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The Chagos Islands (BIOT) All-Party Parliamentary Group: Co-ordinator's Summary of 27th Meeting
The Chagos Islands (BIOT) All-Party Parliamentary Group held its 27th meeting on 1 February 2012.
The Group took stock of the meeting with the Foreign Secretary on 15 December (reported in the last summary) and the replies of FCO Ministers to subsequent Parliamentary Questions and letters from the Group. It was clear that the FCO was unable to provide Ministers with drafts that addressed the substance of those letters. Answers to questions concerning the legal costs of fighting the litigation brought by the Chagos Islanders had elicited only partial information. What the Group would like to know was the full cost to the tax payer since 1999, including indirect and staff costs, of defending the cases. The Group noted the Chairman's intervention in the Westminster Hall human rights debate on 26 January, chaired by Mr Rosindell, in which Mr Corbyn expressed the hope that the Government would abide by the decision of the ECHR in Strasbourg in the Chagos case. It was agreed that a parliamentary debate on Chagos, which the Chairman had asked for, was the next opportunity at which these issues could be raised.
The Group considered the prospects for progress in 2012, a year in which the eyes of the world are on the UK for the Olympic Games and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. This was a fitting year in which to restore the human rights and dignity of the Chagossian people, many of whom are British and for whom the UK is responsible. As 2015 is the 50th anniversary of the creation of BIOT and also the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Mauritius, 2015 was an obvious deadline for an overall settlement to aim for.This would follow discussions in 2014 on the renewal of the 2016 agreement with the US on the use of BIOT for defence purposes.
The Group discussed the events marking the 40th anniversary this year of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and considered the possibility of having the Chagos Archipelago designated a 'natural area of outstanding universal value for the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty' (Article 2). It was noted that both the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands had been designated as World Heritage sites, and that last year the UK had nominated the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Group thought that this would be an excellent development for Chagos but that, unlike the designation of the MPA, it had to be done in conjunction with Mauritius and the Chagossian people. The Chairman was asked to write to the Foreign Secretary to suggest this.
It was reported that the Chairman (Jeremy Corbyn) and Vice Chairman (Andrew Rosindell) would meet the Home Office Minister, Damian Green, on 22 February to discuss immigration matters concerning Chagossians who do not meet the criteria for settlement in the UK.
Current legal actions at Strasbourg and the Judicial Review (JR) challenging the MPA were discussed. Leave to take the JR forward would be decided on 9 March. Other actions concerning a request to the FAC to extend the Ombudsman's jurisdiction to BIOT and an appeal against the Information Commissioner were also discussed.
The group was informed about 'A Few Man Fridays', a play about the deportation of the Chagos Islanders, to be performed at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith from 10 February to 10 March.The press night is 15 February to be attended by many involved with Chagos.
The date of the next meetings are 14 March and 2 May.

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It is the drop in property values felt across Shelby County that is one of the main reasons why Germantown homeowners may see their rates increase.
City Administrator Patrick Lawton said property values dropped 4.6 percent this year due to reassessments. The tax would hopefully eliminate a projected deficit and help build up a cash reserve.
Usually the city has been able to roll back the property tax rate as values increased, but not in 2013. They hope the increase will raise $4.7 million.
City departments were told to cut their budgets and were able to squeeze out savings for this year and the next five.
So what does this mean to you if you own a home in Germantown or thinking about buying one? If your home is valued at $250,000 with this proposed increase it will cost you an extra $23 a month or about $278 a year.
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After reading Jason Zweig's good piece, "Should You Bottle Up Your Money in 'Baby Bonds'?" I said to myself, "But what does the prospectus look like?" So I went to EDGAR, and pulled up the prospectus for Fifth Street Finance Corp's 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024.
Please understand — I get squeamish with the unsecured bonds of exotic financial companies. Losses on the bonds of financial companies when they fail tend to be far worse than those of industrials or utilities. That is a major reason why financial bonds typically yield more than similarly rated non-financial bonds. They are more risky.
So, looking through the deal summary terms, we learn:
The structural protections here are weak. You are lending to a financial holding company where many of the assets are pledged to other creditors. More on that in a moment.
The risk factors for a business development company like Fifth Street are significant, and can be found here, all eighteen-plus pages of them. But the risk factors of the debt are more significant, and can be found here. Here are the main headings:
Unsecured holding company debt can be weak, because with some subsidiaries there may be regulatory limits or private limits to upstreaming capital to the holding companies. That puts financial holding companies in a weak position, because when financial conditions get bad liquidity can get very tight.
And with business development companies [BDCs], which own and finance small-to-medium sized businesses, there is a lot of idiosyncratic risk including:
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Al has given you the recap, so I can fill in some the details.... Z's homer was a....bomb. He lined it right over the power alley fence....the wall is marked 380 to left-center, so it was 400' -- easily. Koyie Hill's HR was a towering shot, to the RF power alley....there was no doubt about that blast, right off his bat. 4-4, with a FC...not bad for the young man. I wish he'd back up Soto, but I'd bet that won't be the case.
Z's effort on the mound was good -- it looks better in the box score than in reality, though, as his pitch count was near 60 through his 5 innings of work. (I've left the notebook with my "exact" count at my hotel)
If Jake Fox was trying to earn a roster spot....he didn't help himself in the 4-hole, as he looked tight at the plate -- only really coming through with a single in the 8th, when the outcome was not in doubt.
Randy Wolf's line of 10 hits in 4 innings, with 7 earned runs...a tad inflated. The 4-run second inning got away from him on Hill's first hit, an infield "single." Casey Blake got his glove on this soft roller right at him...but kicked it. This play should have been made, for the second out of the inning. IMHO, it was an error, not a hit. This put Hill on first. Corey Koskie, who doubled prior to Hill's at bat, took third. (Sure would be nice to see him make the squad....more on him, later)
Andres Blanco then singled in Koskie, setting the stage for Zambrano's dinger. So, Wolf could have been tagged with unearned runs, or who knows -- the inning goes another way. In any event, Wolf wasn't sharp. The bottom of the order knocked him around, as you know -- in the 4th.
The Cubs pen looked good against the "A" and "AA" Dodgers. Sean Marshall dispatched the Dodgers in the 6th on 9 pitches.
Now...the "Ranch." It's quite a facility, and when it's completely finished, it will be quite the showplace of the Cactus League. ("Bandstand" and all. I couldn't find that on the map. Yes, you get a map of the grounds.)
This now becomes my favorite park. It serves Vienna Hot Dogs/Italian Beef. The Dodger fans will forsake Farmer John's "Dodger Dogs" when they get a load of these. You can get the entire dressed dog for 5.25, at specific stands. There are Vienna carts -- just the dog, relish, and mustard. (Love that snap! of the casing.)
If you like Connie's pizza -- it's also available. The food seems to be skewed toward Chicago visitors, which is good -- "Arnie" from the Back O' The Yards will love it, as will "Heather" from Santa Monica, who will swear off her vegan lifestyle after an Italian Beef from the Nort' side.
Today's crowd (sorry Al, I don't remember if you stated this in the recap) was a Cactus League record -- 13,046. At least, that's what they announced. I saw plenty of empty seats, though. (The 100-dollar section, right behind the plate, and just to the left and right looked filled.)
Access.....oooh, this makes Ho Ho Kam look _easy_ to get in and out of. It's grid-lock, folks. An hour after the game, Camelback Rd was still bumper-to-bumper. Thankfully, it's a short jaunt to the Loop 101. Tip -- don't take the first parking entrance, just past 107th street. You'll park in the dirt. (Unless, you want to park in dirt. if so, go for it.)
Go to "Ballpark Boulevard," west of the complex. You'll be directed into a paved lot. It's 5-bucks.
