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European regulators have raised objections about Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, stating that the deal may break anti-trust rules.
When news of the European Commission's stance on the merger leaked over the past two weeks or so, some observers wondered whether Oracle would use the potential rejection to walk away from the deal.
Oracle essentially squashed those thoughts by releasing a statement today that slams the European Commission for "a profound misunderstanding of both database competition and open source dynamics."
"It is well understood by those knowledgeable about open source software that because MySQL is open source, it cannot be controlled by anyone. That is the whole point of open source," Oracle says in the statement. "The database market is intensely competitive with at least eight strong players, including IBM, Microsoft, Sybase and three distinct open source vendors. Oracle and MySQL are very different database products. There is no basis in European law for objecting to a merger of two among eight firms selling differentiated products. Mergers like this occur regularly and have not been prohibited by United States or European regulators in decades."
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- 4 piece(s) chicken, if really huge /divide & make more
- 2 egg/beaten
- 1 cup(s) all purpose flower
- 1 cup(s) corn meal/or bread crumbs, either or
- 1 cup(s) parmesan cheese, kraft
- spices as wanted, use salt pepper and garlic salt
- remove all fatty skin from chicken, if too fat or big cut into 1/2s or more.
- turn on stove burner to med/high
- put beaten egg into bowl
- put flour and breadcrumbs or corn meal into seperate bowl, and combine using whisk add about 1/3 of the parmesan cheese and whisk
- dredge chicken pieces thru the egg mis and then through flour mix toss each piece into now hot pan. Add a sprinkle or 3 of parmesan cheese as it cooks
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Throughout her life, Durham civil rights activist Ann Atwater's work with the poor, the sick and the disenfranchised has embodied the Gospel message that it is better to give than receive.
Now, her own health and financial resources in decline at age 71, Atwater is opening her arms to receive as graciously as she has given.
The result is a unique family, one that defies traditional definitions. "These students—black and white—are all my family. I don't know if I could love them more if I had birthed them all myself," says Atwater, who lives with her two grandchildren. "And they look after me—men and women, alike."
Atwater's capacity for loving friendship has been chronicled in both the 1996 book Best of Enemies and the documentary film An Unlikely Friendship. Both describe a dramatic reversal of the relationship between Atwater and C.P. Ellis, who once served as grand Cyclops of Durham's Ku Klux Klan. On opposite sides of the effort to integrate Durham's public schools in 1970, Ellis and Atwater eventually found common ground and forged a bond that endured until his death from Alzheimer's disease in 2005.
Although Atwater has never stopped helping others, she recently found herself without the means to get to church and doctors appointments, or to make badly-needed repairs for her modest Birchwood Heights home. Florencey Soltys, project director of An Unlikely Friendship and associate professor of social work at UNC-Chapel Hill, suggested Atwater could benefit from a Project Compassion support team. Project Compassion, an area non-profit organization that provides support for people living with illness, brought together 25 divinity students through
Project Bri(ddd)ge (Building Relationships In Durham through Duke Divinity Graduate Education) and five community volunteers to help.
This team has now evolved into the civil rights activist's unique family.
Students regularly deliver meals to Atwater, who, as a diabetic, is on a restricted diet. They make sure she has transportation to medical appointments, speaking engagements and to church on Sunday. They've also held workdays during which they cleaned out her kitchen cupboards and laid carpet in a room that had been hazardous (she walks with a cane) because of its array of small throw rugs. And when Atwater needed a new sofa and her dryer gave out, Greg Duncan, dean of student services, sent out an appeal to the greater divinity community and got both of those essential items donated.
But from the students' perspective, "Mama Ann" still does the lion's share of the giving.
"Ann has taught me a lot about courageously standing up for those who cannot stand for themselves, as she continually lobbies on behalf of others, despite her own challenging condition," says Caroline Lawson D'09, a Warrenton, Va., student and co-leader for Project Bri(ddd)ge. "She is a living example that faith must be a cornerstone of any effort to help one another. She has helped me … to believe that I can do anything I set my mind to as long as I depend on God for everything."
Atwater's life story is a source of inspiration, says Paige Martin D'08, an Albany, Ga., native on track to be ordained as a United Methodist elder after graduation. "I knew that Ms. Atwater was a well-known civil rights activist, and I thought that it would be such a privilege to do something for her, knowing that she had done so much for humanity and for Durham."
Project Bri(ddd)ge, adds Martin, offers important lessons for incoming students. "It reminds us that we aren't just contained in a little bubble at Duke. We live in the city of Durham, and we cannot claim to be passionate about ministry while ignoring our surroundings."
On Wednesdays, Atwater and her "son" Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove D'06 teach Bible study at a local homeless shelter. "Jonathan is the son God sent to me, and he takes care of me like a son. He calls every month to be sure I can make the utilities, and he lets me know when he'll be out of town in case I need him," says Atwater, who is a long-time member of Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ and was the church's first woman deacon.
For Rebecca Rigel D'08, learning about the history of race relations in Durham has enriched her experiences at Duke.
"I have learned that family and love transcend color boundaries. It is definitely possible for people of varied races, ages and socioeconomic standing to form surrogate families, but it takes patience, humility, willingness to learn, faith, hope and love. In fact, with Ann it has become a reality," says Rigel, a native of Gainesville, Ga.
"As I've grown up in the South, my imagination has been shaped by the racial tensions and divisions that exist in our society. Unfortunately, because of my immersion in the culture, I don't even realize the degree to which my way of thinking has been shaped by the negative influences of society," she says.
"I am beginning to see the world more like Ann sees the world—to see every person as a child of God apart from skin color or socioeconomic status. It is possible to transform the imagination so that the boundaries that separate the races and classes can be torn down and a new world can be created here and now."
Sonia Norris D'06, support team initiative director for Project Compassion, says the 25-student support team for Atwater is a prime example of how Project Compassion works.
"Ann's team is a perfect example of tapping into a person's network and our community networks to help. It takes all of us, and that cumulative effect makes a huge difference for people in need."
Norris, who had also met Atwater while a student at Duke Divinity School, contacted Dean Duncan in an effort to tap into a group of students who might help with Atwater's care.
"He suggested Project Bri(ddd)ge, and it turned out to be a perfect fit, because that group's all about community outreach. She loves the students and they love her. They all get so much out of it, and we all take care of each other," she says.
But if Atwater's age and health issues (she's also had two strokes and a heart attack) slow her down a little, they don't stop her from doing what she's always done best.
"I believe that my gift from God—He gives us all a gift—was my ability to reach out and touch people. You can call me any time of night—my phone rings 24/7. I can be feeling bad, in pain, and I can get on the phone with someone who needs $200 'cause they're about to be evicted. That's my shot in the arm. First I ask the Lord what door to knock on, then I start calling. By the time I do that, I have raised rent money."
Those connections are Atwater's "window to the world," now that she's forced to be home much of the time, Norris says. "Her house is Grand Central Station. I looked over the other day at her phone, and she had 61 new calls—that's nothing for her.
