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Our reservation made 2 months before we arrived did not mean anything at all. We have stayed here a few time in past, but after this last experience, we will never return. They really claim they do not make reservations, so if they tell you they do, I would not believe them. Once you show up, if they have a spot you will get it and if not they are quick to point out there are other parks in area that probably have room for you. Stay away from back as the truck traffic from the boarder will keep you up. The owners should be told about these managers if they want to build their business.


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September 22, 2008
Responsible, Sustainable and Profitable: Why We Matter in Today's Economic Climate
by Donovan D. Rypkema
The following is an edited version of a speech delivered on September 18, 2008, at the Traditional Building Exhibition & Conference in Chicago, IL.
I first started watching presidential campaigns when I was in the 7th grade in 1960. Leaving the presidency was Dwight Eisenhower – at age 70 the oldest president in U.S. history. Running to replace him were John Kennedy, age 43, and Richard Nixon, age 47. I very clearly remember the newspaper stories at the time that said, "America will never again have an old president." And, of course, elected in a landslide two decades later was Ronald Reagan, who was the same age at the beginning of his first term as Eisenhower at the end of his second. And this year we have John McCain, who, if elected, would be the oldest president yet.
Then, in 1964, Barry Goldwater lost in the biggest landslide in America history, and the newspapers all said, "The Republican Party is Dead." Four years later, Richard Nixon was elected. And four years after that George McGovern did even worse than Goldwater and those same newspapers said, "The Democratic Party is Dead." Four years later Jimmy Carter was elected.
I begin with these examples, because very often, when we say, "things have changed forever," we simply don't know what we are talking about. The trouble with looking at trends is akin to trying to count railroad cars when you're sitting right next to the track – it's very difficult to do. To understand where the train is going and how long it is, you need some distance. And we are in the midst of the changes that are affecting us today, and their length and their direction remains fuzzy at best.
Part of the issue is sorting out which trends are cyclical and which are systemic. Those differences affect both our responses and our opportunities. While I caution myself to make sure I understand the difference between cyclical and systemic, I'm often wrong. Less than a month ago I said in a speech, "I think $140 is going to be the floor, not the ceiling for oil." And, of course, on Monday oil was at $96 a barrel.
So I have basically divided observations into four parts: 1) the trends that, if not permanent, are at least going to affect us for a number of years; 2) the risks that these trends pose for those of us interested in historic preservation and traditional buildings; 3) the opportunities these trends might represent; and 4) the actions that we need to be taking.
First, on this election. Both candidates are running on change. But the reality is that whatever change either can make will be severely limited. The size of the national debt; the trade imbalance; the renewed military ambitions of Russia; the growing military strength of China; the magnitude of the Chinese and Indian economies; the concentration of oil-generated wealth in a relatively small part of the world; the percentage of U.S. debt held by foreigners; the size of the baby boomer population approaching retirement; the shrinking populations in Europe and Japan; and the self-centered selfishness of the AARP are all patterns that have huge impact on the U.S. economically, socially and politically, and there is almost nothing that either McCain or Obama can do about any of them.
If we begin to sort out cause and effect, there will be some changes the next administration can make as to how we respond to those trends – health-care policy, greater or lesser degrees of protectionism in international trade and altering relationships among traditional allies, for example. But even those changes will not make substantial differences until long after the next president is gone from office.
Two-thirds of federal spending is in entitlement programs. So the share that there is left to make "change" with isn't all that much. Here's the reality – my grandchildren, which are not even conceived yet – will be paying off the bills run up in the last eight years. And the damage that has been done to America overseas will take a generation or more to undo.
I don't mean to say there is no difference between the candidates. I do mean that we have to be realistic about how much change of any kind we're going to see in the next eight years, particularly on the federal expenditure side. There may be some policy adjustments that can have some impact, but if we're waiting for the federal government to make major differences in our daily lives, we've got a long wait.
Everybody is pointing fingers at everybody else in this real- estate mortgage crisis. But let me remind you of what no one is talking about. Over the last decade there has been a huge push, across political and ideological spectrum, to increase the number of homeowners, particularly among minorities and those of limited means. The Bush administration certainly did that, but so did the whole range of housing and social service advocacy groups. And in this decade we reached all-time levels of home ownership, especially among Hispanics and African-Americans.
Well, how are you going to get more people, particularly those of modest means, to be homeowners? Obviously, get them loans. But what do you do if they don't have the 20 percent down payment for traditional loans and don't have strong credit histories? Well, you change the standards for home loans. And what did those new standards come to be called? Sub-prime mortgages. I'm not defending anyone, and obviously there should have been closer oversight on what was happening. But it is a perfect example of unintended consequences – a commendable goal of higher levels of homeownership, particularly among those who didn't meet traditional underwriting standards, and a result no one anticipated.
But this whole mortgage crisis was certainly not driven by a single factor. A weak economy, slow wage growth, and rising unemployment made problems for some borrowers. Rapidly escalating costs of transportation made problems for others. And we had a 15-year run of absurd levels of real-estate appreciation – and the corresponding assumption that, "Well, even if this borrower gets in trouble, since the property will be worth 10 percent more next year, if I have to foreclose I can still get the mortgage balance back." When you have an industry dominated by 27-year-old MBAs who have only seen the real estate market go one way, you end up with foolish decisions. And the few adults in the mortgage industry were obviously more concerned with their production bonuses than with the long term consequences of their actions.
Three years ago over 40 percent of single-family homes were purchased by people for other than as their primary residence – as a second or third home or as an investment property. Added to this is a 20-year pattern of the price of the average house and the amount of the average household income having very different growth curves. So you take 40 percent of the available inventory off the market as options for a primary residence, you add millions of potential buyers with easy-to-get mortgage money, a belief among both lenders and borrowers that real estate only goes up in value, and lo and behold the law of supply and demand works – prices rise at ridiculous rates but sooner or later there's a crash. And its not over yet.
I think it will be another six months before there's enough measurable data to be sure, but at least based on past experience in real-estate downturns, and on anecdotal evidence from this one, I think historic districts will end up being much less adversely effected around the country than the market as a whole.
While bankers like to define themselves as rational, reality-based decision makers, they are a very over-reacting industry – moving from providing credit way too easily to shutting it off all together. So it's going to be a while before the real-estate market gets back to some kind of normalized situation. I think there's a real risk that at least in some markets real-estate values will fall another 15 percent. Keep in mind that the real-estate market works because of the liquidity provided by the secondary market and the insurance that guarantees those loans. Now both are in government hands. The fix will be neither easy nor quick.
