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Research Output for Sam Scherer
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Flicker, Leon*, MacInnis, Robert J.*, Stein, Mark S.*, Scherer, Sam C.*, Mead, Kate E.*, Nowson, Caryl, Thomas, Jenny*, Lowndes, Chris*, Hopper, John L.* and Wark, John D.* (2005) Should older people in residential care receive vitamin D to prevent falls? Results of a randomized trial, Journal of the American geriatrics society, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 1881-1888, Wiley Interscience, Malden, Mass. [C1]
ERA journal ID: 16509 – Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-29244461700
Citation counts: Scopus - 154, Thomson - 132
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Flicker, Leon*, Mead, Kate*, MacInnis, Robert J.*, Nowson, Caryl, Scherer, Sam*, Stein, Mark S.*, Thomas, Jennifer*, Hopper, John L.* and Wark, John D.* (2003) Serum vitamin D and falls in older women in residential care in Australia, Journal of the American geriatrics society, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 1533-1538, Wiley Interscience, Malden, Mass. [C1]
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Citation counts: Scopus - 130, Thomson - 102
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Teachers to take action in schools over pay
Schools in England and Wales are facing a rolling programme of industrial action this autumn in an ongoing dispute with teachers over pay, pensions and conditions.
Members of the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT teaching union, which represent nine out 10 teachers, backed the action short of a strike.
Action will start on 26 September and continue until the dispute is resolved.
The government said industrial action would disrupt pupils' education.
The unions said teachers had been calling for the education secretary to resolve the ongoing dispute but no progress had been made addressing their concerns.
'Pupils deserve better'Chris Keates, general secretary of National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers, said Michael Gove had "recklessly disregarded" her members' warnings.
"At every turn, the secretary of state shows contempt for the teaching workforce.
- Teachers and heads went out on strike over changes to their pensions twice last year
- They complained the reforms would leave them working longer, paying more and getting less when they retire
- With the dispute unresolved, teaching unions broadened their complaints to cover working conditions, workload and moves towards local pay bargaining
- In May 2012 the NUT and NASUWT announced a joint campaign over what they call the "denigration" of teachers
- This joint industrial action is the latest step
"What happens to teachers directly affects the quality of education for children and young people. Teachers and their pupils deserve better."
Christine Blower, NUT general secretary, said: "Teachers' morale is dangerously low. Over-the-top accountability measures are exhausting teachers and the idea that they can work to 68 is absurd.
"For the sake of teachers and children's education, these constant attacks from government need to stop."
The industrial action will include a work to rule, not attending school meetings and some extra-curricular activities, not filling in forms or covering for absent staff, and refusing to invigilate on public exams including Sats and GCSEs.
The unions said the idea of taking action in this way was to avoid disruption to pupils. But the action is likely to hit teacher-parent communication, as well as the running of schools and after-school activities.

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EUGENE, Ore. — University of Oregon athletes also showed their support for the Boston Marathon bombing victims. At another historical venue for runners, Oregon's Hayward Field, members of UO's track and field teams took part in the Run for Boston initiative, which encouraged people to gather Wednesday and run in solidarity for the people and … Continue reading »


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A pupil of the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer and of Adolphe Adam's father at the Paris Conservatoire, Hérold made his name as a composer of opéra comique in Paris with works that retained their popularity through the 19th century.
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Hammond pleaded guilty on Nov. 3 to using a minor to produce child pornography. He also admitted to using the Internet and a cell phone to attempt to entice a minor to engage in illicit sex between Oct. 31 and Dec. 29, 2010.
Hammond met the victim when she was 11 years old through a social network site on the Internet and persuaded her to send him sexually explicit images of herself. On Dec. 29, 2010, Hammond traveled to her home and picked her up. When the victim's mother saw her leaving, she pursued them in her vehicle. Hammond lost control of his vehicle during the chase and crashed. The victim's mother then took the keys from Hammond's ignition. Police officers arrived soon afterward and arrested Hammond.
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Check out The Lovely Bones
PETER JACKSON'S adaptation of Alice Sebold's stunning novel, The Lovely Bones, has been a long time coming, but it's almost here - and I have the trailer to prove it.
The harrowing tale of teen Susie Salmon's rape and murder and how it affects those closest to her was heart-wrenching when reading it from the pages of a book.
And my hopes are that it's just as powerful on the big screen. With A cast including Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci and Atonement's Saoirse Ronan in the lead role, it could match those hopes.
Jackson's love of the best-selling novel means he has put everything he has into this re-telling and the early signs are impressive. Let's keep our fingers crossed that the film doesn't lose the magic from the book.
PJ has already brought to life another classic book in the guise of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and he managed to picture things like the Shire and Gollum exactly as I had.
Back to The Lovely Bones, considering the source material, it's not going to be a fairytale style film, and Tucci looks particularly menacing in his role as Mr Harvey.
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100% agree with Brewer re: Vaughan. I've also been re-watching that vid when Butterfield signed. Plan seemed to be that he was pretty much the finished article ( he's 22 not 18) + as soon as he was 100% fit he would slot straight into the 1st team. ( He's the new Beckham, we've beaten numerous other clubs to his signature blah, blah...). Now he's going out on loan for a month a la Vaughan ! Chants of " You don't know what you're doing" creep into mind. I hope there is a plan somewhere. We seem to be flying by the seat of Delia's pants @ the moment .....