"That's the way she communicates and stays connected. One of our goals, when we start support teams, is to help people maintain what works for them, and pick up on the parts that are most challenging for them."
Duncan, who proudly calls himself one of Atwater's "children," says that Duke Divinity's ongoing relationship with her has benefited many students.
"For the past several years, we have had the privilege of having Ms. Atwater speak to our incoming student Project Bri(ddd)ge groups each August. We share lunch with her, watch the documentary An Unlikely Friendship, and then have a fascinating Q&A time with her," he says.
Also, she meets with the Ubuntu group—20 black and white students who gather weekly to discuss issues of race and racism in their lives, the life of the divinity school, and the life of the church.
At any time, says Duncan, there are at least 120 students with first-hand experience with Atwater and who are inspired by her faithful example of Christian discipleship.
There are also many members of the faculty and staff who know her, know of her, or have read about her efforts in Durham during the 1960s and '70s. "So when the calls for assistance go out to the community, there is a ready and enthusiastic response," Duncan adds.
"Our students are receiving far more than they are giving," he says. "Often, when someone of privilege helps someone in need, there is an accompanying patronizing attitude. Ms. Atwater has taught each of us that, though a person may be in need in one area of her life, that person still has much to give and offer in return.
"It becomes a partnership—mutual giving and receiving. We are learning that service is not as much about giving as it is about being in communion with another who is also fully God's child."
This type of work is a reminder that studies and research must be grounded in incarnated discipleship. "All the theory means nothing if it is not applicable to the hopes and sufferings of God's people," says Duncan.
"I believe I can work with everybody," says Atwater, who admittedly had grave doubts when she was asked to collaborate with C.P. Ellis to help integrate Durham's schools. "When I start working with them, they might not love me to start with, but we can keep working together to learn to love each other," she says.
Which reminds Dean Duncan of another biblical admonition that the relationships with Atwater reinforce every day: "We are all, regardless of skin color, children of God—brothers and sisters together in one family. No one is more important or less important than another, and when one rejoices, we all rejoice; when one hurts, we all hurt."


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In Season: Grapes
by Toby Amidor in Healthy Recipes, In Season, September 9, 2011
Grapes are in season right now. Get them fresh off the vine and try some of our favorite ways to prepare them.
When, Where, & What?
Grapes (Vitis spp, Vitaceae) are edible berries grown in clusters on small shrubs or vines. They grow best in temperate zones such as Italy, France, Spain, Mexico and Chile. New world settlers found that grapes brought over from Europe didn't survive the winter cold and were prone to fungal diseases. They developed the hybrid varieties found in America today. Today California is the largest producer of "table grapes" – the kind for snacking.
There are thousands of varieties of grapes. Some are grown for wine production while others are grown to be eaten as-is. Concord grapes are used to produce grape juice, jams and jellies. They're blue in color, with a thick, chewy skin and contain seeds. They're sold as table grapes along with other varieties like Interlaken, Lakemont, Einset Seedless and Venus. Muscat grapes are turned into raisins while Riesling grapes are used to produce wine. Dana found fun varieties when she scouted her local farmers market including Mars and Juniper grapes.
Grapes are typically round or oval, smooth skinned and juicy. Some varieties contain seeds while others are seedless. Some are "slip skin" where the skin can easily be removed while other varieties have skin that is tough to remove. Grapes are divided into categories by color: white or black (or red). White grapes range in color from pale yellow-green to light green, while black varieties range in color from light red to deep purple. In the U.S., peak season for grapes is August through October.
Nutrition Facts
One cup of grapes contains 62 calories, vitamin K, manganese, potassium and vitamin C. Grapes are packed with a variety of antioxidants. One powerful antioxidant called proanthocyanidin was found to have 20 times greater antioxidant power than vitamin E and 50 times greater antioxidant power than vitamin C.
Don't count out the skin of grapes. Resveratrol, a phytonutrient found in the skin has been found to help fight inflammation and cancer. Although red wine has been touted as being the healthy choice, both white and black varieties of grapes contain resveratrol. Red grapes specifically contain lycopene, which may help prostate and breast cancer.
What To Do With Grapes
Fresh grapes are one fruit my kids go gaga over. To make snacking on grapes more fun, thread them on skewers and dip in chocolate syrup or yogurt. Frozen grapes are a scrumptious summer treat, especially on a hot day.
Grapes make a wonderful jam or jelly and are a fun addition to salads and gazpacho. For a change of pace, toss freshly sliced grapes into your tuna or chicken salad. They can be grilled, roasted or pickled. You can even bake them into muffins, pies or tarts.
Shopping Tip: Look for grapes that are plump, brightly colored and firmly attached to their stems. Store grapes unwashed in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to one week. Be sure to wash thoroughly before eating as grapes are typically sprayed with insecticides (especially imported grapes found at the supermarket)—that's why they're number 7 on the "dirty dozen" list.
Grape recipes to try:
- Focaccia with Rosemary and Grapes
- Smooth White Grape Gazpacho
- Spiced Chicken and Grape Skewers
- Carrot, Grape and Raisin Slaw
- Waldorf Chicken Wraps
- Red Grape Haricot Salad with Mustard Dressing
- Red Coleslaw with Grapes
- Fresh Fruit Salad with Honey Vanilla Yogurt
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »
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$5,790,739 To New York For Storms That Hit Last Year
J.J. Jackson | September 22, 2012
The United States Department of Labor has announced that it is giving the State of New York a National Emergency Grant of $5,790,739 to help them clean up after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. Those storms hit the State in 2011.
"While much progress has been made, cleanup and recovery efforts continue in New York following the back-to-back hurricane and tropical storm," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "This funding from the federal government will provide critical assistance to support the activities already underway in communities impacted by the two storms."
What is going on here is not as Secretary Solis says however. This is just more money to pay off political debts from Washington DC to its supporters and going into a black hole used to pay government workers and make them seem useful. There is no way you can convince a person with an IQ over 80 that, after one year, the cleanup from two minor storms has not been completed. But then again, New York is home to a great many liberals who you couldn't pry off their couches with a crowbar.
Why is the USDoL issuing this money? Don't they have scores of welfare recipients and "unemployed" people whom the government is already paying money to? Why aren't these people out there cleaning up this mess we are supposed to believe still exists and earning their "paychecks"?
Just more government waste my friends. And this is why we are $16 trillion in debt. Worse is that we will never get out of that hole sending millions of dollars off in political paybacks.