But once there is a correction, maybe three years from now, I absolutely believe that close-in, historic neighborhoods will be in very strong demand – partly because of their urban character and partly because of their proximity to the core, to public transportation, to goods and services, to schools and to jobs.
So here, in no particular order, are trends that I believe will shape our decisions:
-There is beginning to be a significant push for and acceptance of density.
-There is a very rapidly increasing shift to using public transportation. In the last three months almost one in five American workers say they have shifted their commute to work habits away from driving alone in their car.
However there is not the capital available in reserves and in many instances not enough borrowing capacity to add to public transportation infrastructure – be that more busses, additional subway stops, more train cars or whatever.
A story a week ago noted that busses in Louisville, KY, are now periodically skipping some bus stops with passengers waiting, because there is no more room on the bus but no money to buy new busses.
At the same time, the cost of fuel is causing some, even wealthy, school districts to reduce the number of students who are served by school busses – requiring more of them to walk to school. I'm not so sure that's not a good trend, but for 40 years we have built schools like we built shopping centers – surrounded by open space and designed with automobile orientation rather than pedestrian orientation. Therefore both the distances and the walkability between students' homes and the schools are often very problematic.
-There will be a renewed interest in neighborhood schools, and this will spur a rebirth of the neighborhoods around them. More and more unused schools will be taken over by charter schools. But many will be reactivated by public schools systems generally.
-Local governments and advocacy groups are beginning to understand the importance of mixed-income housing, both on the building level and on the neighborhood level. This is going to mean more inclusionary zoning ordinances and an increased role for non-profit housing providers.
-Corresponding with the enlightenment about mixed-income housing will be greater encouragement for mixed-use buildings and mixed-use neighborhoods.
-We all know about the infrastructure in this country that is in desperate need of repair and replacement. That is going to be becoming more apparent in close-in and older neighborhoods. And where is the money going to come from for that? I have no idea.
-We are going to see the rates of overall homeownership fall. They peaked at nearly 70 percent of all households at the end of 2004. They are down a couple of points since then. But it's not just going to be people who are no longer homeowners because they lost the property in foreclosure, nor those who might have qualified for a loan three years ago, but won't today. There is going to be a sizable shift from ownership to renter status for baby boomers. If the house is no longer the great investment it once was perceived to be, if it is too big now that the kids are gone and the taxes too high, and there's a decreased interest in shoveling walks and mowing grass and an increased interest in travel, millions of baby boomers will become renters.
-Fewer people will want to be owners of second homes, and choose to rent a place at the beach or in the mountains for a month or two rather than owning it year round.
-Both historic buildings and new construction in traditional styles will be faced with an ongoing debate between aesthetics and technology. The market will respond and design technological solutions that are not like giant ugly warts on buildings, but only if design ordinances all over the country require them to do so.
-There will be more and more at home workers, both as independent businesses and as a part-time alternative to going into the office. All three levels of government will move to have many of their workers work from home at least part of the time. This will make neighborhoods safer, but also increase the demand for more public services, better maintenance of streets, sidewalks and lights, and a greater interest in mixed uses within the neighborhood.
-Transportation advocates will be playing a more prominent role in neighborhood policies, and many more transportation options will be created. Many of these will come from the private sector, either independently or through a public franchise to provide transportation services. Even small towns are going to see wider transportation options. Included in this will be more demand for sidewalks and bike paths within neighborhoods.
-There will be a significant reduction of number of automobiles per household. It isn't that everyone is going to give up their car. But there will be households that move from three vehicles to two, and from two to one. Even a 15 percent reduction in total cars will have a huge impact on traffic, air pollution, fuel consumption and neighborhood quality. It will also mean a reduction in the amount of land in a city that is devoted to parking cars. The old ratios of "x" parking spaces for "y" square feet should be thrown out the window.
-There will be more multi-generational households, including both aging parents moving in and 20-somethings moving back in. There will need to be zoning adjustments to allow not only for the granny flat but simultaneously for the boomerang apartment in the basement. In many instances, however, this will mean a net increase in automobiles per residential lot, in spite of an overall reduction in vehicles.
-Housing costs and immigration will increase the numbers of non-family members occupying a house, having significant implications for the bathroom/bedroom ratios, privacy areas, etc. There may be opportunities for special designs for houses for multiple, unrelated adults and redevelopment of large historic houses for the same purpose. At the same time some cities will continue to pass ordinances severely limiting numbers of non-family persons in dwelling units, often driven by anti-immigrant attitudes.
-In spite of growing public dissatisfaction we will continue in many places to see the McMansion. These are parasite buildings. They are taking advantage of the character of the existing neighborhood, but are fundamentally destroying that character. They look out the lumberyard Palladian window of their 1,000-sq.ft. master-bedroom suite on a great residential neighborhood. And their neighbors now have to look out the window at a residential structure on steroids. I recently heard them called "starter castles."
-While these out-of-scale houses are doing is adding size, they are also often reducing density. Virtually none of those five-bedroom, 6,000-sq.ft. houses actually has enough people to fill those bedrooms. Size and ground cover are increased, but density reduced.
-New materials are going to be compared with existing materials in appearance, energy efficiency, life expectancy, life-cycle costing and embodied energy.
-More and more places are adopting the SmartCode. This will be positive for cities overall and in the long run may end up being by far the most valuable contribution of New Urbanism to urban quality.
-More so-called green builders are going to justify the demolition of historic houses by saying, "yeah, but we're going to be reusing the materials."
And speaking of materials reuse, A few months ago in the Washington Post was an article about firms providing recycled materials to re-incorporate into house construction. And, of course, this received the adulation of environmentalists. The president of one of these firms was quoted as saying, "We have never cut down a tree to make our product." He added with pride, "It's all from 100 percent reclaimed wood."
Now what could possible be wrong with that, you might ask. Here's what was in the next paragraph: "…the wood averages 100 to 600 years old and comes from barns, ancient temples, buildings and schools around the world, including countries as far away as China." So tearing down 600-year-old temples in China to provide flooring for some McMansion in suburban Chicago is sustainable development? I beg to differ. And the excuse that "well, we didn't tear down the temple, we just bought the wood" is no more legitimate then saying, "We didn't kill the elephant; we just bought the ivory after it was already dead."
-We are going to continue to hear charges of "gentrification" but the definition is going to move away from being primarily race based to being income based.
-Unfortunately for those of us who believe in historic preservation, we will see an increasing use of historic designation as a NIMBY tool, abetted by preservation consultants who will make claims that anything over 50 years old is historic, without any qualitative judgments or only spurious claims about historic criteria. It's not that there's some great tidal wave of born-again preservationists. It's just that there are very few tools available to influence neighborhood quality, so the historic preservation stick is the one that's grabbed.
