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It's been quite a while since I've seen a series as laughably bad as Future Diary. Focused on a survival game with our weak-willed male lead Yukiteru and a yandere gal named Yuno obsessively in love with him, this series is a huge mess with plot and character developments, proper logic, mood consistency and relishing in its graphic and depraved content way too much.
The biggest issue that stems with Future Diary is that it seems to get too fixated in advancing its plot head-on without any regard for proper depth, buildup and consistency. There are a number of unexplored elements to the series like how Yukiteru became acquainted with Deus and why many of the folks Deus chose for the survival game are a bunch of psychopaths, criminals and loons. Logic is tossed out the window with how certain plot setups occur and characters making decisions that don't make much sense like one character able to rig a ridiculous number of bombs throughout a school without anyone even noticing and Yukiteru continuing to trust Yuno despite knowing full well how much of a nutcase she is. A number of the players in the survival game don't get much depth beyond being crazed loons and criminals, and those who do get some sort of depth only get them in a scope of a couple episodes where their mentality for the violent and depraved acts they commit don't make any sense and seemed sloppily pasted together. The series lacks a consistent mood as it tries mixing around deadly serious storytelling and comedy at a number of points with the interactions between Yuno and Yukiteru, which felt awkward and ill-timed in execution. The final episodes of the series seemed sloppy in their execution with convenient developments and plot twists that either get convoluted or are poorly explored. And lastly, it tends to relish too greatly at many points in its graphic and depraved content with a good number of violent and gory scenes, a good amount of nudity and sexual content, torture, rape, child abuse, terrorism and a diverse number of ways to murder folks. It's like whoever made this series wanted to make it a seinen title, yet winded up with the immaturity and cheesiness you would find with a cookie-cutter shounen title in the way it is set up and structured.
The visuals to Future Diary are on the plain side with character designs sporting the typical mainstream look and scenery shots being decent with what they deliver. The CG animation for this (used mostly with vehicles or rendering the world of Deus ex Machina) is a bit sloppy as it looks awkwardly rendered and clearly sticks out from the typical animation of the series. The animation is nothing to write home about either with flat choreography during fight scenes and a decent number of animation shortcuts used throughout the title's run.
Overall, Future Diary is one of the biggest messes in quality that I've seen in a while from a title getting plenty of hype from anime fans. With no regard for proper depth, consistency and buildup in the treatment of its plot and characters, as well as relishing in its objectionable content and themes, Future Diary is a lovely train wreck of a title that may get either disgust or unintentional laughs from fans with its content and sloppy execution.


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I am now with my 3rd main shaft from light crash. Believe it or not, still using the same stock wood blades which did not break striking the ground. Both incidents broke my main shaft, everything else is OK. My buddy's 300X crashed big time, shaft broke during 3D flight. HH replaced it with a NIB. The plastic frame is VERY weak. It easily cracks, but cheap to replace. It flies very nice though. * So buying a new set of main shaft fixes the issue (?). |
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I worked on the new 130x tail last night. Installed the new metal "A" gear, checked the feather shaft for square and balanced the blades. Also added a pushrod support. Runs up smooth but not as quite as my old 130. Is there something else I can check? Should I look into changing the tail bearings?
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I am wondering whether moisture from flying a few times in damp grass may have been the problem (if the bearings were under-lubricated to start with). |
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To date i dont own a 130x. But enjoy reading thru this thread Knowing That if and when HH should come out with a v2 I will be game for that. From start to this point now, crvnation and all his other shill accts. have taken up about 20% of this thread. That and his trolling me in others wont be missed. |
Nov 16, 2012, 04:02 PM | ||
All of the 130Xs sold by my hobby shop including mine were perfectly fine out of the box. He hasn't had any returns, and he hasn't had any repairs needed that weren't a result of a crash. That is pretty surprising actually, given that he's sold at least 25 of them, but it gives you a more realistic idea of the actual failure rate. It's not bad. Hell, mine shakes at low RPM and it's not fallen apart yet - but it didn't take much of a blade strike to rip up the tail gear. |
Nov 16, 2012, 04:23 PM | |
Noted jasmine. I'll give it some serious thought. My intentions of the 130x is that it would make an excellent trainer before i try such tricks on my 450-500-600 helis.
However this just came out . http://www.rc711.com/shop/alzrc-devi...th=165_273_353 How freaking awsome would this be !! I have been waiting for somebody to put out this tween size. 360mm blades swinging on a 6s motor and battery. Not to mention the goblin fashion look. Thinking the other two helis i have on my " hit-list " will have to take a back seat to this, I received Great news from two different areas today In the hobby i love, And its not even my birthday.. ha Know your not into clones jazz. ( ALZRC ) And cant say i blame you. But you should give this one some consideration . |
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BEIRUT: When it comes to constructing his films' openings, writer-director Asghar Farhadi is as meticulous as a novelist. At one of France's international airports, a woman stands on one side of a glass barrier, gazing expectantly into an arrivals area.
