouts area, there were power lines and power poles blocked State Road 8 between Baums Bridge Road and State Road 49
Reports of tree damage off State Road 49 near the Porter/Jasper County line, north of the Kankakee River
Tipster reported large trees uprooted along US 421 in the North Judson/San Pierre area this morning
One of the numerous areas that lost power today was the Porter County Fairgrounds... power was restored to the fairgrounds by about 10:30 am, and fair officials report it is business as usual for the Porter County Fair, with paid admission beginning at 1 pm as usual, and vendors and rides getting back underway this morning. The livestock shows went on as scheduled during the outage
Several reports of trees and power lines down, and some fires were reported. No major injuries are being reported, according to Starke County Sheriffs office.
BP Amoco in Whiting ended up closing this morning for the rest of the day due to the severe weather
Portage Township Schools called a one-hour delay due to weather for staff and students for summer school today
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In today's episode we cover the new Rails 4.2beta, JSON API Resources, Country Select 2.0, Harpoon, Poodr course learning, and Feature Focus all while riding in our Roles Royce.
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As part of the expansion of Irving Veterans Memorial Park, residents can honor a family member, friend or veteran with a personalized granite block. The blocks will become part of the commemorative battlement walls. Features of the park include five large bronze statues of veteran soldiers, a Fountain of Hope, River of Freedom and World Map of Confrontation. Five History Walls will describe and document the history of the major conflicts since the founding of Irving in 1903. The main memorial wall lists the names of residents who lost their lives in service to our country. For information about the $125 commemorative granite blocks, please complete the online form below and mail back to Parks and Recreation, or call (972) 721-2501. The Irving Veterans Memorial Park Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, allowing all donations to be tax-deductible.
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The Dawson Community College Introduction to Dinosaur Paleontology class and lab will be held July 22-August 2. The maximum enrollment for the class is 20 students. Geoscience instructor Alan Brown is providing a 4 credit class for a great value. A university class like this one would cost double. The Dinosaur Paleontology class has no prerequisite so anyone can register. It is a great opportunity for high school students or anyone to get 4 transferable college credits completed this summer in a fun hands-on environment. Plus the class coming to us.
Geoscience instructor Alan Brown, from Tennessee State University, will be traveling to Glendive in July to teach the class. "We will be digging in the Hell Creek formation which is famous for containing some of the best known dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops." said Brown "Other dinosaurs found in the Hell Creek formation are Edmontosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, and Struthiomimus. The class field work will be located on land owned by DCC. Hopefully we have plenty of success, if not there are other locations we have permission to dig." Students will perform real world dinosaur paleontology and look at fossil evidence form one of the most dramatic events in Earth history: the extinction event at the end of the time of the dinosaurs. DCC's dinosaur paleontology course is a combination of lecture and field work in dig sites around the eastern Montana college campus which is near Makoshika State Park in Glendive.
About the Instructor: Alan Brown received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Illinois State University in Geology. He worked as an environmental consultant for 7 years and then has taught in the Geosciences department at Middle Tennessee State University for the last 7 years. Brown has been the director of the MTSU mineral, gem and fossil museum for 5 years. He is the founder and Executive Director of the newly formed Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History. For the past 4 summers he has participated in dinosaur excavations at several locations all over Montana and this summer he will be teaching a class on field paleontology for Dawson Community College in Glendive, Montana.
Intro to Dinosaur Paleontology is a 3 credit Core IV course with a 1 credit lab. The cost of the class is $989.00 and includes campus housing and supplies. Without housing the cost is $604.00. Contact Dawson Community College to enroll in this unique course.
Call 406-377-3396 or visit the website www.dawson.edu [4]. On-campus housing is provided in the DCC Student Living Complex, featuring fully furnished apartments, with stove, refrigerator, single beds, and high speed wireless internet. Students provide their own meals. Medical insurance is required. Be prepared for hot weather and cool nights.
