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Even more important is our Movement's growth potential in Israel. According to a 2009 survey (Guttman Center for Surveys of the Israel Democracy Institute), 85% of Israelis believe bat mitzvah is important to Jewish identity, but only 1% of Israeli young women have a bat mitzvah celebration. This tells me that Israeli Jews hunger for the kind of egalitarian experiences our Israeli Reform congregations provide.
Our successes are the result of strong institutions on the ground. Like the URJ in North America, the IMPJ (Israeli Movement for Progressive Judaism) builds and supports Reform congregations in Israel, providing Israelis with access to pluralistic celebrations, traditions, study, and more. The Jerusalem campus of HUC-JIR (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) ordains rabbis in Israel—84 to date—who lead communities, congregations, schools, and institutions throughout the country, thereby assuring that those Israeli Jews who want a Reform Jewish experience will have it, led by one of their own. In addition, HUC-JIR in Jerusalem has prepared 48 Israeli educators in a pluralistic Jewish education MA program co-sponsored with Hebrew University, trained 91 mezorim (pastoral counselors) who are pioneering chaplaincy in Israel, and piloted Tnufa, a young leadership development program for 38 next-generation Israeli Reform leaders.
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On a rainy day in mijn fiets in Amsterdam I refused to ignore stopping at this splendid beer store- perhaps the only one in the city because I couldn't find the other one listed at BA. I rushed ignoring the place and thankfully had a mental image from the photo here listed- as I rushed through the rain at the Dam (this is in the paleisstraat which is one of the streets that leads and passes by the royal palace).
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Although I somewhat breezed through the store I had come to buy all their stock in 'de Leckere Tripel' because I have been hypnotised by this beer. unfortunately I'll only bring back four, because they were out until monday (after a thorough check by the friendly staff at the storage room)- too late for my colombian arse. comes to prove I should've gone there earlier to buy them out, because, in all fairness, the place had good prices for the quality range offered.
07-04-2005 13:50:18 | More by Andreji
New York
5/5 rDev +7.1%
There are beer stores and then there are beer stores. Bierkoning falls into the latter category.
Like most things in Amsterdam, this store is tucked away in a narrow street and is unassuming. The store is right on Paleistraat, which is one of the central streets running directly from downtown by the Hauptbonhoff. As a matter of fact, this store is very centrally located... it's close to many of the museums, the Vondelpark, the Blumenmarkt, and the Leidseplein.
The quality is unbelievable. When I was there, I'd say I didn't recognize almost one-third of the beers they carried. And they don't stock things just to stock things. The owner and managers are constantly scouring the market for the best brews - macro or micro - or somewhere in between. The manager I talked to was a beer enthusiast and a brewer himself, and so he was inclined to talk about beer and why he carries the brands he chooses.
Also, for you brewers out there - there is an international brewer's guestbook. As to sign it - it's pretty amazing. It has been signed by brewers from all over the world who visited this place, and there were hundreds of signatures and entries. It was fun just to see how many American brewmasters made it to this store.
I have to give this place 5.0 across all categories. If you're in Amsterdam and not too stoned to move, you have to check this place out.
12-11-2004 13:24:11 | More by Sixpoint
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This place is just a stones throw from Dam Square, but tiny, and with an un-assuming storefront. It's a long, narrow shop from front to back, with the service counter to your left and a small fridge with about 2 dozen different biers on the right. Up some stairs to the rear and you'll find oodles and oodles of Belgian and Dutch gems. There were scores to choose from! Additional shelf space was alotted to Czech, German (Andechs Doppelbock!!), British and Irish stuff, as well as some USA biers. You can buy singles, or opt for some of the gift-packs they sell. Some are different biers from one brewer; others are different brewers but one particular style. They have a large assortment of glassware, and also a small bin with coasters there for the taking with your purchase. The young gent working was helpful and friendly, even removing some past-date bier I was considering and getting me something fresher. I bought 6 bottles on my first visit, 4x 33cl and 2x 50cl, and it only came to 10.70 Euros. Nice score!
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09-03-2004 16:55:13 | More by Bierman9
4.7/5 rDev +0.6%
The best beer store i have ever visited. I was floored when i walked into this place. It is quite compact with three different levels, all full with towers of beer. The shelving went almost to the ceiling with a section designated to almost every part of the world. A beer advocate would be fortunate to live close to this valuable resource. IF you find yourself in amsterdam, and capable of making it out of the coffee shop, take a look. You will be glad you did. It is WAY more fun than the heiniken "expereince".
07-13-2004 19:54:31 | More by elmocoso
New Mexico
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De Bierkoning was a little hard to find. At first thought it was a Café (from the advertisements). Beer retailers in Amsterdam are hard to come by unless you are looking for Heineken or other more mainstream beers.
