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Re: Imminent death of the blogs predicted, except not
Absolutely brilliant and striking. Thank you Lambert, you are truly a marvel with all the right values too!
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There's been some loose talk lately that the blogosphere is no longer "vital." And indeed some blogs are ripe for disintermediation; who needs a partisan blog when you've got The Party? And who needs who needs Kos when you've got Maxim?
But to those who say that blogging is dead, I say, take a look at this chart:
It shows how a single comment ignited a media and policy explosion* two-and-a-half years later. Does that look like a power curve to you, or what?
The chart above is a postage stamp-sized version of the History of the Proof Platinum Coin Concept, 2010-2013 timeline** -- each of the tiny black horizontal lines is link to a piece of content, and they stack up vertically by date. And I put parts of the timeline into a slideshow, above -- sorry about the JPEG fuzzies, still working on that -- so there's a post card-sized version of the timeline, too (with Skitch annotations). Now, I should say that the timeline is just a super-duper aggregation or link-fest; there's very little interpretation or analysis. (For that, see letsgetitdone's excellent book on How the Proof Platinum Coin Concept was Propagated, especially Chapter 1: "Origin and Early History of Platinum Coin Seigniorage In the Blogosphere".) Still, we can observe a lot by watching.
0. It's beautiful and fitting that the PPC power curve has its fons et origo at a blog named "The Center of the Universe."
1. The power curve is also shaped like an incoming tide: Each wave is higher than the wave before, but there are periods of relative stillness and inactivity between the waves. I believe that the tide is recurrent budgetary crises: At each crisis, the PPC solution appears more attractive, or at least more chatter-worthy, possibly because alternatives have proven infeasible.
2. The distribution of the posts follows a power law. One reason for that distribution would be the propagation of the Proof Platinum Coin (PPC) concept through a scale free network, which the Internet is known to be. On the left, starting with a single comment (Phase 1) we have a horizontal "long tail" of comments and sparse posts. On the right (Phase 6) we have a "head" going vertical as the concept propagates explosively. Epidemics follow a similar pattern.
3. Not all inflection points are visible. For example, email correspondence (Phase I, first slide) between PPC advocates is important, but isn't public, so can't go on the record. Similarly, an interview that ends up on radio or TV will appear here; but an interview that ends up on the cutting room floor will not. Both may be equally important from the standpoint of outcomes, but only one appears on the record.
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Slides are numbered #1, #2...
#1, #2, #3 From the standpoint of propagation (as opposed to the history of ideas) posts (Phase I, second slide and Phase II) are a more important inflection point than comments. First, many comments are lost through system changes, or are trapped in Disqus-like systems, unlinkable. Second, posts tend to have human-readable URLs, and so are linkable from other blogs. Third, search engines, tracking software, and crawlers catalog posts by URL, and not comments. Finally, most comments are simply not interesting enough to track; and if we had to, we'd need a data center like the NSA's in Utah.
#4 In Phase 3, the "ampitude? (??) of the power curve increases, as posts move outside the initial "long tail" incubator into other MMT-friendly sites and the econoblogger community; Cullen Roche, for example.
#5 Phase 4 presents an important inflection point, as PPC enters the mainstream through Felix Salmon of Reuters, Matt Yglesias, and influential law blogger Jack Balkin. I don't think its a coincidence that PPC was presented in Naked Capitalism (third ranked econoblog by traffic) immediately before Felix Salmon covered the story. Meanwhile, Matt Yglesias was prompted to cover the PPC by a reader citing Beowulf at FDL; and Balkin cites to the same Beowulf post, as well as a post by letsgetitdone, also at FDL. Other MMTers and econobloggers like Warren Mosler, Tom Hickey, and Scott Sumner pile on.
#6 Phase 5, with the 2011 debt ceiling compromise, amplifies PPC's mainstream presence, with Krugman and the Economist joining in for the first time, and bloggers and mainstreamers continuing their activity.
#7 Phase 6 begins with 2012's "Fiscal Cliff." For the first time, a top conservative think tank, AEI, posts on PPC. This seems to open the floodgates, and amplitude increases again. For the first time (that we know of so far) PPC appears on TV (CNBC), and begins to thoroughly penetrate the political class: Atrios is the key bellwether here.
#8 Phase 6 continues, as PPC enters electoral politics as Jerry Nadler (D-NY) endorses it. I don't think it's a coincidence that Paul Krugman (D-Izvestia) endorsed it the same day, especially given what House Leader John Boehner did t New York's expectations for relief following Hurricane Sandy.
And as you can see, the links go literally off the chart -- the arrow pointing downward points to Krugman. (I haven't quite mastered proportions needed for slideshows yet; sorry!).
So there I will end. I make no judgment on outcomes (though I agree with letsgetitdone on what's at stake). However, I do think the data presented here shows definitively that blogging is not dead and has a real impact. In addition, I think the phases (hat tip, letsgetidone) may turn out to be a useful analytical tool for other campaigns.
NOTE Thanks to many for links on the timeline, but especially to letsgetitdone, Stephanie Kelton, and especially to Cullen Roche for raising early comments on PPC from undeserved obscurity.
NOTE * And a sausage-making explosion too, at least in early 2013, but that's a metaphor that just screams "Don't go there!"
NOTE ** Flipped for aesthetics, so that the curve points upward and not down, as on the actual timeline. Yes, I made the chart by pasting together screen dumps. Too low tech, but I haven't figured out how to drive a chart like this from data yet.