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Stories We Like: A Guide to the Comma
"The 'buck' is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the 'buck', a new jack pot must be made." [J.W. Keller, "Draw Poker," 1887]The fig. sense of "shift responsibility" is first recorded 1912. Buck private is recorded by 1870s, of uncertain signification.
bang for the buck, big bucks, the buck stops here, fast buck, pass the buck, sawbuck
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How this story starts is, Gray Maynard gets to know Jose Aldo at UFC 136 and they get to talking. Maynard likes him. More than he expected to, really, since it turns out "he's actually a really humble guy." Since Maynard has already left his longtime home at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas by this point, he figures maybe it's time to do some traveling, learn some new stuff. Spending the winter in Brazil (where it's summer) working out with Aldo and the Nova Unaio team sounds fun, right?
"So I contacted [Aldo's manager] Ed Soares, just kind of threw it out there," Maynard said. "I didn't know if they'd take me up on it, but a couple days later [Soares] called me back and said he'd love to have me down there. A couple days later I was on a flight, basically put everything on hold and flew down there."
So far, so good. But as long as he was going to be helping Aldo prepare for fellow wrestler Chad Mendes, Maynard figured he might as well take a look at some fight footage of Mendes on his long flight to South America. Here's where it gets tricky.
"The first time I trained with Jose, I told the guy, 'Hey, on the flight down here the tapes I watched [on Mendes], you seem a little more comfortable in the Octagon. I don't know if he's quite ready,'" Maynard said. "It's not a knock on him. He's the top guy to [challenge for the title]. It's just that Jose's on top of his game."
It was a sincere opinion, Maynard said, so when people asked him what he thought of the upcoming fight, that's what he told them: Mendes isn't ready. Not surprisingly, this didn't please Mendes when he heard it.
"Honestly, I don't know why Gray's even talking about me," he said. "Gray's never trained with me. He has no idea what I feel like in there. Obviously, he's training with Jose, so if he gets asked that question I guess that's what he thinks he's got to say, but honestly, Gray's style of wrestling is completely different from mine. I'm more of an explosive, blast you off your feet kind of wrestler. He's more like a bully that just gets you up against the cage and works takedowns and slams from there."
Mendes' training partner and mentor, Urijah Faber, was even more direct.
"Since when are the two best guys in the weight class not ready to fight each other? That's an absurd thing to say. But whatever. Who cares what [Maynard] thinks? Chad's going to go in there and fight and win."
But now that Maynard's taken some heat from the Team Alpha Male crew for his comments, he's not at all ready to back away from them. If anything, he's only more committed to his original assessment, he said, because now he knows just how good Aldo is.
"From watching the tapes, that's how I felt, that [Mendes] wasn't ready. But actually training with Jose, I feel it even more now," Maynard said. "For me, helping out Jose doesn't mean I want Chad to lose or I came here to make that happen. It's just a matter of helping out Jose, and now that I've been here, that's what I think is going to happen. I only know Chad a little bit, and I think he's a tough kid, but Jose is really tough. I couldn't believe it. I was seriously impressed. ...I knew he could strike. I knew that. What I didn't know is, man, he's tough to take down. And the kind of athlete he is, the way he applies that, it's amazing. He can take a punch, too."
But as fight night approaches, these outside opinions tend to diminish in importance. Soon enough it'll be just Mendes and Aldo in the cage, and then it won't matter what anyone else says. When it gets to that point, however, Mendes has something that Aldo doesn't, which is the benefit of a former opponent's experience. Faber went five brutal rounds with Aldo, and learned some hard lessons that he's passed on to his protege, he said.
For instance, there's the issue of Aldo's leg kicks.
"The one thing I didn't take into account was, I knew the leg kicks were going to hurt, but I didn't know how disarming they would be," Faber said. "As far as leg kicks in practice, when your legs gets kicked a couple times and it starts to hurt, you don't keep wanting to get kicked in it all day. You heal it up and put ice on it so you can train the next day. But in a fight like that, you have to know that kicks like that will do damage and you have to honor that. You can't just tell yourself that you're going to take the pain and do what you want to do. You have to avoid them and make him pay when he tries it."