-As I'm sure you know, today, not infrequently, LEED designation is being used as the justification for the demolition of historic buildings. In Lexington, Kentucky a proposal is getting final approval to build a 40-story hotel in the middle of downtown. And to do this the developers said it is necessary to tear down 14 historic structures built between 1826 and 1930. Preservations responded that they certainly don't object to a new hotel downtown but that there is no reason the historic structures couldn't be incorporated into the development. "Not possible" said the developer. The idea that this development couldn't be a mix of old and new suffers from a paucity of the imagination. And their stick to justify the demolition? "Yeah, but we're going to be LEED certified." Oh, and by the way, as a reward for destroying the history of Lexington, the developers are to be rewarded with $80 million of Tax Increment Financing.
But it's not just private sector developers. Here's my latest example of myopic idiocy of environmental groups. The Nature Conservancy – allegedly a leader in the environmental world – is building a new state headquarters in Indianapolis, IN. Their director even says, "We're an international conservation organization. If anyone should be walking the walk of sustainability it should be The Nature Conservancy."
I couldn't agree more. So what is their version of "walking the walk"? – tearing down a 100-year-old industrial warehouse to build a LEED-certified suburbanesque green gizmo building. Why? "Oh, it's deteriorated beyond saving," they say, when in fact engineering reports says that is not the case. "Oh, but it would be too expensive," they say, and yet their budget would permit $175 per square foot to be spent? Is that enough? Well, another non-profit is renovating an older building of about the same size in Indianapolis that will be LEED certified, and their estimated costs? $68 per square foot.
OK, I'm not being exactly fair. They are going to be reusing the building – they are going to grind up the bricks and use them for the walkway in their "conservation" garden.
And when local preservationists began objecting to the plans to demolish an historic structure, how did The Nature Conservancy respond? "You do that and we won't build here at all" – bully tactics one expects from some sleazy corporate site-selection guy, not from a non-profit organization that brags about its concern for communities.
-Earlier I mentioned the huge percentage of single-family homes that were purchased as second homes. Some cities are realizing this has a significant downside. While the out-of-towners are paying property taxes, the two or three weeks a year they are in the house means that 50 weeks a year no one's there to buy groceries, eat at restaurants, or join the YMCA. And there is certainly no employment generated. Some cities are looking for ways to limit the number of second homes, particularly in historic districts.
-In some markets, the weakness of both the dollar and American real estate has meant strong interest by foreign buyers, particularly Europeans and those flush with oil wealth. The dollar is beginning to strengthen, but is still 50 percent lower against the Euro than just five years ago. But as long as this weak dollar/soft real-estate market continues there will be sales opportunities. The good news is that those buyers are used to historic districts, design guidelines, and quality cities, so won't be among those shouting, "you can't tell me what to do with my house."
-Finally, there will be an ongoing battle – each being waged under the environmental/smart growth/sustainable-development banner – among affordable housing, density, historic preservation, small business incubation and public transportation. And at the moment density and public transportation interests are trumping the other three.
Those are some of the trends – but what risks do they represent for historic neighborhoods and traditional and heritage buildings? Here are some of them:
-First, is the push for density. And the argument will go like this: "If density is good, if proximity to the center of the city is good, then let's tear down those little old houses and replace them with six-story condominiums." Historic neighborhoods and buildings will be vulnerable from three directions. First, their proximity to jobs, shopping and schools make them targets of further densification. Second is their imagined deficiency in energy efficiency – regardless of how spurious the arguments. Third, because of their locations, historic neighborhoods tend to be near transportation nodes.
-Over the years local historic districts have sometimes been opposed by so-called property-rights proponents and sometimes low-income housing advocates. Segments of the real-estate community also used to oppose historic-district designation, claiming one more layer of regulation would prima facie hurt property values. Well, that argument has been demonstrably disproved all over the country. So now we have the anti-tax people joining in the fray, saying, "Well, sure, the property values will go up, but that just means you'll pay more taxes."
-We are going to see more instances of opposition to historic districts being joined by environmentalists and transportation advocates – the environmentalists because they don't want to have to figure out how to install windows and solar panels within design guidelines, and transportation advocates saying there needs to be bigger buildings to make ridership numbers feasible.
-This push for density will also manifest itself in more "facadomies." Recently I heard one of the self-proclaimed spokesmen for New Urbanism say, "You preservationists are going to have to accept saving only the façade because density is a moral imperative." Well, I'm not so sure I want a former real-estate developer who now bills himself as a "metropolitan land strategist" deciding what moral imperatives are. Furthermore, not a dictionary written by Salvador Dali on drugs would call this lunacy "historic preservation."
As I'll repeat later, sustainable development is a combination of economic responsibility, environmental responsibility, and social/cultural responsibility. The "facadomy" isn't responsible in any of those categories.
-Every enforceable historic preservation ordinance has to have an economic hardship provision. In the past, claims under that provision have usually been made based on the Penn Central "reasonable return" standard. I think there's a risk that there will be appeals for demolition or inappropriate rehabilitation under economic hardship clauses based on fuel costs. And preservation commissions are going to have to figure out how to respond.
-I said earlier that once the real-estate market gets back to something representing normalcy, historic neighborhoods will be in strong demand. That's good, of course, but the risk is that we'll start seeing the European pattern of rich in core and poor at edges. We need to be taking steps right now to mitigate that.
-Many of you have heard me say this before, but we need to be working toward sustainable development, not just green buildings. The whole EPA/Green Building Council/green architect world has been getting away with making believe green buildings are sustainable development.
The whole bevy of LEED standards are only measurements of green buildings. They are in no way, shape or form remotely measurements of sustainable development. Stop letting the manufacturers of green gizmos and the U.S. Green Building Council getting away with pretending it is.
This is what sustainable development is: a comprehensive consideration of environmental responsibility, economic responsibility and social/cultural responsibility.
We are at great risk of that "green building" position carrying the day – back draft dampers, waterless toilets and solar bike racks instead of environmental responsibility, economic responsibility and cultural responsibility.
More and more city governments are adopting "sustainable city" ordinances, but almost all of them focus exclusively on green gizmo technology. If preservationists don't quickly turn around this very fast moving train, historic buildings will continue to be disposable in the name of green architecture.
-I will readily acknowledge that there are some great buildings built in America over the last 50 years, and they should be identified and protected using the same qualitative criteria that has always been applied for historic designation.
