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Be it those candles lighted last monday night, November 11th, on the river banks, to celebrate the hundred anniversary of Latvia's independence, or the lights who surely just went on for the annual Light Festival 'Staro Riga' ('Shine, Riga), starting today – with buidlings all over the city projected with light creations. This year, habitants are invited to participate to 'colouring' the city by displaying light creations or illuminated home-made artworks on their window banks.
For some readers, this invitation might sound very familiar. They may recall the tradition of La Fête des Lumières (Festival of Lights) in Lyon, France – where until 1999, most of lights emanated from candles placed in yoghurt glasses which children had spent a few afternoons painting, and which decorated window banks, balconies and gardens in Lyon and surrounding cities on December 8th. 1999 was the first year of the current Fête des Lumières, a 4 day festival around December 8th, when light projections on monuments and other light-based pieces of art and urban furniture animate the city.
For many in Lyon, this is one of the city's very own traditions and events. But Berlin also just recently had the latest edition of its very own Festival of Lights – and perhaps you will also have heard or one or two other european cities where such an event takes place?
There's probably enough light for everyone. Or is there? This is certainly one of the question facing the institution of the European Capital of Culture, as well as cities working on their cultural influence and towards outward recognition of it.
But one of the Rigaen concepts for their year as Culture Capital is « You and Now », putting the focus on local dialogue and participation rather than outwardly. Illustrating the concept and a fond memory, the year started with a chain on people passing books to each other to transfer the collection from the old city library to the newly built one on the other side of the river bridge.
The concept and outcomes will be presented this monday at the Connecting Cities Event on Culture Capitals. In Riga, of course.]]>
The closed shops produce loss to the owner. Deteriorating condition of the properties and the loss of business traffic adversely affect the area's real estate market and business environment. The scope of local community services are narrowing and ultimately the public security shows negative tendencies in these neighbourhoods in a downward spiral.
Following the foreign examples many initiatives were born in Budapest nearly simultaneously and started to cooperate in order to find solution to this situation. This issue motivated the young, trend-sensitive professional organizations to contribute with different actions and thus creating a rich package of programs.
In 2012 the Contemporary Architecture Centre Foundation (KÉK) launched the Deserted Program, which aimed at reutilising private and municipality owed buildings for community purposes. All elements of this program are community based: it explores the urban vacancy problem though community discussions as well as analysing and learning from foreign examples; it does community mapping, which means everyone can upload the data of empty properties in Budapest; on the Upload again! homepage moreover they link the ones looking for place with the property owners and provide advisory services for the district municipalities in order to have more empty places and buildings finding new owners.
KÉK organised an exhibition called Adaptive City, which summarises the results of the 1,5 year research carried out within the 'Deserted' project. In the I am right back! Project Gallery (described later in this article), a fast-growing mini library is accessible to everyone, and besides, KÉK organises series of professional lectures and workshops related to the issue. Within the Adaptive City lecture series, solutions from Paris were studied as well with the help of e.g. Magali Vergnet-Covo, advisor of Semaest , which is a joint owed company of the municipality of Paris concentrating on local economic rehabilitation. The Semaest has launched the Vital'Quartier project in 2004 which provides answers to the problems of empty shops and monofunctional commerce.
The Deserted Program of KÉK is a professional partner of the URBACT "Temporary Use as a Tool for Urban Regeneration" (TUTUR) knowledge transfer project.
In partnership with the Deserted Project, Budapest Municipality initiated the I am right back! program aiming at promoting the reutilisation of its long-vacant ground floor retail spaces through a unified application framework. For this purpose the municipality in collaboration with the Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry developed a map-based inventory system.
With the professional partnership of KÉK the already mentioned I am right back! Project Gallery was opened – which is a reuse of an empty shop itself. With community events it assists the research and the takeover of the practices for a temporary utilization strategy. The winners of the 'I am right back!' idea contest were presented here as well. As part of the competition they made proposals for the "innovative urban visual management" of the empty shop windows, more concretely they created design installations for covering the shop windows. Closely related to this the "Your space, your sucess!" shopwindows campaign was implemented with the partnership of Design Terminal and Bridge Budapest. In this program element, empty shop windows were covered with installations displaying success stories of young entrepreneurs.
The latest and maybe the most successful effort for the utilization of empty retail spaces is the Open! Shops for Rent Festival, http://nyitvafesztival.hu/ which took place between 19th September to 19th October 2014, and was organized by KÉK, with support from the Municipality of Budapest. Within the framework of the Open! Festival, empty retail spaces were opened for one month. From the 150 incoming applicants answering the call for temporary utilization, those that supposedly would affect the given neighbourhood socially and culturally the most, and those that have the potential for a long term operation were chosen.]]>
The 4th International Conference on Managing Urban Land celebrated progress, almost a decade after the first Concerted Action on Brownfield and Economic Regeneration Network (CABERNET) conference, mark lessons learnt and presented new insights in how brownfield sites can be part of a vibrant urban environment. Contributions that increases our understanding of the complex system that a given city allows private and public decision makers to move forward on a sounder, more predictable basis than before were invited to be presented and discussed. The CABERNET project was delighted to be working with friends – old and new – from European Commission 7th Framework funded projects Global Partners in Contaminated Land Management (GLOCOM) , Greenland , Tailored Improvement of Brownfield Regeneration in Europe (TIMBRE) and HOlistic Management of Brownfield REgeneration (HOMBRE). Also URBACT was attending the Conference, where best practices in urban policies and land management were presented.
Since 2008, for the first time in history, more than half of human population is living in urban areas, and cities will absorb all the population growth expected in the future. The trend of urbanization will continue. By 2050, about 70 % of world's people are likely to be city dwellers, compared with less than 30 % in 1951. Between 2011 and 2050, the world urban population will pass from 7.0 billion to 9.3 billion (UN, 2012). In this global context, brownfields are becoming a real challenge – and resource-efficiency of urban areas becomes crucial!
Our societies and their economic systems are based on natural resources. They are fundamental not for the economy but also for the services they provide for our health, well-being and quality of life. In human history, the level of natural resources consumption per capita changed dramatically. In agrarian societies, the resources consumption per capita was essentially devoted to the food, the feed needed for animals and the biomass. As the demand of resource for the economy is growing, the standard of living is rising and the middle-class is emerging in developing countries, the demand of natural resources increases and threatens the security of supply. Access to resources becomes a major economic concern. The depletion and scarcity of natural resources generates competition and increasing prices, which is also the case of land. Cities use and need land. Land is an essential resource for cities, as it consists in the basis for built urban environment. Consequently, a resource-efficient use of the land is crucial for cities. Concepts for remediation and re-use of brownfields in urban areas are needed.
The Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe suggests that by 2050 there should be no net land take sealed by built development. How this is going to happen? Do we need in Europe a "cheese cover" put on the top of all developments – meaning, "freezing" all further Greenfield development? This will only be possible with effective "recycling" of formerly used land for buildings and infrastructure ("hard development") and unsealed uses ("soft development"). Of course across Europe a large amount of land recycling already takes place under the influence or normal market forces. However, in some cases the recycling of formerly used land is stalled for a variety of environmental, economic and/or social reasons, and these "Brownfield" sites are often in or near urban areas.
The dynamics of land use are cyclic, where site developments are planned, realised and then utilised and maintained until the site is decommissioned or simply abandoned, after which a new cycle for site re-development starts. The land use cycle basically consists of periods of beneficial use alternated by periods of transition. Brownfields reflect periods of stagnation and partial transition of land use, and typically require some form of intervention (usually public) to complete a process of transition. In practice the costs of transition for many Brownfield sites have remained a major barrier to action; and the robustness of transition achieved – in particular its longer term economic sustainability – have been insufficient to support durable re-use of some sites. The hypothesis developed in the research project HOMBRE is that these barriers and failures result from an incomplete understanding of the range of potential services a site could provide, and hence a sub-optimal overall value for the completed regeneration.
Sustainability and wider stakeholder participation are seen as important tools in achieving more services and hence higher overall value in regeneration and hence more cost-effective and durable solutions.
URBACT is dealing also with the topics of land management strategies, brownfield regeneration and new technologies. Two references are the projects of LUMASEC and UseAct, both focussing on land management, reduction of land consumption, innovative partnership approaches and cutting energy consumption.
The URBACT working group "Land Use Management for Sustainable European Cities" (LUMASEC) researched and supported cities' urban development at case study cities and city regions in order to learn more about practical ways to do sustainable land use management. Managing urban sprawl, unlocking the potential of brownfield sites and creating competitive, attractive environments where communities can flourish is the shared aim behind this European project. As a network of private and public sector decision makers, LUMASEC developed strategies for sustainable land use management on Land Use Management for Sustainable European Cities. After 2 years work, the project delivered results on both the strategic level (planning methods, observation tools) and the operational level (action plans, case-studies), and aimed at producing methods and practical recommendations.
The Use-Act project (Urban Sustainable Environmental Actions) is aiming to define ways to achieve opportunities for people and businesses to settle in existing locations without consumption of further land, thanks to new planning and partnership approaches and at the same time developing the construction and real estate economies, making the most of the historic building heritage and related character, reducing energy consumption in buildings and cutting back on further infrastructure building/management costs. The project was launched on 01 May 2012 and will conclude in April 2015. The philosophy of the Use-Act project is connected with the need to support urban communities, which express a desire to find solutions and implement practices to combat the harmful mechanism, which:
Brownfield regeneration is a key policy objective to help cope with rising populations in urban areas in some parts of the EU. Recently, around 500,000 hectares of brownfield land were estimated to be available for development in Europe – it goes with the fact that every year in the EU, more than 1000 km2 of undeveloped land is appropriated for housing, roads, industry, and recreation, without full consideration of diverse tangible and intangible services and values those soils provide. We should act responsibly on our resources, and we should not do harm our future generations.
Urban policies and land management are therefore two central issues for the future of our society: the experiences from the URBACT projects LUMASEC or UseAct demonstrated the importance of integrated urban development processes. As an example, during the LUMASEC project, the urban community of Saint-Etienne / France, succeeded to develop an integrated land use strategy, including all brownfields areas and urban development hot spots, by developing useful tools such as Land Bank and public private interventions.
In the UseAct project, the Municipality of Baia Mare / Romania is working on a land management policy to better enhance the potential of metropolitan development areas, in which preserving their existing function, increasing their potential through urban renewal and building refitting or the development of gentrification policies play an important role. Also the topic of "sustainable redevelopment" of brownfield areas, following the decline of the mining industry and underused or derelict lands is developed. These areas do not currently contribute to the attractiveness and competitiveness of the city, but they could be transformed into attractive focus points. Public and private actors compose the Romanian Local Support Group.
The URBACT method, involving all actors and going "on the ground" – as a bottom-up process, by implementing concrete actions is exactly the way forward: asking municipalities to implement "Local Action Plans" is a very successful instrument, which confirm the necessary connection of research and practice.]]>
For the URBACT team it's a chance to test the temperature out there. So, in the design of the Info Days we've been working closely with national Ministries to take account of cities' current and upcoming priorities.
Last week I learned a few things in Riga during the first of our URBACT Info-Days. I now know that whilst the rest of Europe might be enjoying unseasonal double-digit temperatures, you can find yourself sub-zero in the Latvian capital in mid October. I also learned about the controversial fund-raising model introduced to pay for the iconic new National Library (which included funds derived from a utilities tax). But my biggest take away was the appetite amongst Latvian municipalities to work differently with stakeholders, and a better understanding of the challenge that this can represent for many of them.
At one critical point during our Q and A session, a participant asked "But how can we work differently with citizens and other stakeholders?" This is such a perfect question for URBACT that at sessions like this people might suspect that we planted it there! But no, it was genuine, and in the coming weeks during our road show I expect it to arise again and again.
The Riga Info Day came at the end of a month where building the capacity of city stakeholders has been a prominent theme. Within this, supporting civil servants to collaborate more effectively with citizens has been a recurring sub-theme. During the EU Open Days in Brussels, we hosted a European Commission workshop focused on capacity building. In a packed room a Danish elected official, a Polish civil servant and a Greek NGO activist enthused about the way in which the URBACT programme had supported their professional development. Linking the URBACT experience to their respective city roles, they explained how network participation, the URBACT National Training Scheme , the URBACT Summer University and the Training for Elected Officials had influenced the way they now work.
Other events in October have underlined the importance of supporting capacity building in our cities. The European Commission's Urban Development Network meeting set out the opportunities available to cities in the new programming period. But it also raised big questions about their readiness to optimise these. During the event there was much discussion about the new territorial instruments (notably ITIs and CLLD) and the challenges some cities anticipate in utilising them (for a variety of reasons). There was also a strong focus on integrated innovative approaches – after an inspiring input from entrepreneur Eva Gladek – which underlined the shifting city authority role to broker and enabler.
And in the new URBACT workstreams, we can see important messages arising about the extent to which city authorities are ready to work differently with their stakeholders. The Social Innovation Workstream emphasises the brokerage role increasingly required from city authority employees, what the city of Amersfoort describes as the 'free range civil servant' who is comfortable working outside the office, within and alongside the community. And the Workstream on environmental interventions explains how cities like Hamburg and Växjö are involving a spectrum of stakeholders – including citizens – in their sustainability developments.