Aldo shredded Faber's thighs with kicks early on, effectively taking away Faber's ability to shoot for a takedown in the later rounds. He took criticism for it after the fight, but even Mendes can't say it was unwarranted.
"That's something even Urijah talked about," he said. "He doesn't have that explosive shot the way I do. A lot of his takedowns come off of punches, using that snap single-leg or something. Aldo took that away from him with those leg kicks, and by that point it was too late."
And that -- the fact that not all wrestlers and/or wrestling styles are created equal -- is why Mendes doesn't worry about Maynard's assessment of him or Maynard's training with Aldo, he said. There are wrestlers and then there are wrestlers, and just because you've seen one in the gym doesn't mean you know what it's like to fight another in the cage on Saturday night.
"We don't know how much [Maynard's work with Aldo] is going to help him, but we'll get in there and see," Mendes said. "It doesn't matter to me. I've been wrestling since I was five years old, and I've never taken a year off. It's something I've done my whole life. For him to bring a wrestler in to work with for one camp, his wrestling's not going to be anywhere near mine."
With Mendes' predictions, just as with Maynard's and Faber's, we'll know soon enough who had it right.


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1:00pm Tuesday 11th December 2012 in News By Mark Taylor, Reporter. Please call me on (01865) 425411
A THUG has been jailed for eight years for beating the elderly Watlington grandparents of his ex-girlfriend unconscious during a violent, drunken rampage.
Joshua Darragh, 20, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and wounding with intent following the incident earlier this year.
Oxford Crown Court heard on Friday that on June 22, Darragh smashed his way into the Pyrton Way home of Carson and Irene Rea before attacking the pair with such ferocity he knocked them both out. He then stamped on Mr Rea's head several times and kicked him in the face.
Darragh's ex-girlfriend, Megan Rea, witnessed the brutal assault as did other members of the family. During the attack the court heard Darragh brandished an eight-inch knife and said: "I'm going to kill you all."
However, he dropped the weapon as he stalked through the house and did not use it.
In a statement read out by prosecutor Jonathan Stone, Miss Rea said Darragh taunted her grandfather, a self-employed businessman, saying: "Your money won't help you now."
Police were called to the scene and Darragh gave himself up. During interviews with detectives he gave no comment, but later pleaded guilty to the charges.
Mr Rea's injuries had left him "a shell of the man he once was", and Mrs Rea's injuries continue to affect her, according to the pair's son Simon.
Both suffered facial fractures.
He said the beating had left his father unable to run his business, and the family had fallen into debt.
The court heard how Darragh's life spiralled out of control following the breakdown of his relationship with Miss Rea.
Peter Du Feu, defending, said Darragh's life resembled "an erupting volcano", as the pair argued over a decision to become parents, and he then lost his place on a college course.
Despite spending time overseas he found himself returning to his old circles and encountered her at a party in Watlington on the night of the attack.
Darragh, of Abbey hostel, Reading, was sentenced to eight years for causing grievous bodily harm with intent, and two years for unlawful wounding, to run concurrently.
Judge Ian Pringle said the circumstances could not account for the attack. He said: "Your behaviour was utterly shocking. You burst your way in and then proceeded to assault Carson Rea and his wife Irene.
"Your assault involved striking him to the ground by punching him in the face and then stamping on his head, that caused really serious injuries.
"You then struck Irene Rea causing her to pass out. You have pleaded guilty to two very serious offences, and the effect it has had on the family will never go away."
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Hollywood has been kind to the shambling brainless masses of the undead - and not just because they are their key demographic. From Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" to Edgar Frost's "Shaun of the Dead," recent cinema has brought a new edge to the moans and groans of the living dead, and last year's "Zombieland" deserves to be counted among the ranks of the best brain-eaters out there.
