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Short film about everything.
Poland 2007
#short synopsis
Two twins, passing themselves off as a lawyer and a prosecutor, start their insurance business.
A manager - an ironic idealist and cynic, a barmaid - felt down daydreamer - are the first who insure themselves'. A kind of theological, surrealistic, symbolic, politic and cabalistic parabolic love story.
#From Director's Statement
1. The Alpha and the Omega – a short film about everything.
The film is of an experimental plot's character. Autonomized scenes and themes – as self-contained wholes are interlinking through characters and their ideas. There is no classic story, and the narrative is basically of metaphorical and symbolic character.
2. Metaphor and and realism.
Social themes, often current, play a supporting role. They place the events in the certain reality, time – they are the metaphor's anchor. Basically, it is the film about an inner life.
3. Tempo and rhythm.
Every film has its rhythm that creates its atmosphere. The movie has various tempos since life has its various tempos. Once in a while time flies unrelentingly slow; sometimes it passes before we know. Time flies differently for those in love, differently for a long term-marriage. And, first of all, this is the film about time. About a change. And about lasting, dreaming about curbing this life's dimension. The construction of the film also assumes the certain celebration, ritual – the same way a mass is said. A ritual, celebration has, as I believe, two functions. Firstly, it enables to displaying in a symbol the certain ideas, which cannot be directly manifested in the imperfect world; therefore, a celebration is a constant relating to eternal love, God, and even to a perfectly efficient activity. Secondly – a ritual should throw us to "fixation", it should help us to forget about an ego.
4. Constancy and change.
The metaphor concerns, most of all, an issue of lasting and passing, a change. We long for permanence, keeping what is present at the moment (a moment - last forever!); we are afraid of change; simultaneously, we reject standing still in numbness, disappearance of automatisms (passions), repeatability, boredom.
An idea must face a reality; when the real world stops, a dream (illusion) materializes with the power of the dream itself. When time stops, the idea is eternal. Nevertheless, a motion – is a life. Motionlessness – means death. If a dream can have a motive power, there must be a choice accompanying it. A faith that something unknown happen can make us confide in the unknown. Insurance always concerns a future and uncertain event. Hope for eternal love consists in faith and choice.
Creating a world of film can be similar to celebrating a religion without faith. In our life, we do not need faith in doctrines but constant entrusting, in spite of an intellect and experience, in the power of every day's choices that enables a dream to be reborn. What we need is a confidence in the power of shaping the world and developing a soul, implementing para-religious forms by a down-to-earth mind in a way that we eventually create God – our basic dream of the eternal love.
# trivia: Alpha Omega bios
Twin characters
Selected symbolic versions.
Alpha and Omega is God's ruthlessness and mildness (wisdom/providence/love/a contradictory force) immersed in unlimited God's mercy, a whole of contradictions which keeps the world balanced. Some cabalistic relations appear.
Alpha and Omega are two persons of The Holy Trinity. The third person is a power of love between them (personification of total devotion – feeling), so the most important is Relation, and God doesn't manifest himself "in people" but "between them" (The Born of Holy Spirit).
Alpha and Omega is time stopped in a moment (Alpha, Omega – watches). The same as moments, pure forms and meanings stop as well forever. In a fraction of a second a pure feeling, already enriched with a synthetic thought but not contaminated with an analytic one, appears.
Alpha is a lawyer, and Omega is a prosecutor (a visit to a scene of death).
God's justice orders to charge and judge, and mercy orders to protect and love uncompromisingly. Switching the characters (Alpha shown as a lawyer) symbolises unity of contradictions – inseparability of the world's attributes - God.
#Trivia 2 (some political and social aspects)
1) Twins in government (Poland, 2007):
President of Poland (Lech Kaczyński) and the Prime Minister of Poland (Jarosław Kaczyński) are twin brothers and former lawyers (up to 2007 date). Lech Kaczyński died in plane crash near Smolensk 10 April 2010.
2) A Wildstein's List is a document which became a reason for a political scandal in Poland.
The present ruling group (the president and prime minister are twins) was in favour of a strict vetting of former associates (agents) of a communist security service. They cooperate with chauvinistic oriented part of polish roman-catholic church, chauvinistic parties in gouvernment and have strong conservative prejudices (f.e. homofobia)
The reporter, Wildstein, stole out a list of alleged agents from a government organisation and published it. Soon it turned out that the list was very imprecise. It contained only (repeatable) first and last names. On the Manager's demand his secretary brings him a Polish phone book.
But political element is the most unimportant in this film.
From festivals..
WINNER: 2007 SPFF SUBMISSION (Seattle Polish Film Festival)
This is no less than a film about everything: from A to Z or from alpha to omega. As the title suggests, the film tackles theological and philosophical questions against a backdrop of a story of two twins, passing themselves off as a lawyer and a prosecutor. They start an insurance business, where a businessman (an ironic idealist) and a barmaid (a romantic daydreamer) are the first to insure themselves. What follows is a surrealistic, symbolic, and political tale that concludes that 'the unknown is our only hope.'
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By CAROLE MCREYNOLDS DAVIS
Just yesterday it was March 4, 1942, and today it's March 4, 2012. Where have the years gone? It's my big "0" birthday, and I invite you to celebrate as my special guests because you are my special viewers of my paintings and the readers of my column. It's my honor to write for the Starkville Daily News. I get to come into your homes and hopefully come into your hearts telling you about who I am, what I did and where I'm going. I want y'all to come over to my house, sit on the porch, swing in the old white swing and we will get a glimpse of the past 70 extraordinary years.
Thirty-six years ago I got out my baby book, slipped out an old black and white photo that my daddy made of me in 1942 with his big Kodak camera in the backyard of our two story white clapboard faculty home on the Mississippi State University campus. Let's take a peep at this painting I did 36 years ago on a large 24-by-36-inch stretched canvas. I had just started to take my very first steps. I am sitting on an old brown tin can cuddling my favorite Madame Alexander doll in my arms, Daddy's camera lens caught me giving her a kiss on her cheek. My doll's dress was a soft yellow with a hat to match, and she was barefooted. Mama dressed me up especially for my first birthday party in a red frilly dress with a white collar around my neck. She used a bobby pin to hold a red bow on my head. I had on high topped laced up white polished leather shoes with white turned down socks. Look in my green eyes. Do you see a twinkle of happiness? Look at the background. Can you see how my eyes contrast the dark and light green grass as it sways back and forth on this windy, chilly March day? The shades of cobalt mixed with light violet in the sky tell us it was a sunny day. Now look at my doll. I loved her. I still love playing with dolls. Today my two favorite dolls are "wo-mannequins," Dottie, who is a sitting grandmother and Mollie Golly who is a standing granddaughter. They live on our wraparound porch at 501 Louisville Street, our family home for six generations and has inside many of the antiques that have remained here for 100 years. Some are even older going back hundreds of years. Starkville celebrates 175 years this year getting its charter as a city on Sept. 11 175 years ago. Dottie and Mollie Golly are dressed stylishly and differently for each month. I refuse to grow up, and I love playing with dolls.