The complex features a "replica" US Cellular Field and Dodger Stadium. Don't look for the 35th Street Train viaduct. Thankfully, Glendale/Phoenix had the good sense not to get THAT realistic.
Rather, these two diamonds replicate the dimensions of both ballparks. They are marked poorly, though. Just look for the two diamonds with some cement seating and a small scoreboard. (At least, I think these are the fields in question. The dimensions were not marked on the fences.)
And, by the way, just WHERE is this place? Phoenix? Glendale? Phoenix police patrol the area. Camelback Rd is marked with the Phoenix City Logo. Where's Glendale? Can somebody clue me in on this strange Arizona-zoning? (No pun intended.) I can see University Of Phoenix Stadium in the distance from the parking lot. That, I know...iS Glendale.


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Now that's more like the Spurs I know and love. Scoring 131 points is fun, but pushing Dirk and the Princess Ponies around for 4 quarters is just MORE fun.
From the left: Dirk, Jason Terry, and Ericka Dampier
Once again we were without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. Against a completely offensive-minded team like Dallas this game threatened to reach the 120's again or at least the 100's. Au contraire mi amigos (and amigas). The Spurs came out of the gate forcing the Mavs into tough shots, many of which clanked off the rim, music to my ears. Dallas ended up shooting something like 28% for the first quarter but tied it up anyway because of second chances.
Bogans was the big story of the first half. The guy was doing EVERYTHING. He hit 3 of his first 4 3's, played stellar defense (including some on Dirk where he just outmuscled him), got to the rim, found open teammates, got easy buckets. I mean we are paying this guy the veteran minimum. He was awesome, which is fortunate because Mace was ice coooooold(which we all know is cooler than bein' cool).
No shot Rog
Spurs kept the defense in the 2nd quarter and ended up with a 13-point lead at the half. Manu hit some 3's that really helped to stretch the lead out and let us coast through the 3rd quarter, granted still with good D. Rebounding (which has been a problem lately) was even at 47 in the game with each team having about the same split between offensive and defensive. Mcdyess (9) and Bonner (a SURPRISING 9) helped us the most in that regard but Cubits and Rage each had an impressive 7 caroms (can someone explain how that means rebound?).
The most impressive play of the game HAD to be RJs MONSTER JAM in the third between 2 guys. This is why we traded for him. Sure I'm glad he fit in and he's "A SPUR" and all but mostly I just want to see other teams choke on the ball as he stuffs it down their throats. GOD BLESS AMERICA. Wow... ok. Moving on.
The Spurs sputtered in the 4th, scoring only 4 points in the first 8 minutes but I knew we only need 90 to win with the way we were playing defense. There were alot of missed jump shots and no penetration but finally Red Rocket dug us out of a jam with a timely 3. We survived all their runs with runs of our own. They hit and we countered. We won.
Manu Ginobili - A silent 13 points, 5 assists, 4 boards, and a steal but I would regret not putting him in here because first of all everyone here loves him so much (myself included) but also because ultimately he is the focus of the Mavs defense (or lack thereof) while he is on the floor and he creates so much for everyone else. He should have had 3 or 4 more assists but others couldn't finish. This is what I think he will do most games this year. A renaissance man.
Keith Bogans - 13 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds, GREAT defense, and one MONSTER block ("Get that chit outta here!!"). This guy gave us way more than we expected and I am so glad the FO was smart enough to sign him.
Richard Jefferson - 29 points, 7 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and one MONSTER JAM (Wish I could find a clip of it). He was all over the place tonight and is really coming into his own. He's not afraid to drive to the basket and get contact, putting him on the line (where he left 5 points). I love the hustle on defense and offense that he's bringing. Great game Rage.
Honorable mention: Matt Bonner- 9 rebounds, decent defense on Dirk, and heads up play all night.


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We all have all sorts of ideas on how things might go this year. While I don't claim that my ideas are any better or worse than anyone else's, jump with me to see what hopes and dreams I have for the Broncos this year!
Round 1, Pick 25:
Devon Still (DT, Penn State; 6'5" 307)
He's been mentioned enough, but to recap, a great run-stopping, pass-rushing presence to shore up the inside of theat D-line.
Round 2, Pick 57:
Josh Norman (CB, Coastal Carolina; 6'1" 203)
Moving quickly up the ranks after great showing at the East-West Shrine game. Great burst in small spaces, makes good decisions with ball in the air, and incredibly fluid for his size.
Round 3, Pick 88:
Stephen Hill (WR, Georgia Tech; 6'4" 208)
Look no further than Megatron and our own DT to see that GATech produces some pretty solid receivers. Hill may not have the same level of talent as those guys, but he is still quite fun to watch. He can make the circus catches, but sometimes struggles with good passes. Faster than he timed, and not afraid to take a hit.
Round 4, Pick 120:
Jake Bequette (DE, Arkansas; 6'4" 264)
Tenacity and freakish athleticism make up this guy. No durability issues, hard worker, incredible pass rusher. Disciplined against the run but needs to develop strength and disengagement skills to take it to the next level. Has played all positions on the D line, so versatility and understanding of other assignments is impressive.
Round 5, Pick 129:
Janzen Jackson (S, McNeese State; 6'0" 193)
One of the better ball-hawking safeties in this draft, but possible character issues. Has the speed and burst to catch up to receivers and shows CB-like covereage skills. Solid and willing in run support, has natural ability and confidence. Can cover TEs very well, reads QBs well, but may struggle against fast slot receivers.
Round 5, Pick 152:
Mike Iltis (C, Colorado; 6'3" 290)
Don't know too much about the guy, but did pretty well shoring up the center position for the Buffs last season. Plus, never hurts to have a hometown guy! :)
I don't know enough about the rest of the rounds, so I won't even bother. :)
Free Agency:
Curtis Lofton (Atlanta, MLB; 6'0" 241)
Brandon Carr (Kansas City, CB; 6'0" 207) or Brent Grimes (Atlanta, CB; 5'10" 183)
BenJarvus Green-Ellis (New England, RB; 5'11" 215)
Scott Chandler (Buffalo, TE; 6'7" 263)
Mark Anderson (New England, DE; 6'4" 255)
Dennis Dixon (Pittsburgh, QB)
Jeff Garcia (FA, QB)
Our team after, but before any drops:
QB: Tebow, Dixon, Garcia
RB: McGahee, BJGE, Moreno, Fannin, Johnson, Ball
WR: DT, Decker, S. Hill, Willis, J. Hill
TE: Chandler, Fells, Green, Thomas
OL: Clady, Kuper, Walton, Franklin, Clark, Hochstein, Iltis, Ramirez
DT: Still, Bunk, Warren, Thomas, McBean
DE: Doom, Ayers, Bequette, Anderson
LB: Williams, Lofton, Miller, Haggan, Woodyard, Irving
S: Carter, Jackson, Moore, Bush, Dawk (?)
CB: Bailey, Carr/Grimes, Norman, Harris, Squid, Vaughn
If we do go this route with the draft and free agency, who would you drop?


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In addition to toys, travel size bottles of shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste and other toiletries are being collected for the Ronald McDonald House. Donations may be dropped off at Advanced Medical Imaging, 2008 W. Boulevard; Maple Crest Middle School, 2727 S. Washington St.; and Indiana MMA & Fitness, 2140 N. Plate St.
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Chocolate Festival – 12th and 13th April
Ramsbottom's award winning Chocolate Festival is back for 2014. Bridge Street will play host to a two day chocolate market showcasing the very best in high quality cocoa. Big names from around the UK will be in attendance alongside local heros including The Chocolate Café and Slattery. This years market combines high quality chocolate producers, chocolate beauty products and crafts.