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But that first step – getting 216 House Democrats to pass what many thought was an odious Senate health care bill – was a formidable one.
Thirty-seven sitting Democrats had voted against the House version of health care reform in November 2009, and many found the Senate version even more objectionable. With no GOP support, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had almost no room for error.
Here's a glimpse at how Speaker Pelosi and President Obama worked a diverse caucus to get to Sunday's 219-to-212 vote victory:
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio
Congressman Kucinich opposed the House bill because its public option was not strong enough. The Senate version is weaker still. But hours of discussion with Mr. Obama – including a trip to Cleveland on Air Force One on March 15 – helped change his mind and shift momentum toward Democrats.
"When I realized I couldn't get everything I wanted, the choice was: Do you accept the bill as it is or just kill the bill – and with it, any chance of a serious discussion – because people won't want to go there again," he said.
Kucinich says that what moved him wasn't any special deal for Cleveland, but concern for the impact of a defeat of health care to the Obama presidency.


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Before [Mark] Gruenwald left for his weekend home on August 9, he grabbed a preview copy of Rob Liefeld's Captain America #1, It was Gruenwald's favorite Marvel character; until a few months earlier, he'd either written or edited every issue since 1982. On Monday morning, rumors strated flying around the offices, confirmed by an 11 a.m. email from Terry Stewart. "It's with my deepest and most profound regret that I inform you that Marl Gruenwald passed away unexpectedly early today at home," the note began. The cause of death was a heart attack.


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Nissan rolled up its sleeves Wednesday for another crack at the popular compact crossover segment by announcing its all-new 2014 Rogue.
The second-generation Rogue will take on the Honda CR-V, Ford Escape, Chevy Equinox and Toyota RAV4 when it goes on sale in November. This segment has become one of the most popular in the industry, and trails only pickup trucks and compact and midsize sedans in sales volume.
Despite the outgoing model's advanced age, the Rogue has been Nissan's second-most-popular vehicle, behind only the Altima sedan. The automaker sold more than 142,000 Rogues in 2012, and another 113,000 so far this year.
The new 2014 Rogue hopes to continue that success with a thorough redesign of the interior and exterior, greater fuel efficiency, and by adding an optional third-row seat -- a rarity in this segment.
"With this exciting, innovative, all-new design, Nissan is aggressively targeting increased sales and share in every market," said Fred Diaz, vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America.
All 2014 Rogues will come with a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine that makes 170 horsepower and 175 pound-feet of torque. The only transmission available will be a CVT. Also standard will be four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes, LED daytime lights, Bluetooth and a hands-free texting assistant.
Fuel economy ratings aren't yet available, but Nissan said it expected 2014 front-wheel-drive Rogues to get 33 mpg for highway mileage. If it does, that would be the best in its class, Nissan said. It would also be an impressive jump from the current model's 28 mpg highway rating.
A base, front-wheel-drive Rogue S will start at $23,350. All-wheel-drive will be a $1,350 option. The top-of-the-line Rogue SL AWD will run $30,280. Options include the third-row seating, a navigation system, birds-eye camera, a panoramic moonroof and lane departure warning.
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Jesse Baldwin, a senior art major at Northwestern College, will display his paintings in the college's Te Paske Gallery March 18–22. A public reception with Baldwin is scheduled for Friday, March 22, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Part of the requirements for a bachelor's degree in art, the exhibit will feature large paintings done in either oil or acrylic, some of which are self-portraits and some that have a cartoon-like style. "The show captures three things I find valuable in life: humor, irony and relationships," Baldwin says.
Baldwin is the son of Tim and Mary Beth Baldwin of Spirit Lake, Iowa. In addition to majoring in art, he is completing teaching endorsements in secondary education and coaching. He plans to student teach in an art classroom this fall after graduating from Northwestern in May.
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photo by Shawn P. Sullivan Addyson Allain, left, 4, is credited with naming Sanford's new Halloween parade, which will march on Main Street in Springvale on Oct. 26. She is seen here with her two-year-old brother,Nathan.
SANFORD/SPRINGVALE — Halloween will arrive a few days early this year, when the town holds its first-ever "Spooktacular" parade on Main Street on Friday, Oct. 26.There's four-year-old Addyson Allain to thank for the parade's name. The Sanford Parks and Recreation Department, which is sponsoring the event, asked the young people of Sanford and Springvale for some help in naming the event, and Addyson was ready with an answer when her mother, Jennifer, asked her daughter if she had any suggestions.Sanford's Halloween "Spooktacular" Parade will take place on Friday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. The spooky procession will start at Moody's Collision Center at 643 Main Street in Springvale and will head south on Main Street to the Sanford Junior High School's parking lot. The recreation department's annual Halloween party will follow in the junior high's gym.As a result of her knack for naming, Addyson will be the parade's grand marshal.The Sanford High School Marching Band will perform a haunting theme or two during the proceedings.Local young people, from babies pushed in carriages to teenagers to all ages in between, will be the stars of the show — all they need to do is dress in costume to participate. Teachers at local schools are welcome to invite their students to march as a class, if they'd like.Local businesses, organization, churches and others also are invited to march in costume and carry banners promoting their enterprise. To participate, you have two options: call the recreation department at 324-9130 and let Director Marcel Blouin know you'll be there, or, if you're feeling spontaneous, simply show up at Moody's at 4 p.m. on Friday and join the line.Blouin and Sanford News Editor Shawn P. Sullivan, who worked together to develop the parade, are hoping as many children and adults dress in costume and turn out to march as possible. The parade could become an annual event and expand in coming years if this first one next week is successful.The public is invited to attend the parade and watch from the sidewalks, take pictures and wave to the cowboys, princesses, robots, superheroes, ghouls and others passing by.As for Addyson, she visited the Sanford News with her mother and brother, Nathan, on Tuesday and said she will dress up as Pegasus — or, as she described it, a "dragon horse" — in the parade. Addyson said she likes Halloween because "it is dark and I get candy."