I was beginning to walk with my unsteady baby steps in my new, exciting world living life. Who am I? I was born March 4, 1942. I was delivered by Dr. Jim Eckford and his son Dr. Feddy Eckford in an old two-story home called a hospital located behind Welch Funeral Home in Starkville. My mama was Elizabeth Janette Lewis McReynolds, and she was 30 years old when she gave birth to me. My daddy was John Andrew McReynolds II, and he was 35 years old when I was born. Daddy always told me," Carole (he also called me "Baby" and "Sister"), the first time I saw you your eyes were wide open as if you were about to conquer the world. You were looking around everywhere at this colorful, beautiful and wonderful world you had entered."
I was petted, worshipped and loved very much. I was an only child for four years until my only sibling, John Andrew McReynolds III, was born. I adored my brother, Johnny, and suddenly I had a real live doll to play with.
Look again at the portrait at the tiny colored photograph of me that appears each Sunday as my byline. I have on a big red picture straw hat, and see the contrast of years from being a toddler to being a lady toddler. I am still wearing my favorite color red. I think back to my surprise 7th birthday party on campus. I lived on campus until I was in third grade, and we moved uptown to Granny's home. Mama was our Brownie Scout leader, and she took a tiny plastic standing doll and handmade her an entire brown Brownie dress outfit and a matching Brownie cap on her head. After school my fellow Scouts appeared out of nowhere singing "Happy Birthday." I was so surprised and happy. I still have mama's Brownie Scout Doll standing on a hanging shelf in our second guest bedroom. She is one of my most treasured dolls. I'll never forget my Sweet 16 party that Mama and Daddy gave me down at the old Stark Hotel which was the most elegant place in town to have a huge dance. Everybody in my entire class was invited to come to my dance party with the sounds of the top 1950s records playing loud and clear, and we danced the "Jitter Bug" for hours. It was my greatest birthday party, and I wore a long light pink net dress trimmed in black velvet that my grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Edwards McReynolds, designed and made especially for me. My date was a visiting cousin and gentleman, Bill Stark, who later became a lawyer in town and is married now to Donna Stark. He was in town to visit his aunt and my beloved cousin, Betsy Stark, on Greensboro Street. It was a fabulous party. At our 50th Starkville High School class reunion out at Johnny and Ann McWhorter's restored barn on the Oktoc Road, several of my classmates came up to me and said, "Carole, we never forgot your Sweet 16 party, and thanks for inviting us. Not a single classmate was left out. You included everyone and made us feel welcome."
I graduated in 1960 from Starkville High School and from Mississippi State University in December 1964. I married Dr. Frank Marvin Davis Sr. on March 21, 1964. Mama died Dec. 24, 1964 at the young age of 53. I shall never forget the year 1964 with all the life changing events. Daddy lived on for years as a widower saying, "I never found another best friend." He died June 27, 2003 at the age of almost 97. Johnny, my brother, lives in Russellville, Ala. with his sweet wife Patsy and their now grown son and daughter and four grandchildren. He is vice-president of a lumber company in Fulton. He has for years made the daily trip from Alabama to Mississippi. He too is a MSU graduate in the colleges of Forestry and Business. The Governor of Alabama appointed Johnny to serve on The Forestry Commission of Alabama where they meet several times a year in Montgomery, Ala. I am so proud of Johnny.
I became a "Carole." "Mom", and "Mama" to three babies. Each one calls me a different name. They are Frank Marvin Davis Jr., age 44, Lewis McReynolds Davis, age 37 and Miriam Elizabeth Davis Williams, age 32. Frank and I have four granddaughters and two grandsons. I was a stay-at-home mama. I have never held a job, but I have had a blast doing several community projects around town. I am Starkville's and Mississippi's Queen Rat for the American Cancer Society. I dressed up like a real rat and collected over $12,000 to help with cancer research. I accepted this challenge to honor my friend Geneveve Carter who died of cancer. It took me 28 days to earn this money. I took up over $10,000 to build the Dr. Feddy Eckford, M.D. Memorial Arch with the old step that was worn down by thousands of footprints that went in and out of the Eckford Clinic. It will be replaced again this spring on the OCH Regional Medical Center grounds to pay tribute to the thousands of citizens that both he and his beloved father brought into this world. I sketched as a court room artist here in our Oktibbeha County Court House for two murder trials. I had the opportunity to be a member of the first Chamber of Commerce Better Race Relations Team to bridge the gap in our city and county. I enjoyed these projects as I tried to make a difference locally. Between diaper changes I painted portraits, places, and everything else. I appreciate my husband. Frank is my soul mate. I love that mama, daddy, Johnny, Frank, Little Frank, McReynolds and Elizabeth have allowed me to just be me. Who else would I be anyway?
I used to dress up every Easter as a rabbit, and I would unexpectedly slip down to my children's schools to pass out Easter candy eggs during recess. I decorated my car once with a large artist canvas painted pink of an oversized band aid. I had gotten a dent on the driver's side of my car, and that other driver had driven off without my knowing who he or she was. I used my artistic talent to draw, paint and cut out this huge bandaid and glue it on to the driver's side. I stuffed the middle of the band-aid with black garbage bags to make the dent look as if it were infected. One Christmas I had real black Santa's rubber boots dangling from the trunk of my car, a big red bow on the top, Rudolph with his blinking nose on the hood, a stuffed life-size doll riding in the passenger seat with fishnet string holding up her hand waving to passing cars. My three children who were now in Starkville Elementary, Junior High and High School said, "Mama, we'll just walk to school today. We love walking. You don't have to pick us up." Do you blame them for walking instead of riding with their mama?
I have had a love affair with hats since infancy. I never leave the house without a hat on my head. My grandmother McReynolds and her daughter Parthenia McReynolds Dodds designed hats. Parthenia lived for years in Jackson, and she often designed hats for the Governor's wives when hats were in style. I now create and design hats. It is so much fun to be in love with hats. I create paintings, I design hats and I write. I stay busy.
We live in our 100-year-old home, which is on the National Historical Homes of America. It was built by my great-grandfather, Wiley Bartley Pearson, in 1911. Mama was born in this home as well as married daddy in the parlor on Dec. 22, 1935. We have ghosts in our home, and three of my ancestors died here — Papa Pearson and my maternal grandparents, William Elmer Lewis and Daisy Pearson Lewis. We've heard footsteps come up and down the stairs and dishes crashing in the cabinets without a dish broken. Friendly ghosts live with us, too. We love our ghosts. They are just family members checking the house out, and they wonder how life must have changed since 1911.