For me, the question from the floor in Riga, together with this body of evidence from recent city events, endorses our decision to place city capacity building centre stage in the new URBACT programme. Throughout the URBACT II Programme this need has become increasingly evident, driven by a range of factors that include the reduction of public funds on account of the Crisis, the relentless impact of technology and changing public expectations of services. The net effect has been rising pressure on city employees to work differently, and with higher levels of efficiency and innovation. The role of city authorities is shifting, and across Europe the adaptation to this change is far from uniform.
So what have we learned within the URBACT team about our capacity building work within the current programme? The short answer is – a lot! But for now, I'd underline the following:
So, as we finalise the details of the new programme, we are building these lessons into our approach, and looking to improve on what we have created so far. As we do, our discussions continue with cities on what they need from us in the new programming period. You can let us know by engaging through our social media channels or by responding to this blog. Or, of course, by speaking with us directly during the Info days. We look forward to seeing you there!
Related article: "Dead Practice is a Dead End: We Should Focus on Capacity-Building for Stakeholders".
Today the perception that markets are places that young people don't use anymore is beginning to change and maybe some marriages might even get planned here again . Going to a market is becoming trendy in some places. If you visit Camden Market in London the average age of users is quite low, especially during the summer when it is overrun by thousands of students studying English in the UK and other tourists. One of the goals there is to recover Camden's local buyers. But in Barcelona, where markets are primarily for food, young couples (30 years old and up, because their mothers would get the food shopping until then) flood markets on Saturday mornings shopping for food because they are concerned about healthy eating, quality, Zero km products and getting personalised services from traders.
In every city in every country, markets have different approaches based on what is inherent in their culture in an anthropological sense. During a recent visit to London's markets organised by Cross River Partnership, an URBACT MARKETS project partner, we saw the peculiarities of these markets. They are often privately run, part of public space initiatives, and are creating commercial business concepts with 'authentic' and real estate projects. Behind this private sector initiative, the public system is perceived to have a 'laissez faire' attitude aimed at not hindering initiatives that can generate wealth in the surrounding areas, unless they cause problems for the community, and that can benefit urban planning, services, employment, etc. Local authorities are often seen as regulators rather than facilitators in this context.
Meanwhile, in southern Europe market management is usually from the public sector. Torino, Athens and Barcelona are examples, with strong involvement from local government in terms of facilities and traders to ensure that this service is considered a basic part of the food supply, and which at the same time brings other benefits for urban organisation. Public-private partnerships in these cases is weighted in favour of the public sector, while in the Anglo-Saxon world, it is often the reverse. Probably, moving these two extremes closer together would be beneficial for both models.
But the differences are not only about the degree of public and private engagement, they are also about the type of market we want. In southern Europe, the culture of food and gastronomy is part of everyday life and the main markets have this at their hearts. We have not seen the same in London and Wroclaw where food is often not the main product of markets. Building selling points around the idea of health benefits in food, the benefits of local produce and km 0 products can also help markets to improve the welfare of those living in cities.
We therefore see very different approaches because of customs and culture, and we could probably refer to Max Weber's theory of Protestant liberalism and the spirit of Catholicism to justify these different social approaches.
What is undeniable is that markets are very useful tools to transform cities, whether from the private or public or mixed approaches: to facilitate the regeneration of neighbourhoods and social cohesion, to create jobs and strengthen SMEs, to distribute products and incorporate and promote sustainable practices or to promote a type of healthy food and lifestyle, etc.
But there are some premises that must be taken into account when initiating a strategy like this:
1- Business must be profitable, in other words, markets must be commercially sustainable.
2- The development and improvement of markets, and consequently also the local environment, must be based on a shared commitment between traders and local government, both in terms of objectives and also actions and funding. We are talking about governance and strategy.
3- Local authorities should consider markets from an integrated perspective, taking into account urban planning and the implementation of environmental and social improvements along with economic benefits, etc.
Cities are complex ecosystems in which the organisation and smooth running and generation of wellbeing co exist with many other factors. Markets are tools that allow improvements in many areas. TheURBACT MARKETS' 'Market Handbook' will present the benefits and opportunities that markets offer and some examples of good practices in participating cities: Attica, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Pecs, Suceava, Turin, Toulouse and Wroclaw.
Watch out for the next episode … To be continued.
The English term "slum" can most easily explained to people from Budapest by saying "you know, what's in the 8th district." This part of the city is actually not far from the centre but by the 80s you could find there everything you can expect from a slum area: high crime rates, prostitution, population change, deteriorating quality of public spaces, sinking real estate prices.
In 2005 the district started a city rehabilitation program financed by the European Union, which introduced an integrated and participatory approach. An outstanding result of the first phase of the programme wass the renewal of Mátyás Square and the development of a community centre next to the square. From 2008, in the second phase some adjacent streets were renewed, social and crime prevention programs have been launched, and on an experimental basis, an apartment house renovation program began. The current phase started in 2013 continuing most of the programme elements.
The rehabilitation of the green area of Teleki Square – lying furthest from the centre – was scheduled for this 3rd phase. The park had its heyday in the 60s and 70s, when many people used its chess tables, benches and resting places. By 2013, however, the park had become an uncontrolled, deprived area frequented mainly by homeless people and drug dealers.
The tender for rehabilitation, issued by the local government, was won by the Újirány Landscape Architecture Group who had previously worked on the design of one of the most popular recreation areas of Budapest, Millenáris Park, and initiated several projects of community arts and actions. Although the mandate was the realization of a community planning process, the requirements on the side of the municipality were limited to five public forums. The planning team however undertook the challenge of a real community planning process, and does not seem to regret this decision. "The whole planning process was one great common experience." – says one of the planners in a short film documenting the design process, pointing out that members of the local community were considered not only as users, but also as fellow designers.
Involving the inhabitants of the surrounding apartment houses started with spreading flyers and posters. In the first meeting participants found difficult to evaluate how much trust they should have in the professionals addressing them, but they quickly sensed that the intentions went beyond ordinary public forum. The planners and facilitators of the process reinforced this belief by presenting foreign examples of participatory planning, and managed to persuade the residents to actually have a say concerning the project. "The third time I came down, it was simply because I felt good. (…) By now I would be suffocating if I couldn't tell what I think." – said one of the participants.
After workshops held at the community house, the group usually visited the spot to continue visioning. Various other events and common activities on the site were also part of the process. The ideas and desires for the space which had been raised in the first meeting were written on tarbs and hung on the trees for others to read. In the process the team always placed great emphasis on the presentation and visualization of ideas and results. Of course, modern forms of communication were not left out, and the planning process got its own Facebook page, named "What should Teleki Square look like?"
During the work with local residents, ideas were gathered, the park's outline was formed, and a local community took shape. It was an important step at this stage to determine which ideas or desires fit into the available financial frames, and what compromises (such as using cheaper materials) were needed to keep certain ideas in the plan. "Therein lies the power of collaboration that already we have been able to explain to each other" – says one of the participants.