Her eyes fall on a man preoccupied with looking for a suitcase that hasn't arrived. As she unsuccessfully gestures to catch his eye, a complex mix of expressions swirl over her face, suggesting nervousness, affection and need.
When she does get the preoccupied man's attention, he walks to her and – like a husband or wife visiting an imprisoned spouse – the couple extends their hands to touch either side of the transparent wall separating them. The silent confluence of emotions, even as they stand divided, betrays something of the turbulence of their relationship and the personality at its center.
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Marie-Ann's reasons for wanting the divorce now are vague, as is the reason for her desire to have her soon-to-be-ex-husband stay with her at their old house. It's only when he meets little Fouad (Elyes Aguis) that Ahmad discerns that he's been dropped into a highly volatile situation.
Marie-Ann is living with another man, Samir (Tahar Rahim), and she plans to marry him. This has opened a rift between her and Lucie, who for unknown reasons despises Samir. Since Lucie is as uncommunicative as her mother, Marie-Ann asks Ahmad to talk to her.
The film follows Ahmad's efforts to get to the root of this family crisis – a family from which he's about to be legally divorced.
Farhadi has carved out an enviable reputation for making films that appeal to audiences and critics both. Emerging from Iran's robust theater scene, he specializes in emotionally fraught tales, driven by plot and character.
In other hands, films of this description can be turgidly overplotted and hysterically overacted. The danger signs of melodrama are evident in Farhadi's work, but his execution is so deft it forces critics either to decide it's not melodrama or else to re-evaluate their definition of the term.
Farhadi's plots are elaborate, but the narrative complexity feels organic. Conflict emerges not from omniscient exterior forces – "the state," say, "Islam" or "the West" – but the fears, frustrations and insecurities of strong-willed figures.
These characters aren't art house clichés, emulating the taciturn protagonists of European indie cinema. They are emotional, at times driven to fits of shouting. Yet in the actors' performances there remains a pervasive sense that there is much more that's still unsaid.
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Farhadi's follow-up, "A Separation" (2011), won most every significant national and international award for which it was eligible – sweeping up several prizes after its world premiere at the Berlinale (including the Golden Bear) and at Iran's Fajr Film Festival, then winning the 2012 Golden Globe and Academy awards for best foreign film.
"The Past" has not been received with the same ardor. It was nominated for three major awards at Cannes, where it debuted, and walked away with two, but not the Palme D'Or.
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It may be the decentering "foreignness" of "The Past" that has made critics wary: The work is undeniably Farhadi's, yet (like the late films of his countryman Abbas Kiarostami) it doesn't look Iranian; it resembles, and in production terms is, a French film but its outsider perspective means it doesn't move like one.
Because he's Iranian, critics frequently try to read political subtexts into Farhadi's work. It's assumed, for instance, that the emigration underlying the divorce in "A Separation" is motivated by Iran's political situation. "The Past" also seems to invite allegorical readings – indeed it's hard to read it otherwise when the central figure in this French story is named Marie-Ann, and evidently has a thing for Muslim guys.
While not wrong, such readings contribute little to appreciating the cleverness of the films.
More than any of Farhadi's recent work, "The Past" nods to genre, specifically the police procedural. Coppers play no role in this story, but since Marie-Ann is habitually close-lipped when it comes to the men she loves, Ahmad finds himself having to piece together the details of her life himself.
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New Atlanta Falcons free safety Dwight Lowery knows firsthand all about the HBO series "Hard Knocks."
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"That thing was hilarious," Lowery recalled. "Pretty much the players voted for who the ugliest player on the team was. You had to put money in as your vote. Whoever got third place, they got 75 percent of the pot. Second place got 25 percent of the pot. And first place didn't get anything, because they were so ugly. Some defensive back won, too (Brian Jackson).
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Maybe Lowery's second appearance on "Hard Knocks" will be memorable as well. The Falcons were chosen as this year's team to be followed throughout training camp. It seems like a curious choice, considering how Mike Smith is a no-nonsense head coach. At the same time, it should be great exposure for team owner Arthur Blank as he prepares to open a new stadium in 2017.
It's fair to wonder if this could be a distraction for a team coming off a 4-12 season. Well, the "Hard Knocks jinx" was dispelled by Lowery's Jets, who went 11-5 and made it to the AFC Championship Game after finishing 9-7 the season before the filming.
"Honestly, my point of view is this: If you're not able to function when there are cameras around at the facility or practice or wherever, how are you going to go out and win a football game with 60,000 people in the stands?" Lowery posed. "You're on national TV. Cameras are rolling. If you're a team that's fortunate to go all the way, Super Bowl week has become crazier and crazier as the years have progressed. There is going to be a lot of that kind of hoopla and jazz going on that you need to focus in that type of situation as well.