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"...among the finest in traditional music in America." - Irish Music Magazine
"[Bua] fairly explodes with thrilling but controlled energy." - All Music Guide
"[Bua] have certainly done their historical homework. But they can also raise the rafters with their playing, charm with their singing, and delight with their contemporary energy." - Dirty Linen
"It's understandable if Bostonians and New Englanders take pride in their area's Irish music scene, but [An Spealadoir] serves notice that the Midwest has every right to puff out its collective chest" - Boston Irish Reporter
"In the spring of their musical careers, Chicago-based trad group Bua is in full bloom. "mDown the Green Fields is a wonderful compilation exemplifying each musician's years of dedication to their craft. - fiddlefreak.com
Seriously. If you have any interest in the traditional music of Ireland, an emerald sound born of fiddles, pipes, whistles, and a clarity of voice that sounds like the musical equivalent of a crystal clear mountain stream and refreshes just as much, buy this album." - Devon Leger, Driftwood Magazine
Bua is one of those groups that is very trad and very cutting edge at the same time. Suffice it to say, you gotta be real good to pull this off. Bua is real good. Real good. - Live Ireland
Irish Music Awards' 2009 "Top Traditional Group" is Bua, a quartet comprised of some of the most talented young musicians in the US. Bua plays Irish traditional music with "a precision and intensity that is rarely heard on this side of the Atlantic." Their sound stands out among modern bands in the genre by "keeping the music down the path of tradition." Their 2011 release, Down the Green Fields, finds Bua further down that path where the band explores forgotten sounds and inspirations with a blend of enchantingly stark song arrangements and bold, earthy dance tunes. A review of Bua's 2011 release, calls it "a testament, from beginning to end, of the lasting essentials of the Irish tradition." Bua has performed at many of the top Irish and folk festivals in North America including the National Folk Festival, the Milwaukee Irish Festival, the Lowell Folk Festival, the Dublin Irish Festival, Folk Festival, Goderich Celtic Roots Festival, CityFolk, Catskills Irish Arts Week and Bethlehem's Celtic Classic.
Brían Ó hAirt (lead vocals, concertina, sean-nós dance) Brían's website: www.brianohairt.com
Brían Ó hAirt's (Brian Hart) anomalous voice stands as a testament to the power of tradition. His ability to share the mind's eye of an older generation of singers has afforded him great acclaim at his young age. He became the youngest and first ever American to win the coveted Sgiath Uí Dhálaighshield at the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Listowel, Co. Kerry in 2002—adding his name to the shield's long list of noted singers including Joe Heaney, Frank Harte and Paddy Berry.
His dedication to traditional song and more specifically to the sean-nós style of singing encouraged him to learn the Irish language to an uncanny fluency and along the way introduced him to the close-knit singing community of the Conamara Gaeltacht where Irish is still the commonly spoken language.
Brían has performed extensively in the United States at the Milwaukee Irish Festival, Chicago Celtic Festival, Sean-nós Milwaukee and the Traditional Singers Club of the Twin Cities and in Ireland at Lá na nAmhrán, Cruinniu na mBád, the Ennis Trad Festival and Cuairt na mBàrd. He has also had the distinction of being a singer to the President of Ireland, Dr. Mary McAleese. His recordings have been featured on many radio programs' in Ireland including Céilí House on RTÉ and Lán a' Mhála on RnG as well as on various NPR programs' in the States.
In 2003 Brían established Sean-nós Milwaukee , the first festival in North America to focus on thesean-nós singing tradition. Its success has merited the production of a compilation album entitledSean-nós Cois Locha consisting of festival recordings from 2003-2005. Produced with the help ofCló Iar-Chonnachta publishing company, this album showcases some of America's finest proponents of the tradition, both native Irish as well as American-born.
He is likewise a noted instrumentalist of accordion, concertina and whistle and plays with Milwaukee-based group Cé, and more recently with Chicago-based Bua, both of which Irish Music Magazine has lauded for their distinct talent and innovation in the vein of traditional music.
Brian Miller (guitar, backing vocals, flute) Brian's website: www.evergreentrad.com
Brian Miller started playing Irish music as a 17-year-old in his decidedly non-Irish hometown of Bemidji, Minnesota. His first experiences with the music came through singing and playing guitar with The Gaels, a band he started with two friends who, like him, had no experience with Irish music.
Miller quickly dove deep into the Irish tradition. Since 1998, he has lived in Minnesota's Twin Cities where a vibrant and supportive community of Irish musicians has nurtured his evolving musicality. County Offaly accordion player Paddy O'Brien and County Derry guitarist and singer Daithi Sproule (both long-time residents of the Twin Cities) have been big influences. More inspiration and encouragement has come from plenty of time spent in his other adopted home of Cork, Ireland. Miller's primary instrument has always been the guitar and over the years his backing style using the DADGAD tuning has earned him a strong reputation throughout the US and in Ireland. Ramblesmagazine praises Miller as a guitarist "who really understands the music and doesn't just play the chords". He began playing the flute in 2000 while studying Irish music in Cork where his first teachers were Padraig Kelleher and Conal O'Grada. Also a strong traditional singer, he is the founder of the Traditional Singers Club of the Twin Cities.
As a member of a number of traditional Irish music groups and duos including The Tommie Cunniffe Trio, Norah Rendell and Brian Miller, Bua, The Doon Ceili Band, 5 Mile Chase and Laura and the Lads, Miller has performed throughout the US and in Canada and Ireland. In Ireland he has been featured on TG4, RTE television and RTE radio and back home he has performed on Minnesota Public Radio. He has been a guest lecturer on The Irish song tradition at University College Cork and he is currently a flute, whistle and guitar teacher at the Saint Paul based Center for Irish Music.
Sean Gavin (Flute, Uilleann Pipes)
Sean Gavin's playing on the flute, whistle and uilleann pipes reflects his lifelong immersion in, devotion to, and love for traditional Irish music. This was no doubt encouraged by his County Clare-born, fiddle playing father, Mick Gavin. As a boy in Detroit, Sean played a variety of Irish instruments until settling on the flute at age 10, inspired by Scariff flautist Leo MacNamara. Not long after, he began work on the uilleann pipes with teacher Al Purcell—himself a student of famed piper Leo Rowsome. Currently residing in Chicago, he deeply values his many opportunities to hear, talk with and learn from Sligo flute legend Kevin Henry. Sean is a member of the acclaimed group NicGaviskey, often performs with his family and remains firmly dedicated to playing and teaching traditional Irish music.
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Devin Shephard is a fiddler from Chicago. He began Suzuki violin lessons at age four, but fell in love with traditional Irish music at ten. His mother nurtured his interest, immersing him in the deep-rooted Irish music scene of his hometown, where he studied with Kathleen Keane and Liz Carroll and regularly attended sessions. As a young fiddler, Devin won first prize in the Midwest Fleadh Cheoil for nine consecutive years. More recently, his stylistic development has focused on recordings of legendary Irish fiddlers of the past, such as Bobby Casey, Michael Coleman, and John Doherty, as well as living legends James Kelly and Paddy Cronin. Since 2000, he has made his living teaching and performing Irish music throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is a member of Chicago-based ensemble Chicago Reel and has a degree in music composition from the Chicago College of Performing Arts.
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FAIRWAY, KS — For more than three years, lawmakers in Kansas, Missouri, and a host of other states have been pushing bills to prohibit the use of Islamic law—commonly referred to as Sharia—in US courts. There are a lot of serious questions one might ask about this anti-Sharia campaign, but among journalists, the bills have most often provoked incredulous, derisive, and sardonic responses: Is this really happening?