This place is the best beer retailer I have ever seen. They have a wonderful selection of Belgian and other European beers at pretty reasonable prices. Beirkoning also has a great selection of glassware, which is essential for enjoying the complete beer experience. The employees were very helpful, and I was able to find a couple of great beers on sale. I also got a cute little bottle opener as a ?free gift.?
02-27-2004 02:48:43 | More by SeanChouffe
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This was something that I found by sheer coincidence ... I happened to miss the last tour of the Heineken experience by three or four minutes, and cursed myself and the poor timing. Apparently, I was so loud that a fellow American honed in on me and showed me the way - to one of the best beer shops i've ever been in.
This shop was tiny but had the best selection of Belgian beers i've ever seen. Everything is stacked pretty much up to the ceiling, and you'll find beer glasses accompanying almost every good beer they sell. I picked up a big bottle of Delirum and a glass for under 10 euros.
I have bottle caps from a myriad of Belgian beers I haven't even ever heard of, and it is unfortunate because I didn't even get a chance to do a review on any of them. I might never know the names of these unless I go back.
The service was helpful and friendly, even though he had trouble understanding my english. Altogether a great experience.
01-26-2004 19:56:49 | More by GreenWBush
New York
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This small shop, a short walk from the central rail station, is well worth the visit if you find yourself in Amsterdam. My wife and I had a couple of hours to kill at the Amsterdam airport last year en route to Egypt. A 20 minute train ride, an even shorter walk, and there we were standing in front of De Bierkoning. I'm not sure how many different types of beer they have, but I would hazzard a guess of 800! The walls were lined, from top to bottom with beers from the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, and beyond, many not available back in the US. Hey, they even had Sam Adams for those looking for something a little closer to home. For those who can never have enough pint glasses, the selection of glassware was almost as impressive as the selection of beer!
12-22-2003 18:11:17 | More by dmeadows
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Hoppin' Mad - Granite Brewery & Restaurant
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Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
Had it on cask at the brewpub.
Aroma: Lemon, grassyness, just a hint of grapefruit. Not much malt arome made it through the hops.
Looks: Copper, orange in colour. Nice sized head, lots of large bubbles on top, with a tighter looking head underneath. It left a good amount of lace behind clinging to the glass.
Taste: Great. Good bitterness, while retaining balance. Citrusy fruits, lemon, orange, marmalade, soft pineyness. A little bit of caramel in the background. Pleasant, long finish.
Mouthfeel: Nice low carbonation. Medium to full bodied.
08-22-2009 19:02:22 | More by BrewSomerville
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Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +5.5%
On cask at C'est What.
Poured a tawny orange, perfectly clear, with the cask pump creating some impressive foam and thick sheets of lacing. Looks a great deal like Boddingtons, I have to say.
Nose is bready, malty, caramel notes with rich floral hops. I agree with the previous reviewer - definitely smells and looks more like an English IPA.
Like an English pale ale with American hopping. Creamy and malty, but finishing with a tasty, floral hop kick. I went into this expecting a Canadian stab at the AIPA style, and while this wasn't it, it certainly was enjoyable.
A creamy body and milder carbonation made this very easy to drink. Would be a great sipper on a cooler fall day.
Big ups for Granite - a nice little brew that went down far too well.
08-19-2010 17:01:10 | More by JohnnyBarman
Alberta (Canada)
3.88/5 rDev +2.4%
This beer appears a hazy ruby brown colour, with a few fingers of fizzy white head, which leaves a small ring of lace around the glass. It smells of grapefruit and earthy hop essences, and white biscuit grain. The taste is earthy, weedy, mild citrus and pine hops, and more white grain biscuit. The carbonation is average, the body is light, smooth, and a bit creamy, and the finish is dry, with a lingering resinous hoppiness.
08-18-2009 03:24:35 | More by biboergosum
Ontario (Canada)
3.53/5 rDev -6.9%
perhaps their best beer. An understated IPA whose orange-grapefruit citrus and good use of hops and freshness lends itself well to the cask format. Pours grapefruit cloudy colour with abundant soapy bubbles. Taste is a bit soapy and hoppy. There is a bit of clorine/alcohol that may be due to the glass cleaning. Medium mouthfeel, smooth and drinkable.
Had on tap about 5 months later and it was nice drinking, good hipping.
10-12-2008 19:25:06 | More by Sammy
Quebec (Canada)
3.45/5 rDev -9%
I opened this growler a couple hours after picking it up at the brewery, so it couldn't be much fresher. This is not the prettiest beer I've seen: amber in colour with no head, no visible carbonation and no lacing.
The nose is really light. Very English in character, smelling mostly like a bitter, though with a little more grapefruit. A tiny bit of diacetyl shows up as well.
The flavour is , again, very English. Where are the hops? This is just another Ontario brew boldly proclaiming an abundance of hops through it's name only to let you down with the actual flavour. Some light grapefruit rind comes through. Quite bitter and with a decent malt backing but there isn't enough hop character coming out. A bit of unpleasant ashtray, though it's not too distracting. Pretty well balanced but not at all interesting. Nowhere near the amount of hops you'd expect given a name like Hoppin' Mad. Though if you were expecting lots of hops, I guess you would be mad...