By this time "cooperation" had already been the key word in the planning process. In the summer of 2013 residents involved in the planning process formed and registered the "Partners for Teleki Square Association". The legal form of an NGO, in addition to providing good framework for various common events, gave a sense of ownership to its members. The local community hopes that ideas dropped from the plan due to financial constraints can later be implemented back by means of future applications or other resources. These may include for instance a stage and some more expensive playground elements. The work of the Association and the responsibility they take is recognized by the municipality. A contract is in preparation to give a legal framework for the Association's park maintenance and development activities. Another plan is that the local government will make a common space available for the Association, which can give space to additional community programs and meetings.
The attitude of the residents during the community planning process and the responsibilities they took as described above are quite unique in Budapest. The local community not only took part in an open space development process funded by the European Union and ordered by the local government, but it has also taken control of the best use and further improvements of the square, and in an area where previously alienation and hopelessness were the dominant attitudes. The words of a participant from the short film reflect this clearly: "Everyone is afraid of participatory planning because a public forum is a messy stuff. (…) But I think that this is very different, and I think even the local authority will take courage, especially seeing the success. (…) And also residents can see that they may substantially affect the developments. Yes. Let's do this everywhere!"
Teleki Square was constructed in the summer of 2014 according to the master plan. On the morning of the 10th of September the mayor of the 8th district inaugurated the park, and later in the afternoon there was a park opening celebration with the local community. The residents who were involved in the planning spent the week after the opening with enthusiastic blogging, sharing their first experiences on the use of the park with the planners and each other.]]>
The partners came up with a number of common guidelines for fostering involvement: go to meet residents locally, hold informal meetings (outdoors, for example), be flexible and use a variety of formats, choose times to suit the target audience (families, elderly people, people who work), etc.
Even so, it can sometimes be hard to get people involved if they are not convinced by the end result. What's more, technicians and residents do not have the same understanding of the project because they are approaching it with
different time frames, experience and knowledge. These differences breed disillusion and disappointment, especially as town planners cannot deliver everything the residents might have liked. Technicians must learn to use a common language, for example with the help of experienced associations that know how to communicate with members of the community.
A public space development project is a long process – longer than residents' time scale – and this discourages many participants. This problem could be addressed by breaking the project down into smaller actions that produce visible results in the short or medium term. This would have the added advantage of showing that it does not necessarily take heavy investments to improve public spaces. Many questions have yet to be addressed, for example: are the residents and associations involved in the project legitimate representatives of those who use the public spaces? Do they
represent the full diversity of users? To what extent should residents beinvolved: information, consultation, participation, co-production?
Over and above the local referendums or public consultation required by law before town planning schemes can be approved, Dresden has developed a variety of formats to get residents involved, depending on the type of project.
Dresdner Debatte is a new form of open, public dialogue on urban development issues. It draws on both online and on-site participation: the Infobox (set up in a red container) is installed in a public space and provides a place where the population can find information and leave their comments and ideas. For smaller projects, residents are involved through forums, analysis by walking around, and workshops. It can include building aspects, as in the redevelopment of the
Lindenplatz public space. However, this type of consultation sometimes shows its limitations.
For example, when there were plans to develop a vacant block into a playground, a public consultation was organised, but the vast majority of the participants were elderly people and the project was challenged. In the end, their opinions were not followed, the playground was built and it has since proved popular with families.
Read more on the USER project's homepage.]]>
After four nights of rioting, peace arrived on the fifth night in the shape of traffic cop Ron Johnson who showed that riots are as much about how the police behave as they are about the crowd.
He mingled with the crowd and ordered police to take off their riot gear and body armour. The fifth night was widely described (on National Public Radio and the press) as having a festival atmosphere. How quickly things can change if you get the social relations right.
On the sixth night a protest got out of control again. The National Guard was called in and a curfew imposed. The city was locked down. Police had the riot gear because of 9/11 and because there is a glut of military material coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan, but they had never been trained in its use. They fired on innocent bystanders and into neighbourhood gardens of local people. A second death followed.
Putting Ron Johnson, an African-American traffic police chief to take over seemed to calm things down more than a neat speech by wordsmith Obama.
"Now is the time for peace and calm on the streets of Ferguson. Now is the time for an open and transparent process to see that justice is done"
It shows that deeds not words make the difference. Also that over-the-top reactions stoke the fire rather than putting it out. You can't
talk to people when you are wearing breathing gear. Instead the police looked like escaped extras from Hollywood.
Students of urban regeneration will know that Ferguson is a suburb of St Louis and that St Louis was the location of the infamous Pruitt Igoe housing project designed by Yamasaki (who also dsigned the Twin Towers) was demolished in the mid 70s after becoming unliveable and segregated. This symbolised the end of modernism and foreshadowed the end of the high rise era (although municipalities in Western and Eastern Europe continued building the for another decade)
Unfortunately, although they demolished the buildings they failed to deal with the underlying social and economic issues in the St Louis metropolitan area that caused poverty and alienation among the black community. Most critically Ferguson shows that ethnic segregation continued apace. The municipality swung from being majority white to being 70% black over a decade.
The problem tree helps us to distinguish between symptoms and causes: is youth unemployment a symptom or a cause?
Here are some of the symptoms:
And some of the underlying causes
The police force is 5% African American and their only senior black policeman is a traffic cop in a different service. But Baltimore has a largely minority dominated police force and anyone remembering the iconic police series of the 1990s 'The Wire' would know that cops are cops. A more integrated police force might help but it would only be scratching the surface of the problem.
The wider problem for the USA is that there are many Fergusons waiting to blow up. So far, this unrest is limited to one location. In 1968 riots spread like wildfire to nearly every Major city. Obama has two questions to address: How to deal with a killing by a policeman; and how to give opportunity to a tenth of his population that have every reason in his sixth years of presidency to look to him for some answers.]]>
The original elements of different food cultures are matched within local plans elaborated on the basis of the best experiences transferred into the project by partners who have already undertook local actions in this sector. Among these, the experience of the Bristol Food City Council is promoting collaboration between local stakeholders in order to find common solutions to the problem of food waste and to increase the use of local and organic food in schools and local communities.
Enhancing the connection between local farmers and residents through the promotion of the GASAP Network (Groupe d'achat solidaire de l'agriculture paysanne) is one of the focus of the action of Brussels Region, lead partner of the project, who is experiencing new tools and strategies to communicate food related topics to its residents. On the other hand, Messina is focusing on the effects an enhanced attention towards sustainable food can have on creating new jobs in this sector for local youth, actively involving agriculture students and catering institutes in the activities of the Local Support Group.
The activities carried out by the ten partners of the project are anticipating the priorities of the global debate on climate, based on the increasing attention on topics such as urban development, use of land and energy production.