But when the movement for the preservation of the recent past succeeds in designating whole neighborhoods of low-density, automobile-oriented, mediocre buildings as "historic" simply because they are 50 years old or because they represent a "typology of development" three things happen: 1) We are no longer in the position to claim that our historic neighborhoods are how cities ought to be built and represent the best of urbanism; 2) We move from being the epitome of sustainable urban development to its antithesis; and 3) We lose hard-won credibility in political, financial and business circles.
Because of some fixation with the neighborhood the Partridge family lived in, we designate wide swaths of suburban crap as historic, we will have abandoned the fundamental link between historic preservation and quality, sustainability and common sense. For the most part those aren't the neighborhoods that should be preserved; they are the neighborhoods that should be densified.
These trends and risks both open up avenues of opportunity. Here are some of them, in no particular order:
-We have the opportunity to make the case not just for density, but density at a human scale, which is exactly what our historic neighborhoods are.
-The neighborhood based shop – the original prototype for what is today the 7-Eleven will make a comeback in those places wise enough to change zoning laws to allow it to happen.
-With sizable numbers of baby boomers shifting from home ownership to being tenants there will be significant opportunities both to design infill housing to suit their needs, but also to manage properties on a neighborhood level.
Earlier I mentioned that just three years ago 40 percent of single family sales weren't as primary residence – they were either second homes or investment housing. Based on the average selling price of the investment side those were older, smaller homes targeted to tenants who couldn't afford to buy.
But those same small dwellings – both historic bungalows and cottages, but also new construction at a smaller scale – might represent a real opportunity for rentals to baby boomers who, in fact, have money, just are no longer interested in having all their assets tied up in home ownership. In the next 15 years there will be a both a desire and increased need for baby boomer assets to become more liquid, and this real estate recession is giving them a heads-up that their house isn't a liquid asset.
-In the last three decades we've seen the urban townhouse morphed into the garden apartment with the townhouse typology plopped into a site surrounded by asphalt and grassy knolls. The townhouse model will re-emerge but as connected to the urban fabric, not isolated from it by streets, parking and berms.
-There is a great opportunity for preservationists and builders of traditional housing to make the case to government officials and housing advocates, that size, in and of itself, is a major contributor to affordability. We should be keeping older, smaller housing stock, and rehabilitating it as an economic and environmentally responsible alternative to what has been done – building units that are expensive in dollars but cheap in construction and short-lived as housing.
-The whole issue of embodied energy is being refined and brought to the forefront in the more comprehensive debates about sustainable development. Historic district commissions have an opportunity to add embodied energy costs to the evidence that has to be presented in demolition applications.
-Instead of eviscerating historic buildings and neighborhoods, there is a whole series of salvaged land sites that can be used for densification, and this is a great opportunity for those building traditional housing types. Where are those sites? Brownfields, or course, and that has been going on for a while. But also the following: strip centers, failed malls, car dealerships, vacant big box developments, public housing sites, and school sites – hopefully reusing the school itself as housing then infilling around it.
-As those of you in the rehabilitation industry know, there is a severe labor shortage of those trained in a wide range of preservation skills. There is great opportunity here for both the private and public sectors to enhance existing training programs and start new ones. These are well paying jobs, particularly for those without advanced formal education. And they are jobs that can't be shipped overseas. This is an area where even a small shift in funding priorities from state and federal education and labor programs could make a huge difference.
-Innovative firms that are suppliers of materials and building components will shift their product line, and invent new products, in response to regulatory requirements. It's just that the design guidelines that establish those regulations need to be wide spread and consistent enough to justify the capital investment. But who better than the people who attend this conference to be the ones who come up with product innovations that are both the cause and the effect of regulatory amendments.
-I'm not so sure that we don't need to take another look at the Segway – and maybe even begin to make design decisions based on making buildings and neighborhoods more Segway friendly.
-Some cities have already begun to do this, but here is maybe the biggest opportunity coming out of this sub-prime mortgage foreclosure crisis – those foreclosed properties ought to be acquired and used as an inventory for workforce housing. In spite of this real estate recession, affordable housing for workers remains the number one economic development challenge today, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Who is being most affected are those that are necessary for our local economies to survive – teachers, nurses, policemen and firefighters. Cities should buy these properties from banks after the foreclosure process has been completed – and buy them for 60 or 70 cents on the dollar.
-Ninety percent of all businesses in America employ fewer than 20 people, and fully 60 percent fewer than five. There is a whole range of small business opportunities emerging but in many parts of the country it is primarily immigrants who are small business owners. We need to aggressively court those immigrant entrepreneurs to capture the opportunities that will simultaneously advance our goals.
-There's an opportunity to conduct more of the kind of research that was recently undertaken by Terry Holzheimer, the director of economic development in Arlington, Virginia. He looked at density patterns in the entire Washington, DC, metropolitan region, and concluded, "Relatively high intensity development can be achieved within constraints posed by the height, form and texture of traditional communities as is demonstrated in places such as Georgetown and Alexandria."
-And, again, for the next 25 years at least there are immeasurable opportunities for small-scale contractors, most of which are and will remain non-union. But in contracting, in training and in procurement these small firms are often at a disadvantage. Maybe there needs to be a strong, national trade organization of small contractors who specialize in historic preservation and traditional building.
I started by saying there wasn't much real change that either Obama or McCain would be able to do at the federal level. But in writing this I've changed my mind. So I'm going to conclude with five changes that could be made at the federal level that would have huge impacts on historic preservation, on traditional building and on the quality of cities of all sizes in America:
-Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.
-Establish the Department of Sustainable Development.
-Spend the first 18 months of the new administration establishing measurable standards for Economic Responsibility and Social/Cultural Responsibility.
-Use or modify the existing LEED standards as the metrics for Environmental Responsibility.
-Use this balanced measurement for sustainable development, for every applicable Federal program – housing, economic development, transportation, community development, foreign aid, school construction funds, tax incentives, everything that might apply.
There is certainly precedence for this. Every federal undertaking that might affect historic resources have to undergo Section 106 review. Federal housing projects all have to meet accessibility tests. Economic development funding has to pass equal employment opportunity criteria. Education grants are contingent on receiving No Child Left Behind standards
So let's have a sustainability checklist for federal projects, and set some minimum score that a project has to meet to move forward. This checklist would certainly consider environmental measurements, but also economic and cultural ones.
I'm not sure which projects would still move forward, but I'll tell you which ones would not: bridges to nowhere; hotels on the ruins of historic buildings; highways through traditional neighborhoods; foreign assistance for giant dams of negative environmental impact; and sprawling suburbs which well fit the Lockean phrase, "the undistinguishable inane."