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"Because we are in the process of making room for all the new 2014-15 models and styles that are arriving, the Blizzard Sale is the place to pick up the very best deals of the year," explained Scott Leigh, regional manager for Vail Resorts Retail. "After more than 30 years, most locals and many visitors have figured out this is the time and place to stock up on new equipment and clothing at prices rarely seen in this region," he added.
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LAKELAND, Fla. -- Dan Haren is still figuring out where he fits into the potent Washington Nationals' rotation.
Haren went a spring-high four innings, allowing two earned runs in a 2-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.Rick Porcello started for the Tigers and pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits while striking out four.Haren signed as a free agent after going 12-13 with a 4.33 ERA for the Los Angeles Angels last season. He is set to join Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Gio Gonzalez and Ross Detwiler in the rotation.Haren says he already has the pecking order figured out."Let's see, I am the oldest starting pitcher and I am by far the slowest," Haren said. "I am the second-best hitting pitcher. Other than that, we are a staff and a team that is built for the long run. Our fans in Washington have a lot to be excited about for a long time."Haren has 119 career wins and has been an All-Star three times. He said he has his eyes fixed on bigger things this year as part of a team that many are picking as the favorite to go to the World Series."It's an exciting time to be here in Washington," Haren said.Nationals manager Davey Johnson has been impressed by what he's seen."Dan Haren has been great," Johnson said. "He's been sharp all spring and he has great command. I like what I am seeing."Porcello is competing with Drew Smyly for the final spot in the Tigers' rotation year behind Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister.Smyly hasn't allowed a run in nine innings over three starts. Porcello has only allowed three runs in 12 innings in four starts.Porcello has fanned 14 without a walk this spring, and has a 2.08 ERA. His name has been mentioned in trade speculation, and he said he's done talking about possible deals."I feel good right now," Porcello said. "Everything is working well. I am trying to get ahead of the batters, but I am pitching with confidence. I am not here to work on stuff, I am here to win.""Numbers are nice, but you can't take too much out of them," Porcello said. "For five innings I felt great today and I need to bring that to the regular season."Tigers manager Jim Leyland isn't showing his hand on the final opening in the Tigers rotation. He liked what he saw from Porcello."That was impressive. He's bearing up under all the talk like a professional. He is locked in now," he said.Andy Dirks had two hits for the Tigers, improving his spring average to .308. He is in competition with Brennan Boesch and Quintin Berry for the left field slot, and all three played against Washington.Game notes
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Called the Securities Transfer Corporation and based near Dallas, the transfer agent is run by Kevin Halter Jr., the brother of Timothy Halter, whose investment house, Halter Financial, is one of the most prolific coordinators and financial backers of Chinese reverse mergers in the U.S.
Halter Financial often engages STC's services to hold funds in escrow as Chinese companies are brought public in the U.S. through the controversial method, also known as a reverse takeover, or RTO. Both Kevin Halter Sr. and Jr. also operated a firm called Halter Capital, which keeps an inventory of shell companies for use in reverse-merger transactions.
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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says its ruling that 69-year-old Sonny Graham committed suicide was preliminary. Graham was found in a utility building in his back yard with a gunshot wound to the throat.
Investigators are conducting interviews and waiting for results of Graham's toxicology report, which could take several weeks.
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Madhavaram, the new constituency abutting the city, is an amalgamation of urban middle class and rural population spread across local bodies of various grades. As many other suburban constituencies, Madhavaram also lags behind in terms of basic amenities.
Formed with select localities from neighbouring constituenciesTiruvottiyur, Ponneri and Villivakkam, Madhavaram comprises includes Madhavaram municipality, villages from Villivakkam Panchayat Union, Sholavaram Panchayat Union and Puzhal Panchayat Union.
Madhavaram, which lends its name to the constituency, is synonymous with milk and mangoes as it is a major supply point from where these commodities are sent to Chennai.
It houses the truck terminal, Puzhal prison and educational and research institutes, including Directorate of Research of Tamil Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. This constituency also comprises the two reservoirs in Red Hills and Cholavaram that supply water to Chennai.
The entertainment-starved constituency may soon get an ornamental garden with the foundation stone being laid recently. Though a blend of fast developing areas, residents of the Madhavaram municipality and neighbouring local bodies contend with lack of basic amenities be it drainage and piped water supply, adequate health posts, blacktopped roads or transport connectivity.
Solid waste management is in a sorry state throughout the constituency, both in the municipality and village panchayat limits. Residents like B.Jagan of Surapet, believe that the new identity would bring in development.