The objectives faced by many of these local groups are in line with the priorities stated in the Programme of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which underlines the importance of social, economic and health aspects linked to the EU policy on sustainable food. This is an important signal in view of the next global meetings on climate change, such as the Climate Summit, to be held in New York on 23 September and the Conference of parties of Lima in December meeting.
Cities are acting even faster than national governments in making food chain more sustainable and effective. Concrete interventions of local authorities in this sector can contribute in a decisive way to tackling other problems related to pollution and CO2 emissions: just as an example, the food chain is responsible for 40% of London's global emissions. A mix of actions raising residents' awareness on the different aspects of the problem can help making sustainable food an element of growth for cities around Europe. Slow Food and other grassroots organizations helped putting food quality at the centre of the debate, but the action of local governments can do even more to reconnect residents with food and to enhance the importance of the topic at national and global level.]]>
"The whole idea is that EU Structural Fund Money is usually granted through subsidies. Subsidies strategy – for the government – is basically to give away money, usually aimed at investments. So as a government you give the money: the investment is done, you shake hands, you cut the ribbon with golden scissors, you smile, you drink a glass of champagne and your project is over, as you got rid of your money.
Now with these new financial instruments the government says: "We want our money back after some period of time". We will grant you a loan or we will do a capital injection and we become shareholder, or maybe we give a guarantee. But somehow we will have our money back. Maybe not all of it, because we take high risks and we also allow very low interests, but at least some part is coming back.
This new approach leads to a totally new relationship between the government and private parties. Instead of just shaking hands, paying the subsidy and being done with each other, parties are attached to each other for a couple of years, because companies or organisations have to pay their loan back including interest. So there is a totally different relationship and duration.
In the subsidy strategy the local government with the Managing Authority basically says 'we grant money and it is our responsibility" If you go to new Revolving Instruments, the government must create a distance. You will have to give a big bag of EU Money to a Fund Manager and this Fund Manager will take care of the investments and the return on capital. This will be out of the hands of the Managing Authority or even the local authorities. So it is also a fundamental change of 'letting things go'. And that's really complicated for lots of politicians, because they are used to be in a role of 'Santa Claus' and to walk around in their region and say "You get a bit of money, you get a bit of money" and then the political game is often over.
The new revolving instruments make an end to this divide and conquer approach. Today's topic is about governance and actually this is one of the key aspects. Governments will have to ask themselves: "Who has the last word, who has a veto right?". Now in our group , it is only the city The Hague that has really said "The veto right and the whole decision making is in the hand of the (external) Fund Manager. He will decide upon projects, no more and no less". For now, all the other cities say:"well – the Fund Manager does the proposal, but at the end of the day, the politicians will make the decision". This approach is not in the nature of revolving investments. Because politicians are no bankers, nor should the be bankers. This is still one of the key aspects that local authorities will have to address: 'Are we really going to work towards a revolving instrument and do we want to do that in the right way? Or are we trying to implement aspects of revolving instruments, but in fact we stick to the old way, because we still want to be Santa Claus". This is one of the major challenges.
And these Fund Managers, who should they be? Here you have to be very careful: never appoint civil servants in this seat! A Fund Manager should be basically a banker. Someone who is aiming at financial result and society result and also that will be awarded over that. But this is also complicated, because most Fund Managers are only selected for their capacity to bring financial results. Governments hire traditional investment bankers, but is that smart? The new revolving instruments are not only aimed at financial result, but also on social return. Maybe in one project the financial result is a loss of 50%, so the revenue is only half of what the authorities had invested. But this result is still much better than the financial result of a subsidy (always 0%). And if this project also results in a significant carbon reduction or technological breakthrough, the instrument is in fact a great success. But the banker will say "I've lost half of my money, so I do not continue with this project". So you need to find a new balance between financial and social results. And it is quite hard to get the right people there. For instance people of the EIB (European Investment Bank) say "Yes, we would like to be Fund Managers, because we are the best Fund Managers in town". But when we ask the EIB whether they will invest in loss making projects, their answer is "We will never go and do that"!
I think all people involved should think twice at concept level. You need to get into a helicopter and rise above the playground. And then really consider: "OK, this is our concept, I understand our strategy and I accept everyone's role in the game". Hardly anybody is doing that tight now. Practitioners don't understand the concept, lawyers are confused, consultants are puzzled and politicians take a wait-and-see approach. Nobody looks at the big picture.
Now that's the real good thing about URBACT. Every now and then officials go to another city, away from their everyday burden and get inspired by others. They come back home with good new ideas. Or sometimes they come home with the right questions! A good example of this was a visit by our colleague Modesta from Seville. She and her boss went to Manchester and got inspired to implement this new instrument. This interactive approach resulted in a new kick start in Spain, great!"]]>


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When patrolling the Hill Giant Steading, I accidentally stumbled across a glitch that pitted my characters against ten Gothmenes! Wandering in the southeast corner of the map, I got a message "pic not found." Then, a message "they attack!" Suddenly I found myself in the middle of a battle with ten Gothmenes. My paladin was beheaded in the battle, but it's actually not incredibly difficult overall; due to the tight quarters you only have to fight two at a time, and it's worth 90,000 EXP per character if you can pull it off! I've only been able to cause this to happen once. I made the glitch happen one additional time, but in this case it was only one black Bane Minion. I'm going to keep trying and see what happens.
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Jason Blake: Would have to take a huge paycut and so he should. Sturm didn't work out this year, but the idea was good. Having a hard-working winger ready to clean up Kesler or the Sedins' garbage 5-on-5. Blake knows how to get under the opposition's skin. Has 39 hits in 39 games this year despite injuries. His offense is lacking, but in a good situation - Blake returning to a 40 point ladder-type winger wouldn't be out of the question. The 38 year old might (and should) be willing to take a 1-year contract for one last chance at the cup.
George Parros: I'm not a big fan of having a one-dimensional fighter, but if Gillis is gonna get one, it might as well be Parros.
Sheldon Brookbank: With injuries earlier in the year it showed that having right-handed depth defenseman rather than 2 left-handed depth defenseman could be pretty useful. Sheldon is a big body, is learning to play a really solid defensive game and was an offensive all-star in the AHL at some point. Signing him and seeing who plays the best out of him, Alberts or Rome could end up paying dividends.
Chris Kelly: I think Pahlsson might re-sign with the Canucks. If he doesn't? Kelly would be a great replacement. Was a huge factor in the playoffs and is about to hit 40 points this year. The cost might be too high however.
Greg Zanon: A shot blocking king. GMMG was all for players of this ilk when he began his tenure as GM and Zanon is definitely a solid bottom pairing guy who can PK very well and step up in the lineup if there are injuries.