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Do you agree with the website protests against SOPA and PIPA? Did the protests get your attention?
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In protest of two bills, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), many websites decided to have a 24hr blackout. So the FOX 33 Street Tweets Team wants to know, "How do you feel about SOPA and PIPA? Do you agree with the protests? Did the protests get your attention?" Play the video to view responses from around town and please feel free to leave your own comments below. We want to hear from you!


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Should a storm, flood or rising sea levels hit the Danish capital again, the bucolic mini-parks will turn into water basins, the hills essentially functioning as the sides of a bowl. Thanks to a new pipe system, the squares will even be able to collect water from surrounding buildings' roofs. Surrounding streets will, for their part, be turned into "cloudburst boulevards." — Al Jazeera
Our Europan 12 featured entry for today is "Sprouting City Blocks" by KATOxVictoria, a Copenhagen-based design office founded in 2011 by architects Hiroshi Kato and Victoria Diemer Bennetzen.
Designed for the Vesterbro district in the competition's Copenhagen site, KATOxVictoria's entry won the runner-up award in the latest Europan Denmark.
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Here's a preview of "Sprouting City Blocks": Images courtesy of KATOxVictoria. Click the thumbnails below for more images. More project details on Bustler. View full entry »
The "Trylletromler" pavilion by Dutch firm FABRIC has attracted plenty of public attention in King's Garden, Copenhagen since its public opening this past September. The installation was built after FABRIC won a temporary-pavilion design competition earlier this year. (Check out our previous... View full entry »
"Recently we have witnessed the mounting of very large development projects in European and American cities. There is a striking physical similarity among the schemes and also a convergence embodied in private-sector involvement and market orientation." — Failed Architecture
European urbanist Lea Olsson and Jan Loerakker gets to the bottom of recent urban development ventures in Europe and set up a pattern repeated in many other places in the World. "This essay doesn't try to blame the public-private model for certain urban failures, but rather tries... View full entry »
The harbor-front project "Kalvebod Waves" officially opened on Aug. 30 at the Kalvebod Pier [...] in Copenhagen. The design by Julien de Smedt Architects and KLAR with support from Sloth Møller and Niras Engineers won first prize in a competition from December 2008. Not far from the popular Islands Brygge Park in the city, Kalvebod Waves is the latest phase of a long-term plan that aims to revive a formerly desolate section of the pier into a welcoming hub for urban and water activities. — bustler.net
The new regional head office of the United Nations in Copenhagen, designed by 3XN, has just been inaugurated.
Check out the very impressive sculptural staircase in its core which, according to the architects, is designed to reflect the UN's work to create global dialogue.
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The solution, or so the city's traffic planners hope, is to encourage people to cycle for longer distances by creating the cycling equivalent of freeways, which will provide fast, direct routes of up to 22 kilometers into the center. A total of 28 highways are planned, providing 495 kilometers of dedicated bike tracks... Nine routes are under construction and should be completed by 2015 at a cost of 208 million krone, or $36 million, divided equally between central and local government. — nytimes.com
Danish firms JAJA Architects and ONV Architects, in collaboration with Bascon and Scandi Byg, have won the fourth delivery of the affordable housing concept AlmenBolig+. The order comprises 300-400 housing units on sites in the greater Copenhagen area. — bustler.net
The entry Trylletromler by Dutch practice FABRIC has won the international design competition for a temporary pavilion in the King's Garden in Copenhagen. The completed pavilion is scheduled to open to the public on September 13. — bustler.net
Back in July of 2008, we reported that 3XN had won the international design competition for Denmark's new The Blue Planet aquarium with an exciting whirlpool-shaped proposal right outside of Copenhagen. Now the inauguration day of the completed building has come, and the $127M-aquarium will officially open to the public this Friday, March 22. — bustler.net
Earlier this week, we published the winners of the 2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards with eight projects from around the world being recognized in the category "Regional and Urban Design." One of the lucky award winners is Superkilen, an urban park master plan in Copenhagen designed by BIG in collaboration with landscape architects Topotek1 and artists' group Superflex. — bustler.net
Danish architecture firms COBE and NORD have won the competition for the largest daycare center in all of Denmark. The complex "Prinsessegade Kindergarden and Youth Club" in the heart of Copenhagen wil be second home to 618 children and young people. Landscape architects PK3 and engineering firm Grontmij collaborated on the concept. — bustler.net
In 2011, Tejlgaard built a plywood dome for Denmark's famed Roskilde Festival (think Scandinavian Coachella) that became the hit of the event. This year, he and Jepsen were invited to build a pavilion to house attendees of Folkemødet, an annual town hall–esque gathering of Danish politicians and voters meant to generate national dialogue. Given the optimism of the event, the duo decided to test a new type of exploded geodesic dome--an icon of optimistic architecture if ever there was one. — fastcodesign.com
The cycle superhighway, which opened in April, is the first of 26 routes scheduled to be built to encourage more people to commute to and from Copenhagen by bicycle. More bike path than the Interstate its name suggests, it is the brainchild of city planners who were looking for ways to increase bicycle use in a place where half of the residents already bike to work or to school every day. — nytimes.com