I love to play dress up daily. I love dolls, and I sincerely love people, my hometown, my county, and my university. I am so happy to be born an American citizen and a native Mississippian. I circled the world in 1980 and 1981. We spent six months in Los Banos, University of the Philippines, in The Philippine Islands when Frank, a research entomologist was sent on loan from the U.S. Department Of Agriculture to IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) to set up an insect rearing laboratory for the Ford and Rockefellow Foundation. I, along with the MSU geology and art departments have traveled to San Salvador, The Bahamas, Scotland and Ireland to paint. Just a few years ago, we traveled to Beijing, China in 2009. In the Philippine Islands we experienced a dictatorship, though the Philippines are now democratic. In China we experienced Communism. We love democracy, and we love America. I've been all over our world, but the best place to be is here in Mississippi.
Where am I going? I'm going to get up early every morning before daylight, and I shall dance in the morning when the world was begun and dance in the moon and stars and the sun.
I'm off flying in an airplane with my pilot, Dr. George Bennett of Starkville, and I am looking down at my beloved city, county and university with wings on my back in a peaceful glider. If you read about a 70-year-old artist/creator/writer/bag lady/collector of hats, junk, hub caps, red bottle trees, antique bottles and outrageous things crashing into a bush in Starkville Daily News, know that I lived each day to its fullest and breathed each breath with unique fun and great excitement. I never planned on growing up, I just mellowed with age. Someone asked me recently, "What are you doing? My answer wa , "I'm just chilling, thinking that attitude each day is our choice." There was once a Schlitz beer can, and on it was a globe. Their logo was a simple and like a visual painting worth a million words. There was one word — "gusto." I reached for the gusto knowing in my heart that we only go around this world once.
My viewer, reader and friend, go for the gusto. Look at this portrait. I was a 1-year-old baby toddler sitting on a tin can with a red dress on and a red ribbon in my hair. I was giving a peck on my baby doll's head. Look at the tiny photo in the Starkville Daily News today. I am now a grown up toddling around day after day with a red polka-dotted dress and a big straw matching red polka-dotted picture hat with an art palette pin with many colors and a real brush. I am a daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother. I thank God for my blessings. I thanks each of my viewers and readers, and I hope you have had a wonderful time helping me celebrate my birthday today.
Carole McReynolds Davis is a local artist. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com [2].
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"Apple has acquired assets from SchemaSoft, a developer of software components for facilitating digital information workflow," the Cupertino, Calif.-based company said in a statement to CNET News.com. The Mac maker added that it plans to use SchemaSoft's technology in future products, but did not offer specific details.
SchemaSoft's tools can extract data found in a variety of formats including those used by Microsoft Office documents, along with Quark and Adobe Systems' Portable Document Format, the software maker states on its Web site. The tools can also output into those formats as well as into HTML and XML.
Those tools could be beneficial for Apple, which already offers such features in its iWork suite. The Office rival includes the Keynote presentation program, which can read and write to Microsoft's PowerPoint format, and Pages, a word-processing program.
Apple is already a customer of SchemaSoft, according to the Canadian company's Web site. Other well-known customers include Microsoft, Adobe and Corel.
Apple made several purchases a couple of years back in its professional audio and graphics units, but has been relatively quiet of late on the acquisition front. In 2002, it bought German music software maker Emagic, acquired the assets of Prismo Graphics and purchased technology from digital effects company Silicon Grail.
SchemaSoft has about 40 workers, according to its Web site. Apple did not say how many of those employees would be retained nor say whether they would remain at the SchemaSoft's headquarters in Vancouver.
Word that Apple was buying SchemaSoft first came in a report on Mac enthusiast site ThinkSecret.
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If I was faced with this delima I'd hope for "totaled". Only because it would eliminate me second guessing mysellf down the road. Like most of us, my first recation was "get money from insurance, fix it myself, end up improving my lot". But in reality what would most likely happen is that yes, the bike would be repaired, but every time something rattled or squirmed I would think there was a problem that was missed in the repair. Could you imagine the frustration, if while riding one fine afternoon that you noticed something, however so minor, that can never be tweaked back to normal...say like handle bar, fairing alighnment, or an odd feel in certain conditions (like rain). It would drive me nuts questioning if I did the right thing by keeping the crashed bike thinking I was saving money when in reality that was my best opportunity to upgrade.
I would rather have peace of mind over the long haul than saving a couple of grand for the present time.
Not sure of this, but will an insurance company just cut you a personal check or will it need to be addressed to a repair shop?
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Militias loyal to Islamist factions in Somalia battled for control of a key facility Monday, Radio Garowe reports.
The fighting erupted near the ex-pasta factory in northern Mogadishu, which is under the control of militias loyal to ex-warlord Yusuf Indha Ade, witnesses said.
The attackers included Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam fighters, with Indha Ade's militia claiming to have "pushed back" the attackers. At least one civilian was wounded in the skirmish.
Indha Ade's lieutenants claimed that Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam factions were looking to "expand territory" into areas under the control of Indha Ade, who broke off from Hizbul Islam last month.
One faction of Hizbul Islam, including Indha Ade and led by Chairman Sheikh Hassan Ali "Amey," has called for a ceasefire with the Somali government. Inside sources said militias loyal to Indha Ade were recently paid by the Somali interim government, led by President Sheikh Sharif.
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Ask Aunt Tillie: Can Amish Have Bicycles?
Blogger's Note: Since this blog is somewhat Amishcentric, I get questions from time to time from readers about Amish life and culture, which I refer to my Aunt Tillie, an opinionated, but humble Amish woman. Here is a recent question and answer. Please leave a comment or email me if you have questions you want me to refer to her in the future.
Dear Aunt Tillie:
Driving through the Amish community the other day, I saw lots of Amish people out riding bicycles. Is that really allowed, or were the bicycle riders doing their rumspringa, like I saw an ABC?
(Signed) Curious
Dear Curious:
I don't know what ABC said about "rumspringa" (we Amish don't have television.) "Rumspringa" literally means "running around," in Pennsylvania Dutch, so the bicycle riders might have been running around doing errands. But they usually don't have television shows about Amish doing errands (or at least so I assume, not being an expert on television shows.) So, you're probably asking about the other type of rumspringa which is when teenagers who are not yet church members have a little of what they consider fun by drinking beer, and dancing and smoking (and maybe engage in a little premarital sex.) But I digress, as I tend to do so often these days, you want to know whether it is allowed for Amish to ride bicycles. Well, of course we can ride bicycles. The Bible does not say, "Thou shalt not ride a bicycle." (Ha, ha, that's a joke, we Amish don't believe that everything we can't do is literally forbidden by the Bible. It would take a lot bigger book than the Bible to include everything we can't do.)