Brian Rolston: Been really impressed with this guy lately. Had 14 points in the last 12 games of the season and is having a good playoff so far (3 points in 3 games in a low scoring series). Don't know what role he could play in Vancouver, but he's turning 40 and probably would like another shot at the cup - if he doesn't win this year.
Brad Boyes: What has happened to him? Injuries and other things have sidetracked Boyes. Could be a project player. He's a strong guy with a right handed shot, can play C or RW and has scored 43 and 33 goals before. If anything putting him on the PP with the Sedins then trading him while his value is high might not be a bad idea.
David Moss: Especially if Raymond is dealt/not qualified. Moss can bring speed and would probably look good on a checking line that included Hansen. He's spent much of the year injured, but had 30 points in 58 games last year. Could be a good player in the Higgins-mold looking for a fresh start.
Bryan Allen: He was discussed to death on this forum on deadline day and apparently Gillis did have interest. Allen is solid defensively, very strong, big and has played on the same team as many current Canucks (both from his Vancouver and Florida days).
Andrew Brunette: The gritty winger is nearing the end of his career, but probably has another good 15 goal season in him. He's a big guy, strong on the puck and is usually all effort, all the time.
Brendan Morrison: Ex-Canuck from B.C.. Had a tryout with Gillis two seasons ago but wasn't a fit at that point for the 4th line... Now he probably is. Can play all 3 forward positions and has a lot of heart. His offensive game might be gone though.
David Jones: Good in front of the net, can be physical, possesses a nice shot. From B.C. Lots of rumours that he won't re-sign with the Avs. Takes some off nights, but I bet he would look good in the Canucks' system. Could play anywhere in the top-9 and wouldn't be a bad net presence on one of the PPs.
JS Giguere: Only if Schneider is dealt but JS is a goalie with a lot of experience and has re-found his touch with the Avalanche after a trying time in Toronto.
Kristian Huselius: Has only played 2 games this year. But is only two years removed from a 63 in 74 game season and could be a low-risk, huge reward type signing if he'll take a short-term deal. Would be a great playmaker next to Kesler if things worked out. He's put up 40+ assists 3 times at the NHL level.
Curtis Sanford: One again only if Schneider is dealt. Had a good relationship with Luongo and played fine when he was as backup in Vancouver.
Adam Burish: Not too long ago I would have hated this idea, but he has 14 goals since joining Dallas (in 121 games) which isn't bad for a 4th liner considering his ability to get under the opposition's skin. He has a cup ring and he called Pronger an idiot on national T.V.. IMO he might be able to play the 4th line RWer role better than Weise or Bitz.
Tomas Holmstrom: Okay, chances are this ol'dino will either play with Detroit like he always has or retire. But if he played on any other team, there's a decent chance it might be Vancouver (he's Swedish after all). The guy has a ton of experience, can play on any line, can help a PP still and plays with a lot of heart.
Jiri Hudler: Had a off-year upon his return to the NHL, but this season he refound his game. Put up 50 points in 81 games. The skilled forward is a little undersized, but has the hands and speed to make up for it. He also scored 2 goals in 5 playoff games. Might be the skilled player needed on the Kesler line.
Jason Garrison: 6'2, 220 pound defenseman from White Rock who is on pace for 35 points? It'd be nice, but Tallon will probably give him a good offer to stick around.
Los Angeles:
Jarret Stoll: Could be a good replacement for anybody in the top-9. Is having a rough season offensively, but can put up 40+ points. Can play W or C no problem. Has 158 hits so far this year and you know he'll show up to play hard every night.
Travis Moen: Perfect 4th liner who has had previous chemistry with current Canuck Samuel Pahlsson. Has a cup ring. Will fight when needed.
Jordin Tootoo: Strong as heck. No longer has alcohol problems. Plays hard. Gets under the opposition's skin. Would be an awesome fit in the 4th RWer spot. Is gonna score 30+ points this year.
Andrei Kostitsyn: Big winger who plays a gritty enough game and has a big offensive arsenal. Will probably re-sign to play with his brother but would look good next to Kesler.
Brandon Yip: Local Vancouver boy who was on waivers earlier on this season via Colorado and his heart was questioned. However, after a couple of games under Trotz he seems to have refound his legs. When he's at his best he can bring quite a bit of energy to a game.
New Jersey:
Zach Parise: Kesler's linemate and friend during the Olympics. Works out in the off-season with Schroeder. Awesome defensively. Is gonna score 30-35 goals this year after missing a season. Could probably pop 50 in a good situation. Has awesome playoff stats so far. It's far-fetched, but it would be awesome. Parise - Kesler - Booth/Kassian/Burrows would be the best 2nd line in the league.
New York Isles:
P.A. Parenteau: Although overrated, his passing game has improved a lot this year. Will put up 50+ assists this year and could be the playmaker Kesler & Booth need.
New York Rags:
Ruslan Fedotenko: A winger with a good physical game. Lots of playoff experience. Can score 10-15 goals and throw a lot of hits still. Could be an affordable role player.
Brandon Prust: Turning into a solid bottom-six player under Torts. An upgrade over Weise easily.
Kris Newbury: Strong, good AHL center. Currently leading the Whale in points with 58 in 56. Would look good next to Haydar on a two-way contract. Can play anywhere in an NHL line-up and isn't afraid to drop the gloves. Has 66 NHL games under his belt (8 points).
Pavel Kubina: 6'4, 260 pound right-sided defenseman with good mobility, lots of playoff experience, throws lots of hits and has put up 30-40 points a bunch of times in his career.
Matt Carle: Proving he can be good sans Pronger. However, he's another left-sided defenseman and may not fit in with Vancouver or at least wouldn't be the right price.
Shane Doan: If Phoenix moves next year, Doan might too. Will he move all the way to Vancouver? Maybe if he wants a shot at the cup. Might not hit 50 points this year, but brings determination and a decent physical game.
Ray Whitney: The ageless wizard. This guy setting up Kesler and Booth from the left-side would be a dream and I think he has 1 more year left in him. Great playoff guy and doesn't get pushed around despite his size.
Adrian Aucoin: Big right-sided/handed defenseman who is still logging a lot of minutes under Dave Tippet which says a lot about him. Might want a shot at the cup and once scored 23 goals as a Canuck. Would look good next to Edler on the PP and can still help the PK as well.
Arron Asham: Was once the prototypical 4th line RWer, but looks like he might be burning out. I'm still a fan and GMMG should at least offer him a try-out. But he'll probably get a deal on a team with less depth.
Steve Sullivan: Hard to believe this guy is already 37. Ending up finishing the season with 48 points in 79 games. But that doesn't tell the whole story - in his first 13 games he had 3 points, obviously adjusting to a new system and still getting over some previous injuries. In the last 66 games he had 45 points which is definitely top-6 production. There is no questioning Sullivan's hockey IQ or offensive vision, but does he have enough gas in the tank for another season?