Henning Larsen Architects and a team consisting of Signal Architects and SLA Landscape Architects have won the competition for Nordea Bank's new office building of 40,000 m2 in Ørestad North, Copenhagen, next to the premises of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation and the Concert Hall – Koncerthuset. The building will comprise Scandinavia's largest trading floor of 5,500 m2 with a view of the green area of Amager Fælled. — bustler.net


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Allen, Isobel (2005) Women doctors and their careers: what now? British Medical Journal, 331 . pp. 569-572. ISSN 0959-535X
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Outmoded career structures and attitudes mean that the UK risks losing out on the valuable contribution women doctors can make, especially in the second half of their careers. Many people in the medical profession still view women doctors with scepticism despite their increasing numbers. It is nearly 20 years since I was commissioned by the Department of Health to help them assess the implications of the fact that women would soon account for half of medical graduates. 1 That research and its follow-up 2 found that both men and women experienced similar problems and constraints in their careers, suffering from what they regarded as a rigid and conservative career structure. They overwhelmingly supported the provision of more flexible working patterns so that all doctors could lead a normal life. How far have women doctors progressed and what do they feel about the profession?
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With an interior décor and color scheme that has become a Rustys standard over the years, you will feel comfortable and right at home from the minute you arrive. Rustys deli is casual and comfortable. It is quite common to find our customers stopping in.
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Fortune Cookie Fails QC Test
In a twist of real irony, here's the latest fortune my husband pulled out of a cookie. Rather than a full size stirp of paper with an actual fortune printed on it, the cookie contained what appears to be the trim that would normally be thrown away as scrap. Granted, he's kind of a luckless guy, but after getting this fortune containing a lecture on the evils of poor quality. one can only wonder just how well the cookie factory is following its own advice these days.
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The overall No. 1 pick in the 2011 draft struck out the first hitter he faced Tuesday night, fanning San Francisco's Gregor Blanco with three straight 96 mph fastballs.
In his first plate appearance in the bottom of the second inning, Cole lined a two-run single with the bases loaded off two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.
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"Congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibilities. This brinkmanship threatens the holders of government bonds and those who rely on Social Security and veterans benefits.". Ronald Reagan
Given the fact that China holds a trillion dollars of our debt, one can see why they would be critical of the idiots in D.C. who are squandering our future.
Of course Obama gave word to make it as miserable as possible to gain sympathy in the shut down. He wants it to inflict as much discomfort as possible,
Kinda says something about metro Atlanta when the outage/failure of the EBT system merits a banner headline on AJC.com.
Georgia Dept. of Corrections told the news station in a statement that the officer force was justified in shooting dog. 300lb officer vs 12lb dog. Sorry does NOT pass smell test!
Obama could have prevented the stoppage of payments for military funerals if he wanted to. He only got concerned when it backfired on him and his administration.
I hope to see something in the paper regarding Taylor Swift's $4 million donation in Nashville. Hey self centered popstars - there's a lesson here.
Been out of town for a week. What has the Tea Party been blamed for while I was gone?
You had me at "there would be no government at all." Sounds like a better approach than what we are suffering under right now. At least with voluntary associations and private business operation I can choose not to patronize what I don't want or don't support.
All y'all who have moved to Atlanta Metro area- forget how you drove at home and get with the program of learning to drive here!
You know- you can plan to build on a flood plain, but you cannot exactly plan to have a devastating disease come into your life. Affordable Health Care is not like Flood Insuraance.
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John Calvin on Nicolaus Copernicus and Heliocentrism
John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
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John Calvin really believed that the sun revolved around the earth, but we shouldn't dismiss the rest of his theology because of this error.
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
God invites us to understand his power and nature through studying what has been made.
From science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.
Conflicts occur when people argue one worldview against another. They may be arguing Atheism versus Monotheism, then pull out science as a weapon saying, "science proves I'm right because of this or that..." In my view, science is rather more limited than this. Science has a lot of interesting resonances with the big questions, and can inform them, but I don't believe it can answer them.
There is often a worry that working in or studying science is a threat to faith, but stories of scientists who are Christians in the top ranks of academia show that this is not the case.
How should we interpret the Bible? What is the role of tradition? What is the role of science? Who gets to decide whether traditional interpretations need to change?
"I believe that we must now ask for more than simple avoidance of cognitive dissonance. I believe we should seek for cognitive consonance."
Carl's dramatic lines that opened his Cosmos were repeated in Cosmos II: "The universe is all there is, or was, or ever will be." When I told Haines Stiles that many people took that as a statement of atheism, he responded with surprise. "Really?" he said. "We just put that in because it sounded poetic!"