When the Kansas legislature sent anti-Sharia legislation to Gov. Sam Brownback's desk last year, Kansas City Star columnist Yael Abouhalkah made the tongue-in-cheek argument that Brownback "better sign" the bill in order to burnish his "ultra-conservative" credentials and "to show those foreigners they can't control the courts of Kansas. Just like they've been doing since, well, never." When Brownback did in fact sign it, editors at the Winfield Daily Courier attributed the bill's passage to a "sophomoric, circus-like atmosphere" prevailing at the state Capitol.
When strikingly similar legislation surfaced in Missouri last year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board dismissed it as "silly." When a new version came up this year, the editors placed it on a list of recommended vetoes for Gov. Jay Nixon, but only in a subheading at the bottom among other "silly stuff" perpetrated by the legislature.
These amused and amusing reactions are understandable given the absurdity of the notion that "creeping Sharia,"—the alarmist term sometimes used by advocates of these bills—is poised to overwhelm the Midwest. But they understate the seriousness and persistence of the movement behind such legislation, and its potential effects on American Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
"I don't think there is sufficient awareness of the consequences of these bans," Amos Toh, a fellow at the left-leaning Brennan Center for Justice, told me in an interview. Toh coauthored a report released last month, a joint effort between the Brennan Center and the Democratic-affiliated Center for American Progress, detailing "legal uncertainties and practical problems" presented by these bills, which have been enacted in six states so far.
Origins and goals
The Brennan/CAP report notes that these bills all have a common origin: "a small network of activists who cast Muslim norms and culture, which they collectively and inaccurately labeled as Sharia law, as one of the greatest threats to American freedom since the Cold War."
Back in 2011, The New York Times zeroed in on the leaders of this network, including well-known conservative activist Frank Gaffney, and also a little-known, Brooklyn-based attorney named David Yerushalmi.
According to the Times, Gaffney and Yerushalmi attempted in 2008 to convince Bush administration Treasury officials of the dangers of Sharia law, but were rebuffed. This led to a change in tactics.
"If you can't move policy at the federal level, well, where do you go?" Yerushalmi told the Times. "You go to the states."
The Republican electoral wave in the 2010 midterm elections ushered in an influx of Tea Party-influenced, conservative state legislatures across the country. These conservative legislatures provided a vessel for Yerushalmi and Gaffney to see their anti-Sharia beliefs enshrined in law.
As the Brennan/CAP report notes, "Ground zero for this effort was Oklahoma, and the lessons learned there provided a template for anti-Sharia efforts in other states." Yerushalmi's conservative allies raised money for an anti-Sharia ballot initiative in the Sooner state, which was overwhelmingly approved in 2010—but was later overturned by the courts on the grounds that it inhibited freedom of religion without serving a secular purpose. A wave of similar bills made their way through state legislatures in the next year and a half, garnering much publicity but limited success. In March 2012, Omar Sacirbey of the Religion News Service wrote a piece headlined, "Anti-Shariah Movement Loses Steam in State Legislatures."
Just last month, however, Sacirbey wrote a new piece: "Anti-Shariah Movement Gains Success." The movement's leaders, undeterred by earlier failures, had changed tactics again.
Now, all explicit references to Sharia law in legislation would be excised in favor of a blanket ban on "foreign law." Yerushalmi drafted a new template for anti-Sharia legislation that would be less vulnerable to court challenges. New bills in Oklahoma and Kansas followed this template almost verbatim—and both were ultimately signed into law.
Missouri legislators also seem to have followed Yerushalmi's new template in drafting this year's bill—a fact that was overlooked by most reporters in the state, as it had been in Kansas. Only the alt-weekly Riverfront Times, following up on arguments from the liberal advocacy group Progress Missouri, highlighted the fact that Missouri's newest "anti-foreign law" bill was strikingly similar to Yerushalmi's draft. (The bill's sponsor said he was not familiar with Yerushalmi.)


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iPads create new learning environment at Trinity Episcopal School
Nov. 12, 2011 at 5:12 a.m.
3D Brain: Free for iPad and iPhone, app shows and describes all the parts of the brain.
Art: 99 cents for iPhone, app teaches about pieces of art.
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Not a single textbook was open in history class Monday morning, but eighth-graders at Trinity Episcopal School were still busy learning.
They were poring over the original 1763 Treaty of Paris, which was glaring back at them on a 2011 iPad.
"They have a world of information at their fingertips," said Kristy Nelson, the school's development director.
Thanks to a grant from the O'Connor & Hewitt Foundation, the school this year brought 90 iPads into their school of 163 students.
The iPads have proven to be a cost-effective, versatile way to teach everything from math to reading to everyone from 3-year-olds to 13-year-olds.
Hayden Nelson, a 13-year-old student in Monday's history class, said the iPads help students retain the information they're learning.
"You're more into it. You're not just reading it, you're looking at different sources," he said.
At their teacher's commands, students went from looking at the historical document to looking up definitions on the iPad's dictionary application. Then, they searched for causes and effects of the treaty for that day's assignment.
They can even type up their assignments on the iPad and print them out for their teacher.
"It's an enhancement. See, they're busy," their teacher, Luis Rodriguez said, pointing to his quiet class. "I don't have to tell them what to do. They stay engaged."
Across the street, 4-year-olds were practicing letter recognition and writing, tracing their fingers along letters and numbers on the iPad. Words demonstrating the letters played through headphones resting on each little head.
The iPads are ideal for any kind of learner - visual, audio or kinesthetic - Nelson said.
"It looks like an 'S'" 4-year-old Emmy Chang recognized after tracing the number 5.
And down the hall, in a second-grade classroom, students were learning how to count money by tapping coins on a screen.
"They'll do this stuff for hours, and they'll think it's a game because it's in a game format, and they have fun doing it," their teacher, Mary Rokyta, said.
While some students have made it to practicing multiplication on their electronic math games, other students are perfecting their subtraction skills. The private practice on the iPad allows students to be less intimidated, and it facilitates students who are on different learning levels, Rokyta said.
"It lets them all be successful at whatever level they're at, all at the same time," she said.
Rokyta and Rodriguez, who have more than 77 years of teaching experience between them, said they have embraced the new teaching opportunities iPads present.
Of course, they're learning, too.
"The kids, they know (technology) . I can usually ask them questions," Rokyta said.


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Tobias Harris played nearly 1,000 minutes for the Magic last season after being acquired from the Milwaukee Bucks in the J.J. Redick trade. But after the season was over, Harris was still somewhat of an unknown quantity. He was a stretch four that didn't bring much stretch to the position, given that he shot only 31.0 percent from 3-point range. Instead, he thrived taking bulkier opponents off the dribble and aggressively attacking the rim.
He had stellar base numbers with Orlando, putting up 17.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks with a 17.0 PER — only six players in the NBA averaged those numbers for the 2012-13 season. But his .524 True Shooting percentage, a measure of efficiency, was below the league average (.536). And there's also the question of how much of Harris' production was just stat-stuffing on a bad team.