I've never ridden a bicycle, although I tried once many years ago when Ezra and the children were away. Our youngest daughter, Sovilla, had a bicycle that she stored in the barn and riding it didn't look that hard, so I got it out and tried to make it go, but it fell over and I got one foot caught underneath and one foot was waving around up in the air rather immodestly, so I just figured if God had wanted me to learn to ride a bicycle, he would have taught me long before then. That was about 40 years ago, and I've never had the urge to ride again.
So why are bicycles allowed but cars forbidden? I don't know the answer to that one. That's just the way it has always been. Maybe it's because cars go faster and you can drive further in a car than on a bicycle, so there's more of a temptation to use a car to get out of the Amish community and go see what the English are doing. But some of these modern bicycles can go pretty fast and far. Some of the Amish boys have been taking road trips on their bicycles, all the way over to the Mississippi River, and they're just doing that for fun, so I don't know. Idleness is the devil's work shop, they say, and maybe there's some devilment those boys could get into in a car that they couldn't on a bicycle, but I've never heard that as an explanation for why bicycles are allowed but cars aren't. I just hope those Amish boys don't start wearing that Velcro clothing, or whatever they call, that the English stuff their bodies into that shows all their bulges. That looks pretty awful, but somehow the English think you have to look funny to ride a bicycle, I guess. We Amish probably look funny enough already without having to start wearing Velcro pants, but to each his own.
(Signed) Aunt Tillie
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Andy Samberg Is Engaged!
He's on a boat — the love boat!
Saturday Night Live alum Andy Samberg, 34, is engaged to singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, 31, Us Weekly reports. They've been dating for five years. "He liked her music and would go to her shows," a friend told Us Weekly of their early connection. "He had the biggest crush on her."
Andy tends to play perpetual man-children (see his SNL Digital Shorts like "Dick in a Box" and "Jizz in My Pants") but in real life he sounds pretty mature to be in a committed relationship for five years and now putting a ring on it. Andy's fellow SNL comedian Jason Sudeikis also recently got engaged, to Olivia Wilde. The boys are settling down.
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Reinforcing social rights in order to exit the economic crisis
I. In view of the recent socio-economic developments, we recall the following:
Ø The European Community, at the outset an Economic Community, has developed into a Community of fundamental values and rights.
Ø Fundamental rights are a cornerstone of the European Union, according to its Treaties.
Ø Consequently, their effective guarantee is an obligation of both the Union and its Member States.1
Ø Social rights are fundamental rights of the same nature and level as other fundamental rights, in the whole Europe, by virtue of the EU Treaties, the European Social Charter, the case law of the two European Courts and the decisions of the unique in the world Committee of Social Rights of the CoE.
All fundamental rights are indivisible and interdependent.
Ø The social character, indeed the human face of the Union is constantly stressed by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission. It is reinforced by the Court of Justice.
Ø The Court has held that the Community «is not merely an economic union, but is at the same time intended, by common action, to ensure social progress and seek constant improvement of the living and working conditions of the peoples of Europe»; thus, «the economic aim» pursued by a provision «is secondary to the social aim pursued by that provision, which constitutes the expression of a fundamental right».2
Ø The primacy of fundamental rights and social objectives of the Union is reiterated in the Lisbon Treaty. In particular:
Ø Fundamental rights, including gender equality, are fundamental values of the Union (Art. 2 TEU)
Ø The first aim of the Union is to promote its values and the well being of its peoples (Art. 3(1) TEU)
Ø The combat against discrimination and the promotion of gender equality are horizontal objectives of the Union (Art. 3(3) TEU, Art. 7-8 TFEU).
Ø The Union's social objectives, including full employment, social inclusion social protection and social progress, are interwoven with its economic objectives and they condition the effectiveness of the latter; economic cohesion relies on social cohesion (Art. 3(3) TEU).
II. We are fully conscious of the seriousness of the economic crisis. However, in order to be effective, any policy aiming at achieving the exit from this crisis has necessarily to be designed and implemented in the light of the aforementioned fundamental values, rights and objectives. Otherwise, the substantial decrease of salaries and pensions, unemployment, the intensification of poverty and social exclusion, and the ensuing social tensions will very probably hamper economic growth and accelerate recession and misery across the Union.
And this will start at the midst of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion, scourges that afflict especially women and children, according to the Commission.
The above considerations apply in particular to the «reinforcement of economic governance» in the Union and the expansion of «economic surveillance» of the Member States, currently planned.3
III. In this context
Ø We support the urgent appeal of the ETUC for an extraordinary Tripartite Social Summit and we demand:
Ø that the Commission members responsible for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, as well as for fundamental rights be involved in this summit and in the design and implementation of all economic governance policies;
Ø that any economic governance measures include social clauses which will be binding on the Member States and whose implementation will be supported by the Union.
Let us not forget that all Union policies are about human beings and that the Union proclaims that it «places the individual at the heart of its activities».4
Let us not deprive our youth of its future. 5 June 2010
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No matter what setting I change in BIOS, the CPU will spike to 1.3611 under load, does anyone know why? It's only OC'd to 4.2 at the moment and from what I've read it should be easily able to manage that at 1.2?
- Disabled Internal PLL voltage
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Faceless Portraits
A portrait is defined as the "likeness" of a person and while they traditionally show the subject's face, you can really capture someone's true essence by focusing on any part of their body. I took this photo on a trip to Argentina a few years ago and I recently found it in my archives. I cropped the photo this way because I really felt like I could tell the story of this musician and the moment by capturing him in his element, playing to a crowd (that you can't see here) and totally lost in the song. The richness of the colors, the way he hunched his body, how he squeezed his eyes tight and the way his fingers are clenched and about to dance across the instrument - it was more a portrait of his true self.
This one is slightly different but just as telling except the story is about the guy in the back this time. I purposely blurred the background instead of the foreground because at the time I really wanted to focus on the guy in the front. I haven't really thought about these photos since because I took a lot of the same scene and then only selected one or two to edit. Looking back at them now I see that actually all the men in the shot are important.
And check out this portraits tutorial too, if you'd like! Plus, tips for photographing people in public.
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IceJacks swept at home by rival ASU Sun Devils
The NAU-ASU hockey rivalry was at an all-time high entering this past weekend. NAU entered the two-game series ranked No. 4 in the ACHA Western Conference while the Sun Devils traveled to Flagstaff ranked No. 2. The teams had met four times before the contests, with NAU holding the season series lead at 3–1, all three wins coming in a shoot-out. ASU came ready to play and the scoreboard showed. On Jan. 25, the Jacks had to swallow a 7–0 loss followed by a 6–1 defeat on Jan. 26.
"We knew it was going to be a battle coming into the games," said sophomore forward Vinny Eck. "We underestimated them a little bit, but we didn't put enough pressure on them."