If you're thinking of visiting the Chocolate Festival why not park for free at our Heywood Station and hop onboard our very own "Chocolate Express". Children will receive a free Chocolate Quiz Sheet to complete during the ride.
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Annual Duck Race – 13th April
Join us as we take part in the Annual Duck Race in conjunction with Ramsbottom's Chocolate Festival. Ramsbottom Station and Bury Transport Museum will go head to head in the ELR's first official "duck off" – show your support at this not to miss event! Visit the Ramsbottom Rotary Club website for further details and race times.
Ramsons Day – 27th April
Join local community group, Incredible Edible, in Ramsbottom on 27th April to celebrate "Ramsons Day" ; Ramsbottom's beautiful and delicious namesake – wild garlic, otherwise known as 'Ramson'. Incredible Edible will give away ramson seedlings and provide nibbles for people to try out this tasty, healthy and nutritious treat. Ramsons Day will take place outside Ramsbottom Railway Station on Sunday 27th April from 11:30am – 1:30pm. For more information visit Ramsbottom Incredible Edible website.
Rossendale 60′s Festival – 12th, 13th and 14th September
This year's Festival will take place on 12th, 13th and 14th September, and has grabbed the attention of Marketing Lancashire, who are going to feature the Festival as one of the top 'must see' events for 2014. The Festival will include events in Rawtenstall, Bacup, Whitworth and Haslingden and the contrast of events has really captured all aspects of the 60′s era, from classic cars and scooters to genuine vintage clothes, food and live 60′s music.
New for this year is a 'Magical Mystery Tour' supported by Rossobus, and will visit all of the events that are included in this year's Festival, making it even easier to take in the whole festival!
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Jürgen Partenheimer
The Archive – The Raven Diaries
September 12 to November 9, 2014
The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada of work by acclaimed German artist Jürgen Partenheimer. Reflecting the diversity of the artist's practice, the exhibition comprises works on paper, text, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture, produced in Vancouver in spring 2014 during his recent residency as the Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, hosted by Emily Carr University of Art + Design .
Partenheimer's work is essentially abstract; his drawings and paintings are remarkable for their fragile beauty, whilst sculpture and ceramic work, suggesting some usefulness, remain elusive with respect to any specific function. His visual language, the particular form of poetic abstraction, and his life-long interest in notions of representation with consideration of locality, space and place, suggest a key resonance with artistic practice in the city, asserting continuity between these forms and an experience of daily life.
The imaginary archive that gives the exhibition and associated book its title provides the framework for the exhibition based on the oeuvre of the artist. They are the visible expression of both intellect and emotion carrying traces of their process, temporality and correspondence with other objects. To this end, in Vancouver the exhibition has a subtitle, The Raven Diaries, referencing the symbol and characteristics of the Raven to west coast First Nations culture, while simultaneously drawing analogies to similar figures in cultural myths elsewhere in the world, and especially to the role of the artist as trickster, representative of a catalyst for change in life, for creativity and humour.
Additionally, a selection of Partenheimer's ceramic works will be on view at the Museum of Anthropology, UBC, Vancouver in the Koerner European Ceramics Gallery. Reflecting Partenheimer's interest in the interconnectivity of cultural disciplines, in October we will host performances of electro-acoustic music by Vancouver Electronic Ensemble as part of the Vancouver New Music Festival.MORE
Jürgen Partenheimer
Thursday, May 8, 6pm
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
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This special event involves multiple voices approaching notions of abstraction from a variety of poetic, philosophical and theoretical standpoints by Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Jürgen Partenheimer. Born in Munich in 1947, Partenheimer studied the theory and practice of art in Germany, the USA, Mexico and France. As a representative of a subjective abstraction, he is considered one of the most important contemporary artists of Germany. With theory, poetry and prose as his referential grammar for artistic expression, Partenheimer's work encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture and text. Marked by a post-minimalist background and a poetic intensity, his art has been referred to as metaphysical realism. He became internationally renowned following his participation in the Paris, Venice and São Paulo Biennials, and in 2000 became the first contemporary German artist to have a retrospective in China at the National Museum of Art in Beijing. His work has been part of major exhibitions including The Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, the Miró Foundation in Barcelona and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
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Partenheimer's work has received many national and international prizes and awards, among others the Art Critics' Prize of Madrid, Spain; the NEA Grant, National Endowment of the Arts, New York; Canada Council Grant, Montréal and the Federal Cross of Merit of Germany for outstanding international achievement. Partenheimer has taught as Professor, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Visiting artist among others at San Francisco Art Institute; Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, University of California at Davis; Rijks Academy in Amsterdam; Royal College of Art, Edinburgh; Rhode Island School of Design and WITS School of Arts in Johannesburg.
Partenheimer's residency at Emily Carr takes place from February – May, 2014 in preparation for an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery in the fall of 2014. The exhibition in Vancouver forms part of an open cooperation with the Pinakothek der Moderne München (The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Munich); Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg and the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, exploring site and space-related installation concepts. Parallel to the different exhibitions, all of which will be held in 2014, the participating institutions closely worked on a publication with the artist that aims at commenting on and integrating the various aspects of his work as an additional 'fifth room'. International authors from a variety of different disciplines, including Anne Carson, Lebogang Mashile, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Antje v. Graevenitz, John Burnside, Oswald Egger and Rudi Fuchs, have taken up the invitation to write contributions and become involved in this project. Published by Distanz Publishers, Berlin, 2014.
Established in 2012, the Audain Distinguished Artist in Residence Program has a mandate to bring nationally and internationally renowned contemporary artists to Vancouver, create curriculum specific to each individual visiting artist, and support the creation of new works. Adopting a flexible model that encourages experimentation, collaboration, dialogue and engagement, the program will benefit artists, the academic community, the Vancouver art community at large, and will greatly contribute to Vancouver's stature within the international art world. The Program, housed within the Audain School of Visual Arts encompassing the Faculty of Visual Arts + Material Practice, provides support for two artists per year to live and work in Vancouver for a one to three month period, and includes living and travel expenses, support for production costs, exhibitions and honoraria.
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With his participation in the biennials of Paris, Venice and São Paulo, Jürgen Partenheimer is one of the most important German artists working today. With critical intelligence, Jürgen Partenheimer measures and maps the free space of art and its practice, which must constantly be redefined. As the artist's physical and psychological "storedom", the "archive" unites memories with the present and the individual with cultural recollection.
This book- designed in close collaboration with the artist - sheds light on various aspects of Partenheimer's multifaceted oeuvre that combines constructive elements of Minimal Art with lyrical intensity.
The publication contains text contributions by authors representing a variety of disciplines, written in German and English, they include Anne Carson, Lebogang Mashile, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann, Rudi Fuchs and Nigel Prince.
In 2014, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, the Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg, the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver will present thematic exhibitions of Jürgen Partenheimer's work.MORE


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Because there's room for innovation and tradition to coexist
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Because the power of our pizza draws in thousands—including former heads of state—to sample both classic and innovative pies
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Because, for as little as $50, you can own a piece of New York City. Sort of
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Because you can see A-list comics for cheap in intimate spaces nearly every night of the week
Our warhorses take a licking and keep on ticking
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Because we have both a publishing capital (Manhattan) and a writers' residential capital (Brooklyn)
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Because the city is in the throes of an independent-bookstore renaissance
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Because, for most New Yorkers, Jean-Luc Picard is just another dude who lives in Park Slope
Because New York City is responsible for some of the world's most useful—and, okay, frivolous—inventions
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Because there's room for innovation and tradition to coexist
New Yorkers respect the newest new just as much as the tried and true; for example, there's enough room here for $3.50 tres leches treats at Doughnut Plant and $1.10 old-fashioneds at Donut Pub. If anything, New Yorkers have a hunger to see which city innovations can hang around long enough to become tradition: which newfangled dish will become the next menu staple (like eggs Benedict, invented in NYC), or which nascent musicians will spark the next big genre shift. But in a city that has seen plenty of standbys disappear from the landscape—everything from Shoot the Freak to Filene's Basement to the Twin Towers—we know that, as much as it's important to embrace the new, it's equally important to not take the classics for granted.