San Jose:
Torrey Mitchell: Speedy forward who is all effort all the time. Is good for 20 points and can play a good 2-way game. Might be tired of playing with a bunch of underperformers down there in California. Raymond - Mitchell - Hansen would be way too fast of a line.
Danny Syvret: Strong AHL defenseman who has never been able to stick in the NHL. Would be good on a two-way contract with Tanev sticking in the NHL.
Carlo Colaiacovo: Can score anywhere from 20-30 points and makes a good first pass. Has good mobility. However, will always be known as injury-prone.
Tampa Bay:
Brandon Segal: I really wanted GMMG to sign this guy last off-season. 6'2, 210 pound RWer from Richmond B.C.. Has 11 goals in 97 NHL games and will play a good physical game.
Vancouver (to re-sign):
Samuel Pahlsson: Great bottom-six center who is strong along the boards and will be even more valuable after the playoffs.
Sami Salo: The calm, cool, and collected vet is the glue of the defense and can still control the speed of the game. I sure hope he doesn't decide to retire.
Aaron Rome: AV might love him a little too much, but he plays his role pretty well. At least give him the pre-season to fight for his job.
Alex Semin: Depends what he truly wants. Despite his 'lack of heart' reputation he has A LOT of skill and actually has good playoff numbers. Is pretty big, he isn't physical but he can be strong on the puck. But with only 21 goals this season would he be willing to take a big paycut?
Dennis Wideman: Would look really good next to Edler, especially on the powerplay. Put up 11 goals/46 points this year and is right-sided/handed. Played really well with Boston in the playoffs.
Tomas Vokoun: Would be a great replacement for Schneider despite his streakiness this year. He proved with his paycut that he wants a cup badly.
Jason Jaffray: Good AHL winger who would probably look good next to Schroeder as he takes his next step next season. Jaffray-Schroeder-Rodin would probably be a good combination of speed & skill.
Jim Slater: A 20 point 4th liner with decent faceoff abilities who plays a north-south game? Far cry from where he should've been by now as a 1st round pick, but Gillis loves his first round picks and Slater is adapting his game to stay in the NHL. He also played an important part for Michigan on the same squad as David Booth (they were on the same team for 3 years).
Bud Holloway: 6'1, 201 pound RWer who was drafted by L.A. in the 2006 draft (3rd round). He didn't get a sniff with them and rejected their qualifying offer. This year he put up a big 49 points 55 SEL games and now 19 points in 16 playoff games to lead his team so far (and 1st in the SEL). Last year he had 61 points in 71 AHL games and 11 points in 7 AHL playoff games. His total AHL playoff numbers were 25 points in 23 games. He's 24 currently.
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Andy Whitfield, who played the title role in the first season of Starz's 'Spartacus,' passed away Sunday. The actor was 39.
"No words to express the depth of such a loss," 'Spartacus' creator Steven DeKnight said Sunday evening on Twitter. "You will be deeply missed, my brother."
According to a statement released to the AP by Whitfield's family, he died at home," on a sunny Sydney morning, in the "arms of his loving wife." His wife Vashti called him a "beautiful young warrior."
"He passed peacefully surrounded by love," said the statement from Vashti Whitfield. "Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have help carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was."
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Plant will enable utilization of sawmill residue for sustainable heat and power production.
The equipment company Metso will supply the Russian firm Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC with a complete biomass-fired combined heat and power plant at its facility in Syktyvkar, the Komi Republic, Russia. The power plant is scheduled to be in operation in 2014.
Metso's delivery will include process equipment and technical advisory services for installation, commissioning and training. A Metso belt dryer and a Metso DNA automation system will also be included in the delivery. The power plant will use bark and wood residues from the Syktyvkar sawmill and other biomass. The power output of the plant will be 4 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The power will be distributed to the local grid and heat will be used in the belt dryer.
"We are convinced that cooperation with Metso will provide a means to use the sawmill residues from the Syktyvkar sawmill to produce power. This is an important issue for the Government of the Komi Republic. The new plant will be built based on advanced know-how solutions using the most modern equipment," says Alexander Gibezh, deputy minister of industry and transport of the Republic of Komi. "Sawmill residues that have long been stored at the site of the Syktyvkar sawmill will now be used as fuel for the new power plant. The investment in the power plant will help to create more job opportunities and will improve the environmental situation in the Komi Republic," adds Alexey Kryukov, CEO of Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya.
"This power plant is an important milestone in the development of distributed power generation based on the vast renewable biomass resources of Russia. We are very happy to help Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya LLC to lead the way towards local sustainable power solutions," says Matti Järvinen, Metso's director of North Eastern Europe, Power business line.
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I ordered one dress.
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Pat Summitt reaches new heights: 1,000 wins
Published: Friday, February 6, 2009 at 10:12 a.m.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Pat Summitt, with a withering glare and demanding standards, has made history by becoming the first to reach the unprecedented height of 1,000 career victories.
The Tennessee coach doubts she will be alone forever.
People are saying thats a record that will never be broken, but I dont think so. Records are made to be broken, Summitt said after becoming the first Division I coach man or woman to win 1,000 career games with a 73-43 win over Georgia on Thursday night.
The fact that this program was the first to do it is a great source of pride for all of us, our administration, our coaches, all the players who have worn the Lady Vols uniform.
Tennessee rewarded Summitt, 56, with a post-game party that featured a shower of confetti and streamers, jewelry to commemorate 1,000 along with a painting and even a $200,000 bonus. Theres also a new contract bringing her pay up to $1.4 million this year and taking her through her 40th season in 2013-2014.
Were living through an era that will probably never be witnessed again in college basketball, Tennessee mens athletic director Mike Hamilton said after awarding her the game ball. Sometimes when youre in the middle of that, you dont stop to realize the significance. Im just trying to take pause and think about it all.
Summitt had wanted to win 1,000 on her home court after No. 900 came on the road in Nashville in 2006. Her baby Lady Vols (17-5, 6-2 Southeastern Conference), featuring seven freshmen, made it happen after blowing their first crack at 1,000 on Monday night with an 80-70 loss at No. 2 Oklahoma.
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Let's just sit
The meditation begins at 2:09.
Hello to the Open Heart Project community.
Today we are just going to sit. For many of us, this week marks the beginning of the holiday season and it's a time when we may become busier and more distracted. So today, no big message before the practice, just the practice…
It is always best to keep things very simple, especially during those times of year when life may become more complicated. So let's sit together!
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With love, Susan
Start Here Now; Creating a Sustainable Meditation Practice: a podcast
"Start Here Now; Creating a Sustainable Meditation Practice" from Susan Piver's talk at the New York City Shambhala Center on November 11th, 2014. Susan offers her tips for creating a meditation practice that is rewarding and realistic.
A life changing question
The meditation begins at 4:10.