In fact, since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have essentially been nationalized, let's use them to apply the sustainable development evaluation. If that analysis considered all three of the sustainable development components here are some things that could happen:
1) no mortgages would be bought from sprawl exacerbating subdivisions; 2) no mortgages would be purchased for properties that were constructed on a site where a historic building was torn down; 3) no mortgages for McMansions would be funded; and 4) historic properties, and neighborhood-based mixed-use properties, would receive priority funding.
Here's an idea that would be sustainable development – since nearly 45 percent of all foreclosed properties are owned by Fannie and Freddie, they could begin tomorrow conveying those houses to local governments and housing authorities for future use as workforce housing. Since it's going to cost us taxpayers billions in any event, we might as well get a sizable public benefit from it, including sustainable development.
For all the strong arguments for the environmental contributions of historic buildings – virtually none of which are acknowledged in any of the LEED checklists – the reality is this – if we continue to allow the discussion to be about green buildings, historic buildings will lose 90 percent of the time.
If we change the debate to be about sustainable development, both historic buildings and traditional building typologies will win 90 percent of the time.
So McCain and Obama aren't the only ones for change. I'm for changing the debate from the myopic view of green buildings to the comprehensive view of sustainable development. That's a change that can take place. Then we will be responsible, sustainable and profitable.
Donovan D. Rypkema is the principal of PlaceEconomics, a real estate and economic development-consulting firm based in Washington, DC.
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Waanderlust Project--Phase III
| Wednesday,
September 14, 2011
To ease into the day, I began with the eyebrow, and trimmed the excess bungs from yesterday. Afterwards, I dabbed some varnish on the bungs so the whole surface would be relatively consistent. In the near future I'd start building up coats of varnish on the entire eyebrow.
I'd had my doubts about the jig I'd created for cutting scarfs in the toerails, but decided it worthy of a test, so I set up a sample and made a cut. I was not pleased with how it worked or with its accuracy, so I started looking in new directions.
It occurred to me--better late than never--that I could make the cuts on the table saw with a simple angled jig. I began to build the jig, but before I could complete and test it, the saw stopped working. The problem seemed to lie in the saw's magnetic switch, the workings of which were and remain a complete mystery to me, so after trying everything I could, including removing the motor cover and cleaning out accumulated dust, lest that be the problem (it wasn't), I ordered a replacement switch, hoping that would solve the problem. Unfortunately, the new switch wouldn't arrive till later in the week, so I was out of commission as far as any substantial woodworking went.
Disappointed and frustrated, as I'd very much wanted to continue with the toerail work, I regrouped and focused instead on the other items on my to-do list. To bring the morning session to a close, I removed all the standing rigging from the mast, something that would need to be done no matter the outcome of the various spar repair/rebuilding questions (still pending), and, since the mast had had a few days to nicely dry out (it had been damp beneath the old, obviously worn-out tarps that it had been wrapped in), I covered it securely with new plastic tubing to keep moisture out.
I noted that the mast was lacking a headstay, though all the other stays were in place.
In the afternoon, I worked on several systems-related items in the boat, beginning with the through hull for the galley sink. Last week, I'd installed the backing plate, and now I went through the various preparations to install the through hull: a dry fit; drilling the bolt holes; and finally installing and bolting down the through hull fitting in plenty of polyurethane sealant.
Next, I installed a bronze raw water strainer (sea strainer) for the engine intake, locating it on the starboard engine room bulkhead above the raw water seacock. Earlier, I'd preinstalled 90° sweep nipples on the strainer. With the strainer installed, I cut and connected new hose between it and the seacock, and between the strainer and the nearby engine raw water pump.
I continued work in the engine room with the fuel system. After installing fittings on the new Racor turbine filter, and turning the filter around 180° in its housing so the inlet would face the way I wanted (aft), I installed the filter on the port side of the engine room, with excellent access for observation and servicing. Then, I ran 5/16" fuel hose and connected the engine return and supply to the fuel tank, and made up the other connections between tank, filter, and engine as necessary, securing the hose along the way.
It was also a good time to install the galley sink foot pump, which I located on the port galley cabinet near the aft end.
Total Time Billed on This Job Today: 6.75 hours
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The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) will celebrate National Public Health Week with a number of events.
On Monday, April 7, students from the school will be in the UWM Union Concourse, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. sharing information on public health topics from maternal health and school nutrition to emergency preparedness.
On Wednesday, April 9, the Zilber School is co-sponsoring a film viewing organized by the College of Nursing. "Dark Forest, Black Fly," a documentary on efforts to eliminate river blindness, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. in room 151, Cunningham Hall, 1921 E. Hartford Ave. The film will be followed by a discussion led by Anne Dressel, director of the College of Nursing's Center for Global Health Equity. More information on this event is available at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1478487772367233/?ref=22
On Thursday, April 10, the Zilber School will host a webinar, "Food Justice, Obesity and the Social Determinants of Health," at 1 p.m. on the fifth floor of the Zilber School, 1240 N. 10th St. The American Public Health Association is offering the webinar. More information from APHA can be found here: http://action.apha.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=51235&em_id=46721.0
On Friday, April 11, Zilber school students will host a blood drive at the school, 1240 N. 10th Street, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the campus and local community are welcome to donate.
On Saturday, April 12, members of the Public Health Graduate Student Association (PHGSA) will join with the UWM Women's Resource Center to help out at a local homeless shelter as part of a university-wide Hunger Clean-up event.
Zilber school students Lori Ahrenhoerster and Chelsea Weirich and PHGSA members are organizing UWM's Public Health week events.
"As emerging leaders for the public's health, it is terrific to see our students taking the Zilber School's lead for this year's observance of APHA's National Public Health Week through special events and community service," says Magda Peck, founding dean of the Zilber School of Public Health.
The UWM events are tied to themes for this year's National Public Health Week, according to Ahrenhoerster. National Public Health Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA). This year's themes are:
- Be healthy from the start. From maternal health and school nutrition to emergency preparedness, public health starts at home.
- Don't panic. Disaster preparedness starts with communitywide commitment and action.
- Get out ahead. Prevention is now a nationwide priority. Let us show you where you fit in.
- Eat well. The system that keeps our nation's food safe and healthy is complex.
- Be the healthiest nation in one generation. Best practices for community health come from around the globe.
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A series of free talks given by professionals working in the glass and ceramics field.