The Jacks ended the first period on Jan. 26 down 4–0. The sold-out crowd at the rink remained quiet for most of the game. The Jacks missed every loose puck, lost too many battles in the corners and were not able to capitalize on power plays; including a two-minute 5-on-3 man-advantage.
Senior goalie Quinn Mason nabbed the start in net for NAU and had 33 saves as the IceJacks were outshot 39–22. Senior captain forward Carter Achilles scored his third goal of the season, and the lone goal, of the series for NAU late in the third period to snap a five-period scoreless streak for the team. The goal was one of the only two things fans had to cheer about during the games.
The other situation came in third period on Jan. 26 when junior defenseman Dillon Butenhoff dropped the gloves and fought ASU's sophomore forward Ryan Mohr. The fight was a good tilt and had fans talking about it for the rest of the game.
"We have to come ready and be ready for this team," said senior forward Taylor Dustin. "We have to be the first ones to the puck. Puck protection is key."
ASU stunned the Jacks on Jan. 25 by jumping out to a 3–0 lead within the first five minutes. Junior goalie James Korte relieved the starter, Mason, after those first five minutes and played the rest of the game with 31 saves. ASU outshot NAU 40–20 and only had four shots on goal in the disastrous first period. ASU had 11 different skaters record a point in the 7–0 game.
"Something needs to change for us to be a dominant team again," said junior forward Ryan Greenspan.
Despite the ugly sight of the scoreboard from this past weekend, the one positive for NAU is the team's health. Greenspan was activated from the injury list after doctors told him he would not be able to return to the ice after injuring his MCL. Sophomore forward Zach Fader is back on the ice and feeling great after having to have heart surgery this past semester.
The game on Jan. 26 was senior night for NAU hockey. The IceJacks honored graduating players Mason, Dustin and Achilles, along with forwards Nick Short and James Terry.
The IceJacks may have finished their home games for this year, but the season is not over yet. NAU will prepare themselves in practice these next two weeks before traveling to California to participate in the American Collegiate Hockey Association's (ACHA) Western Division Tournament. Then the IceJacks will close out their regular season on Feb. 15 and 16 in a rematch against ASU in Tempe.


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The meeting was called to order by Chairman Lyon at 7:07 p.m. at the Fred Hesse Community Room, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard.
Deputy Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Snow led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Commissioners Cartwright, Long, Mueller, Paulson, Vannorsdall, Vice Chairman Clark, and Chairman Lyon.
Absent: None
Also present were Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Rojas, Deputy Director of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement Snow, Assistant City Attorney Robert Pittman, Glen Lajoie of RBF Consulting, Rita Garcia of RBF Consulting, and Recording Secretary Peterson.
Chairman Lyon suggested hearing Agenda Item No. 3 before Agenda Item No. 2. The Commission agreed.
Director/Secretary Rojas stated that there were 30 items of late correspondence received after the noon Monday deadline, and asked the Commission if they would like the correspondence distributed.
The Commission requested distribution of the correspondence.
The Commissioners discussed several items of correspondence and e-mail received regarding Agenda Item No. 3 including e-mail and letters from Barbara Gleghorn of SOC 2 and a mailer from the applicant of the Long Point project.
1. Minutes of February 27, 2001
Chairman Lyon noted stated that there were minor typos on pages 4 and 6 that he would submit those to the recording secretary.
There being no objection, the minutes were approved as amended, (7-0).
3. Long Point Resort- Draft Planning Commission processing schedule
Chairman Lyon reviewed the schedule for the Long Point project in the staff report.
Vice Chairman Clark noted that all meetings, including the scheduled site meeting, were public meetings.
Chairman Lyon opened the public hearing.
Mike Mohler (Destination Development Corporation) 11777 San Vicente Blvd Los Angeles, stated he wanted to make it clear that he was able to appear every two weeks before the Planning Commission. He expected some thorough questions, but he has worked very hard to get to this point and he encouraged the Planning Commission to consider adjourned meetings if necessary. He stated that he would respond to any questions within a matter of days of being asked. If he felt that the question or subject would take more time to answer he stated he would inform staff and the Commission immediately.
Chairman Lyon closed the public hearing.
The Commission discussed the schedule and reviewed and filed the report.
2. Long Point Resort, Draft Environmental Impact Report: Destination Development Corporation (applicant), 6610 Palos Verdes Drive South and 30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Chairman Lyon explained that RBF Consultants had been hired by the City to prepare the Draft EIR for the Long Point project and he felt this was a very objective document. He stated that the Planning Commission was very interested in the publics input on the Draft EIR and reminded the audience that this meeting was intended to hear the merits of the Draft EIR and not the merits of the project. He noted that the merits of the project would be heard at a future meeting. Chairman Lyon briefly explained the format and procedure that was to be used at the meeting. He further explained that all comments, both verbal and written, would be included in the Final EIR.
Director/Secretary Rojas reiterated that this meeting was not to hear the merits of the Long Point project, but to hear comments on the Draft EIR.
Deputy Director Snow also stated that the purpose of the meeting was to take comments from the Planning Commission and the public and that the comments would be responded to in the Final EIR. This Final EIR will be brought back to the Planning Commission for consideration.
Glen Lajoie, with RBF Consulting, stated that he was the project manager for the Draft EIR. He began by reviewing the history of the preparation and publication of the Draft EIR. He noted the public review period would continue until April 6, 2001 and that all comments and responses would be included in the Final EIR. Mr. Lajoie described the Draft EIR and the 13 separate impact subsections contained therein. He briefly reviewed and described each of 13 issue areas identified in the Draft EIR, as well as the project alternatives.
Vice Chairman Clark asked Mr. Lajoie to explain how the consultants derived the alternatives to the proposed project that were included in the Draft EIR.
Mr. Lajoie stated that CEQA guidelines require No Project alternative evaluation with any EIR. Additionally through the process of consultations with City staff and review of the applicants development package, including possible design modifications that the developer was considering, the other alternatives were identified and incorporated into the Draft EIR. Through the consultation process of the Notice of Preparation further definition and decisions were made in terms of alternatives to be reviewed. He stated that alternatives in the document were pursuant to CEQA guidelines.
Vice Chairman Clark asked about the alternative that included the presumed use of Coast Guard property.
Deputy Director Snow responded that the City had previously tried to initiate a dialogue with the Coast Guard regarding the property. No answers were forthcoming, however. With respect to the incorporation as an alternative, he explained that there is no requirement for property owner authorization for inclusion as an alternative for environmental analysis and comparative purposes only.
Vice Chairman Clark asked why an alternative to move city hall was not considered.
Deputy Director Snow did not know why it was not considered and that the city hall parcel was not part of the project, but he felt it was an alternative that could be added and considered if the Commission directed.
Commissioner Vannorsdall asked about the Coast Guard antennas on the property and would they be in the way of the proposed project.