A deep love for scripture, coupled (ironically) with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led Robert Boyle to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. We explore aspects of this fascinating interaction.
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
"Where many scholars in previous generations simply assumed that Christianity and science have always been in conflict—and not just over evolution—recent scholarship has decisively debunked that view. The main message from today's historians is complexity, not conflict."
Today's Origins News Round-up takes us from some cosmic data on the possible existence of life elsewhere in the universe, to some surprising theories about the origin of life, and some interesting general news and editorial items on science and religion.
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360 State's "Green" Garage Opens
by Allan Appel | Jan 17, 2011 2:07 pm
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One day Bruce Becker would like to see more bikes than cars parked at his green-oriented 360 State Street apartment tower. One day, he hopes, he even might turn the north side of the fifth level of his new garage into a tennis court.
Meanwhile, he's opening a new garage with high-tech extras aimed at saving energy and encouraging drivers to pedal their way or take the train to work.
For now,few people even know about the garage has opened to the public. Few know about its nifty features, like digital signage telling you how many spaces are open and on which of the five levels.
On Wednesday Becker plans to correct that when the garage "officially" opens to the public. By way of promotions, the 500-car garage will be absolutely free to all parkers in the last week of January.
The new 500-apartment 360 State complex is the current poster building in Connecticut for transit-oriented development, the idea of building compact, mixed-use projects near trains and buses. But some people still drive and need to park their cars; hence the garage. In the interest of promoting alternatives to driving, Becker is offering a full month's free parking at his new garage for possessors of a monthly Metro North commuter ticket .
You also get a month free if you sign up for the Elm City Market, the food co-op scheduled to open on the tower's ground floor this summer.
After that, you pay $159 a month – not for a designated spot but any slot that's free; or you can use the garage on a daily basis.
Plastic For Parking Only, Please
Oh, and it's credit card only for every transaction.
During a Becker-guided tour of the relatively empty green garage Friday, Paul Corriveau pulled up to one of the check-out kiosks.
Corriveau (pictured) got out of his scarlet colored Toyota, read the digital message, and declared, "I don't have a credit card. How the hell do I get out of this place!"
Becker introduced himself . Because the young West Havener was having an exceptionally bad day, having spent four hours at court filing for Chapter Seven bankruptcy, 360 State Street's top guy gave him a free voucher to insert into the slot instead of a card.
According to Bob Fleece (pictured with Becker) of LAZ Parking, which manages the garage, there are only perhaps two incidents a week like Corriveau's, in which case an attendant, reachable through the intercom, comes to the rescue and takes cash.
With only two such instances a week, does it make sense to have a salaried person in a booth accepting stealable bills? Becker asked rhetorically.
Becker was asked whether, even with all the "green" amenities and efforts to steer people to public transit, adding so many new parking spaces to downtown in fact promotes more car travel. His response:Ultimately he'd like to see all the residents being without a car, and the garage used by daily transient parkers as ended. Meanwhile, the complex wouldn't be able o bring in a (needed) downtown grocery without parking attached.
Becker said that ultimately the garage's priorities serve two groups: Monthly parkers and those who will be shopping at the soon-to-arrive Elm City Market.
Monthly parkers get an electronically read decal on their windshield which automatically opens the gate. "It's similar to EZ Pass," Becker said.
Elm City Market users will have free parking and validation. Whether you have to be buy a certain amount at the market and whether there will be a time limit, those details are to be worked out, Becker said.
The double-sized elevator at the western end of the garage (in the back of this photo) will rise directly up from the street-level market and should hold two shopping carts and about a dozen people, Becker estimated.
TOD Working?
Thus far with 180 leases signed at 360 State, Fleece reported to Becker that 145 residents have signed up as monthly parkers. (For them it's $100 a month; it's $159 for outsiders.)
Since 15 of the 145 are two-car families ,that means the building has already attracted 50 people without vehicles.
"Fifty people living downtown who determine to have no car," Becker said, with evident pleasure.
In addition to a bicycle storage room, which appropriately is behind Devil's Gear Bike Shop on the Pitkin Plaza side of 360 State, the complex's ground level has room for 100 bikes. An outside corridor extending off it has room for 100 more. This space also houses a pedicab or two, which ultimately will be delivering groceries for the market, Becker suggested.
There are two Zipcars in residence as well.
For those who do the deed of driving, Becker said he is proud of the garage's features, including the neon lights on the perimeter of each level. They automatically go off through a sensoring and motion system that saves 60 to 75 percent of what would be spent for electric energy.
That and all the other systems get their juice through the building's pioneering fuel cell, which will also provide free electrical charges at up to six charging stations, yet to be installed.
"There's a lot of technology here," Becker declared.
Signs Save Gas
He pointed to the digital display telling you how many spots are available on each level. The number of slots available is also readable on displays on the ramps ascending the levels.
So that if level four is filled, no need to go exploring; you stay on the ramp to the next level where there's a spot.
"Think of all the gas we'll save," Becker said.
He argued that an additional value of that feature is if you're rushing to make a train at the State Street train station, those minutes you save might make all the difference.