This season hasn't done much to answer those questions. He had his start to the season denied by a high ankle sprain, and with so little news surrounding him, I nearly forgot he existed. In a 3-on-3 for ClipperBlog on who the best young Magic player would be, I honestly just forgot about Harris.
Harris is finally back in action, having his best game of the season so far against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, yet the questions remain. He's flip-flopped positions from last season, now playing the majority of his time at small forward with Glen Davis healthy. His minutes per game are drastically down, but it's unclear how much of that is the effect of him coming back from injury.
He's yet to really breakout this season and is hounded by poor shooting, but more importantly, he doesn't have an obvious role. Arron Afflalo is the cornerstone of the offense, mainly working off of isolations, post-ups, and screens. Victor Oladipo and Jameer Nelson spend most of their time running the pick-and-roll with the multitude of Magic big men, who are also the occasional recipients of post-ups. Fitting Tobias Harris in will be a clunky task for Jacque Vaughn.
The majority of Harris' offense last year came on either isolations or post-ups, but there may not be enough touches for him with far more offensive options on the team this season. He'll have to be the ballhandler in the pick-and-roll more often with his move to the three. That's something Harris did only sparingly last season, as it accounted for just 2.7 percent of his offense, per Synergy.
The best option may be to keep him as a focal point in bench-heavy lineups, but it remains to be seen if that actually happens.
Harris showed awesome potential last season, but his status for this season hangs in doubt. The good news is that the Magic have another 55 games to figure out what type of player he is.


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The Quick Road to an Intranet Web Server
Apache has many wonderful configuration options available. To someone who has never managed a web server, the list of options might seem quite daunting. However, it is possible to employ a simple cookbook method to get your web server up and running in short order. The following values will produce a working Intranet server which should perform marvelously in most organizations. Of course, if you have special security requirements, a review of the Apache documentation is quite helpful.
Any Linux distribution with an easy installation of Apache will likely have a reasonable set of parameters already enabled. Even if your web server is live seconds after installation, you may want to review the configuration files just to find out what features have been enabled and disabled by default.
The Apache configuration generally has four files of note. In Red Hat, these are found in /etc/httpd/conf/. In Debian, they are located in /etc/apache/. If you built Apache from the sources as described above, they should be in /usr/local/etc/apache/conf/. The four files are access.conf, httpd.conf, srm.conf and mime.types.
If the files are not found in your kit, you should be able to locate the same group of files with names ending in .conf-dist. Simply copy each of these files to the appropriate location (e.g., /etc/httpd/conf/ if you are using Red Hat) using the .conf file type, and edit the files so that they contain the parameters described below. Note that the Apache-supplied configuration files contain useful hints not shown here for the sake of space, as well as many additional parameters not discussed here. So, it is best to edit the files to contain the following parameters, rather than attempting to construct new configuration files from scratch.
Of the four files, mime.types is the least likely to require modifications. It is a table which associates MIME headers with file types. For example, the table will say that a file ending with .gz should generate a MIME header of application/x-gzip.
The most likely candidate for parameter adjustment is the access configuration definition. In access.conf, try using the following values:
<Directory /home/httpd/html> Options Indexes Includes ExecCGI FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None order allow,deny allow from all </Directory>
In this example taken from a modified Red Hat file, this entry says that the main HTML files for this server will be stored in /home/httpd/html. The options include:
Indexes: if the user specifies a URL that points to a directory name rather than a file name and that directory does not contain an index file (such as index.html), Apache will display a list of the files contained in the specified directory. If you don't want this behavior, simply omit the "Indexes" keyword from the "Options" line.
Includes: this allows the server to include files as directed.
ExecCGI: if the URL specified is actually a CGI script, this will allow that script to execute. If you are not interested in CGI scripts, don't include the keyword.
FollowSymLinks: Let's say that I've created a symbolic link to my CD drive in this directory. This keyword will instruct Apache to allow access to that CD as if it were a subdirectory of this directory. This facility can be quite handy if you wish to serve up the contents of a CD or allow access to the HOWTOs which normally reside in a tree such as /usr/doc. One quick symbolic link, and you can allow Apache to serve those files without moving them or creating individual symbolic links. But remember to create symbolic links with care, or else you might find that your web site is serving up documents you never intended to be universally available.
The CGI directory entry will generally look more minimal, like:
<Directory /home/httpd/cgi-bin> AllowOverride None Options None </Directory>
The parameters that define the operational parameters for the Apache daemon in httpd.conf are as follows:
HostnameLookups onIf HostnameLookups is "on", the server will use DNS to try to determine the user's host name for logging purposes.
User nobody Group nobodyUser and Group determine the access privileges of the remote user. The server will act as if it were a job created by the specified user and group (in this case, "nobody").
ServerAdmin root@localhostServerAdmin sets the user name and host to receive mail messages that might be generated by the daemon.
ServerRoot /etc/httpdServerRoot sets the base directory for configuration and log files.
ErrorLog logs/error_log TransferLog logs/access_log RefererLog logs/referer_log AgentLog logs/agent_logThese parameters specify the name and location of various log files. The directories specified are relative to the ServerRoot directory. Once you've run Apache for awhile, examine these log files. In them, you'll find information about which pages were accessed when and by whom. You'll even find information about the page that called your page and the type of browser the user was employing to look at your site.
MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 StartServers 5 MaxClients 150These parameters deal with the fact that Apache generates child processes before they are needed in order to deal with any sudden increase in incoming traffic. These parameters specify the minimum and maximum number of unused children which should exist at any point in time. They also specify the absolute minimum and maximum number of children which should be available. Using the command ps ax will reveal the multiple children which the Apache daemon is currently using.
The file srm.conf contains many different items. It deals largely with the name space of the server as well as how the server responds to requests. Of special interest are the following lines:
DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html Alias /icons/ /home/httpd/icons/ ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/cgi-bin/ UserDir public_html
DocumentRoot specifies the top of the directory tree that contains the pages to be served. Alias allows the specified directory to be accessed by a pseudonym, even though it is not under the DocumentRoot tree. ScriptAlias is like Alias except that the directory will contain CGI scripts. UserDir specifies the user's subdirectory to look in for any URL that uses a /~username/ specification. For example, if the user's default directory is normally /home/username/, then the user's default HTML directory will be /home/username/public_html/.
The Quick Road to an Intranet Web Server
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Take a listen to Kid Ink and Sean Brown's newest collab "WTF".
Coming off his newly released Mascot mixtape, here goes another standout cut from Sean Brown with "WTF", featuring Alumni label mate Kid Ink. This new party cut features Kid Ink on the hook, while SB shows off some impressive bars all over this KB produced beat. This totally needs a few spins at your next party. Turn Up!
If you're unfamiliar with Sean Brown, then I strongly recommend you get in tune and check out the rest of his entire mixtape right here. (Features include Kid Ink, Ty Dolla, Mann, and more!
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I be like, Waiter tell me where the drinks at?