Comprehensive development of the localities will be a big challenge for the first elected representative from this constituency with 2.75 lakh voters. Of the total electorate, 1,39,884 are male, 1,35,658 are female and there are 36 others. The number of polling booths is 291.
Of the 13 contesting in the election, six are independent candidates. Noticeable among the contestants are V.Moorthy of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and N.S.Kanimozhi of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
While Mr.Moorthy has already seen one assembly election when he contested against Fisheries Minister K.P.P.Sami in Tiruvottiyur last time, Ms.Kanimozhi, a doctor by profession, is a debutant.
Mr.Moorthy considers that his roots in Madhavaram will help him win. "Many people are asking for old age pension, and civic amenities. I will fulfill their demands as I know their problems," he said.
Ms.Kanimozhi's strength stems from her identity as grand daughter of N.V.Natarajan, one of the founding members of DMK and daughter of former union minister N.V.N.Somu. "I have worked in a trust hospital in Madhavaram and many of my patients recognise me during campaign. Politics is not new to me. I have grown up seeing my father campaign for election and working for people."
The constituency has a large population of casual labourers working in rice mills, paddy fields or as lorry drivers. The mills also have a significant migrant population which does not benefit much from government schemes.
Literacy level in rural pockets is low. The migrant labourers' children in the age group of 8 to 13 have to be cajoled to attend school. Even the noon meal served is not an incentive, says S. Punitha, a teacher in a one-room school in Theerthamkaraipattu.
Though the residents benefit from monthly mobile health camps, they have not received the government's marriage assistance or gas cylinders. Even the free television sets have been erratically distributed, they say.
Despite living close to water bodies such as Red Hills, Rettai eri and Cholavaram, the residents contend with bore well water or water supplied through street taps from over head tanks. Only those who have money get piped water, says a shop-owner in Pammadhukulam village.
Many roads leading to villages off the Grand North Trunk Road are unpaved dirt tracks. As bus connectivity is poor, residents depend largely on share auto rickshaws.
In Red Hills, commuters battle the long queue of trucks transporting rice into the city. Vice president of Rice Mills Association N. Jayapalan says: "It is the gateway to Tamil Nadu from Andhra Pradesh and we supply water and rice to Chennai. The 160-acre Padianallur water body has not been de-silted and is heavily encroached. The government could develop it on the lines of Muttukadu. It will benefit around 100 villages and also recharge groundwater. There are currently 1,000 to 2,000 deep bore wells and we have no idea how much water has depleted."
Mr. Jayapalan says through an RTI they found that the government had access to 100 acres. "We could be given 10 acres to develop a yard and the traffic congestion caused by parking trucks on the road can be avoided. We have approached the government but since most people here are illiterate the government has no interest in improving our lot," he adds.
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Archive for the 'Things to do' Category
problematical attempt
Alright already, jeez.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
As previously mentioned, Our Lady of the Pentacle and myself enjoyed a short vacation at the end of the last month, and for part of that duration we were at sea. Hence, your humble narrator is a bit short on content as I've been off my beaten path. Therefore, a couple of shots of the oceanic sky greet you today. This was about 15 minutes or so after the burning thermonuclear eye of god itself opened.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Sunset, on the same day as the one above. We hit weather for most of the "away game," it was 42 degrees in Florida for instance, so seeing the ole burning thermonuclear eye of god itself open and close at all was a treat.
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This is actually a Newtown Pentacle post, sorry for the spam this morning.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Not sure how, as my passwords etc. were still secure when I checked, but at 8:24 this morning – a spam posting propagated out from this site. First time in better than 5 years that there's been a breech, but security protocols (changing passwords, mainly) have been invoked. Sorry for the spam, however, but… y'know, hackers and spam bots are clever.
The offending post has been removed from the Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr feeds, but there's nothing I can do about the emailed subscriber feed so please delete it without clicking on the links. Believe me when I tell you, the last thing I wanted to deal with before finishing my coffee was this.
Your humble narrator is preparing for quite a busy weekend, after all.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
On Saturday, I'll be leading an excursion with the Atlas Obscura folks in Long Island City. 13 Steps around Dutch Kills will explore the Queens tributary of Newtown Creek and wind up over in Brooklyn. We're meeting at the corner of Jackson Avenue and 23rd street at 11 a.m. and the walk will be around three hours or so. There's lots of great stuff to take pictures of, and the route will carry us along one of my favorite paths. Advance tix are recommended, click here for the link, but walkups are also very welcome if you're a last minute sort of lord or lady.
The tour will set you back $20, and as it's the last Dutch Kills walk of 2014, come with?