After he gave Paul Corriveau his free voucher (Corricvau had parked at 360 State previously with a credit card, and termed it excellent), Becker also took in the new traffic signal on State Street and the median cut below.
The additional light on State between Court and Chapel now allows a left turn going north on State into the garage.
"That's a million dollars," he said. The investment includes a video sensing device that tells the left turn arrow to go on if it sees a car approach.
Think of the hundreds of people who will now not have to drive an extra half mile around to come down State and access the garage from the north, Becker said.
More gas saved.
Metro-North increased the number trains starting out toward Grand Central from the little station across State Street from the complex to two an hour during rush hour, in part due to a campaign waged by Becker. However, the printed schedule has not caught up with that available online.
He thinks word about that needs to get out better for his garage to do what it's intended for.
"It's better for merchants" if while waiting for the train, people park and then they can buy coffee and a paper [in the 360 State Street neighborhood]," he said. "There's not much down by [Union] station."
"Every time I go to a Town Green Special Service District meeting, I hear there is no parking in New Haven," Becker said. "And, look, this garage is mostly empty."
When word does get out, will other customers push out the priority parkers, the shoppers and monthlies?
"While anyone who wants to park here can, if we're overwhelmed, we'll adjust our rate structure. We may raise the rate $5, and there will be fewer [daily] parkers. Market will drive demand," Becker said.
As to tennis with a view, it just happens that the dimensions of the fifth level of the parking garage on the north are 120 feet by 60 feet, that of a tennis court, Becker said.
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posted by: anon on January 17, 2011 3:22pm
Unfortunately, the city's new intersection was installed with zero pedestrian infrastructure, despite being across the street from a major grocery store, a busy train station, and a massive residential tower.
This is what happens when you let your city be designed by people who drive everywhere, even if it is a city, like New Haven, where the vast majority of residents do not drive to work every day.
posted by: streever on January 17, 2011 5:13pm
I'm glad to see what Becker is doing, and feel the same disappointment Anon does with the design of the intersection there. New Haven can do better. That is a major area for walkers/bus riders/train riders, and there is no need for it to look like a freeway.
posted by: Mitchel Heller on January 17, 2011 7:09pm
Anon, strever, the rest of your gang, be happy somebody has done something for you and your anti-car bike lobby will ya? the city can put in $150k of spraypaint "icons" create bike lanes, try to plan public projects earmarking millions for you few percentage of the population, and you still complain. typical.
better streets without mammouth potholes, better planning on traffic patterns, wider, well maintained sidewalks. that's what we need. the bike lobby is siphoning off time, money and intellectual energy from the real needs of those of us in new haven. i for one, like a growing number of my neighbors are sick of it.
posted by: metro north shut-out on January 17, 2011 9:28pm
Mr. Becker, How about using your clout for an AM, inbound Elm City train that arrives early enough for an individual who has to get to work by 7:30 AM….Presently, the earliest arrival is @ 7:45 AM (about 1/2 hr. too late for the above, aforementioned scenario). thx/jmch.
posted by: anne sommer on January 17, 2011 9:37pm
The parking fees are very expensive! They are based on 1/2-hour increments, making the rates about twice those of the typical new haven parking garage. Is this necessary? Is this meant to deter folks from driving?
posted by: William Kurtz on January 18, 2011 10:32am
You are looking at the wrong siphon. The $115,000-120,000 won't even pay for one year of Assistant Chief Melendez's outrageous pension. It's small change, relatively speaking, but has a lot more impact.
posted by: anon on January 18, 2011 1:44pm
Mitchel, nobody here mentioned bicycles. I'm glad you want wide sidewalks, but in this case, as was pointed out above, ANY sidewalks or crosswalks would be an improvement. The intersection was designed with absolutely no pedestrian infrastructure.
You have to take what you can get. Sidewalks would be a start. We can all forget about bike lanes or other simple improvements like that—bikes aren't even a consideration in this city, and even if they were, bike lanes or sharrows aren't the right way to create a transportation network that encourages people to bike (other than a tiny proportion of young men).
In addition to paying attention to pedestrians, which are the basic unit of any successful city, other cities are rapidly building out massive bike networks and will therefore have a huge advantage in the global economy. That's still at least 20 years out in New Haven, so let's at least start with pedestrians.
Also, exactly who earmarked "millions of dollars" in money for a few percentage of the population? Last time I checked, there were hundreds of millions of dollars going into vehicle infrastructure (such as the two billion for the Q bridge and I-95 improvements, or the $20 million for Route 34), and almost nothing going towards pedestrians, bus riders or others, even though most New Haven residents do not drive to work every day.
New Haven plays lip service to the poor majority of the city's population (including youth) that does not drive, but then spends almost nothing on it. Designing new roads that allow drivers to speed around all parts of downtown at 35 miles per hour, as the city is currently doing, doesn't count when the evidence is clear that people only prefer to walk, bike and take transit when they can be more comfortable than that.
posted by: Our Town on January 18, 2011 2:12pm
Becker's contention that since only 145 spaces were leased to residents, 50 people don't have cars is not substantiated by evidence. Possibly these people have found alternate places to park.
posted by: gill on January 18, 2011 9:37pm
I'm glad Mr. Becker is trying to make a positive change. I'm also glad he spoke with Shoreline East about more frequent State Street stops.