You aint got to wait up, we aint goin to sleep yet
No I see these haters, thinkin' they invincible
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Eminem - I Need a Doctor Feat. Dr. Dre
I Need a Doctor Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre
Damn. Another Dr. Dre track. Wat a Week this is turning out to be. This one kinda sounds like Eminem's "Love The Way U Lie". May have been left off Eminem's Album.
Check out I Need a Doctor, the latest track from Eminem, featuring Dr. Dre which dropped on Wednesday, November 17th, 2010. Eminem's movement grows stronger with each new release, and I Need a Doctor has further strengthened that fact. It's a solid addition to the commendable body of work Eminem has been creating since stepping foot in the rap game, and we're definitely looking forward to what Eminem has on deck.
Have you heard Eminem's Echo (Prod By DJ Khalil), featuring Royce Da 5'9'' & Liz Rodrigues? If you're down, make sure to visit Eminem's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes.
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Launch of School Feeding Program
Vodafone Egypt Foundation, in cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP) and in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Education (MOE), launched the School Feeding Program ''Wagbety Fi Madrasty'' initiative with an allocation of EGP 6 million. This initiative constitutes a step towards implementing one of the WFP's School Feeding Programs targeting more than 200 thousand students in the most disadvantaged communities in Assuit and Sohag governorates.
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Da Vinci® - Robotics Changing the Experience of Surgery
The da Vinci® Surgical System provides cardiovascular surgeons with an alternative to both traditional open heart and open chest surgery, putting a surgeon's hands at the controls of a state-of-the-art robotic platform. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.
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The mitral valve controls blood flow through the left side of the heart. When it opens, the mitral valve allows blood to flow into the left ventricle -- the heart's main pumping chamber. When the left ventricle contracts, the mitral valve closes in order to prevent blood from flowing back toward the lungs.
Sometimes the mitral valve is abnormal from birth. It can also become damaged by infection, with age or from heart disease.
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If the mitral valve leaflets cannot tightly seal the left ventricle, this is called prolapse. With mitral valve prolapse, some blood flows back into the atrium – a condition called regurgitation. Regurgitation can make the heart work harder, leading to further valve damage and increasing the risk of heart failure.
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Series tied 1-1 (as of 4/30)
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7:05 PM ET, April 30, 2013
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
A pitching matchup between the New York Yankees' Hiroki Kuroda and Houston Astros' Philip Humber appears to be a colossal mismatch.
Kuroda has never lost in seven career starts against the Astros while Humber has been hit hard in losing all five starts for Houston heading into Tuesday night's matchup.Houston (8-18) ended a nine-game road slide as well as New York's four-game win streak with a 9-1 rout in Monday's opener of a three-game set.The Yankees (15-10), though, figure to be heavily favored in the second game.Kuroda (3-1, 2.79 ERA) is 3-0 with a 1.61 ERA against the Astros and brings in a 15-inning scoreless streak against them.New York has won four straight starts by the right-hander, who is 3-0 with a 2.28 ERA in that span. He gave up three runs over six innings Thursday in a 5-3 home win over Toronto, settling down and not allowing a hit over his final four frames."This might be his best performance of the year," manager Joe Girardi said. "It says a lot because he didn't have a whole lot."Kuroda's batterymate was the injured Francisco Cervelli in each of his last three outings, with Chris Stewart catching him in his first two 2013 outings. He has a 1.61 ERA with Cervelli behind the plate, but a 6.75 mark with Stewart.Opponents are batting .215 against Kuroda this year while that figure is a robust .343 against Humber (0-5, 7.99).Humber failed to get out of the first inning and allowed eight runs two starts ago against Cleveland before yielding seven over 4 2/3 innings Thursday in a 7-2 defeat at Boston."I'm just not making good pitches," Humber said. "It's not fun to go out there and get hit around like that."The right-hander is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in two starts against the Yankees back in 2011.One factor in his favor would be if he faces Ichiro Suzuki, who got the night off Monday. Humber is the pitcher Suzuki owns the most at-bats against without a hit, going 0 for 9 -- 0 for 3 in Humber's perfect game last season with the White Sox.Houston had 17 hits for its second-highest total to break a four-game overall slide. Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Brandon Barnes had three hits and three RBIs and each set career highs for hits and RBIs.The Astros recovered after being outscored 28-10 in a four-game sweep by the Red Sox."I know they can do it," manager Bo Porter said. "You're just waiting for it to happen night in and night out and be consistent. That's why we stay positive, because we know it's in there."The top three hitters for New York combined to go 6 for 11, but the rest of the lineup was 2 for 20.The Yankees were without Kevin Youkilis for the eighth time in nine games because of a bad back. He had an MRI on Monday and he'll get a shot for his back probably on Tuesday.New York leads the all-time series 8-2.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
Gameday Matchup
Houston | New York | |
Night | 40-76 | 53-53 |
Grass | 49-106 | 77-67 |
Current Streak | L15 | W3 |
Last 10 | 0-10 | 5-5 |
Pitching Matchup
Gameday Lineups
NO. | Houston | New York |
1. | R. Grossman, CF | B. Gardner, CF |
2. | J. Altuve, 2B | I. Suzuki, RF |
3. | J. Castro, C | R. Cano, 2B |
4. | C. Pena, 1B | T. Hafner, DH |
5. | C. Carter, DH | B. Boesch, RF |
6. | R. Ankiel, RF | J. Nix, 3B |
7. | M. Dominguez, 3B | L. Overbay, 1B |
8. | B. Barnes, LF | E. Nunez, SS |
9. | M. Gonzalez, SS | C. Stewart, C |
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With a new developer on board for the proposed overhaul of Farnam Courts, the housing authority is looking to take the crime-ridden housing project in a new direction—less "family development" and more of an apartment tower like 360 State.
The board of the Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH) Tuesday evening voted unanimously to hire Trinity Financial to redevelop Ribicoff Cottages in West Rock and Farnam Courts on Grand Avenue. Trinity has partnered with HANH on several other projects in town.
To accommodate displaced families, HANH plans to convert the old Cott soda factory at Chatham and Ferry Street into homes, as well as build more housing at Eastview Terrace.
For months, the authority has been working on plans for tear-down and rebuild of the 70-year-old 244-unit housing complex. Tuesday's approval marks a step forward in that process, which is still about five years away from completion, said HANH director Karen DuBois-Walton.
The meeting's discussion—and unveiling of a conceptual drawing—offered some preliminary ideas of what a re-imagined and rebuilt Farnam Courts might look like.
Farnam Courts sits in an industrial part of Grand Avenue that's cut off from Wooster Square by I-91. In place of what is now a low-slung complex of adjoined homes and courtyards, the authority aims to erect a multi-story, apartment building that could have greenspace on the roof, like 360 State, the new luxury apartment tower downtown. DuBois-Walton said such a structure would be more in keeping with the surrounding "light industrial" neighborhood and would dovetail with city plans for the improvement of the Mill River district and the stretch of Grand Avenue between the river and downtown.
The new tower would have 360 apartments, an expansion from the 244 units at the current Farnam Courts, DuBois-Walton said. Instead of warehousing poor people like the failed Elm Haven projects in Dixwell, the Farnam redo aims to house people of mixed income.