This feels exactly like it was just poured from a cask, fitting with the English character I suppose. Low carbonation with a silky medium body.
This stuff is quite drinkable, actually. It did go down pretty quickly. Not a bad brew, just not my thing. If you're really into English-style IPA, you'd probably enjoy this one. If I ever come across Hoppin' Mad on cask I'd check it out again.
09-16-2010 16:30:35 | More by eat
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
03-28-2012 00:35:05 | More by dipso123
New Brunswick (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
04-09-2013 13:26:51 | More by CurtisD
Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +5.5%
On cask at the brewpub, into a pint glass.
Poured a dark red, bordering on burgundy with an off-white, soapy and typical "Granite cask pour;" literally a soap like head that retains pretty well and mild lacing. Nose is primarily piney, with some citrus surrounding it. Fairly sweet malt based, slightly dark breads too. Taste relatively similar to the nose, malt leads the way and the hops come through midpalate. Mildly bitter finish that lingers for a bit. Smooth and good body from the cask. Medium low carbonation and a solid drink. Always grab this one when I'm at the brewpub. One of the better IPAs round here, if not completely "American" style wise.
03-05-2011 23:17:47 | More by liamt07
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
Appearance: It has a nice cloudy orange/red color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves minimal lacing.
Smell: The aromas definitly give out hints of citrusy, tropical and piney hops with some bready malts and a slight caramel note.
Taste: Like the aromas, it has a nice citrusy, tropical and piney hop character to it but also has a strong enough malt presence.
Mouthfeel: It has a low carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.
Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.
03-19-2012 00:27:41 | More by SebD
Ontario (Canada)
3/5 rDev -20.8%
11-06-2012 18:02:42 | More by cfalovo97
4/5 rDev +5.5%
02-27-2013 19:41:35 | More by bluetrevian
British Columbia (Canada)
3.88/5 rDev +2.4%
A: Copper with a bubbly (seriously big bubbles), off-white head. Very little head, no retention, slight leg/lace.
S: Citrus, rind/zest, grassy, caramel, slightly earthy minerals & a hint of fruitiness.
T: Good bitterness & hopping, though for an IPA called 'hopping mad', I expected a little more. Orange, tangerine, rind, slightly floral & grassy spicing, biscuity grain, well-balanced.
M: Light to moderate body with very little carbonation (like a cask).
D: Quite drinkable.
03-27-2009 23:42:21 | More by Derek
Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +5.5%
01-21-2014 19:36:10 | More by RevCraig
Quebec (Canada)
3/5 rDev -20.8%
02-24-2012 18:40:54 | More by oldp0rt
4.75/5 rDev +25.3%
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Ontario (Canada)
3.85/5 rDev +1.6%
On cask at Volo, have had a few times elsewhere as well.
Pours a lightly hazed coppery orange, quite a nice colour, very thick and tight off white head forms, drops lace rings all around the glass and settles to a medium sized ring and layer, great retention. Smell is nice, very floral and fragrant, some orange peel, light fruits and biscuity sweet malt backbone, honey and slightly grainy. Taste is similar, sweet at first, caramel, toasty, and very fruity, some strawberries and mango, light floral and heavy herbal bitterness in the finish, a bit spicy with some orange peel sharpness. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with low carbonation, very drinkable. Didn't like it the first time I had it on tap, but it really comes through nicely on cask, really easy to pound a few of these down. The beer just disappears!
01-14-2009 19:41:41 | More by Viggo
Quebec (Canada)
3.9/5 rDev +2.9%
Poured from a growler:
Very little carbonation--thin head with little lacing, copper body.
Smells of pine and sweet malts.
A little thin and watery mouthfeel but the taste doesn't disappoint. Lots of pine and bitter hop taste along with sour malts and caramel flavours. A slightly sweet but dry finish--Medium bodied.
Nice session beer--even at 6 percent.
07-27-2011 02:17:21 | More by Matt1516
Ontario (Canada)
3.78/5 rDev -0.3%
I had this on cask at C'est What.
Pours quite clear with a characteristic bubbly cask head. Just a few big continents of lace stick to the glass. The aroma is grassy and citrusy with a solid malt doughyness. Grapefruit and also herbal and woody hop notes hit first in the taste. Always in toe is robust malt presence. The mouthfeel is quite light with a languid carbonation. Bitterness mixes with malt sweetness and a bit of alcohol heat in the finish.
This is a great cask IPA. Excellent balance with malt equally represented to hops. I sense a bit of an English hop character. While a little restrained for my hophead tastes, its a lot closer to the style than the brewery's other IPA.
04-01-2012 01:57:13 | More by CAMRAhardliner
Ontario (Canada)
4.47/5 rDev +17.9%
2L growler into snifter. Best Before Oct 20th
Special thanks to liam07 for this one.