A little off topic….
Why does LAZ Parking control all lots in New Haven? Did they win a bid? The downtown parking situation is awful. LAZ is very expensive. The City couldn't run the lots? Creating jobs and adding revenue? This building is $20 a day. So it's basically $20 for 5 or more hours?! The LAZ spot on top of the old Coliseum is $14.
posted by: annex resident on January 19, 2011 10:39am
I agree to a large extent with mitch. my feeling towards the new haven bike lobby have gone from positive to "will you please just stop complaining"?
please put into perspective what the rest of the city is going through - lay offs, foreclosures, loss of income, just trying to make our collective ends meet! your requests, at least at this time, don't just seem frivolous and somewhat out of touch, they are. be happy you got something from someone. and in the meantime, while the struggling working people of new haven try to put our lives back together, if you want something done - don't use the money from our piggybank, don't cry for more regulation, just do it yourselves. please.
posted by: Jonathan Hopkins on January 19, 2011 2:08pm
annex resident,
During tough economic times - when families are struggling to pay bills - is the best time to advocate improved transit service, and new and improved alternative transportation infrastructure like bike lanes, bike racks, and pedestrian accommodations. Making walking, biking and transit use more efficient, pleasant, and viable for primary transportation use would allow many families to sell one of more of their cars. The AAA conservatively estimates that a standard sedan costs the average American family $10,000 per year to own and operate. Transportation costs for families, most of which own more than one car, represent an enormous portion of a family's annual budget.
Even if transit, biking and pedestrian use are only viable for certain trips, improvements would allow an individual or a family to use a zip car rather than owning a car.
Additionally, for those people who cannot possibly rely on alternative transit primarily or even substantially, by others opting to walk, bike and use transit means fewer single occupancy vehicles on the road, which reduces traffic congestion, decreased air pollution, lowers demand on the city's parking infrastructure, and many other positives.
Promoting viable alternative transportation infrastructure also contributes to a healthier public, which lowers health care costs for everyone due to improved health.
posted by: Eli Antonio on January 19, 2011 10:31pm
I disagree with mr. hopkins, in fact i also think it's time for the cycling community to seek an image change, because to the vast majority of us regular folk, you do come off as snobby and frivolous.
Reality dictates for us that we mortal car owners deal with real life situations like work school and such that require us to transport our family in snow, en mass, and distances of more then five miles- in the here and now.
those of us who are not fortunate enough to live downtown, or within a few miles of our ultimate daily destination - which is most of us- need our collective monies spent on reality, not some urban planning students' ideals or unproven utopian gobilitygook. more money for road improvements now. if you can squeeze in a pedestrian walkway for the same money, all the better. i get more and more turned off every posting i read from the philosopher kings of the cycle caste.
posted by: Jonathan Hopkins on January 20, 2011 8:32am
In 1970, 50% of school children walked to school. Today, less than 10% even have the option available to them to walk to their school.
It is true that many American families live in places that are not walkable, provided with adequate transit service, and demand an extremely high standard of living regardless of the actual quality of life. However, many people live on major thoroughfares, or a block or two off of a major thoroughfare and would benefit greatly from having more generous pedestrian and bike amenities along with improved transit service.
You are confusing that very practical application to transportation diversity advocacy with some imaginary totalitarian effort to force every citizen to walk, bike and take a bus to and from daily needs.
In the long run, it probably makes sense to begin to reorganize the living arrangement of many suburban communities by introducing some mixed uses, a wider housing type choice, and pockets of density that would support a transit line connecting to job centers and other communities. That is an extremely long process, however, that would evolve slowly and incrementally, but one that is likely necessary in the face of "reality".
Unless geologists discover a new Saudi Arabia in Texas in the next 25 years, the American automobile culture of the 20th century, will likely be over in a few decades, so we best plan for it.
posted by: anon on January 20, 2011 1:57pm
Eli, it is quaint that you think of yourself among the "regular folk."
Unfortunately, the fact is that the vast majority of Americans - upwards of 90% in many studies - do not support continued oil dependency, and heavily favor the idea that our society provide alternatives to the automobile - particularly for those who are too young, too old, too poor, or otherwise unable to afford or drive an expensive private automobile.
If you would like to start a breakaway society of people who you consider "regular folk," I'm sure that there are places which would welcome you with open arms.


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I am soon moving into a house that has an unattractive contrete slab patio in the backyard. How does one go about getting rid of something like this? Or is there a creative way to make it look more attractive somehow?