One of the few things uniting hapless tourists and die-hard locals is an appreciation for the peerless New York slice: the scorched, thin crust; the heavy mantle of tomato sauce; and the molten blanket of creamy mozzarella. The handheld meal became legendary after Gennaro Lombardi obtained the first U.S. pizzeria license in 1905 for his Spring Street grocery store. Since then, countless imitators—along with Lombardi's disciples John Sasso (John's), Patsy Lancieri (Patsy's) and Antonio Pero (Totonno's)—have served pies to the masses. Recently, new-breed pizzaioli have created modern iterations, with spots like PeteZaaz, Franny's and Roberta's bringing quirky toppings and locally sourced ingredients to far-flung locales like Crown Heights and Bushwick. (Bill and Hillary Clinton even gave Roberta's their stamp of approval last year.) In a city whose very fabric is made of novelty and dynamism, we can't even predict what tomorrow's slice will look like.
We have to give Robert Moses some credit: As the driving force behind the 1964 World's Fair, the controversial figure was, in some way, responsible for the creation of a number of New York City landmarks, including Shea Stadium (RIP) and the iconic Unisphere. But our favorite relic of that grand affair is The Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot scale replica of the five boroughs. Permanently located in the Queens Museum of Art, the breathtaking attraction features approximately 895,000 NYC structures—including the Empire State Building, Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge—and new models that are added periodically (Brooklyn Bridge Park was the most recent, in 2012). In 2009, the QMA launched the Adopt-a-Building program as a way to help offset maintenance costs for the attraction: You can stick your name on your old apartment for $50, or shell out $2,500 to claim a whole neighborhood or park. (Hey, it's cheaper than buying a real apartment.)
Recently, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle caused a stir by performing an impromptu, nearly hour-long set together at the Comedy Cellar. It's not the first time the iconic West Village club has been unexpectedly visited by big-name stars: Louis CK and Jerry Seinfeld are among the comedians who occasionally drop by to perform in the intimate space. The best part? These drop-ins often happen during the weekly shows (Rock and Chappelle showed up on a Tuesday night), where the cover charge is only $12–$14. (L.A.'s Comedy Store has a similar setup and prestige, but shows are slightly more expensive.) Plus, between the two Upright Citizens Brigade outposts and a network of well-regarded indie theaters and bars that host shows in Brooklyn and Queens, you never know when you'll see one of the stars of The Office, Parks and Recreation or Saturday Night Live for next to nothing.
New Yorkers are a notoriously tough bunch; the same goes for many of Gotham's monuments and iconic venues. To wit: The Grand Central Oyster Bar, which opened a century ago in February 1913, went bankrupt in '72 and burned down in '97, but it still thrives today, selling 5 million bivalves each year. The iconic Central Park eatery Tavern on the Green embodies the city's fighting spirit too. Built on the site of a sheepfold, controversial Parks commissioner Robert Moses ordered the landmark restaurant's construction in 1934. It shuttered for the first time in 1974, was acquired and renovated by local businessman Warner LeRoy that same year, and reopened in 1976. When LeRoy's lease ended in December 2009, the venue went dark once again and pieces of its elaborate decor were auctioned off. In August 2012, Philly-based restaurateurs Jim Caiola and David Salama won a competitive bidding war to revamp the space, with a tentative opening set for this fall. We love Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z's NYC anthems, but maybe we should throw Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" into the mix.
There's a reason aspiring writers still flock to New York in droves: The Big Six (soon to be Big Five) publishing houses—Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette and the soon-to-be Penguin Random House—have headquarters in Manhattan, which means much of the industry is centered here. The borough is also home to many indie companies, including W.W. Norton, Perseus Books Publishing and New Directions, along with industry must-reads like Publishers Weekly and The New York Review of Books. But in the past few years, Brooklyn has also established its bona fides as a nucleus for book fiends. Kings County is home to small presses like Melville House and Akashic; journals like Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Coffin Factory and n+1; and, increasingly, writers themselves, with Martin Amis, Jennifer Egan, Colson Whitehead, Jonathan Ames, Jhumpa Lahiri and countless others putting down roots in Brooklyn. You can see the borough's lit community in action during the annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which has grown exponentially since its founding in 2006.
Between the demise of Borders in 2011 and the proliferation of e-readers, cultural trend predictors were poised to hammer nails into the printed word's coffin. New York responded with a resounding eff-you in the form of an indie-bookseller scene that's stronger than ever, with many ventures focused on—and sometimes funded by—the surrounding community. Just look at recent success stories, like Washington Heights' initially temporary, volunteer-run Word Up, which became so popular that the store is reopening for good this spring on the strength of donations. LGBT-focused pop-up the Bureau of General Services–Queer Division recently announced an indefinite partnership with Strange Loop Gallery, and operates out of that space. Dumbo's powerHouse Arena recently opened an outpost in Park Slope, and Greenpoint's WORD is expanding to a second spot, in Jersey City. Plus, many shops—including Fort Greene's Greenlight Bookstore, McNally Jackson and Housing Works in Soho, and Boerum Hill's BookCourt—have thrived thanks to author readings, book clubs and lit-themed parties that bring book fiends together. Long story short: NYC is a bibliophile's dream town.
Unlike elsewhere, our A-listers don't live in walled-off fortresses. Increasingly, they don't even live in Manhattan: On any given day, famous folks like Patrick Stewart and Steve Buscemi can be found strolling through Park Slope, or complaining about the 'hood's atrocious cable-and-Internet provider, as Stewart did on Twitter last September. Point being, for New Yorkers, celebrities are like tourists and crosswalk signals: We ignore them, and defiantly so. Ferris Bueller is just another guy in line at Dean & DeLuca, and Jack Donaghy is the dude who just stole our cab.
Two words: Toilet. Paper. New Yorker Joseph Gayetty is responsible for creating a commercial version of the bathroom staple, and for that alone, NYC deserves props. But plenty of innovators have called Gotham home, bringing indispensable creations to life here. A short list: Scrabble, invented by Jackson Heights resident Alfred Butts; gelatin, patented by Peter Cooper (also famous for founding Cooper Union); air-conditioning, invented in Williamsburg by Willis Carrier, an engineer; and Foursquare, launched in 2009 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai—they worked on the social-media program at Crowley's East Village apartment.
The High Line's creators can't take credit for the idea of an elevated park: The attraction was inspired, in part, by Paris's Promenade Planteé, which opened in 1993. But the development of the enormously popular Chelsea destination has set off a chain reaction of sorts, referred to as "the High Line effect"—increasingly, cities are using the park as an example of how once-dilapidated spaces can be repurposed for public use. Projects inspired by the High Line include the Reading Viaduct, an effort to transform an abandoned railroad spur near Philadelphia into a green space, and the Bloomingdale Trail, a three-mile stretch of track in Chicago that may become an elevated park. London is even getting on board: A competition was recently held for planners to create a "High Line for London." The winning entry was actually designed to go underground, in rail tunnels beneath Oxford Street. (Was it inspired by New York's Lowline, another adaptive-reuse project that would turn an abandoned subway tunnel under Delancey Street into a recreation area? We can't say for sure, but we wouldn't be surprised.)