A- Copper pour, half finger white head, lacing is awesome.
S- Candied sugar, grapefruit, mandarin, mango. Faint pine presence, strawberries and peach.
T- Bitter pine, strawberries, mandarin oranges, peach, apricot. One of the fruitest IPA's to date.
M- Long juicy presence with a very fast dry aftertaste. Very fulfilling and satisfying.
D- I'm splitting this 2L with my brother in law and 2L I don't think is enough!
09-25-2010 19:50:25 | More by korguy123
Ontario (Canada)
4.25/5 rDev +12.1%
06-17-2014 01:00:25 | More by Cramshawbar
Ontario (Canada)
4.13/5 rDev +9%
I frequently will have this beer so I figure it is time to finally review it. Pours a deep orange colour with small, but thick, white head. Lacing down most of the glass. Smells of floral hops, a bit soapy (in a good way?), with some biscuity malt. I am pretty sure this is more of an English style than American, and it is a good one for that. By American IPA standards this would be a weak IPA. Mouthfull is very smooth, nice cask ale.
09-20-2010 15:46:16 | More by kwjd
Ontario (Canada)
4.03/5 rDev +6.3%
Off cask at C'est What?, in Toronto.
Hoppin' Mad has a glowing ruby colour but is not without some wispy yeast haze. It's a bijou in a pint glass! And it has a delicate, mossy head that looks like thousands of years of built up dust that could be disturbed with anything so subtle even as a heavy breath. It leaves a lacing that looks like an anatomical model of the central nervous system.
Ontario brewers typically tend to have an irrational fear that hops will ruin their beer - I'm glad Granite knows better. This bouquet displays an expressive hop character and still maintains a consummate balance. It has just the right amount of toasty biscuits and sweetness and enough bitter grapefruit flesh and citrusy orange and lemon character too.
Hoppin' Mad is exactly what I think most modern British brewers are aspiring to (although they'd probably call it a bitter, not an IPA, which would probably be more accurate anyhow). It has a solid barley-malt background with some sweeter, nuttier notes that linger as well as the more bitter (yet eloquently fruity) taste of citrus piths.
Although the hop oil count is high, bitterness is soft and seems almost optional given the co-presence of malty sweetness. A pint strikes me as the minimum you'd want to drink; I know time permitting I would have had another. Unlike the best cask ales, however, warming didn't do it any favors or unleash any previously undetected flavours.
A single stream of afternoon sun, blunted by a smoky atmosphere, reaches a wooden, warped tabletop above which a wrinkled face is occupied behind ruffled pages of newspaper - Hoppin' Mad is the kind of cask ale that can lay out an entire scene in the space of a few sips. It is exactly the kind of beer CAMRA campaigned to keep around. And good thing they succeeded.
05-20-2011 15:46:11 | More by biegaman
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
03-17-2012 03:10:50 | More by WeissBoy
Russian Federation
3/5 rDev -20.8%
04-13-2013 06:45:40 | More by NightINgale
Ontario (Canada)
3.63/5 rDev -4.2%
On hand-pump at Volo. Had this instead of the explosive (literally) Duggan's #99 DIPA. Served in a pint glass.
A - A half-finger of orange-tinted foam with excellent retention. There is some patchy lacing left behind. The body eventually settles out to a semi-transparent marmalade orange color.
S - As someone who lives in the US and drinks "American" IPAs a lot, I can safely say that this ain't one of them. Definitely either English IPA or APA here, with lots of floral and slightly lemony hop character mingling with wild honey and biscuit. If this was listed as the latter two styles, it'd be a 4.0, but as an American IPA it suffers.
T - Too much bittering hops here, and not enough flavoring ones. Starts with notes of honeyed bread, then becomes somewhat harsh and astringent. Thankfully it finishes with a little grapefruit before leaving behind a lingering bitter aftertaste. As it warms a little more orange and floral character comes out, so don't drink this one super-cold (although on cask, it shouldn't be to begin with).
M - Carbonation is surprisingly active for a cask beer, but it's still quite soft. Chewy medium body that's quite smooth and sufficiently heft. No obvious alcohol. There's a quite enjoyable enamel-coating residual feel.
D - The bitterness gets a little abusive, and the flavor is somewhat mono-timbral. I'd have it again over some of the other Ontario dud IPAs, but it's not something I'd be doing back flips about.
06-26-2010 14:10:59 | More by MasterSki
Hoppin' Mad from Granite Brewery & Restaurant
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The juggernaut that is Dozois' Years Best hits the #31 mark, with another chunky volume.
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The 'anthology' category on Best SF brings together all the reviews of books which are collections of new short stories, or collections of previously published short stories that aren't Year's Best, Nebula or Hugo collections.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eight. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris Books)
Now published by Solaris books, with lots of big names from a wide variety of sources.