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Two things. First, it bugs you to see it, Second, moving has lots of expenses,this project might come rather far down the list of priorities. SO.. Id try to disguise it inexpensively for the moment and give it some thought. What would you put there? Long for more lawn? Then its got to come out. How ever, some folks cover the face of this type of thing with stone or better yet brick, because you allready have some, to make a little garden room. Id go for the garden room. Buy some shrubs,and PERRENIALS. Dont put $$$ into bedding plants that will die at first freeze this late in the season. Cluster them around the outer edges, in big lovely mixed plant containers.(if you can make the plants cover over the sides of the container, you can leave them in big black tubs and save hundereds of dollars for the moment, although you might want to get some really BIGGER tubs so the plants have room to grow, especially in the ones toward the middle which dont show.) Make sure there are tall things, mid range, and trailers in each tub. Then cluster short combinations around that to make a layered look. If you wanted to make it like a cool little happy hour spot, or retreat, you could add some type of discrete strong post, pole, or what ever, around the edge, and string some little lanterns or twinkly lights, or hanging candle holders. You might want an out door reading nook, in which case, one source of light would need to be bright enough that you could read under it in the dark. I found a round lantern that looks like rice paper, that is actually very fine synthetic, and its been on my deck over my chair for 2 years. Its tempting to put a project off because you dont want to buy expensive furniture, art for the garden walls, etc, I would go inexpensivly, by shopping at some of the big box stores, as well as the furnishing sections of discounters like Ross, TJ max, and even, if you can bring your self to it, Wall mart. They have great cheep candle holders etc. Yes, you do have to search through all the junk to find the one or two that dont look Cheep! I think you can both disguise the area, and enjoy it, pretty inexpensively, while you decide what you want for the long term. Especially if you dont buy any plants or furnishings that you wouldn't want to keep in the final plan. By the way, I know this is going to get laughed out of dodge in this forum, but a couple of summers ago, Marth Stewarts magazine had a wonderfull article about making garden rooms by arranging potted plants, and she stuck the pole for the lights to hang from into the biggest pots in the arrangements, (a cup hook attached into the POle,it must have been wood) It looks like a short hop to something really lovely, if you use the opportunity.
My first thought was a garden room. If the color of the concrete is too harsh, you could stain it with concrete stain.
What are the dimensions of the shed? I wonder if that slab was put in for a shed, but a former owner never got around to completing the project.
First, ask yourself if you really want to go to that spot and do something in your yard. If not, tear out the concrete or just leave it, it doesn't look that bad. If you do want to do something additional in your yard, think of this patio as a base or room to do that in. Would you like a storage or potting shed there? A play area for kids? A secluded area to hang out? A workspace? A place to sneak a nap? A base for an elaborate sculpture? A playhouse for the kids? Beehives? Those are one I could think of quickly. What else would you like to do in your yard. Looks like it is good sized. You could buy one of those metal frames they put big screen tents over that are all the rage now--instant garden room.
But if you can't think of anything your really truly want, don't dress it up just because it is "there." Don't throw good money after bad.
It's sunny most of the time back there, so I probably wouldn't want to spend much time there. I'm not really interested in a shed. A pool or pond would be nice, but both would need to be above ground. So...unless I can disguise it with plants, I'd probably want to tear it out. Has anyone had any experience with this? Is there equipment I can rent? It's just me, so I may have to hire someone.
We wanted to get rid of a basketball hoop years ago at another house..... HUGE concrete pad over 4 feet deep!!?? We're in Va where the frost line is like 14". We did not investigate the depth before renting a jack hammer to get rid of it. DH said it can't be that deep....Bad move. My husband and I took turns on the jackhammer all day long, thank heaven the neighbors became intrigued. Finally, after 3 days, lots of lemonade and fit neighbors we got it out.
Lesson: find out the depth first to see if it is worth the fight. If this is not your final house, leave it for the next person who might want to put a shed there.
If it is in a sunny spot why not put in one of those clothes hangers or lines that telescopes out and folds up. It could probably be fastened in with masonry anchors - all you'd need is a drill and a masonry bit. It's an energy saver.
To make the slab more decorative paint it terra cotta or brick colored with an outdoor paint. Then use painters tape to create "mortar joints" and paint these gray. This could be done for $30 or $40 and no backbreaking labor or a ton of debris to carry off.
It's a sunny area of the yard...what if I was to perhaps surround the concrete slab with rocks or timbers, add some fill dirt and make a little garden? Maybe add a centerpiece birdbath or something similar. Are there particular plants that would grow well in a fairly shallow bed like that? Or would it be just too shallow to keep anything alive in?
(Cant' wait to move in and get to work on that lawn as well!)
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I think one of the key pieces of information here is that you don't live here yet and so might not be entirely certain how you're going to use the space. You might surprise yourself and find that you need a spot to put a chair to admire your work in the garden, for instance.
It looks to me too as if the patio attached to the house gets a fair bit of shade. This is no doubt welcome in the summer, and is where you'll spend your time. But in early spring and late fall, perhaps that slab is where the first and last bit of sun finds your garden as it changes its angle in the sky, and you'll want to sit there for morning coffee. Or maybe not! Point is, wait and see.
People go to huge expense to put in hard surfaces for sitting, container gardening, storage, and so on. I wouldn't remove one without trying out several ways of using it first, including your option of a flower bed, though I'd put a flower bed almost anywhere else in that yard first. You could make it look a darn sight nicer with a pattern and concrete stain; see if you can find some old postings here by Punamytsike on that subject. It might eventually strike you as a great spot to build a pergola and grow grapes or flowering vines.
It could seriously enhance the view you have of your yard from your patio or your house.
I think if it were mine I would buy a patio umbrella and stand, and stick it out there for your first summer. Maybe a cheap resin chair as well, and a couple of big plastic planters. And see what happens. Watch how the light and shade move across the space. See what "stuff" you end up having to deal with while living in this house and what you need space for. Then you will know how best to spend larger amounts on removal, furnishing, decorating, building, or planting it up.


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