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You forgot, no one brags more than a New Yorker. I lived there for 12 years. Half of my friends fall into the category that they dont have the job flexibility or financial freedom to leave so they are better off telling themselves its the greatest place on earth, while the other half has snapped out of their nostalgic, nyc trance and struggle to save enough money to leave. There are counter arguments to all 50 of these "we're better than you points".
My city is better than your city
Reading this is breaking my heart. I live and work in Toronto, and I love it, but the idea of New York is never far from my mind. For a person who feels most comfortable in the largest urban settings, it's the promised land. 26 isn't as old as it seems, but I feel like my window of opportunity to make the move down there is nearly closed. So many of my friends have already made it. What'll I do if I'm stuck here forever? Ugh. New York I love you and we've barely ever met
Because you can just walk around and be endlessly entertained. When I was young and broke back in the 70s, I would go on walking dates with girls. Young, alive and just looking at the people and places. Wonderful.
I wish I could move to New York. I am only 12 and live in Florida. I hate Florida and would move to almost any other state if I could.
I can think of 100 reasons why nyc sucks!
I loved this article. Sometimes we need a reminder of why we love this hard, hectic city. I learned about some new places that I want to try out, too. The comments of the offended tourists are just the icing on the cake. ;)
Show me a town where people are not only rude but think its ok to be rude because they are in New York and ill show you an awful place! I went to NYC for the first time last week and I was beyond excited But I realized its all false. I was shocked at how incredibly rude, self centered and opportunistic people were. Most people have a " all about me and what I want no matter who I step on mentality" and worse they think its ok. Transportation was also incredibly gross with subways and traffic! Keep your skylines! It was a city of ego in my opinion. I don't care how many bright lights, billboards or musicals you have, if New Yorkers think its justified to be rude or unkind then that makes it the worst city in the world! I was very disappointed! Just media advertisement that its a good place! I feel bad for New Yorkers they don't realize how bad they have it!
Where can I go water skiing in NYC please. Also, if I just want to go for a swim or surf or snowboard, where can I do that i NYC within 30 minutes. oh.... its' only city lifestyle things. so.... that means that the world's greatest city is only great if you want to be entertained. If you want to entertain yourself with natural lifestyle and beauty then it's not so good right ? I live in a medium sized city not in the USA so you would never have heard of it (lol) and i can walk to the end of the block and drink with friends on the beach in the evening watching the sunset with the clean sea breeze blowing softly over turquoise water, go surfing wearing only shorts and I do not have to drive to get there... etc It is the place people dream of living when they are spacing out in the cue yet again which is in line for another cue in an over populated concrete mess.
LOL is that the best you can do? Every 'reason' on your list is either bogus or a just plain wrong. I can hear the echo from the bottom of that barrel new york, you've taken scraping to new depths...
There are times when I loathe NYC but every time I visit a new city, I realize that THIS is truley the best city in the United States BY FAR. In the world though? It's a strong contender, but I am still holding out for that one.
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#51: Because you can get anything delivered!!!
Haters gonna hate....NYC and SF are the two best American cities.
Manchester, fraction of the size of almost all western Cities, only been around for about 150 years, yet has contributed more to mankind than anywhere except possibly Athens. Industrialisation, socialism, the computer, bouncing bomb, split the atom, and then gave the world The Fall, The Smiths, Joy Division, Oasis, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and many more.
Yes! And there's no crack-heads or winos. There's no ghettos or poverty. NY taxi drivers are the most polite people in the world. No one has ever had abuse screamed at them by random strangers. If an old man falls over in the street, people rush to help him. It has the lowest suicide rate of any city in history. Everyone in New York is well-educated and tolerant. There was once a mugging in 1962, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding...
Because it has so much diversity more than any where in the world!!
How many more Dunkin' Donuts, Subways and 7-Elevens opened while you were composing this list? The soul of this city is gone. I still love it, but I'm disheartened.
London bars close at 11pm? since when the 90's? 24hour drink licence exists there. You have been going to some old geezer pubs cause most bars close at 3 or 4am especially weekends and if busy will stay open a bit after that without fear of fines and being shut down. Oh there are also all night bars around the city which are legal good luck finding that in NYC.
London bars close at 11pm? since when the 90's? 24hour drink licence exists there. You have been going to some old geezer pubs cause most bars close at 3 or 4am especially weekends and if busy will stay open a bit after that without fear of fines and being shut down. Oh there are also all night bars around the city which are legal good luck finding that in NYC.
Bit of a lie there on the most linguistically diverse city.. again London tops that. This article has to be the biggest waste of time. Did George W. Bush write this?
#44 Try the Roebling Suspension Bridge crossing the Ohio River @ Cincinnati, OH which predates the Brooklyn Bridge by 17 years!
#44 BS, try the Roebling suspension bridge in Cincinnati, OH predates the Brooklyn Bridge by 17 years!
@jerry: agreed, #6 is BS! For that matter, #5 is likely BS too. I guarantee the life expectancy will start to drop as the current 20-30-somethings grow old, as none of us are able to land rent-stabilized apartments. The current crop of seniors have little to stress about as far as rent goes, as many or most of them are in huge rent stabilized apartments and don't have that stress in their lives. Low stress=longer lifespan. No one who is currently 30 or below will have that luxury unless legislation changes, so we will have LOTS to stress about or will have to leave the city--heck, if we can even afford to stay in the city until we get old.
I wish we could say: we are the cleanest city, we recycle more than anyone else, our Green IQ is high and we care about planet and we are not creating so much landfills...but unfortunately this is the dirtiest city in the US!! Timeout London has every right to say: look london subway has not trash can yet you don't see people trashing it! its time to change New York, let's keep this city clean just like our home! we live here, then lets treat it that way with.
Number one should be THE NEW YORK YANKEES!
Most are true except the 24/7 city. Not everything is open past 9pm in NYC except maybe bars and restaurants (sort of). Most retail close earlier than Seoul
@AAK i think the main point remains to be that no fact will convince us otherwise.


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Information System Development in the Small Firm
AbstractThis paper argues that the informational requirements for good decision making in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are complex and adaptive. It identifies the basic information needs of the SME, and considers how information is used to guide decisions. It argues that accounting information systems (AIS) and, in particular, management accounting systems (MAS), best characterise successful information systems implementation in the SME. The paper examines the relationship between AIS development and SME performance. It shows that the extant evidence suggests that greater information use in the SME is associated with better performance.
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For most investors, it's a death sentence.
This article originally appeared in the August/September 2014 issue of Morningstar magazine. To subscribe, please call 1-800-384-4000.
In late 1999, a close friend of mine was set to sell his business and retire after 30 years of incredibly hard, but successful, work. As part of this process, he was debating what to do with the profit from selling the business. He took a look at how his different investments were performing to see where it made the most sense to put the money.
A portion of his portfolio included one of the now infamous technology funds. No surprise my friend's investment was doing very well at the time. The other half of his portfolio was managed by a guy focused on value stocks, and it had performed poorly in comparison to his growth funds.
Convinced that the rally would continue, my friend had his advisor move all his value-based investments and the profits from selling his business into his growth funds. He made this move at the end of 1999. Anybody remember what happened to tech stocks only a few months later in March 2000? Even now, 14 years later, my friend, who was all set to retire, is still working.
Many investors can afford little mistakes, like using a small portion of their savings to try day-trading or buying a particular stock because their brother-in-law knows a guy who knows a guy. But my friend, who I know to be very smart, made what I call "The Big Mistake." For most investors, it's a death sentence and all but impossible to recover from.
Specifically, I'm talking about buying high and selling low. Few decisions can wipe out as many years of good behavior as fast as succumbing to this temptation. So, given the seriousness of The Big Mistake, I believe it's an advisor's primary job to prevent clients from making it in the first place.