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014 (ed Rich Horton, Prime Books)
Almost three dozen stories, gleaned from sources far and wide, to keep you quiet for a long time!
Reach for Infinity. (ed Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2014)
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Once again Strahan has assembled the Great and the Good, this time to address the theme of striving to reach the next level
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Twelve Tomorrows. (MIT Technology Review, 2013)
With a gorgeously retro cover, and a splendid full-colour insert for the artwork of Richard Powers, some great stories by some big name authors.
Solaris Rising 2. (ed Ian Whates, Solaris 2013)
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Phillipsburg Council considers expanding background checks for volunteer coaches
The volunteer coaching staffs supervising town-sponsored recreational programs in Phillipsburg will likely be required to submit to criminal background checks.
Town Council lavished praise at a workshop meeting Tuesday night on an amended version of Phillipsburg's policy on background checks put together by town attorney Richard Wenner. The ordinance, which requires background checks for coaches, assistant coaches and umpires, will be voted on at council's June 18 meeting.
Mayor Harry Wyant Jr. said the ordinance covering people who are 18 or older would "protect children … against contact with individuals who should not be in contact with children."
Council vice president Todd Tersigni called Wenner's draft "well written" and said it should be approved "as is," while council president Bernie Fey Jr. said the proposed ordinance would help assure parents that when they drop off their children at recreational programs, "they'll know they're in good hands."
The proposed ordinance would also require checks for volunteers at town-sponsored programs for the elderly or infirm.
Everyone covered by the ordinance must agree to be fingerprinted. The ordinance allows the town administrator and police chief to exchange that data with and receive criminal histories from state and federal bureaus of investigation.
The head of each volunteer youth organization must submit a list of people expected to be involved in the town-sponsored activity at least 30 days before the activity begins, or risk losing the use of equipment, fields and facilities, the proposed ordinance says.
Anyone disqualified because of the background check will have 30 days to ask for a review, according to the ordinance.
Council is also considering an ordinance extending a code of conduct for not only for coaches and participants in youth recreational activities, but also for their parents, and a resolution requiring coaches and participants to live in Phillipsburg.
Dawn Slifer, Phillipsburg's director of recreation, estimated that the town spends $25,000 in equipment and pays $9,000 in sports insurance each year for football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer and other programs.
She said more than 400 children between the ages of 5 and 15 participate in the programs, and between 60 and 70 coaches are involved.
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Rice Park is a perfect urban park.
There's never a bad time of year in Rice Park. In the winter, it illuminates and warms up downtown. In the summer, it has beautiful tree cover. In the fall, you can enjoy the changing colors of the leaves against the beautiful backdrop of the St. Paul Hotel, Central Library and Landmark Center. In the spring, you can walk around and snap photos of Peanuts characters or measure yourself up against the stature of St. Paul favorite writer/alcoholic F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Rice Park is a beautiful island surrounded by equally beautiful local landmarks. It feels almost European.
The park is historic. In fact, the park is a few years older than the State of Minnesota. And, one of its amazing attributes is that it's changed over time in that sort of beautiful urban adaptability type of way. It was first used to dry laundry and graze animals. A fountain and bandstand were added in the 1870s and electric lights in the 1880s [source]. Now, it's a pleasant outdoor room with activities, ice sculptures, an occasional hockey rink and kitschy, yet-interesting and well-done statues.
Rice Park is a park, but it's also an outdoor room surrounded by some of St. Paul's most distinctive architecture.
The Landmark Center
The St. Paul Hotel & Lawson Commons
The Ordway Center for Performing Arts
St. Paul Central Library
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Rice Park is magical. I love it. Happy Valentine's Day!
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If you were to read the City of St. Paul's legislative wish list, you'd see a list of big projects such as:
Last year the City asked for $25 million for a new baseball stadium in Lowertown, and they got it.
The odd thing about these projects is that they aren't what the average resident of St. Paul really cares about. It appears as if these funding requests are typically large ticket items aimed at attracting people from outside St. Paul to come visit.
Most of these projects are part of this senseless game of "let's compete with Minneapolis."
Newsflash: St. Paul isn't Minneapolis, and the residents of St. Paul are content with that.
Too often I read a quote in a local newspaper that sounds something like, "Minneapolis got this, so it's only fair that we get this too." So, Minneapolis gets the Vikings Stadium. That means it's only fair that St. Paul gets money for the Saints. Minneapolis gets Target Center renovation cash, so we have to improve the Xcel Center. The list could go on …
I don't know if those asking for money know this, but the people of St. Paul don't really care that it's not Minneapolis. In fact, we wish that city leaders would stop trying to be the big city and just concentrate on the things that make St. Paul great.
I live in St. Paul because I like St. Paul.