- photo by Mitch Waxman
On Sunday, the tour will be in DUKBO – Down Under the Kosciuszko Bridge Onramp - a part of brooklyn which I fondly refer to as "the Poison Cauldron." This is likely the second to last time EVER that this tour will happen, as the coming bridge project is going to tear most of this area down. I was there last weekend and most of the businesses are gone, leaving behind a post industrial moonscape. We'll be walking through petroleum country at the beginning, and I'll be telling the story of Standard Oil and the Greenpoint Oil Spill along the path. Seriously, if you've been putting off coming on one of these, do it now. The Poison Cauldron of the Newtown Creek will soon be a construction zone, which will preclude exploration.
This tour is being produced by the good folks from Brooklyn Brainery, whose ticketing page is found here. Walkups are very welcome, we'll be at the corner of Kingsland and Norman Avenues in Greenpoint at 10 a.m. The tour will set you back $25.
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Upcoming Walking Tours-
Saturday, September 27th, 13 Steps Around Dutch Kills
Walking Tour with Atlas Obscura, click here for tickets and more info.
Sunday, September 28th, The Poison Cauldron of the Newtown Creek
Walking Tour with Brooklyn Brainery, click here for tickets and more info.
Magic Lantern Show at Brooklyn Brainery
The Newtown Creek Magic lantern show returns.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
On February 27th, your humble narrator will be narrating humbly at the Brooklyn Brainery – here's the details. This is the 2014 version of the thing, btw, updated with newly learned information and recently captured images. In the past, this photo presentation and info dump has been offered to political clubs, historical societies, and to the general public at a variety of venues.
Come with?
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Brooklyn Brainery is a swell operation, located in the nice part of Brooklyn nearby Grand Army Plaza and several Subway lines. I've worked with them a few times in the last year, doing walking tours, and they're very cool folks. Also, the space they're located in is very nice – physical comfort wise and such.
From their website -
We host classes about all sorts of things: from physics to Australian desserts, from HTML to shorthand and just about every nook and cranny in between.
All of our course topics are dreamed up and suggested by you, and our teachers are a group of awesome people from around Brooklyn and the whole city. Anyone can teach–you just need a passion for the topic and a desire to share it with others. We do all the planning, taking care of sign ups, marketing, and materials, so you can focus on the important stuff (teaching, duh)."
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The presentation will be about 2 hours long, with the actual slideshow and talk occupying roughly one and a half hours. What follows will be a Q&A session, wherein questions will be offered that a humble narrator will endeavor to intelligently answer. Brooklyn Brainery is asking $12 for the class.
There are still a few tickets left, so click on through and join the conversation about Newtown Creek on February 27th at 8 p.m.
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2013 Newtown Creek Boat Tour
The 2013 Newtown Creek Boat Tour.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
On Saturday -the 28th of September- the Working Harbor Committee is producing and offering a boat tour of the Newtown Creek for any interested parties to attend. A special emphasis on the waterway's storied history and maritime legacy will be made.
I'm going to be doing the history part, speaking in my capacity as the Newtown Creek Alliance Historian, and am tasked with highlighting the various points of interest encountered along the route. Anticipated to be some three hours in length, this boat tour will be delving some three miles inland, proceeding to the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge crossing English Kills in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The Maritime History of Newtown Creek is one largely forgotten in these decadent times, but even now an odd tugboat and barge might be spied making their way down the waterway on any given day. Property owners were considered to have been blessed by some of the finest industrial bulkheads in the world a mere century ago, yet many of the businesses based along the Creek today ignore this invaluable resource, allowing their waterfront property to decay and decline.
Nevertheless, a staggering amount of maritime traffic is still observed here, and towing companies such as Reinauer, K-Sea, DonJon, and Poling and Cutler are regular visitors.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Vast operations will be witnessed by those onboard, many of which are involved in the scrap metal and recyclables trade. Responsible for an enormous amount of cross harbor shipping, companies such as SimsMetal are heavily reliant on the maritime trades for their economic success.
Not all that long ago, Newtown Creek carried a greater tonnage of cargo than the entire Mississippi River.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
An active and thriving industrial zone in the center of New York City, from the water one can truly grasp the sheer scale of Newtown Creek's busy waterfront. Normally hidden by high fences and obscured by street facing structures, the intensity of the Newtown Creek is laid bare before the admiring gaze of first time visitor and veteran urban explorer alike.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
A tributary of the estuarine East River, Newtown Creek extends some 3.8 miles from its junction with the more familiar waterway, and provides demarcation for the currently undefended border of much of Brooklyn and Queens. Named to the Federal Superfund list, the Creek suffers from a history of environmental degradation and municipal neglect.
An era of great change is upon the Newtown Creek, and this trip will be one of your last chances to see it in its current form.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
We will see four moveable bridges, and this year will be your last chance to see the static Kosciuszko Bridge which carries the BQE, as the NYS DOT has indicated that construction on its replacement will begin quite soon.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Along it's banks, great fortunes have risen.