The redevelopment would contrast with other recent Housing Authority rebuilds like Q Terrace and the new Brookside. Those projects have been redesigned to feel more like collections of colorful family homes, with individual patios, porches, and lawns.
That kind of "family development" didn't work at Farnam Courts, DuBois-Walton said. To try to recreate it would make an "island" of such homes in what is otherwise an industrial area that's "not ideal for families," she said.
360 State is fully leased out, DuBois-Walton said, indicating that demand exists for that kind of one- and two-bedroom apartment housing.
As part of the redevelopment, the housing authority plans to create homes for families at two other locations. The authority will put up new housing at what is now a grassy area near its Eastview Terrace project. And it will be converting the old Cott soda factory in Chatham Square into housing, DuBois-Walton said.
All together, the plan will cost some $30 million. Plan A for financing is winning a federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant, DuBois-Walton said. Plan B is bonding, tax credits, and private developer equity.
The new apartment building could include retail on the first floor, and the conceptual drawing shows industrial buildings constructed in the rear of the site.
Gabby Geller, a project manager with Trinity, said she aims to start work next summer.
As with other housing authority redevelopments, HANH would find new housing for all current Farnam Courts tenants, who would have the option to return once the new building is complete.
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posted by: FrontStreet on August 23, 2012 8:00am
That's an interesting idea. Fair Haven really doesn't have enough low income housing so nice for city developers to move Farnham Court families into the neighborhood. I wonder if there are any apartments in the East Rock neighborhood that might accomodate these families? Probably not…
posted by: anonymous on August 23, 2012 9:03am
Why are displaced families being moved to one of the poorest areas of the city?
Shouldn't they be offered housing in Branford, Milford, Hamden, or North Haven, which have healthier neighborhoods, plenty of jobs, and higher-performing schools. As a bonus, these areas also have been seeing a huge exodus of young families, unlike New Haven, which is seeing a very rapid growth in its population of young children (and needs to build more K-5 schools).
There are always some anecdotal exceptions, but this policy seems to be designed to ensure that these kids are doomed to failure. Poor family + Poor school + Poor neighborhood = low probability of future success, high probability of prison and a life expectancy that's 10 or 20 years shorter than the kids growing up in Branford.
At least the housing will be better than what's there now, so I suppose we can give this plan a D- instead of an F. But "better than what's there now" is a pretty low bar.
If we stick with the plan, the developer at the very least should be required to fund extra academic enrichment programs and summer camps for the children who are being relocated.
posted by: SaveOurCity on August 23, 2012 9:04am
Financing? Better stick with the plan to get money from the Feds. No developer (or pension fund) is going to put money into a project like this after watching the bait and switch the city pulled at 360 State.
posted by: Threefifths on August 23, 2012 9:09am
Again.Snake -Oil being sold to the people.
This is noting more the the head of urban gentrification coming in.
Read Dr. Mindy Fullilove book call Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It.
Also read There goes the hood by Lance Freeman.
But you all will keep voting them in.
posted by: Curious on August 23, 2012 9:28am
Better nail down that tax plan now. I wonder if any lessons from 360 State will be learned at all, or if we'll see the same mismanagement here.
Will we be getting a grocery store here, too? Maybe an expansion of Elm City Coop?
posted by: John Fitzpatrick on August 23, 2012 9:35am
Wait a second. Is there any reason to believe that this won't become another Elm Haven? Any reason at all to think that this will somehow turn out differently? Shouldn't we expect the same design to produce the same results?
posted by: HhE on August 23, 2012 9:54am
The counter question I posse is this, why does the city consign so many prime locations to subsidised housing? A location across from the train station, an easy walk to the 9th Square and its amenities, could be a high rent district with desirable shopping (look at how much successful retail space is in Grand Central and DC's Union Station).
posted by: JustAnotherTaxPayer on August 23, 2012 9:55am
Just two words, Elm Haven. When it was planned and opened it was a model neighborhood designed by people who could not predict the future. Economists are worse than weathermen, and politicians seeking federal housing funds are just driven by planning projects that bring lots of money to them, not the city.
Elm Haven slowly was driven into a horrible place, where every elevator, stairwell, and hallway smelled of urine. Where law abiding residents were hostages in their own apartments, and police were targets for teenagers with guns shooting down on them as they approached the buildings.
With the onset of illegal narcotics from the mid-seventies to the nineteen ninetees, drug gangs run by specific families controlled those towers, and bred several generations of gun toting teenagers that became a threat to every citizen throughout the city.
What type of magic pill are thaese planners taking. this is just another breeding ground for social dysfunction, and no amount of psycho-social babble will change that. Watch the presentation on the proposed experimental methods, brought to you by the great Yale think tank, for controling human behavior within this tower, as it will sound reasonable and sensable but history hs proven them wrong at every turn with this type of housing.
posted by: cedarhillresident! on August 23, 2012 10:54am
that is all that I could think of when reading this!
posted by: yz on August 23, 2012 10:57am
@ Curious. Ferraro's market is right across the street from Farnam Courts.
It doesn't matter how they build the project. It'll still be a housing project in a bad location.
posted by: Eva G on August 23, 2012 12:14pm
WriteWrong and HhE, I echo your comments. This seems like an odd choice of plans.
posted by: new havener on August 23, 2012 2:36pm
hhe, the location across from the train station is desiganted to be high-end for mass-transites…anything is better than the current high-rise on union ave & the 'concrete jungle'
now, as far as farnham courts…they were just rehabbed in the early '90's to put the new entrances on and take away the pee-stained and stench of the common stairwells…why would HANH throw more good money after bad by going back to high-rises and common stairways…this is a disaster in the making.
posted by: just my view on August 23, 2012 2:40pm
@JustAnotherTaxPayer - that was the first thing I thought of. Ashmun Street and Canal Street were horrible, unsafe, dangerous buildings. this reminds me of the same concept. Bad idea.
posted by: shadesofzero on August 23, 2012 2:52pm
The problem is that public housing projects, no matter how nice and how pie-in-the-sky, are still public housing projects. It is simply difficult to maintain a high level of quality with low-income tenants. No matter what the city does, there's still going to be plenty of opportunities for crime to continue to be a problem.
It'd be nice if there was a better way, but I don't think it exists, sadly.
posted by: SaveOurCity on August 23, 2012 3:21pm
We're missing a very obvious solution——build this in Guilford.
posted by: PH on August 23, 2012 4:02pm
Why would anyone build such a tower in such an isolated location? Farnam Courts is awful because its location is awful: the dead-end streets provide criminals protection from police sightlines, it is practically on top of the interstate and the surrounding area is industrial.