I know that sounds like a huge task—maybe even an impossible one. But it's what you signed up for when you opened the door to clients. Otherwise, how do you look that 50-year-old client in the eye after you say nothing when he begins heading down the path to his own Big Mistake? Of course, we can't force clients to not go down that path, but if we aren't using every ounce of persuasion we have to convince them otherwise, then it doesn't really matter how many small mistakes we help them avoid.
Investors can do things like fail to rebalance on time, own a mediocre investment, or be a little tax inefficient. These are all mistakes people can survive and still reach their goals. However, it's our calling as an industry to make sure we help our clients get the big stuff right. Much like a doctor's oath to do no harm, the first thing you must do as an advisor is to help your clients avoid The Big Mistake for their lifetime. Even if that's all you do, you'll still have earned every penny they pay you!
For example, let's pretend another time comes along that looks a lot like 2007, and a client says, "I think I should go all-in on real estate." You don't say, "Sure, that's a great idea," even though you're thinking, "What a horrible idea." Instead, you say, "I think that's a Big Mistake and here are the reasons why." Clients may not realize it at first, but they need their advisors to be a barrier between themselves and buying high while selling low. It's time we accept this responsibility and commit to showing clients why it's so important to avoid this temptation. Otherwise, there will be many more people like my friend, still working years after they thought they'd already be retired. That's not acceptable to me, and I don't believe it's acceptable to you. We must first and always be the thing between our clients and The Big Mistake.
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Callaway sees pinch of medicine shortage
Local pharmacies and medical services are feeling the effects of a growing national shortage of certain generic medications.
Low demand causes Callaway Hospital to close OB unit, clinic
There will be no more babies delivered at Callaway Community Hospital after March 9. On that day, the hospital will close both the obstetrics (OB) unit at the hospital and the obstetrics clinic that is part of Fulton Medical Clinic.
New YMCA classes to focus on nutrition
Nutrition experts to teach about healthy eating
With busy work schedules and money being tight, it can be difficult to focus on health. That's why organizers with the YMCA of Callaway County have decided to offer a new series of classes focused on nutrition that will start in February.
Area groups to offer mental health first-aid training
For many people, the term first-aid conjures up thoughts of binding wounds, giving the Heimlich maneuver or administering CPR. A new program being promoted by the Missouri chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) is designed to help add mental health to that list.
Senior Expo set Jan. 19 at YMCA
Event to feature booths, seminars, entertainment
For the first time, Fulton will have a Senior Expo on Jan. 19 to showcase information and services available to older adults in Callaway County. The new event expands on a similar Strategies for Aging event last Aug. 18 at the Callaway Senior Center.
County receives $80,000 grant to assess unmet health care needs
The Callaway County Health Department has received $80,000 from the federal government to be used to develop a plan to improve health care in the county and perhaps create a health-service center for needy people.
States get bonuses for boosting enrollment for uninsured children in Medicaid
Missouri left out
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today awarded $206 million to 15 states for making significant progress in enrolling uninsured children in Medicaid. This year's bonuses are more than double the $75 million awarded to ten states last year.
Fulton smoking ban takes effect today
A discussion session intended to answer questions from local business owners regarding the new indoor smoking ban which takes effect today in Fulton provided a few surprises Thursday.
Missouri's cold medicine database to go online
Consumers wanting to buy certain cold and allergy medicines in Missouri soon will be checked in a statewide database intended to catch people involved in making the illegal drug methamphetamine.
Abbott recalls infant formula on bug contamination
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts.
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Home protection is about strategy: the overall objective, and the approach to achieving that overarching objective. It is about tactics: the actual plan for movement to escape, and/or for the interdiction of a threat. Finally, it's about having the necessary tools for the strategy and the tactics to succeed. All of us need to be concerned with protection from fire. That's why we have fire departments. Our strategy there is to begin with prevention. We check our wiring, for example, to make sure nothing is frayed or overloaded or otherwise out of spec. We then prepare ourselves for the next step: intervention. If prevention has failed and a fire has started in the home, we are ready to interdict it and keep it from harming our loved ones and ourselves. We have fire alarms and smoke alarms to alert us in time to deal with the crisis. In addition to those tools, we have fire extinguishers and fire escapes.
Most important, we give thought to the matter beforehand. We plan what to do. Wise parents do fire drills with their kids just like the children do at school. For the same reasons, in an emergency, having rehearsed what to do gives us valuable experience that helps us to do the same things for real, while in the grip of life-threatening stress. None of this means there won't be a fire. None of it makes us firefighters. None of it means we don't need the fire department anymore. What it does mean is that we've done our best in terms of prevention and recognized that prevention can nonetheless fail. Therefore, we have emergency rescue tools in place, such as the fire extinguisher, to stave off death and cut a lane of safety for ourselves and those for whom we're responsible, until the designated professionals can get there to take over. All of us need to be concerned with emergency first aid situations. This is why we block electrical outlets and keep lye and other poisons secured out of reach of little children. It is why we try to eat healthy foods and exercise to stay in shape. It is why we keep first aid kits at home. Most important, we plan what to do if a medical crisis does occur. We know where Great-Grandma keeps her digitalis, and when to put it under her tongue. We've been to CPR class and practiced external cardiac massage on the dummy Resusci-Anne. We have the phone number handy for the Poison Control Center…
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SEYMOUR, Ind. (WDRB) -- A toddler in Seymour, Indiana who may never walk on her own now has her wheelchair back.
We received countless calls and offers to help after a WDRB report told of the 2-year-old little girl missing her special needs wheelchair -- and we were there when the little girl found out she got her wheels back.
The family tells us someone knocked on the door of their home sometime overnight. When they opened the door, the wheelchair was on the porch.
"It was the chair," said Jerasu Hudson, the little girl's grandmother. "There was nobody there and I screamed."
The $5,000 specialized Blue Panthera Micro Manual Wheelchair belongs to Kaly Hudson. She suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that leaves her muscles too weak for her to walk on her own.
That's why a non-profit organization donated the chair to Kaly and her family in September.
It went missing on Jan. 4 when her mother, Amanda James, left it on the curb outside Kaly's grandmother's home at the corner of Second Street and Calvin Blvd.
It took about two hours before Kaly asked about the chair. By then it was gone.
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The family was heartbroken.
"My heart just sank because I knew it was gone," said Jerasu Hudson, Kaly's grandmother. "It breaks my heart because this is Kaly's only independence and mobility that she has."
Kaly's infectious personality triggered countless donations, with people putting up reward money, offering to help buy a new wheelchair, or even offering their own. Roughly $1,700 was raised online.
"I would hope that we're a better community than that than -- to steal a wheelchair from a child," said Chief Bill Abbott of the Seymour Police Department.
It turns out that Abbott was right.
Kaly, who adores Dora the Explorer, will be 3 years old on Jan. 12, and she's already gotten one of her wishes: the freedom to move on her own in her wheelchair.
WDRB'S Gilbert Corsey was there when Kaly was reunited with her wheelchair.
"Who found it?" Kaly asked.
"I don't know," Hudson said. "They left it on my front porch."
"They did?" Kaly asked.
"They found it just for you," Hudson said.
"For me?" Kaly gasped.
"Yes they did, baby," Hudson said.
"On your front porch?" Kaly asked.
"That's right," Hudson said.
"Oh," Kaly said. "I want to get in it!"
What will happen to the donation money now?
"That is up to the people who gave it," said Hudson. "They can have it back, or we can put it into a fund for future medical expenses, or I was teasing and said, 'Put it toward a wheelchair van so this never happens again.'"
The first person Kaly wants to tell of her good fortune, was Scratchy the cat.
"Scratchy, I got my chair back!" Kaly said. "Scratchy, where are you? Where are you scratch?"