Like all good zombie movies, "Zombieland" doesn't dwell on the cause of the zombie uprising. The movie simply introduces a virus which reduces the majority of humanity to the biological equivalent of flesh-eating zombies. Hoping to avoid any emotional attachment which might hinder them, the uninfected survivors simply go by the name of their home town - not that emotional attachment is a problem in the beginning, as the two primary survivors couldn't be more different. Columbus (The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg) is a college slacker-turned-rule-obsessed-nomad, while Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is a one-man-zombie-killing-machine. Columbus is searching for his home town, while Tallahassee is searching for the last Twinkie in existence before it expires. Instead, the two survivors run afoul of sister-sister con artists Wichita (Easy A's Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin), who have some dreams (and schemes) of their own. The four call a temporary truce - compounded by Columbus' growing attraction to Wichita - but as the zombie threat escalates, Columbus and the rest of the survivors find themselves torn between loyalty and survival.
Like "Shaun of the Dead," "Zombieland" has its fair share of humor, gore and horror. But much like the original "Dawn of the Dead," "Zombieland" is epic zombie horror set on a sprawling American backdrop, showing the zombie infection from the mansions of L.A. to the 1600 block of Washington DC. "Zombieland" manages to mix horror and humor together in a very clever - and visual - way. In many ways, the film is weaved around Columbus' rigid system of rules, and every time a rule is applied, it is slickly written out in the background. By the end of the movie, phrases like "Double Tap" and "Check the Back Seats" take on a whole new meaning. Despite the amusement though, the movie really centers around the formation - and alteration - of Columbus' rules. Because of this clever tweak, I have never seen a zombie movie quite this much fun - or this much human.
As all zombie movies go, "Zombieland" isn't for everyone. The squeamish will definitely want to steer clear of this movie's ample blood and guts, but those who don't mind a couple zombie chomps and spews will be treated to an action-packed thrill ride with its fair share of adventure, one-liners, and of all things, heart (and not just the squirmy, squishy kind.)
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In order to control the bomb they had created, the scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project founded the Federation of Atomic Scientists, later the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). With the war over, this scientific community advocated two important objectives - that nuclear bombs should remain under civilian control, and that nuclear materials and technology should fall under international supervision.
The FAS 60th Anniversary is an ideal opportunity to reassess these founding principles and take stock of what we've accomplished, who we've become and where we're going.
This day-long symposium will include two panel discussions, each followed by commentary and a 20-minute period of questions from the audience. The panels will focus on the two major issues of importance to the founders of the Federation of American Scientists. The morning panel will feature the international control of nuclear materials, an idea recently revived by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel Laureate Mohammed ElBaradei. The afternoon panel will discuss whether development of nuclear weapons should remain under the civilian control of the Department of Energy or be moved to the Department of Defense.
After the first atomic explosions, scientists pressed for international sharing and control of atomic information. The Acheson-Lilienthal Report to the U.S. Government in 1946 made bold proposals for the internationalization of nuclear technology, but Cold War antagonism made U.S.-Soviet cooperation impossible. With the Cold War now over, concerns about global warming may bring a surge in nuclear power production at the same time that the international non-proliferation regime is under strain. Recent proposals by Mohammad ElBaradei have revitalized debate on international control of nuclear power. FAS hopes to explore ways to increase international control over nuclear power to minimize proliferation risks while safely exploiting nuclear energy.
Now is the time to reexamine the institutional arrangement for maintaining nuclear weapons. The civilian Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the maintenance and development of nuclear weapons. Have we created a government department devoted to promoting nuclear solutions to security problems? Does DOE have a nuclear hammer in search of nails? Perhaps it's time to move nuclear weapons development to the Department of Defense (DoD). Although we don't want the DoD to think of nuclear weapons simply as bigger bombs. Who should house the US nuclear weapons program?
|The Federation of American Scientists (www.fas.org)
|60th Anniversary Symposium on Nuclear Weapons Policy
|10:00a.m. - 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 November 2005
|The National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
To RSVP for this event, please email [email protected] or call 202-546-3300. Space is limited.