I like the neighborhoods and the tree-lined streets. I like the Groveland Tap and Grand Avenue. I love the slower pace of life, the cheaper rents and about a thousand other things. I like that I have the keys to my neighbor's house, you know, just in case. I like that when I leave my trash bin out that my neighbor will bring it back and place it in my backyard. Yes, these things occur in Minneapolis neighborhoods too, but I have experienced them in my neighborhood in St. Paul.
Sure, I'd like to buy cupcakes on Grand Avenue and have a few more bike lanes, but I can get by without them. No place is going to be perfect.
The easiest way to make life better in St. Paul would be to listen to its residents. The city would find that most suggestions are small, reasonable and affordable. I was having this conversation with my girlfriend and I asked her "What could be done to make St. Paul a better place?"
Right away, off the top of her head, she responded with two great suggestions:
Both of these ideas would benefit thousands of people and are really cheap (or, at least cheaper than a baseball stadium and the Children's Museum expansion). The mid-range grocery store would certainly help me. In Highland Park, we've got high-end and low-end. Mississippi Market, Kowlaski's and Lund's are great, but they break the bank. Then we've got Cooper's Super Value. It's cheap, but good luck finding fresh fruit. And bridging the disconnect between the two bike trails would entail nothing more than adding a mile or two of bike lanes and some better wayfinding signage. Simple.
I asked myself the same question. I want a place within walking distance to grab a beer that isn't Tiff's and I think it'd be great if we could make West 7th Street into something other than a busy collector road. Also, it'd be nice if we got some protected bus shelters.
I asked my neighbor. His suggestion was even more basic: add sidewalks along Davern Street Hill and Edgecumbe Road so the kids who have to walk up the hill to high school don't have to walk in the street.
That's it! That's what people actually want: a sidewalk, bike trail, neighborhood pub and an affordable grocery store.
Okay, before you write something in the comment section, I want to say: Yes, I've used a very small sample size. I recognize this. The St. Paul demographic that I know would be those living south of I-94 and those without children. I'm sure if I asked this question to some parents or anyone living anywhere in St. Paul, they'd tell me something about their neighborhood, their public school and possibly something about crime.
The point I want to get across is that people want things that are small and localized. They want the proverbial pothole fixed, and while they may enjoy the occasional visit to the Science Museum and possibly a Wild game or two, that's not what they really care about. That's not what makes them want to live in St. Paul.
If St. Paul does the small things right, then I think the big things, like sports stadiums and science museums will fall into place.
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There is a memorial service down the street in honor of the 38 Dakotans executed during the Dakotan Conflict as I sit here at a bagel shop in downtown Mankato. There are a good number of people in attendance and police are directing traffic. You can read about it here.
The largest mass execution in United States' history happened here. It's been 150 years and there is going to be a new monument. It's a 20 foot scroll with 38 names located across the street from the execution. A public library and a few statues sit on the actual execution site while a bridge leaves the site in its shadow.
The monument is an island. You can check out the Google Streetview here.
Riverfront Drive, a major arterial road, cuts on the north side of the site. All the decorative lights and flower planters in the world won't help improve the joy of walking along Riverfront Drive, which hasn't been connected to the Minnesota River in 5 decades. It should be called Concrete Wall Front Road. The new statue, along with the statue of the now-locally vanished American Bison, is wedged between this busy road, an industrial railroad track and a concrete retaining wall protecting the City of Mankato from a 200 year floods and from good, scenic views.
The monument is an island, and it's practically located under a bridge. It's not exactly hidden, but it certainly doesn't have a prominent location or good civic location.
Unless you knew the local history, you'd never know it was an execution site. Maybe that's intentional? By virtual of its location, it is a "drive by" statue. Ninety-nine point nine percent of people will experience the monument by automobile. I bring this up because I think it effects how we relate to our history.
I lived in Edinburgh – a city with an exciting (but tremendously violent) history. It's hard to walk a few hundred yards without seeing an execution site, unmarked grave or an advertisement for a haunted catacombs tour (where countless anonymous black plague victims were tossed). These tragedies are part of Edinburgh's history – and they are embraced. And by the way, this brief paragraph doesn't even begin to describe the historical atrocities that occurred in and around Edinburgh's city walls.
I can't say whether or not the Scottish people are embarrassed by these tragedies, but I can say that they have embraced them. It's not just Edinburgh, but violent histories have been accepted so much that they even play into the realm of marketing of place. There is a pub across the street from a public execution site in Edinburgh that, as the marketed history goes, gave a free pint to the soon-to-be executed. The execution block still stands, as does the pub. The last public execution there was on the site: June 21st, 1864 (FYI: the Mankato Mass execution: December 16th, 1862).
The difference is that those hung in Edinburgh's public square were likely criminal, to what severity I do not know. Mankato's victims, while many may not have been innocent, were victims of a much wider and complex set of scenarios (Listen to the This American Life episode titled, "Little War on the Prairie"). Minnesota doesn't have a long history, so maybe that makes tragedies things stick out? Of course, what community wants their claim to fame to be "Home of the Largest Mass Execution in United States History"?