Deputy Director Snow responded that they are Coast Guard antennas and it was staffs understanding that they were still in use.
Director/Secretary Rojas added that the issue of the antennas was one that the applicant had taken into account, knowing that they may have to design a golf course around the antennas.
Commissioner Long stated that the proposed mitigation discussed in the Draft EIR for the effect of cycling paths involved proposing joint use pedestrian and cycling paths along Palos Verdes Drive South. He asked if any consideration had been given to the danger of having such joint use paths in the area, where in all likelihood the bicycles would be traveling at a high speed and pedestrians perhaps should not be on the same path.
Deputy Director Snow answered that that was something that could be looked in and responded to in the Final EIR.
Chairman Lyon opened the public hearing.
Mike Mohler (applicant) 11777 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, began by addressing the question of the antennas. He stated that the antennas do not interfere with golf play, as the nearest one would be located behind one tee proposed at the City Hall site. Mr. Mohler showed slides of the proposed project. He explained that prior to the Draft EIR being developed many discussions with Villa Capri and St. Pauls Lutheran Church had taken place. He noted that there may have been a prior commitment, which Destination Development Corporation had not been aware of, that a driving range would not be installed adjacent to Villa Capri. Therefore, Destination Development Corporation supported Draft EIR alternative No. 5, which located the practice facility on the resort hotel area. Mr. Mohler discussed jurisdictional waters in the biology section of the Draft EIR. He stated that a wetland delineation had been commissioned, and should wetlands be delineated they will be avoided in the plan. Mr. Mohler discussed gnatcatchers on the city hall site and disputed the Draft EIRs discussion on the potential impact on the gnatcatcher. He disputed the discussion and encouraged the writers of the Draft EIR to take a hard look at how additional fragmentation was framed. He felt the Ocean Trails project was an example of a golf course that was living in harmony with open space. He asked how the City assisted the Ocean Trails development with the donation of lands to assist in outside mitigation. Finally, Mr. Mohler requested that representatives of Long Point be allowed to participate in the upcoming tour of the upper Point Vicente area being given by SOC II on March 17, 2001.
Vice Chairman Clark noted that the SOC II meeting was an open meeting and the public was invited.
Commissioner Vannorsdall asked how the developer was planning to accomplish more natural habitat with less area to work with.
Mr. Mohler answered that there were many slope areas on the City site that could be filled in and revegetated with natural habitat.
Commissioner Cartwright discussed relocating the driving range to Long Point property and asked who made the previously discussed commitments to Villa Capri and St. Pauls.
Mr. Mohler stated that St. Pauls was most likely uninvolved in past discussions that had occurred at Villa Capri. He stated the discussions were with York-Long Point Associates.
Commissioner Paulson asked if the maintenance building would also be relocated to Long Point property.
Mr. Mohler did not feel it was necessary to relocate the maintenance building as it would be located in an area that was not affecting Villa Capri or St. Pauls. He added that what would be relocated was the driving range, all of the practice facilities, and the cul-de-sac improvements.
Barbara Gleghorn (representing SOC II) 28850 Crestridge Road clarified that the SOC II walkabout was open to all members of the public and welcomed all who wished to attend, including representatives for the applicant. Ms. Gleghorn then presented an alternative concept for the improved care of the open public land, which had previously been presented to the City Council on January 16, 2001. The plan called for the preservation of the open space surrounding the City Hall area, and other features.
Commissioner Paulson asked about differences in terminology used in letters and correspondence received by the City. He asked about open space and open space with open access to the public.
Ms. Gleghorn stated her vision was that the use concept be turned over to the Recreation and Parks Department and the Planning Department so that maximum public input could be received and a decision be made on the particular points, or any of the points raised by SOC II. She stated that this was the peoples park and they needed to have input. However, the first and foremost requirement under the SOC II proposal was to protect the habitat and wildlife, yet with public access integrated.
Commissioner Long asked if she or SOC II noted specific areas where the Draft EIR needed to look more closely at the impact that the development would have on the City property.
Ms. Gleghorn answered that SOC II was quite concerned over some particulars of the project in the Daft EIR. She stated that many speakers at the meeting tonight would be speaking to specific points in the Draft EIR, and that additional written comments would likely be forthcoming.
Chairman Lyon stated a submittal of a summary of concerns would be very helpful.
Vice Chairman Clark asked Ms. Gleghorn if she had any specific comments regarding the alternatives listed in the Draft EIR under Sections 7-8 and 7-9.
Ms. Gleghorn responded that she did not have any specific comments at this time.
Jim Knight (representing SOC II) 5 Cinnamon Lane completed the SOC II presentation with slides showing SOC IIs concepts of an extension or enhancement of the Point Vicente Park that would make the area more accessible to the public. He discussed the many benefits to the City that this plan would present.
Commissioner Cartwright asked Mr. Knight if he had taken an opportunity to look at the Point Vicente enhancement alternative in the Draft EIR and if he had was he in agreement with the impacts as described.
Mr. Knight answered that he had looked at it and did not feel that it flushed out all of the benefits available.
Commissioner Cartwright stated that the report characterizes 13 different impacts and asked Mr. Knight if he was in agreement that these were the impacts and did he have any further suggestions for the Draft EIR.
Mr. Knight stated that he did have comments but he would wait until his public comment section to address those issues.
Commissioner Long was interested as to what SOC II might see as possible areas for active recreation uses.
Mr. Knight answered that there is a large level section next to city hall and one to the east that would remain grassy areas for active recreational use.
Commissioner Mueller asked how the SOC II proposed trails network compared to that of the Long Point projects plan.
Mr. Knight stated that the SOC II proposal only addresses the upper portion of the overall site. He stated that he has not seen in the Long Point proposal any handicap access.
Vice Chairman Clark asked Mr. Knight if he was against a general plan change to allow a more formalized active recreation.
Mr. Knight stated that the SOC II proposal was not changing any use of the park, only enhancing it.
Commissioner Paulson stated that he interpreted Section 7.9 of the Draft EIR to say that if the SOC II alternative were adopted then the entire development would not take place.
Rita Garcia of RBF Consulting answered that a combination of alternatives would result, and that further clarification of this possibility will be incorporated into the Final EIR.
Commissioner Long stated that he would be interested in seeing the EIR incorporate the impact of losing the active recreation areas or potential active use areas in the upper Point Vicente area.
At 8:45 p.m. the Commission took a short recess until 9:00 p.m. at which time they reconvened.
Chairman Lyon reminded the speakers to please focus their comments on the issues in the Draft EIR or issues that should be included in the Draft EIR.