Amongst others- Peter Cooper (BO Railroad, Canton Iron, and Cooper Union), Charles Pratt (Astral Oil, and Pratt University), and ultimately John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil)- all grew richer than the dreams of avarice in this place. Alongside them, the darkest mills of the industrial revolution- rendering plants, yeast distilleries, bone blackers, and acid factories provided tens of thousands of jobs to the immigrant populations of Brooklyn and Queens. Today- National Grid, BP, Amoco, ExxonMobil, and a host of other multinational companies still maintain an enormous investment in this valuable industrial canal.
Upcoming tour: Hidden Harbor Tours: Newtown Creek tour with Mitch Waxman.
Come explore Newtown Creek by boat with Working Harbor Executive Director Captain John Doswell and Newtown Creek Alliance Historian Mitch Waxman as your guides.
Boarding begins at 2:30 p.m., and departs at 3:00 p.m. sharp. The 2.5 hour, fully narrated, round-trip excursion departs from and returns to the New York Skyports Marina found at East 23rd Street & the FDR Drive in Manhattan.
There will be a cash bar onboard.
For inquiries about group discounts please call 212-757-1600.
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September 10 Newark Bay Tour
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-photo by Mitch Waxman
A Hidden Harbor® Newark Bay Tour is in the offing, which will take place onboard the luxury tour boat Zephyr.
Produced by the Working Harbor Committee of New York, a 501/3c non profit corporation whose mission is to strengthen awareness of the working harbor's history and vitality today, and its opportunities for the future.
The tour will be departing from South Street Seaport's Pier 16 in Lower Manhattan, on Tuesday the 10th of September, between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.
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Our vessel features two fully enclosed and climate controlled decks with all amenities. There is an open-air roof deck which offers panoramic views of the incredible harbor of New York and New Jersey. Snacks and beverages, including wine and beer, will be available for onboard purchase on the spacious and comfortable ship.
Hidden Harbor® Tours are presented by Working Harbor Committee in partnership with the New York Water Taxi/Circle Line Downtown.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
Visiting Brooklyn's Erie Basin, then "Tugboat Alley" (aka the Kill Van Kull), our ultimate destination will be the Port Elizabeth and Port Newark container terminals. The Statue of Liberty will be visited on the way home, at sunset.
Tugboats, oil barges, tankers, container ships, car carriers, ocean liners and ferries ply the busy waters of New York Harbor daily, but most of their activity is hidden from land. On this cruise tour-goers will get an insider's view of New York's working harbor – the largest port on the East Coast and the third busiest in the nation.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
Working Harbor Committee offers boat tours from May to October. Tours are narrated by people who know the harbor intimately – tugboat captains, maritime historians and other experts. WHC's schedule includes visits to places like the tugboat berths in Erie Basin and Kill Van Kull, container, breakbulk, oil and car ports in Brooklyn and New Jersey, Newtown Creek and many other locations.
The group has been in operation for ten years, and proceeds derived from the tour help to support educational programs for at risk youths, as well as offering free harbor programming for senior citizens.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
Onboard our comfortable NY Water Taxi vessel Zephyr, you will be delighted by a never ending parade of tugboats, cargo vessels, and see the immense cargo handling equipment which lines the shorelines. Hear the realities of keeping a 24/7 operation like this- which employs tens of thousands of New Yorkers- running from maritime experts and harbor insiders.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
The world of working maritime vessels and facilities is vitally important to the area's economic well being.
Want to know where your Toyota came in? How the ingredients for your chocolate bar got here? How your trash is removed?
Welcome to the Working Harbor.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
This tour passes by the Red Hook Container Terminal and visits Erie Basin, home of Hughes Brothers Barges and Reinauer Tugs before crossing the harbor toward Staten Island. It then enters Kill Van Kull, the area's busiest waterway dividing Staten Island and Bayonne, passing tug yards, oil docks and marine repair facilities.It then passes under the Bayonne Bridge and visits the giant container ports of Newark Bay: Port Newark and the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, where the world's largest container ships tie up.
On the way back, we pass by Military Ocean Terminal, the 9/11 Teardrop Memorial, the Robbins Reef Lighthouse and more.
The Statue of Liberty, at sunset, is our last stop before returning to Pier 16.
-photo by Mitch Waxman
The September 10th Newark Bay tour will be led by Captain John Doswell, executive director of Working Harbor Committee.
Capt. Doswell was a writer, designer, producer and software developer for many years before turning his attention to NYC's waterfront. He serves on the board of several waterfront organizations and founded Friends of Hudson River Park. In addition, he is a waterfront consultant and event producer. Capt. Doswell runs the annual tug race on the Hudson River, and has been involved with everything from Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance's "City of Water Day" to "Op Sail".