For everyone else, Kaly has one message.
"Thank you!"
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June 15, 2013
Marcus Book Store, at 1712 Fillmore St., San Francisco, is packed with knowledge it has purveyed since 1960, for 53 years. Now the oldest Black book store in the country has been ordered out. But the community is REFUSING to let Marcus Books close. The Sweises, who bought the property, want the judge to evict Marcus Books. Everyone is urged to BOYCOTT their businesses, Big Dog City Cab and Royal Cab companies. On Tuesday, July 2, 3 p.m., the community will caravan to the Sweis home in South City for a PROTEST RALLY at 4 p.m.
October 31, 2009
Maafa 2009 was chillier than usual, but our hearts were certainly no less warmed by the ancestors' tight embrace as supplicants made their way through the Middle Passage to the Wolosodon rhythms, the slave march through the Doors of No Return to the beach where each person held a piece of string – symbolic of a connection … a philosophical connection to the homeland, family and history.


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Joyce Knowlton, 37, 15 Morningside Dr., Beverly, was arrested on charges of shoplifting at Stop & Shop on Elliott Street and three warrants, according to a 9:31 p.m. log item.
Scott B. Thompston, 26, 14 Farms Lane, Beverly, was arrested on a charge of drunken driving, second offense, and marked lanes violation, according to a 3:39 p.m. log item.
Luis Sepulveda, 36, of Lynn was arrested on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, window obstruction and reckless endangerment after being pulled over at the intersection of Bridge Street and Kernwood Avenue, according to 5:31 p.m. log item.
Caitlin Desrochers, 28, 21/2 Rowell Ave., Beverly, was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace at 2 Rowell Ave., according to a 1:51 a.m. report.
Kathyann M. Claffey, 29, 6 Chapman St., Beverly, was arrested on a charge of violating the city's open liquor container ordinance at 4:32 p.m. at 150 Rantoul St.
Leonard J. Dentremont, 50, 36 Water St., Beverly, was arrested on a charge of domestic assault and battery at his home, according to a 5:19 p.m. log item.
Corey J. Sutherland, 26, 7 Pearl St., Salem, was arrested after a traffic stop at 6:35 p.m. on charges of possession of class B drugs with intent to distribute, operating a motor vehicle with suspended license and violating a city ordinance to use care.
James Woodfin, 34, 11 Charles St., Danvers, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, assault and battery, and resisting arrest, according to an 8:04 a.m. log item. Police were called to 9 Burrough St. on a report of two males fighting.
Julia Duerden, 46, of Saugus, was arrested on a charge of larceny over $250 from Kohl's department store, 50 Independence Way, according to a 3:24 p.m. log item.
Police were dispatched to 14 Collins St. for a "physical altercation" involving six people at 4:07 p.m. An ambulance was called for a head injury, but no one was transported, according to the log item. An officer explained that those involved can seek their own charges at Peabody District Court.
Kevin D. Pickard, 19, of Groveland was arrested on charges of illegally transporting liquor, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct at O'Connor Park, Home Street, according to a 1:51 a.m. police log item. Jared Bachmann, 19, 3 Clark St., Salem, was also arrested on charges of possessing liquor under 21, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
A 2010 gray scooter was reported stolen from 42 Main St., according to an 8:41 log item report.
David J. Kingsley, 64, of Tucson, Ariz., was arrested at 10:14 p.m. after a motor vehicle stop in the vicinity of 124 Lynnfield St. on charges of drunken driving, second offense, unsafe lane change and following too closely.
The doors and windows of the T-Mobile store at 300 Andover St. were reported smashed at 11:07 a.m. An inventory sheet will be filled out by employees.
Gabrielle D. Rohde, 18, 50 Beaver St., Salem, was arrested at 11:41 a.m. after being pulled over the intersection of Clement Avenue and Washington Street on a charge of possessing a class A drug.
Christine Hamilton, 46, 10 First St., Salem, was arrested on charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace at Target, 227 Highland St., at 10:12 p.m. An employee of the department store reported to police that Hamilton was jumping up and down and yelling at customers. She left the store but then later returned and was arrested, according to police.
Michael P. Carr, 32, 21 Symonds St., Salem, was arrested at his home at 3:18 a.m. on charges of domestic assault and three counts of malicious destruction of property over $250 (wooden door, iPad, cellphone.
Salem State University police arrested Mariola Perez-Esteban, 26, 14 Shore Ave., Salem, on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without being licensed, according to a 9:15 log item.
A Flint Street resident reported to police at 9:51 a.m. that someone had broken into her car with the possible intent to steal it, as there were wires hanging from under the steering column and the hood was opened. Stolen were a Magellan GPS unit, 12 music CDs and miscellaneous charger cords.
A woman reported to police on Puritan Road that two house cats came out and attacked her at 1:46 p.m.
There was a 911 hang-up reported at 5:39 p.m. from the CVS/pharmacy at 413 Paradise Road. When police called back, a person reported "having a blonde moment." There were no problems.


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The low down on Larrabee
Subject: General Tech | April 27, 2007 - 11:33 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Ars Technica has put some effort into finding out more about Larrabee that what was revealed in the PR from Intel. One of the first things they try to do is kill the rumour that Larrabee has anything to do with the Terrascale project ... they are not related. Read on to see what they did manage to find out.
AMD To Webcast Annual Meeting Of Stockholders
Subject: General Tech | April 26, 2007 - 06:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - April 26, 2007 -AMD (NYSE:AMD) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 9:00 a.m. PDT (12:00 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.
A real-time audio webcast of the meeting will be available at
A sinister mouse
Subject: General Tech | April 26, 2007 - 04:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Lefties of the world rejoice, Logitech has designed an MX 610 just for you. It is cordless, and sports 10 programmable buttons and scroll wheel in total, including volume controls and a mute button. Join in the celebration at Overclockers Club, where the resident lefty is quite satisfied that this isn't just a bad gimmick.
Eighteen Schools Named Finalists For Intel Schools Of Distinction Awards
Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2007 - 03:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2007 — Eighteen schools have been named as finalists for the Intel® Schools of Distinction Awards. The annual program honors schools for implementing innovative and replicable math and science programs that produce positive educational results. Schools compete for $1 million in grants and awards from the Intel Foundation and sponsoring companies. The winners are announced in May 2007.
It's not over for Tom Clancy
Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2007 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Taking his games even further, Tom Clancy is preparing End War for release. If you have been a fan of GRAW and his other games, this will take you into the field of WWIII and showcase physics and AI that will make full use of the latest hardware. HEXUS has a bit more, and will certainly be keeping an eye out for new developments.
Warning: contains pictures of Clippy
Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2007 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Wired News takes a look at some of the more (in)famous mascots of the recent, and not so recent history. Clippy makes an appearance at the top of course, but were you aware each Windows OS received it's own manga style mascot?
I'm not dead yet
Subject: General Tech | April 24, 2007 - 12:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
At some point in the recent past, Apple's iPod became THE MP3 player to beat. Many have claimed to have created an iPod killer (including Apple with their iPhone), but so far no one has delivered. Microsoft's attempt is the Zune, and it has been on the market long enough to mature and get the early kinks out of it's software.&
Easy HD through USB
Subject: General Tech | April 24, 2007 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The AutumnWave OnAir USB HDTV Creator is a high def TV Tuner that connects via a USB cable, and allows you to watch HD programming on your PC. It also comes with a nice software suite allowing control over channels, recording times as well as image tweaking. While HotHardware was reviewing the tuner, they were very impressed by the proper display of the image, but found the
Mousepad madness
Subject: General Tech | April 23, 2007 - 01:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Madshrimps has collected 21 mousepads and tested them every way they could think of. Not just performance in gaming, but also the usefulness in AutoCAD, Photoshop, browsing and using office apps got rated in a big chart at the end. If you are toying with the idea of a better mousepad than the cloth one you found lying around, any of the choices you've considered are rated.