If you want to build a mixed-income tower, build it downtown where people actually want to live. A mixed-income tower at the site of Farnam Courts is going to be like a Cabrini-Green of New Haven. Nobody will cry over Farnam being ripped down but it should not be replaced on-site by anything residential.
posted by: Yaakov on August 23, 2012 4:42pm
Can anyone explain why this can't be built in North Haven, Guilford, or Woodbridge?
posted by: Jonathan Hopkins on August 23, 2012 5:32pm
The reason that the housing authority is planning to rebuild on this site is for the same reason that they are rebuilding at West Rock - the land is already publicly owned. To build elsewhere would likely demand the purchasing of private land and the possible demolition of existing buildings which would 1)be costly, 2) remove taxable land from the grandlist, and 3) generate little to no revenue to pay for the land acquisition costs over time.
Perhaps the city could rezone the Farnam Court lot for light-industrial and sell it privately, then use the revenue to buy property in a better location and/or do some scattered site housing. My guess though is that any land in a more desiable location will cost more than what the existing site could be sold for.
A tower isn't necessarily a bad idea. There are several elderly public housing towers in the city that work reasonable well so long as they are maintained, supervised and patrolled adequately. It also sounds like the city wants to split the existing residents between new housing in Eastview Terrace, new apartments on Ferry Street and some returning residents to a new tower along with non-subsidized residents. So if we assume that 1/3 of Farnam Courts 244 households go to Eastview and another 1/3 goes to Ferry Street, then that would leave about 80 families retuning to the tower in addition to about 280 units that could be market-rate apartments. That would mean that about only 20-25% of the building would be public housing. For a comparison, the Residences at Ninth Square apartment building at the corner of Orange and Crown is 40% affordable housing.
Some issues:
Eastview Terrace and Fair Haven need more market rate, owner-occupied housing, not family public housing units.
360 State and Ninth Square work because of their location - a quality that Farnam Court doesn't share.
The current proposal calls for not only the site being surrounding by light-industrial and commercial buildings, but the building within the site as well, which doesn't seem like an improvement.
There are better ways to provide parking than each individual building having its own dedicated road access and parking lot. What about shared facilities?
posted by: mm on August 23, 2012 7:49pm
Yes, start with the zoning laws in those suburbs. Then add in the lack of public transit. Most Public housing project tenants don't own cars. Next the lack of social services for those housing project residents who would have to travel into New Haven to receive the services. And, maybe they don't want to be forcibly located away from friends, relatives and schoolmates.
Way back in the early 1960s, Mayor Lee cleared the slums by forcibly relocating low income residents to Bridgeport and Waterbury. Many came right back to be with their friends, family and houses of worship.
It's one thing to have affordable housing available in suburbs, another to force people to relocate to what will be a ghetto inside the town limits of a suburb.
posted by: Gretchen Pritchard on August 23, 2012 11:53pm
I share the doubts and concerns of many of those who have posted here, but I would point out that at least as it is depicted in the sketch, the proposed apartment building is hardly a "tower." It's relatively wide, low-rise apartment building. And the article does address some of those expressed concerns when it cites the industrial nature of the area is a reason why they are giving up on trying to make the tract workable as housing for families with children. I assume that means it won't include families with teens either; maybe that will cut down on the chaos and violence that come along with bored jobless teens in the projects. It is supposed to be mixed-income so maybe they will be looking for young singles (students? artists? folks working in the industrial sites nearby? people working in the clubs on East Street?) and elderly.
Retail on site is also incredibly important. The faux suburban ambience of places like Brookside and Eastern Circle was just incredibly stupid for people with several children and often no reliable car. How were these folks supposed to shop, do errands, job hunt, take their kids to the doctor, etc. etc. etc.? Each of those becomes a herculean task. How were the teenagers supposed to find anything to do instead of roaming around bored and getting into trouble? A few green lawns (that don't stay green anyway) do not create a workable wholesome community. You need accessible services, preferably walkable. I think there should have been more retail built into the new Monterey Place and Q Terrace, too.
Anyway, still lots of questions. There's not much of any way to make that site attractive ever since the stupid highway projects in the 60s chopped it all up and turned the streets into dead ends.
posted by: Wildwest on August 24, 2012 7:13am
Pardon my negative skepticism but why exactly are we dumping tons of hard earned tax dollars into something that will be trashed in 10 years?
Please put this money towards education and jobs, this city has its needs and more housing for the "poor" is not on top of the list if you ask me.
posted by: robn on August 24, 2012 10:27am
This diagram could probably be reworked into something more humanely proportioned and partitioned but the real issue is aggregating poor people in one place. The goal should be based upon the 9th Square, mixing subsidized housing with market rate and accepting NO shenanigans from tenants who cause disturbance or damage.
posted by: just my view on August 24, 2012 11:05am
@Gretchen P, "It is supposed to be mixed-income so maybe they will be looking for young singles (students? artists? folks working in the industrial sites nearby? people working in the clubs on East Street?) and elderly."
You jest???
@Yaakov - this is a Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH) problem - not a North Haven, Guilford, or Woodbridge concern.
@MikeM - we have a winner.
posted by: anonymous on August 24, 2012 1:18pm
About the area overall & its highways, Gretchen's quote was featured here:
At the least we should make sure that whatever gets built is compatible with where the city wants to go in the long term. What happened to the "Comprehensive Plan" that Mike Piscitelli wrote? Projects like the widening of Whalley Ave & Route 34 ignore the City's last plan, from 2003- maybe there's hope with the new Board of Aldermen that the City will start following its own plan?
posted by: Gretchen Pritchard on August 24, 2012 2:25pm
@just my view, I was being mildly facetious. Glad you picked it up.
@anonymous, it wasn't my quote featured at your link, it was writewrong's citation of Pruitt-Igoe.
posted by: BelieveItWhenISeeit on August 28, 2012 11:02pm
@Writewrong…..I Agree completely! Nevermind looking it up. For those who have Netflix watch the Pruit Igoe Myth. You will get some real insight into what we as a society create when we segregate the low income community into fairytale high income housing that they have no means or desire to take pride in or care of.
I for one am all for affordable housing but who are we kidding trying to recreate a High income "tower" into a place that is ridden with crime and filth already.
My comments may seem a bit insensitive, but I will frame my rant by saying that I am a Firefighter in the city and work in the farnam court district. I go into Farnam Courts several times each week and get a rare look into the life inside the project that most readers here would probably never see. What people need to realize is the out of sight out of mind attitude that is taken by the city and the police in reregards to the life and crime inside. Any person brave or stupid enough could go into farnum courts at any time of day and see drugs exchanging hands with money right out on the sidewalk with no shame or regaurd for its impact on the neighborhood. The police wont stop it and why should they care because if your not driving back there your not seeing it, and as long as those that dont belong there dont go drive back there they wont get themselves shot.
My Problem with this plan is this:
As they stand now Farnum courts are low lying buildings with open visible, easy to police courtyards. All the PD would need to do is assign 2-4 officers to a walking beat inside the courtyards and the nonsense would stop. Now tell me, how could, (given they even cared to ) the PD effectively police a 15 story tower?
Also, with few common areas now the farnum courts residents are free to live however they see fit in their own spaces, but with the new plans the few familys who chose to live clean and tidy in their own units will have to put up with the pee stained carpets in their elevator and trash lying around outside their doors.
Remember you can change the building all you want, but if you dont change the players.
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