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Chris Blade (Head of Enterprise at National Glass Centre) discusses his expedition to the high Arctic. Chris was one of 28 lucky artists, selected from over 300 applicants, to be invited by the New York arts charity The Arctic Circle to join an artistic expedition on a wooden tall ship around Svalbard. Svalbard is Norwegian archipelago half way between the northern most part of mainland Norway and the North Pole covering about 66,000sq km. Chris will talk about his large scale, panoramic photographic project, which will be on display at National Glass Centre and which he eventually intends to use to inform the production of a series of glass sculptures. Chris will also talk about some of his other travels and work in the glass field. chrisblade.com
Glass Artist
I am an Israeli artist based in the UK working primarily in kiln cast glass.
Glass Maker and Artist
I have worked at National Glass Centre since finishing my degree in 2005.
Head of Enterprise, Commissioning & the Studio
I am Head of Enterprise, Commissioning and the Studio at National Glass Centre at the University of Sunderland, England and am a member of the Senior Management Team.
Glass Artist
My practice is interdisciplinary combining drawing, sculpture and film.
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Sara Jo Harrison joined National Glass Centre in 2012 to support the Centre's marketing and Communications strategy.
My work uses a range of media which acknowledges the interface between both traditional practice and new media.
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Rachel joined National Glass Centre in 2007 to support the Centre's learning and engagement programme having completed MA Glass the previous year.
Glass Artist
Kalki Mansel is one of National Glass Centre's resident glass artists.
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Kevin Petrie is Professor of Glass and Ceramics' and leads the academic team in Glass and Ceramics at the University of Sunderland, which is based at National Glass Centre.
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A look at some of the Company's past casts for Puccini's final masterpiece
Birgit Nilsson in the title role (1968)
(Photo by Carolyn Mason Jones)
Inge Borkh sang the title role with the Company in 1953 and 1954
Montserrat Caballé (pictured here backstage) sang the first Turandot
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San Francisco Opera's 1957 Turandot, Leonie Rysanek (left),
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Gabriele Schnaut in the title role, 1998
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Leona Mitchell (Liù) and Giorgio Tozzi (Timur), 1977
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Leontyne Price sang Liù with the Company in 1961
Actor and comedian Eddie Albert made his operatic debut
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For a complete list of all San Francisco Opera Turandot casts, visit http://archive.sfopera.com
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An ailing emperor, a tetchy princess, and a prince too eager to please. This fantastical triangle of political and sexual power is the springboard to Puccini's final opera Turandot.
Composed on a grand scale, with a kaleidoscopic score and packed with orient-infused invention, the grand master of Italian opera left a striking final score as his legacy. But despite the opera's power to impress, not everyone felt that Puccini had conquered the story's psychological depths when it was posthumously premiered in 1926. Puccini's anti-heroine, the Princess Turandot, is immovable; nothing will sway her from her life of bloodlust as countless dignitaries try to solve her riddles and claim her as their bride. Yet Calaf, a foreign prince, is intent on melting her heart. His task parallels that of Puccini, who had to convince his audience that Calaf was capable of winning. The undertaking was somewhat marred when the score remained incomplete at Puccini's death. Since then others have picked up the gauntlet to try and finish the opera, but their work and the opera in general has often been seen in the wrong light. Its unashamedly lyrical ending can appear as the continuation of Puccini's taste for tear-jerking tragedy. But this is not a tale of redemption or love lost; Turandot is a gaudy and grotesque insight in the political and social revolutions of the time in which it was composed. Seen against the crumbling empires of post-war Europe and the horrors that lurked just around the corner, Turandot is a brilliant but brutal testament of its time.
Gavin Plumley is a London-based writer and cultural commentator. He writes and broadcasts extensively about twentieth-century opera.
"To me," says Maestro Luisotti, "the most interesting story about Turandot is the death of Liù."
Turandot's history remains intriguingly complex, claiming the composer's life. A renewed appreciation of the agonizing circumstances leading to the making of Turandot affords an opportunity to unravel one of opera's most powerful enigmas and, above all, most lethal heroines; one that Puccini himself remained powerless to conquer.
Following Puccini's death, the question remained of who would accept the unenviable task of completing Turandot.
With a tenor like Luciano Pavarotti on its side, "Nessun dorma" was a certain hit.
Statistics on this season's Turandot
"Conductor Nicola Luisotti, gave the thoroughbred S.F. Opera Orchestra its head at every appropriate moment of a powerful, complex score replete with both musical chinoiserie and the unbridled Italianate richness Puccini was famous for...seeming to have the very music itself coursing through his body like an electric current."
"The S.F. Opera Chorus...was spot-on at every turn."
"Swedish soprano Iréne Theorin provided a reminder of just how alluring this icy Chinese princess can seem when her music is sung with grandeur, depth and emotional vigor."
As Calaf, the prince who pursues Turandot, "tenor Marco Berti displayed a muscular, warm and often beautiful vocal gift."
"Theorin consistently astounded with her mastery of facial nuance. Rather than appearing as a one-dimensional ice princess who ultimately and unfathomably melted at the sight of her anything but romantic looking suitor (Marco Berti), she used her extremely mobile mouth and eyes to suggest the heart beneath the steel... This is a binoculars-must performance, as rich visually as vocally."
"Theorin, hailed for this role in Europe and Asia, steered through its precipitous vocal challenges with force and fervor and expert dynamic control."
"Berti was a ringing, resplendent, firm-toned Calaf, even stentorian at times."
"Perhaps the biggest excitement of the evening came from soprano Leah Crocetto, an Adler Fellow whose future stardom has never been in doubt. As the selfless Liù, Crocetto combined elegant phrasing with vaunting power."
"Bass Raymond Aceto gave a sonorous, affecting performance as Timur."
"Puccini's swan song bloomed to vivid life!"
"Korean-American baritone Hyung Yun (Ping) stood out for the fineness of his voice and beauty of his phrasing. Yun joined with tenor Greg Fedderly (Pang) and supremely agile Adler Fellow tenor Daniel Montenegro (Pong) to create a most delightful trio."
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Our friends at Citizens for Tax Justice have posted five facts you should know for Tax Day. We were particularly taken by their chart, which we pasted below. It shows that in 2014, 15 profitable Fortune 500 companies that made combined profits of over $23.5 billion paid zero federal income tax. Actually, they did better than that—they got tax refunds totaling $731 million! Read more »
Millions of Americans will be filing their taxes this week. House Republican leaders are planning to mark the occasion by scheduling a vote to give a lavish tax break to the wealthiest 0.2 percent by repealing the federal estate tax.