George Gleghorn 28850 Crestridge Road stated that he would address Section 7.2 (the No Project Alternative) of the Draft EIR. He felt that it was a misnomer to call the section no project alternative. He reviewed the alternative and felt that the term more intensive development used in the alternative required definition. Mr. Gleghorn displayed a table comparing the current proposal and the proposal in Section 7.2. He felt the Draft EIR should be more explicit so that comparisons could be made on each of the environmental impact subjects. Regarding the conclusion in the Draft EIR on air quality, Mr. Gleghorn felt there should be quantitative data to support the conclusion. He did not feel there was any basis for the statement in the Draft EIR that the existing entitlements would expose a slightly greater number of people and structures to potential adverse effects relating to geology/soils and asked for backup with quantitative data. He discussed traffic and circulation and again asked for quantitative data to backup the conclusions made in the Draft EIR. He felt that the Draft EIR was wrong or contradicted itself in many areas. He felt it was biased toward the development of the project and seriously flawed.
Lois Larue 3136 Barkentine Road discussed the previous Long Point approvals and her appeal to the Coastal Commission of the original Long Point project.
Paul Payne (Villa Capri HOA) 52 Via Capri, thanked Mr. Mohler for his commitment to remove the driving range from behind the townhomes. He stated that he had additional concerns regarding noise, security, and errant golf balls which he felt the developer could address. He asked that the Planning Commission pay close and particular attention to concerns relating to hydrology, preservation of native habitat, and the use of public land for private development. He stated that the HOA would like to see the plan move forward.
Jim Hathaway 28955 Crestridge Road objected to the use of city land for a private resort. He questioned how the Draft EIR could mitigate all of the potential problems created by the development.
Bob Nelson 6612 Channelview Drive (Seabluff HOA) stated that the HOA had unanimously voted to support the project in all ways possible. He felt that benefits in Draft EIR were: 1) an 80% increase in native habitat; 2) Eleven miles of new, accessible trails along currently inaccessible cliffs; 3) The demise of the Marineland parking lot; 4) Significantly cleaner runoff once the area is changed into a golf course; 5) New parks along the ocean side of Palos Verdes Drive; and 6) Beautification of Marineland as well as the back of the city hall area.
Vic Quirarte 29369 Quailwood Drive, stated that the majority of residents did not want to see development on the City property. He was concerned with removal of the natural habitat and wildlife. He discussed errant golf balls at the church and Villa Capri area. He stated that screens would be required which would obstruct views. He objected to the statement that 50 percent of the tee times at the golf course would be blocked off for customers of the Long Point Resort. He did not think this was in keeping with public accessibility to the golf course. Regarding runoff, he stated that chemicals involved in maintaining greens at golf course would be far worse than anything currently involved in the runoff.
Norma Knowles 30021 Avenida Esplendida, stated that the hotel was something the area has long needed. She did not feel there were enough public golf courses available for the growing demand of golfers. She noted there would be many trails open for joggers and walkers that are currently not available. Ms. Knowles reviewed the Deed of Trust granted by the Federal Government and felt that the development was in accordance with the spirit of the Deed of Trust.
Joseph Picarelli 30311 Via Borica (representing St. Pauls Lutheran Church), stated that the church council had unanimously voted to support the Point Vicente Park enhancement alternative. He stated that there was a tremendous amount of concern regarding errant golf balls which he did not feel could be satisfactorily mitigated as well as the disruption of Sunday worship services and other church functions.
Angie Papadakis 28655 Roan Road, felt the environmental impact of the project was that the project would beautify the area. She felt Rancho Palos Verdes needed a hotel. She did not think the hotel and golf area would cause any significant environmental impact, as Marineland had previously occupied the site. She noted the trade off made available in that there would be private land that is presently closed to the public that would be open to the public through trails.
Jim Knight 5 Cinnamon Lane, stated that the Draft EIR bases its figures, impacts, and mitigations on acreage that includes City owned land that the developer does not own or have control over, or even know if it will be included in the project. He felt the proper scope of the project should be based on private property excluding public lands. He disputed the statement in the Draft EIR which said the project increases the quantity of habitat. He pointed out that quantity has nothing to do with quality. He mentioned concern regarding water quality in natural drainage areas and potential impacts to habitat on upper Point Vicente
Todd Anderson 2 Mason Gate Drive, stated he was speaking on behalf of the Girls Softball League on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. He felt there was a tremendous opportunity to expand the development to include additional softball fields on the lower Point Vicente property. He stated that this was addressed in the Draft EIR Section 7.4 option A (relocated practice facility Alternative option A). He felt this option was consistent and compatible with the Citys intent to open and expand the Interpretive Center, as they could have shared parking and restroom facilities. It was also consistent with the intended use as seen by the Coastal Commission and a use with was very much needed on the peninsula.
Rowland Driskell 30 Via Capri, indicated that a petition had circulated among the homeowners at Villa Capri regarding the SOC II proposal and he displayed a chart showing the vast majority of residents who were in favor of the SOC II proposal. He was very concerned with the water issues involved with the golf course project and noted that the golf course would tremendously increase the water use. He felt the gnat catcher habitat would be in danger from errant golf balls. He noted that the tranquility of the surrounding neighbors would be lost due golf activity all day every day. He felt the Draft EIR did not sufficiently address the traffic noise and air quality issues involved with the proposed project. He felt the project was not safe for the owners at Villa Capri and questioned who would pay for the broken windows and doors and injuries. He felt the wildlife could not co-exist with the golf course. He stated that he would like to see the resort built, but only on private property.
Ian MacDonald 47 Oceanaire Drive, stated that he was a member of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy and was in agreement with the Long Point resort as proposed by the developer. He felt the Draft EIR was well thought out and he favored development at the site.
Bruce McGowan 700 Yarmouth Road, Palos Verdes Estates, stated that he was in favor of the development and felt the Draft EIR clearly showed there was a massive increase in the public ability to enjoy both the former Marineland site and the City land.
David Tomblin 30105 Avenida Espendida, felt that it would be detrimental to the City if the site were not developed. He felt a joint venture of this magnitude would allow all residents to use the City property. He felt that the EIR should address impacts to recreation which would be avoided by the project, in that there would be positive recreational impacts.
Dena Friedson 1737 Via Baronada, PVE, stated that she was a member of SOC II. She discussed the proposed grading addressed in the Draft EIR and the types of trucks and number of truck trips required for this amount of grading. She did not think the Draft EIR satisfactorily addressed the mitigation measures required for the damage caused by the grading activity including construction noise impacts to sensitive habitats. She also felt the City should be wary in allowing golf fairways and holes in a geologically questionable location. She did not think the Draft EIR sufficiently addressed the netting that would be required to achieve golf safety. She felt the World War 2 bunker and Nike site should be preserved for historical protection. She felt the SOC II proposal was environmentally superior.
Joan Carbonel 30202 Avenida Selecta, stated she supported the project and the community access to trails and vistas that do not currently exist.