-photo by Mitch Waxman
Special guest narrator Ed Kelly, executive director of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey, will draw on his long maritime experience to describe how the port works.
"The maritime industry delivers the American way of life. It is essential to the nation's security and economic well being," Ed Kelly has said. But because we have gotten so good at what we do people don't even know we do it any more. It is hidden away. That's why tours like this are so important."
-photo by Mitch Waxman
To get onboard with the Working Harbor Committee, and order tickets to our September 10th Newark Bay tour with Capt. John Doswell and Ed Kelly, click here for the NY Water Taxi ticketing page.
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She floats thro' the air with the greatest of ease
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Like one of the personalized parables which populate "Thus Spake Zarathustra," your humble narrator dares not tread the sky for he knows that failure will result due to personal inadequacy and a hidebound mind. This youngling spotted at South Street Seaport's "Trapeze School New York," it seems, has no such limitations placed on her "Will to Power."
from newyork.trapezeschool.com
Trapeze School New York is dedicated to making flying trapeze available to anyone who seeks inspiration, challenge, fitness or just a couple hours of unique fun. Our mission every day is to create a safe, fun, challenging environment where our students strive to surpass limitations and more richly enjoy their lives.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
The trapeze section of Pier 16 is well fortified, with nets and rigging, and is surrounded by a chain link fence to keep the curious out of harms way. The procedure, as I've observed it, is to allow participants an opportunity to learn the circus art under tutelage. They come up, one by one, and train in handling themselves on the wire.
If your humble narrator was to attempt something like this, it would merely provide an EMT the opportunity to learn how to resuscitate someone who died of fright.
from wikipedia
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple or as a group act.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
I've never had the urge to swing from a series of ropes, ride a wild or even tame horse, nor drive without a seat belt on. Vast physical cowardice is my thing, having long ago decided that disease or old age will suit me nicely, rather than accidental or violent death. These people are meshuggeneh.
from wikipedia
meshugaas, also mishegaas or mishegoss: Crazy or senseless activity or behavior; craziness (Yiddish משוגעת meshugaas, from Hebrew məšugga'ath, a form of the above)
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Nothing wrong with the activity, however, they are all trussed up with safety lines and every participant observed ends their routine by practicing a drop into the safety net, which is actually pretty smart. Still, it takes some sort of fortitude to do this in front of hundreds of people a couple of dozen feet over the dock. This is one wild hobby to cultivate- swinging roughly through the air, on the flying trapeze, at South Street Seaport.
from wikipedia
Courage is the ability and willingness to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, death, or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, or discouragement.
In some traditions, fortitude holds approximately the same meaning as courage. In the Western tradition, notable thoughts on courage have come from philosophers such as Aristotle, Aquinas and Kierkegaard; in the Eastern tradition, some thoughts on courage were offered by the Tao Te Ching. More recently, courage has been explored by the discipline of psychology.
Want to see something cool? Summer 2013 Walking Tours-
13 Steps around Dutch Kills- Saturday, August 17, 2013
Newtown Creek walking tour with Mitch Waxman and Newtown Creek Alliance, tickets now on sale.
Modern Corridor
Want to see something cool? Bring a camera, and follow me.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
When I decided to start doing walking tours of the Newtown Creek watershed a few years ago, I found myself presented with a significant organizational issue. There's a different story to be told about Maspeth than there is about Greenpoint (also, there are arguably two Greenpoints), yet… the two communities are inextricably linked up. Same thing with Bushwick and Ridgewood, or the residential centers at the Creek's intersection with the East River. 3.8 miles long by around a mile wide, the Creeklands are vast when on foot. There is also SO much information to pass along, not just about the Creek's past, but about all the stuff that's going on right now- EPA, Superfund, the cool things my pals in NCA are doing with Green Infrastructure and Citizen Science…
- photo by Mitch Waxman
My solution was to simply to connect the stories of these places up along the ancient roads or paths along which they grew, and follow the water from one borough to another. "Poison Cauldron" does the Greenpoint to Bushwick route, "Insalubrious Valley" follows a colonial era turnpike path, "Glittering Realms" moves from residential East River Greenpoint back to the industrial zone along another colonial pathway, and "13 Steps around Dutch Kills" traces the Queens tributary back to the Creek and ends at its smaller counterpart Whale Creek in Brooklyn.