Hello to the Open Heart Project community. I am so happy to see you. Before today's practice, I suggest a question for each of us to ponder. For me, it has been a life-changing question. I hope it will be so for you, too.
Please enjoy your practice and if you are unable to practice, please enjoy that too.
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With love, Susan
Susan Piver on relationships; from 'Awake in the World': a podcast
Given at the Shambhala Mountain Center's "Awake in the World" conference in October 2014, Susan Piver discusses relationships, buddhism and the dharma.
The Dharma of Depression: a podcast
In this podcast, drawn from a talk in the Spring of 2014 at the New York Shambhala Center, Susan discusses the intelligence of depression, how to differentiate depression from sadness, and how depression can become a part of your spiritual path.
Feelings, part two
"A lot of tragedies happen around the world because somebody's feelings were hurt."—Sakyong Mipham
I see part of our work together as returning a sense of grace and power to the realm of feeling. For far too long, feelings have been ghettoized as girly, weak, something for losers. Feelings are what you talk about when you've run out of ideas, jokes, and stories. When someone says, "I want to talk to you about my feelings," we gird our loins for battle or try to run away. Anything but feelings! Conversely, however, some of us make a very big deal about feelings and treat them as precious, fragile, even magical. Some kind of middle way is best.
The last thing we want to do to someone we care about is hurt their feelings and we will go to great lengths to avoid having our feelings hurt. And for good reason. They can cause relationships to end, companies to collapse, and wars to start. I am not even exaggerating. (I don't know too much about wars, but I do know something about work and I've never seen a great idea fail for lack of funding, positioning, or talent. Great ideas fail because someone's feelings were hurt.)
Can you imagine what your life would be like if you weren't afraid of getting your feelings hurt? I'm not saying there is a way to avoid hurt feelings, but there is a way to develop the capacity to meet them as a part of your spiritual practice. Seriously, ask yourself: who would I be and what would I create if I was not afraid of my feelings but saw them as my allies?
You could say that learning how to feel is the foundation of a good life and a good human society. As you develop a relationship with your feelings you create the pathways (Sakyong Mipham's word) to feel how others feel.
In meditation practice, the pathways create themselves with each moment you spend simply being human. The wider you open the door to joy, sorrow, and confusion, the more wisdom you invite. With each molecule of feeling you allow, you create a molecule of compassion.
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Please post in comments and I will do my best to offer you a helpful answer.
You are the sky.
When you trust your own happiness, you can allow the entire scope of experience to touch your heart. This is the mark of the spiritual warrior. She can hold sweetness, sorrow, rage, and delight equally and fully. She can watch as emotions rise and fall, notice how she reaches out so some and recoils from others, and know that somehow she'll find a way to make whatever she experiences a part of the path. Whether her world is friendly or inhospitable, smooth or rocky, she can abide in it wholeheartedly. A joyful mind is as infinite as the sky and, like the sky, can contain sunshine and storms, snowflakes and hail. Conditions are continually shifting, but the sky is always the sky. It never gives up. From within it, the great sun rises in the east, the moon meets the tide, and the circle is always complete.
From "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life"
Hello, dear Open Heart Sangha members. For some reason, I was thinking about this passage that I wrote for "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life." When I read it now, I don't know where it came from. I didn't even know when I wrote it, it just came out, and when it did I felt like someone had dictated it to me. It remains the favorite thing "I" ever wrote and I just wanted to share it with you.
We are all working with so much—so much sorrow, so much love, so much confusion, so much longing, so much divine light. The older I get, the more I feel that our work is not to accomplish anything but to make room for it all.
Sending love,
PS I sent you an email last night with the results of our first survey about how this program is going. If you missed it or would like to comment in any regard, I posted it here.
Elephant's tears, suffering, and liberation.
I had an experience the other day that I'm sure you too have had–suddenly the whole world and all its suffering became too much. I started sobbing at the super market. (I seem to be doing a lot of crying lately.) The experience caused me to reflect and I share some of these reflections with you today before our 10-mintue practice.
Audio-only version can be downloaded here.
The Dharma of Depression
Having trouble viewing the closed caption version? An un-captioned version can be found here:
Before today's 10-minute meditation session I offer a few thoughts about depression, sadness, and how meditation can help us work with difficult emotions.
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Insufficient Funds (lack of money)
Bobby Chong is looking to buy 2 doughnuts for 50 cents each. The cashier lady says that will be; a dollar seven total. Bobby Chong whips out the B.C(Bank Card), swipes, punches in the pin and waits for the thumbs up for approval then 3 letters in Capitals show up on the machine; ISF. Cashier shakes her head in shame and pitty. Bobby curses and walks away for the counter doughnutless; and realizes that he will never step foot in another Tim Hortons again due to ISF...$1.07 damn. How embarrassing.
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Don Davis – an intersection for entertainment and the banking industry – passes away
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DETROIT (PRNewswire) – Roll through the credits for the 1968 hit "Whose Making Love" and the mega-hit "Disco Lady" and the name Don Davis pops up as producer. Davis, a Grammy Award-winning producer who made historical contributions to the music industry, died Thursday after a brief illness. He was 75.
A lifelong entrepreneur, Davis was CEO and chairman of First Independence Bank, Michigan's only African-American owned and operated commercial bank, with multiple branches around the City of Detroit. With $204 million in assets (as of Dec. 31, 2013), First Independence Bank ranks as one of the top ranked African-American owned banks in the United States, according to Black Enterprise Magazine.
Many knew Davis for his pioneering musical work at Motown Records, his independent label Groovesville Music/BMI, and for his success as an independent, Detroit music producer and hit-making executive at Stax Records.
Davis' compositions included many that became Billboard chart-topping, platinum-selling hits. He was known for his work with music artist Johnnie Taylor, where he worked as the producer and songwriter on "Whose Making Love." In his musical career, which spanned 60 years, his long lasting music has been sampled by many artists, including Destiny's Child and rap mogul Jay-Z. He produced the history making "Disco Lady," which was the first single ever to be certified Billboard Platinum.
And acknowledged leader in Detroit's business community for almost five decades, Davis leaves his wife Kiko, and three children.
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Why is Lightningrod here? Generation V didn't exist until after Brawl came out... ht14 02:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
I know that Gen IV wasn't released until after Brawl. But pictures from the new Smash Bros still don't have the female tail. So should it say Male (in SSB4) under Gender? TorchicBlaziken (talk•edits) 21:54, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
- I think just wait until the games come out, you never know if a pallette change will give the heart. --Spriteit (talk) 01:34, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
Palette swaps
Since I can't edit the page to fix it, I'll note here that I replaced the SSB64 .gif with a .png of the same name. Toomai Glittershine 03:03, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Pikachu is always a male in SSB because it always have a male tail. FDN 17:38, 24 May 2014 (UTC)