History is written by the victorious. In the United States, we have a history of tearing down our history – just look at our built environment. I feel that holds true more often than not, but destructing the Dakotan Conflict execution is seemingly more difficult. We acknowledge that it happened, but we don't fully embrace it. We've built monuments to the event, but we place them practically under bridges.
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It's not every day you get such a specific 'best of' opportunity. I wrote on New Urbanism's Excelsior and Grand and it's victory as the best simulacrum of Main Street.
That isn't to say Excelsior and Grand isn't without criticism, but it's the best we've got. In fact, it's hard to take other Twin Cities New Urbanist projects seriously. Arbor Lakes? No real residential. West End? Same problem, but with too much parking and it's half-empty. Burnsville's Heart of the City? I'm really happy they are trying. Woodbury Lakes? You can't be serious?
I had this college summer internship that paid me too much money to basically drive aimlessly around the metro. Coming from a small town and moving directly to an walkable, urban-university setting, this internship was the first chance I had to experience suburbia. I'd drive from suburban office complex to strip mall to industrial park, and repeat. One day pre-ubiquitous GPS systems, I remember coming off Highway 100 while coming down from one of Blaine's excruciatingly depressing industrial parks. I made a wrong turn and somehow bumped into Exclesior & Grand.
I remember thinking it was a mirage, an oasis in the suburban desert. This place couldn't be real?
There are a few elements that put Excelsior and Grand ahead of the competition. The location is aided by its proximity to Minneapolis. That, and it's surrounded by a partial traditional street grid. The strip malls nearby are old by strip mall standards, but they look quaint relics of the bygone years when compared to the expansive Power Center Strip Malls of the late 1990s and early 2000s. In a way, Excelsior and Grand is still surrounded by suburbia, but a humble suburbia in its first generation. The type of suburbia that still had some traditional patterns and acknowledged that Minneapolis, the big city, actually existed.
Excelsior and Grand is not an island (a criticism I have with all the other NU projects on the list). It's connected to the neighborhood to the south and the few apartment / condo buildings to the north. As long as those walking are willing to brave Excelsior Blvd. The pedestrian connections aren't that bad and walking within is a pretty pleasant experience. The project doesn't feel too out of place either – it's as if it is less than 10 years old, but already part of the neighborhood.
The retail currently occupying Excelsior and Grand is doing well. My only complaint is that the businesses are boring (CVS, Panera Bread, Starbucks, etc.). This isn't a bad thing for most people. Eventually, as rents and markets change, businesses will come and go. That's part of how a these things operate and I'm confident the Panera Breads of the world won't stay forever. I'm just glad that we've got a place with good bones – even if the shops are bland.
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I bumped into an article on how Detroit will join some European nations and build America's first shipping container building. It got me thinking: shipping container housing is a terrible idea. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Why? Because it's the "same shit, different day" and "experiment on the poor" urban planning faux-avant garde-ism that has failed so miserably in the past. Let me explain.
It's a trailer park in the sky, a testament to bad taste. - The Free Lance-Star (out of Fredericksburg, Virginia), April 22, 1994
The AP wire picked up on the story and newspapers around the country ran with it: the City of Mankato was going to buy one of America's ugliest buildings – four stories of stacked trailers – and tear it down.
It was 1995 and the Valley View Apartments or as I knew them, Tornado Towers, were in the process of being demolished.
The day was memorable. I remember driving up in my Mom's minivan as the bulldozers razed the site. My father drove up shortly thereafter, snapped some photos from inside his new Buick LeSabre and drove away with a $160,000 check from the City of Mankato (to this day, my dad still has the photos and a newspaper article framed in his office).
The name Tornado Towers, from my understanding, is an ironic testament to what can best be described as good luck. Before the building's original owners went into default sometime in the mid-1980s, a tornado came through town and leveled nearby buildings and farm fields. One building remained: the stacked trailers (who'da thunk it, right? – as if the stacked trailer homes held together loosely by concrete pillars wouldn't have been the first to go?).
I spent a good part of my childhood at Tornado Towers helping out as only a child could. In other words, my parents didn't want to pay for a babysitter, so my brothers and I would pick up small pieces of trash while trying not to get in the way, break something, get hurt or all the above.
I don't have many memories of the place. My dad recruited a few college basketball players to live there and I remember thinking as a child that one of them was the tallest man alive. There was the Hmong family that tied a goat to their trailer on the ground floor. That got a few complaints. Going up and down the staircase was scary and the elevator never worked (the empty shaft eventually turned into storage space). That's about it.
The heating bills were astronomical, but it was tolerable since rent went for around $250 per month. In 9th grade science class, years after the tear down, our eccentric teacher handed students a book on heat loss in buildings. The thermal imaging of the building was one big red block. The Tornado Towers was used as a worst-case example.