Estates worth up to $5.4 million for an individual ($10.9 million for a couple) are already completely exempt from the estate tax, so repealing the estate tax would only benefit the very largest estates—about 5,400 nationwide this year. They'll get an average tax break of over $3 million. And the uber-rich—those with estates worth over $50 million—do even better, with tax breaks averaging than $20 million each.
Cost of this giveaway to the heirs of the richest 0.2 percent? $269 billion [PDF] over 10 years, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation. Read more »
It's shameful and shameless.
Today, the House is expected to vote on a disastrous budget that would cut $5.5 trillion from the federal budget over 10 years, targeting programs that help millions of women put food on the table, afford child care and higher education, and access health care for themselves and their families. More than two-thirds of the cuts in the House budget are to programs for low- and moderate-income people, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Read more »
Before heading out for the President's Day recess, the House of Representatives passed a package of business tax breaks that would cost $79 billion over the next 10 years. The bill doesn't close any tax loopholes, so all of its cost would be added to the deficit.
At the National Women's Law Center, we've been reviewing President Obama's Fiscal Year 2016 budget—and it proposes much better ways to invest $79 billion: Read more »
Remember when a presidential nominee famously said, "Forty-seven percent of Americans pay no income tax. …" ?
According to the Tax Policy Center [PDF], that was the approximate fraction of households that paid no federal income tax for 2009. But, as the Tax Policy Center went on to explain, almost two thirds of the 47 percent work and contribute payroll taxes that help finance Social Security and Medicare. The temporarily unemployed, those who used to work and have now retired, those who make too little to be subject to the income tax, and entrepreneurs whose businesses experience a loss may not be paying income tax or payroll tax in a particular year but will have contributed a great deal over time. And let's not forget the wealthy and big corporations who exploit loopholes to avoid taxes. Read more »
Taxpayers scored a major win this week when Walgreen Co. nixed plans to become the latest U.S. corporation to move its corporate address abroad in order to dodge tax bills here at home. Public outcry against the legal loophole known as "inversion" is reaching a fever pitch; clearly, Walgreen was listening. Let's hope Congress is, too.
Inversion is a scheme by which a company based in the U.S. can merge with a company abroad and then re-incorporate in that other country – one with a more advantageous tax structure, typically the UK, Ireland, or Switzerland – to avoid paying taxes at home.
These U.S. inverters are, literally and figuratively, un-American. With each new deal that's struck, they push even more of the tax burden onto workers, families, and small business [PDF]. Read more »
I have an almost 2 year old daughter, Lilly. She is so many things: funny, loving, adventurous, curious…expensive. I mean she's worth it and all, but man does that girl eat her way (literally and figuratively) through our family budget every month. I know our family is not alone. It seems like everyone is talking about the rising cost of raising children—and it turns out that talk is actually true. And despite the rising cost of living and child rearing, most family income is not keeping up, delivering a one-two punch to working families' bottom lines.
On June 23rd, the White House will hold a Working Families Summit to focus on the current needs of America's working families, and potential policy solutions that can help address those needs. I'm hopeful that the Summit will be the beginning of a concerted push for changes that will respond to the economic realities of working families—including some changes in our tax code. There are many tax provisions that can help families make ends meet while raising kids—and a couple of commonsense proposals to make those tax provisions even more meaningful. Read more »
You're a taxpayer. Do you know what your taxpayer rights are? If you're like most Americans, the answer is probably no. In fact, only 11% of taxpayers surveyed in 2012 [PDF] said they knew what those rights entailed—and less than half believed they had any rights at all.
Yesterday, the IRS took aim at these dismal statistics with the adoption of a Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. The document mirrors the Constitution's Bill of Rights, in that it groups the dozens of existing rights in the tax code into 10 fundamental rights that every taxpayer should know, understand, and use. The National Taxpayer Advocate has long called for this document—a foundational framework that will encourage taxpayer "confidence in the integrity and fairness of the system." With knowledge and confidence comes voluntary compliance at tax time—something we can all agree is beneficial to maintaining and building upon our current social structures.
So without further ado, I present the newly adopted Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. Read on and get to know your rights, Taxpayer! Read more »
Earlier this week, legislation that would extend through the end of 2015 nearly all of the tax provisions that expired at the end of 2013 (and two provisions scheduled to expire at the end of this year) — known as the "tax extenders" because they've been routinely extended from year to year — cleared a procedural hurdle when the Senate voted 96 to 3 to begin debate on the bill.
Guess what? The package will cost $85 billion over ten years. And the Senate has no plan to pay for it. More than 80% of the tax breaks benefit businesses, including multinational firms that ship jobs and profits overseas, NASCAR track owners, and racehorse owners.
It's especially disturbing that the Senate would — like the House — consider spending billions on corporate tax subsidies without requiring that they be paid for before Congress acts on the far more urgent matter of extending emergency unemployment insurance benefits for over 2.7 million Americans who have lost their benefits since Congress refused to extend the program in December. Read more »
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The man who was arrested after streaking at an ODU football game has been convicted in Norfolk court.
The man who was arrested after streaking at an ODU football game has been convicted in Norfolk court.
There's more jail time in store for the man state police say lead them on a chase through Virginia Beach.
President Barack Obama abruptly canceled a campaign trip Wednesday, as U.S. officials grappled with the widening Ebola crisis.
The latest fall fashions will be on display right here in Hampton Roads this Saturday, October 18.
The Colonial Downs horse race track in New Kent County will be shutting down on Nov. 1.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe is planning to lay off 565 state workers and raise the prices of distilled spirits at state-owned liquor stores.
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The number 89 airport bus to Madrid-Barajas Airport runs every 15 minutes, with a travel time of approximately 30 minutes. A taxi to Madrid-Barajas Airport is also available, though the travel time is about the same. The Line 8 metro provides a train to Madrid-Barajas Airport, which runs from Nuevos Ministerios Station.
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Travelers frequently book flights to Sylt because this island has something for every personality. For history buffs, there are local landmarks such as the Old Frisian House, which allows you to see how islanders lived in the 18th century. Vacationers attracted to fascinating geography might spend an afternoon visiting the 35 meter-high drifting dunes.
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When we met: We met with Navin Kohli in January, 2012 to chat about the branding of his new Restaurant venture, Yuva India Restaurant. Navin's previous restaurant was Star of India located in Oakland on South Craig St. Navin's new restaurant venture, Yuva India, is geared towards younger college kids and their families. The change in his brand was not only carried out with the aesthetics of the Logo and the Identity but also in the interior of the restaurant. Navin and Venkat worked together create an authentic brand for Yuva India, including Logos, Business Cards & Lunch Menu.