Stasys Petravicius 15 Seacove, felt the Draft EIR too easily mitigated the problems associated with the project. He felt the major land use change to the upper Point Vicente park could not be mitigated. Therefore, he supported the SOC II proposal, for which mitigation would be needed.
William Tolliffe 6347 Tarragon Rd, felt the project proposal would result in fragmented habitat. He also commented that the plants and wildlife would be subject to disturbance by errant golf balls, golfers in search of lost golf balls, abnormal water, the use of herbicides and pesticides, and the activities of maintenance crews and machinery. He stated that the grading and watering of the golf course would alter the established drainage patterns and affect soil stability. He felt that further analysis of golf course watering, drainage patterns and loss of percolation area was needed. He noted that the driving range presented a danger of flying golf balls to residents and churchgoers as well as motorists. He felt that tees should be at least 300 yards from the roadway. He felt the proposed tunnel needed further study, as it would create traffic and utility problems during its construction, and could be too steep for golf carts.
Barbara Sattler 1904 Avenida Aprenda, stated that the biological resource section of the Draft EIR referred to several surveys that had been done. She felt the complete detailed reports of the surveys should be available, but are not, in the appendix. She questioned how the surveys were performed. She felt the cumulative affect of multiple developments occurring in Southern California could be devastating to many species of wildlife. She felt that some of the conclusions of less than significant impact in the Draft EIR seemed to be based on mitigations outlined in the LPHCP (Long Point Habitat Conservation Plan), however she noted that the LPHCP had not been presented to the public, was not a part of the EIR, and had not been approved as a habitat protection plan. Therefore, she felt that no satisfactory mitigation should be assumed based on the LPHCP. She opposed using public land for golf, and did not want the zoning changed.
Alfred Sattler 1904 Avenida Aprenda, stated that he supported the SOC II alternative, and discussed the preservation of wildlife and habitat. He felt the no project alternative (existing entitlements on Long Point) and the SOC II proposal combined should be an alternative.
Lily Van Patten 16 La Vista Verde, read a statement from Daphne Clarke who was not able to attend the meeting. Ms. Clark did not feel the upper Point Vicente Park land should be included in the NCCP plan, which she understood was for private property. She supported a plan for the Long Point property that did not include the use of public land for private financial gain.
Barry Holchin 3949 Via Valmonte, PVE, stated that he was the conservation chair for the Palos Verdes/South Bay Sierra Club. He stated that he supported the Point Vicente Park enhancement alternative as an environmentally superior alternative. He opposed any alternative that proposes development of the public land. He stated that short term and long term air quality impacts in conflict with the AQMD and RCPG were anticipated with this project. He noted indirect impacts on electricity and natural gas consumption from this project were considered significant. He felt that energy conservation should be an integral part of the project design including, but not limited to, design of all structures to use passive solar heating where possible, use of alternative energy sources whenever possible, and use of fluorescent lighting wherever possible. He stated that wildlife movement must not be disrupted with fragmentional barriers and coastal access must be maintained. He asked that a trail committee established for the project that includes representatives from the Sierra Club.
Jess Morton 787 W. 4th Street, San Pedro, stated that he was speaking for the Coastal Conservation Coalition. He stated that he would submit detailed, written comments of concerns at a later date. He discussed Section 5.3-1. He stated his serious reservations with the section in that there were many misspellings and inconsistent taxonomy. He felt there were many species not included in the analysis or the analysis done was inadequate. He specifically noted the El Segundo Blue Butterfly, which is protected under the Endangered Species Act, and which he believed to be known on the Point Vicente Park property. He did not feel the species was addressed properly in the Draft EIR. He discussed Section 5.3-2 relating to habitat conservation plan as an alternative to the NCCP. He felt that any implication that a habitat conservation plan could be presented as some sort of active working document is mistaken. He felt it was very unlikely that while the NCCP was being considered any habitat conservation plan would be considered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or California Fish and Game. He discussed Section 5.3-3 regarding wildlife movement. He felt that the upper Point Vicente area was crucial for the Palos Verdes Peninsula and was not adequately addressed in the NCCP. He concluded by stating that if the upper Point Vicente area was included in the project the cumulative impacts could not be mitigated.
Angelika Brinkmann Busi 2141 W. 35th Street, San Pedro stated she was speaking on behalf of the South Coast California Native Plant Society. She stated this was the first EIR she had reviewed that did not include a list of plants currently found on the site. She noted that the Draft EIR stated that surveys have been done, however the surveys and results were not included in the Draft EIR or appendix. She too noted many misspellings of plant names in the report and many erroneous definitions. She also felt the Draft EIR contradicted itself in many areas and pointed out the definition of "wildlife corridor and its use in the report as an example. She stated that a survey of the gnatcatcher had been recently done and was not included or mentioned in the Draft EIR. She thought Dr. Atwoods past studies of gnatcatchers should be referenced, as the upper Point Vicente site has a high fledgling production rate. She felt the proposed habitat design and the NCCP preferred designs were not her preferred designs.
Holly Cain 52 Avenida Corona felt the Draft EIR used no significant impact too freely throughout the report and felt impacts should be looked at much more carefully. She supported no golf course development on the upper Point Vicente area and supported the SOC II proposal. She felt that impacts to historical resources, risk of hazardous materials from pesticides and loss of existing pedestrian trails would all be significant.
Robert Haase 20 Seacove Drive felt the Draft EIR was not sufficiently specific, did not supply quantities, and did not supply facts. He felt that public parkland has long been recognized as being essential for mans well being, spiritual as well as physical. He did not feel the public land should be given to a private developer for financial gain. He felt the City should not consider the Draft EIR, and that the process was a charade.
Ann Shaw 3006 Via Borica stated she was a member of SOC II. She noted Section 7.1 (the no development alternative). She did not feel proper mitigation was discussed for the two golf holes that were so close to Palos Verdes Drive South (holes 3 and 4) under Alternative 5 supported by the Developer. She felt liability could result from the project as proposed, and that safety issues of the alternative 5 design should be reassessed.
Chairman Lyon closed the public hearing.
Vice Chairman Clark stated that in reviewing the traffic analysis in the Draft EIR he did not see any consideration of egress onto First Street in San Pedro. He felt that should be addressed in the EIR. He further did not feel the alternative for the proposed project to be built only on Long Point property was sufficiently addressed in the Draft EIR.
Commissioner Long stated the role of the appointed Planning Commission, and stressed the need to look at the required findings for the proposed project.
Commissioner Mueller questioned whether the traffic analysis included employees, delivery vehicles and trips, and other operational impacts, as the term patrons seemed limiting.
Commissioner Paulson questioned why certain survey data was not included in the Biological sections of the document.
Commissioner Cartwright noted the lack of input from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game as of this time.
Vice Chairman Clark moved to adjourn, seconded by Commissioner Vannorsdall. The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 p.m.