Tornado Towers was originally an "experiment on the poor" system of public housing units. The idea of the late 1970s, when it was built, was to have cheap, mass-produced subsidized housing that could be moved at the owner's will. For example, you'd get a trailer, eventually buy it from whomever, own it and move it to another location if you earned enough money to do so. That never worked out, and eventually the place found itself in mortgage default. Next, my father bought them … under my mother's name (as he tells the story, the bank was offering anything short of giving it away and my mom must have had a better credit score at the time).
Tornado Towers turned around – not visually, but financially – the units were rented to college students and immigrants. It was close to the college and offered affordable housing. The place ceased being government-subsidized housing and turned into good old fashioned affordable housing – mostly by virtue of its ugliness and poor insulation [it was eventually replaced by something almost equally as ugly].
The place was hardly utopia, but was rich with culture and social diversity. The place was dumpy and borderline unsanitary – but never unsafe (it always passed health, safety and any other inspection strategically thrown its way in the City's apparent attempt to get it condemned). The buildings looked terrible, but operated well.
Image from WellHome.com
Shipping containers are the new stacked trailer homes. We should avoid building them at all costs. It is, as many like to say, same shit, different day.
It's not that we shouldn't build affordable housing – it's that we shouldn't build experimental affordable housing to fit the needs of a few green, trendy, idealistic populations who won't be living there. The desire to recycle these unwanted containers is noble, but doesn't lend itself to being as green as a building that can be built and stand its ground for hundreds of years.
It's not always cost-effective either. Containers need to be converted to habitable places, apparently there are a lot of really bad chemicals involved, and moving shipping containers between locations doesn't isn't cheap either.
While I have fond, nostalgic memories of Tornado Towers, it was an unsightly and unfortunate place that could only attract poor students and poorer immigrants. It was built in the late 1970s and less than 15 years later, the townspeople were begging to have it torn down. There was so much pressure to get rid of it that the City Council approved buying the property for a third more than its market value just to tear it down.
The shipping container model is really no different: it's the push for cheap, mass-produced housing that pawns itself off as an affordable, yet stylish and cool, housing option. They are still sold to the public as mobile units. The problem with this model breaks down quickly as the only people willing to live in these quarters are poor themselves, and those who dwell in them view them as merely a stepping stone to a better place. In some ways, shipping container housing is actually worse than stacking trailers – at least trailers are originally designed with humans in mind, not shipping mass-produced items across thousands of miles of ocean.
Shipping container housing may make some sense in impoverished areas, like the favelas of Rio de Jeneirio, or as shelters after disasters in Haiti. They should not, however, be assembled to meet the needs of the first-world poor. We should view these are nothing more than a passing novelty – especially in areas like the Midwest. Real estate in Detroit is already affordable, and it's confusing that small, cramped shipping container units would be viewed as a better alternative than just building brick buildings (according to one source, shipping containers save only 5 to 10 percent on construction costs).
Growing up, I was embarrassed about my direct relationship to Tornado Towers (and how they were apparently ranked as one of America's 10 ugliest buildings - relatives in Arizona sent us newspaper clippings from their local paper). Now, I embrace Tornado Towers for three reasons:


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Kunal Nayyar reckons that The Big Bang Theory could be renewed for three more series.
The cast are confirmed for another season for the hit US sitcom, but beyond that it's all up in the air.
"I definitely think we'll do seasons eight and nine, and maybe season 10. Who knows? Maybe we won't do more than 10," said the British-born actor, who plays Indian astrophysicist Raj.
"It's going to end obviously, but I never want this period of my life to end because it's just so much fun. We're a family. We love each other - too much."
The show's success has been as much of a surprise to the cast. Since its launch in 2007 it has become a cult hit, growing into a runaway success, and currently reigns as the number one comedy on American cable networks, both first-run and repeats.
Kunal said: "You can never imagine or predict this. We're living a dream. We're all very humbled and blessed to be doing this. It'll end one day and it will be sad, so right now we're just thankful for every single day."
The Big Bang Theory has turned the British-born actor, along with co-stars Johnny Galecki (Leonard), Jim Parsons (Sheldon), Kaley Cuoco (the glamorous neighbour Penny) and Simon Helberg (Howard) into household names.
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"I don't know who gets the most fan mail out of the four guys. I get a lot of 13-year-old girls writing to me, which is a little creepy."
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The eight group winners all won their last 16 matches to progress to the World Cup quarter-finals. Has this ever happened before?


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VIENNA, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 21: Indoor track and field championship: Ryan Moseley wins the men's 60m sprint event February 21, 2009 in Vienna, Austria.
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Damian Green sacked as Police Minister in reshuffle
Damian Green has been sacked as Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims as part of David Cameron's reshuffle.
ITV News Political Editor Tom Brady said the decision will come as a surprise.
There have been a few surprises today, but Damian Green being sacked as Police Minister is definitely one of them.
Find out the latest departures in the Prime Minister's reshuffle