Logo: We created a logo that was primarily typographic in order to appeal to Navin's wide target audience. We also created a authentic typeface for the word 'Yuva' that had a hand-rendered but contemporary aesthetic. Combined with a clean, crisp and modern typeface the conveys the fresh, energetic and youthful feel.
Business Cards: For the business cards, we created a dynamic typographic pattern with words that resonated the food served at Yuva India. We also utilized an illustration of a 3-wheeler or Auto Rickshaw to additionally convey the feeling of the country and the youthful and energetic vibe.
Lunch Menu: Using the corresponding Auto Rickshaw to callout each of different Lunch specials, as well as a painteresque typeface that corresponds back to the 'Yuva' typeface. This creates a an authentic and tactile feel to create a unique experience from Yuva India's lunch.
Summer '12 Lunch Menu: Navin contacted us in June of 2012 to update the seasonal Lunch Menus. For this menu there a big feature on spices and the various curry based dishes Yuva India features. In order to showcase the authentic spices, recipes and dishes featured in the Lunch Menu we decided use vivid photos of the spices that showcased the flavor of the dishes. We also used hand rendered, cross hatched typography to showcase the unique and authentic nature of each dish. In the Fall of 2012, we updated Yuva India's Lunch Menu with a new special as well as a section for Snacks that included in the menu. We utilized a quirky and fun typeface that showcased the fun and youthful vibe of the restaurant.


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January 24, 2011
Bruce Schneier provided the following quote from a research paper authored by Mark Stewart and John Mueller:
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been deploying Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT) that are full-body scanners to inspect a passenger's body for concealed weapons, explosives, and other prohibited items. The terrorist threat that AITs are primarily dedicated to is preventing the downing of a commercial airliner by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) smuggled on board by a passenger. The cost of this technology will reach $1.2 billion per year by 2014. The paper develops a cost-benefit analysis of AITs for passenger screening at U.S. airports. The analysis considered threat probability, risk reduction, losses, and costs of security measures in the estimation of costs and benefits. Since there is uncertainty and variability of these parameters, three alternate probability (uncertainty) models were used to characterise risk reduction and losses. Economic losses were assumed to vary from $2-50 billion, and risk reduction from 5-10%. Monte-Carlo simulation methods were used to propagate these uncertainties in the calculation of benefits, and the minimum attack probability necessary for AITs to be cost-effective was calculated. It was found that, based on mean results, more than one attack every two years would need to originate from U.S. airports for AITs to pass a cost-benefit analysis. In other words, to be cost-effective, AITs every two years would have to disrupt more than one attack effort with body-borne explosives that otherwise would have been successful despite other security measures, terrorist incompetence and amateurishness, and the technical difficulties in setting off a bomb sufficiently destructive to down an airliner. The attack probability needs to exceed 160-330% per year to be 90% certain that AITs are cost-effective.
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When asked about the strengths and weaknesses of their current pharmacy benefit programs, the respondents cited "easy pharmacy network access" and "comprehensive formulary" as the top strengths, and "complete disclosure of manufacturer revenue" and "complete disclosure of all costs" as major weaknesses.
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According to the survey respondents, the most important clinical management steps they are taking to control pharmacy benefit costs are disease management, care management and smoking cessation programs.
"In terms of long-term cost control strategies, employers plan on heavy employee involvement," said Jacobs.
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"Managing these specialty drugs will be key to future cost containment strategies for employers," said Jacobs. "And it's interesting that, when asked which tools are used to manage specialty medication therapies, less than 10 percent mentioned either 'discontinuation of unsuccessful therapy,' 'payer communication' or 'f
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Nice consistent steady route. fireloveswater - Lead - 30/May/15 with Angus Rankin, David Stevens, Scott Mearns, Fergus Alexander
David Stevens - Lead O/S - 30/May/15
jonskippy - Lead - 21/May/15 with benclimbing
freezing easterly wind, bloody miserable!sheppy - Lead rpt - 13/May/15 with Iain MacD
julesp - Lead rpt - 02/May/15 with Iain
Hard 6b+...tricky to find holds.RocKalina - Lead dog - 26/Aug/14 with climberandy
hand hold snapped off..D.Russell - Lead RP - 18/Aug/14 with Adam
Hidden - AltLd O/S - 18/Aug/14
sheppy - Lead rpt - 23/Jul/14 with Iain MacD
Hidden - Jul/14
Put the clips in and spotted a couple of the holds while lowering off of Make my DayStuart S - Lead β - 27/Jul/13 with Tim Rankin, Amanda Lyons
Was OK once I'd chalked up a sequence.JLS - Lead RP - 30/Jun/13 with Koon
Koon - Lead O/S - 30/Jun/13 with John Sharples
Felt quite tricky for 6b+, blind climbing.Alastair R - Lead O/S - 25/Jun/13 with Tam
Hamfunk - Lead RP - 28/Apr/13 with Colin McK
Struggled to find the good holds. Should manage clean next time. colinmckay8 - Lead dog - 28/Apr/13 with Hamish
Spanked! First day back on real rock, always an eye-opener...Richard_Lowe - Lead dog - 27/Apr/13 with Diane Lowe
StuMsg - TR β - 27/Apr/13 with Marcus McL
Diane Lowe - Lead rpt - 27/Apr/13 with Richard Lowe
Hidden - Lead RP - 03/Jun/12
MikwWebster - Lead - 31/Mar/12
ashknot - Lead O/S - 25/Mar/12 with Linda
sheppy - Lead rpt - 16/Apr/11 with Dave Douglas
sheppy - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/11 with iain n jules
julesp - Lead rpt - 02/Apr/11 with neil, Iain
kevg - Lead O/S - 08/Aug/10 with Fraser
Hidden - Lead rpt - 08/Aug/10
whistler - Lead O/S - 13/Jul/10 with Guy Robertson
mark mcgowan01 - Lead O/S - 03/Jul/10 with Ian Garthwaite
Hidden - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/10
Hidden - Lead β - 05/Jun/10
kevg - Lead O/S - 05/Jun/10 with Burnsie, Fraser
sheppy - Lead rpt - 03/Jun/10 with Iain MacD
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Fine thin climbing in the lower wallRichard_Lowe - Lead O/S - 29/Aug/09 with Diane Lowe
Diane Lowe - Lead rpt - 29/Aug/09 with Richard Lowe
soo many holds, but which ones are the good ones?! missed a good one and had to rest right before the top before leading clean.michael83 - Lead RP - 10/Jul/09 with Mark, Laura
Hidden - Lead RP - 10/Jul/09
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