The new one- "Modern Corridor"- is all about Hunters Point, one of the least known sections of New York City, which sits directly opposite the Shining City of midtown Manhattan.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
This "Modern Corridor" walking tour starts at the old city center, nearby Jackson Avenue and Court Square, and explores the brave new world rising from the ashes of a 19th century industrial titan- the independent municipality of Long Island City. Writ large, the growing community of the titan real estate development which has reshaped the colonial vintage section of Queens called Hunters Point will be encountered, and one of the finest parks in the entire city visited. This park is built upon a significant piece of rail infrastructure which once allowed train cars to be loaded onto barges for maritime transport to Manhattan and points west.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Then we walk through to the proverbial wrong side of the tracks, and to the industrial machine surrounding the infamous Newtown Creek. Former home to sugar refineries and cargo docks, rail yards and powerhouses, this will be the future home of thousands who will live in the forthcoming Hunters Point South development which has already begun construction. See it as it is, before the towers rise and the land is reshaped to modern wants and desires.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
Skirting along the Creek, you'll see vast infrastructure, visit DUPBO (Down under the Pulaski Bridge Onramp), and walk over railroad tracks as we head back to the modern incarnation of Long Island City. Bring your cameras, as your friends won't believe you when you try to describe the places you've witnessed. Closed toe shoes are also highly recommended, as is a hat or parasol as there will be little to no shelter from the burning thermonuclear eye of god itself. The walk will be approximately 2 hours in length and will cross all sorts of ground. There will be one flight of stairs involved.
- photo by Mitch Waxman
We'll be passing from the 21st century all the way back to the 1600's with particular emphasis on the late 19th century, when the fellow pictured above- the notorious Patrick "Battle-Ax" Gleason, served as the last Mayor of Long Island City. Gleason was personally responsible for the construction of the exquisite PS1 schoolhouse pictured in the second shot above, which nearly bankrupted LIC- amongst other imbroglios. Dogged by claims and accusations (and at least one conviction) of corruption- Gleason used to sit in a barber chair outside the Miller Hotel- which is today the LIC Crab House- and hold court with constituent and passerby alike. This was his favorite spot, directly across the street from the LIRR train and ferry terminal. He told those he met to avoid addressing him as "Mayor", instructing them instead to "Just call me Paddy."
Hope you can come along, this Saturday at 10- meetup at Court Square Station on Jackson Avenue.


text: Do you have any info about the church or pastor? I cannot find anything at all, other than similar posts to yours on right wing websites. My impression is that this letter was distributed by a very insignificant, rural church. The left used equally tenuous evidence to show that Bush's war on Iraq was driven by Bible prophecy. I wouldn't worry about the isolated eccentric whose support for Obama (or Bush) is based on religious nonsense.


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Phil Lewis: A bright light for the Legislature
There's an old gag that claims few things are safe when legislative bodies are in session.
And like most gags, there's at least a grain of truth involved.
We bring that up because on Tuesday the Florida Legislature kicks off its 2010 session up in Tallahassee.
Hundreds of proposed laws and amendments have been pre-filed by our state representatives and senators. We always take careful note of those bills that concern public records and open government. Florida's government-in-the-sunshine laws are annually — at least from a newspaper editor's perspective — under assault.
There's a healthy number of ominous-sounding bills again this year.
But, there's also a bright light, one that might throw much-needed, long-overdue sunshine on the Florida Legislature.
That light is in the form of two joint resolutions — one filed in the house (HJR 241) by Rep. Keith Fitzgerald, D-Sarasota, and one filed in the Senate (SJR 440) by Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami Beach.
If the resolutions manage to pass both bodies, we will see a constitutional amendment on the November ballot, meaning Florida voters will have a chance to expand the public's right to know.
There are many things to like about the proposed amendment — again, from a newspaper editor's perspective.
Currently, our local elected officials — school board members, city council members and county commissioners — are required to discuss business in public at scheduled meetings. Talking among themselves behind closed doors or on the telephone is generally a crime.
That's not the case with the elected officials we send to Tallahassee. State representatives and state senators legally can meet out of the sunshine. And, they do it all the time.
The proposed amendment would alter that, requiring members of legislative conference committees to discuss matters that come before the conference committee only at a meeting that is advertised and open to the public.
That would cut down on those late-night agreements in the proverbial smoke-filled rooms.
The proposed amendment would also restrict last-minute changes or additions to bills being voted on by either the House or Senate. All sorts of things have been tacked on to laws in the final, hectic days of a legislative session.
The proposal would require special approval on amendments offered to bills in the last five days of the legislative session or during special sessions. For instance, a state senator or state representative offering an amendment to a bill in the closing hours of the annual session would need the approval of three-quarters of his colleagues.
Finally, the proposed amendment would require clarity in spending bills.
Here's how it is worded in House Joint Resolution 241:
"The general appropriations bill shall provide to the reader sufficient information for the average reader to be able to determine: the source of funds; the use of the funds appropriated, with enough detail to know what purpose the funds are intended to achieve; and where to find any underlying references needed to provide sufficient detail. An appropriations bill must also contain references to any performance measures or requirements that relate to the use of such funds."
If that makes it through the Legislature this session, a blast of fresh air will accompany the sunshine.
Phil Lewis is editor of the Daily News. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com
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