DX10, coming to an OS near you?
Subject: General Tech | April 23, 2007 - 11:51 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
A member spotted a very interesting project over the weekend, and has started quite a buzz in the thread. The Alky Project is using the DirectX SDK on Windows XP to write DirectX 10 compatibility libraries. The basic idea is that the DX10 Geometry Shaders could be changed to native machine code on non-Vista machines, allowing your video card to render it, assumedly with a performance hit. While it seems unlikely that they will get DX10 running on non-DX10 hardware, it will allow DX10 to run on XP if they succeed.
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In Brief - This Sunday has all the makings of an entirely incredible sports day.
(Do not tell me any results. I am imposing an international sports blackout tonight.)
Here's what's on offer:
10 AM - Manchester United vs Manchester City - (or to borrow a phrase, The Forces of Darkness versus The Forces of Evil) any way you cut it, an exciting anticipated match.
12 PM - Houston Texas versus Tennessee Titans (or The Forces of Good versus The Faces of Methopotamia)
2 PM (And don't freaking tell me.) New Zealand All Blacks versus France (Les Blues) - (This doesn't need recasting, as its New Zealand versus France which is fairly obvious)
I'll be watching from the Richmond Arms (possibly in an All Blacks shirt and Texans hat) and arriving as early as I can.
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OMAHA (KPTM)- One teen killed and another seriously hurt in an overnight car crash near 208th and Dodge. Police say the driver was probably drinking and driving too fast. Police say neither teen was wearing a seat belt.
18-year-old Jacob Dickmeyer died at the scene. 19-year-old Colby Burke is at the hospital in fair condition.
Family and friends gathered at the scene Monday.
"Everybody always said, oh he's never going to wreck. He's always going to be fine, but here we are. I guess it could happen to anybody," said Ben Griff, close friend of Dickmeyer.
Griff and others never thought they'd be standing on the side of a highway crying over a friend's death.
"He had a good job, I mean he had his whole life set out in front of him. He started working at Valmont, was making good money. He had his own vehicle, he was about to move out he was 18 years old and was ready to start his whole life and wrecked it all with one drunk driving accident," said Griff.
Friends say Dickmeyer was thrown from the car after it rolled along Dodge near 208th street. He died at the scene. Police say it isn't clear yet who was driving.
"Drinking and driving is not the way to go. It's probably really stupid, people think it's just ok to go ahead and drive 'oh I'll be fine' no, no it's not ok," said Sara Hiers, close friend of Dickmeyer.
"No one should have to feel the pain of losing a child, a brother, a best friend anything. It's the worst feeling in the world," said Erin Korene, close friend of Dickmeyer.
Friends say they wish the driver made a different choice, but now trying to remember him for the way he lived, not the way he died.
"I love that man to death, dead or not I'll do anything for him. Still to this day," said Griff.
Some of the boys' friends will hold a fundraiser to help out Burke's family. They said he does not have health insurance to cover his hospital stay or more treatment.
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We have been married now for just over a year. My incredible husband proposed to me in the heart of Israel, Jerusalem overlooking the wailing wall and the old city. He took me to a discreet balcony overlooking the wailing wall.. he told me it we were going to a 'restaurant', but in actual fact, he had organised a beautiful penthouse apartment for the night. As we had a private dinner served to us on a balcony with a guitarist playing my favourite songs.. My boyfriend sang to my favourite song with new lyrics he had dedicated to me, at the end of the song he took out a diamond ring and asked me to marry him. wWe had been so nervous, we downed a bottle of wine. the view was spectacular and my dream had come true. They we did actually go to a beautiful restaurant, which he had hired out the whole restaurant... but instead of eating our dinner we were too busy calling friends and family!!!!!


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November 19, 2012
San Francisco's ranked choice voting system produced a surprising result in the Nov. 6 election, when District 5, the City's most progressive district, elected London Breed, the candidate perceived to be the most conservative in the race. Then District 7, the City's second most conservative district, elected Norman Yee, its most progressive candidate.
July 20, 2012
The fierce debate about competing visions for KPFA and Pacifica Radio continues, with the focus now on the attempt to recall Tracy Rosenberg from the KPFA Local Station Board and the Pacifica National Board and the competing campaigns to keep Tracy on the board. Mail your ballot in time for it to arrive at KPFA by Aug. 3.
August 21, 2010
District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly, champion of the have-nots in San Francisco for a decade, has passed the torch and endorsed James Keys, his longtime legislative assistant and campaign coordinator, to be his successor. "James was by my side through my toughest battles," Daly said.
October 14, 2009
Outraged Bayview residents armed with signs that read "Bayview Not for Sale," "Parks for the People," and "Governor, Veto SB 792 – Save Candlestick Park" entered Sen. Mark Leno's San Francisco district office on Friday, Oct. 9, and erected a cardboard condominium tower topped with a sign that read "Leno: Do you miss your office? We'll sure miss our park."


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Ionarts-at-Large: Bergen's String Magnificence
Hvoslev, Mozart, Shostakovich: Hélène Grimaud (piano) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) Grieg Hall, Oslo, 14.04.2010
Kjetil Hvoslev: Ein Traumspiel
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 23
D. Shostakovich: Symphony No.6
A nightmare of cost overruns, stalled construction (a decade from the foundation until the opening in 1978, and 80 years of variously serious planning that preceded it), depressing architecture, and shoddy workmanship: You might think that Bergen's Grieg Hall is a culture-architecture debacle in every way.
But even if raindrops pitter-patter into your white wine during intermission (with an average of 235 [!] days of rain in Bergen, that's likely enough): once you make your way back along the raw concrete pillars to the amphitheater-style auditorium at the bottom of which, circus-arena style, sits the Bergen Philharmonic on a rough wooden floor, all is forgotten. Even close up front to the far left, in seats that would be modest if not outright horrible in many other halls, the amount of detail from all sections, but at the same time the level of homogeneity in the sound, was astonishing. And, more importantly, the sound of the Bergen Philharmonic adds significantly to this experience.
W.A.Mozart, Piano Concerto 23...
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The Mozart that followed with Hélène Grimaud was broad, without a particularly audible affinity for Mozart, but with leaden feet or wooden touch – but instead a deft way around the notes that let the appealing concert's nature through without adding to it. Grimaud, neither as dashing as she was in Ravel in London (February) or as woefully out of touch as in her Beethoven in Munich (March), sounding slight muffled, fit right with the above. The standing ovations struck me in response to her reputation more than her delivery.
No matter, the best was yet to come: I've always found Shostakovich's lopsided Sixth Symphony one of his harder nuts to crack, along with the 8th and 14th, for example. But in concert, under Gullberg Jensen's hands and performed with real force and fervor, and in terrific sound from all sections (only the brass had a few experimental moments), this suddenly made sense: The Wagnerian lyricism of the long opening theme, the slowness, the many lacunae… the occasional searing bite… and all with the tremendous – indeed superlatively sonorous – string sound of the Bergen Philharmonic. Shostakovich does not bestow his usual drive (slow, but always ratcheting things up, unnoticeably) upon this movement, the ears are pulled along a much thinner, more tenuous string. Eventually the trills come out, like factory whistles calling to work… but the general temperament is still a lurch. The cor anglais, meanwhile, wails like in the finale of Tristan and Isolde. The Allegro is jocular but with sharp knifes and the concluding Presto explosive, loud, which got the woodwinds excited and brought the quality of the strings out again – by some measure the best I've heard in Norway, so far.