UPDATE Correntians, one of the reasons for the site relaunch was to enable analysis and visualizations like this. Better tools!
Absolutely brilliant and striking. Thank you Lambert, you are truly a marvel with all the right values too!
Found a correction. The first post you have by beowulf wasn't a post. It was a lengthy comment by beowulf on a post by Marshall Auerback. Quoting my history post:
. . . . But, the first comment of his I noticed on PCS was at New Deal 2.0. Unfortunately, when The Roosevelt Institute redid its New Deal 2.0 site, it wiped out the record of beo's comment. However, I quoted his ND 2.0 proposal in a post on November 12, 2010 discussing a possible Government shutdown due to the debt ceiling. I cross-posted this at Correntewire too where beowulf commented further on the platinum coin option.
Oh, one more thing, the beo comment you labeled a Post was on November 4, 2010.
So, to summarize, the first post in which PCS was mentioned in any detail was my 11/12/10 post. The detail was a quote from beo's comment of November 4. The first Post which actually featured PCS as the primary focus was beo's January 3, 2010 post at FDL, which was also cross-posted at Correntewire, and the second was my post on January 5, at both FDL and Correntewire.
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Kos of Daily Kos appears to be on board the Platinum coin train, thanks to an e-mail by Philip N. Diehl
if you can call continued coverage on Gawker that...
It's not every day you get an email from a former director of the U.S. Mint (unless you're married to one, probably) — but it's also not every day that you write about the very real possibility that the U.S. Treasury might mint a platinum coin worth one trillion dollars. Either way, it was an excellent surprise to hear from Philip Diehl, the former Mint director and Treasury chief of staff who drafted Sec. 5112 of title 31, United States Code with Rep. Mike Castle — in other words, the guy who wrote the "trillion-dollar coin" law. His take? Not only does the law clearly allow for the coin to be minted, it also would have "no negative macroeconomic effects."
NBC Nightly News had a story about the platinum coin on this evening. It was pretty stupid. Homer Simpson, a photo of Krugman's saying do it, and the only economist on live from the University of Chicago. Need I say more.
In the hierarchy of Establishment responses, trivializing is the step that comes after ignoring and just before co-opting and attacking.


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Africa | Federal subsidies for U.S. cotton farmers don't just cost taxpayers-cotton farmers trying to eke out a living in Africa feel an even greater pinch
"Cotton fleece" Continued...
MUCHENJE, Zambia - Each square foot of Lemmy Hamufuba's 8.5-acre cotton farm can be measured in needs: school fees for five of his seven children. Vegetable oil. Soap. One more mosquito net to fend off malaria. In January, a month after planting, the Zambian farmer's tender cotton seedlings were thriving, happy portents of a healthy harvest this year.
Even so, the best price Mr. Hamufuba can get for his crop will not be the fairest. For years world cotton prices have been artificially low, depressed by government-funded overproduction in the United States. Overall, the United States provides some of the heftiest farm subsidies in the West, part of the runaway spending that has become a hallmark of the Bush administration. But this case is more than a taxpayer headache: U.S. wastefulness is causing want beyond our borders.
Now President Bush aims to slash such spending, with farm subsidies facing a pruning in his 2006 budget. The proposed caps on farmer pay-outs could save $8 billion over the next decade, says Heritage Foundation expert Brian Riedl. He dubs the subsidies the nation's "largest corporate welfare program."
In 2001, for example, two-thirds of farm subsidies went to just 10 percent of the nation's farms. Most of them earn more than $250,000 a year. The subsidies ballooned further when Congress passed a six-year, $180-billion farm bill in 2002, the largest in U.S. history. They were part of a trend of protectionist policies that is nudging the United States out of the top economically free nations in the world, even as once-socialist countries are opening up.
These are abstract arguments for Mr. Hamufuba, who sees only what he can eke out of his roughly $850 a year for his family. Across the verdant expanse of his fields in Muchenje, about 25 miles from Zambia's capital of Lusaka, Mr. Hamufuba's wife and older daughters were cultivating their inches-high cotton seedlings. "Life here in Zambia in homes, in villages is very difficult," he told WORLD. "If you don't have something [extra] to sell like chickens, like cows, you've got a very big problem. For now, this rainy season, what can you say?"
By peasant farmer standards he is doing relatively well: Half of his income comes from being a cottonseed distributor to other farmers, from whom he earns commissions. He also dabbles in bee-keeping and banana-growing. Behind his main house-about 15 feet by 10 feet-he tends about 10 head of cattle in a wood-fence pen for his uncle. For the latest planting season, he was able to hitch two oxen to a knotted wooden yoke to work his cotton fields. Before he had the animals, he pulled his paint-chipped plow by hand.
By contrast, American commercial cotton farmers have modern gadgetry to till their soil. Machines seed and harvest, global positioning systems show how much fertilizer to sprinkle in different areas of land, and farmers work in air-conditioned tractors. About $3 billion in subsidies a year supports only 25,000 of them, concentrated in states such as Texas, California, and Mississippi. Overall farm subsidies support only five crops: cotton, corn, soybeans, rice, and wheat. The nation's other 400 crops, says Mr. Riedl, receive next to nothing.
"Farm policy is based on the premise that a surplus of crops has lowered crop prices too far and farmers need subsidies to recover lost income," said Mr. Riedl. "However, the federal government's remedy is to offer subsidies that increase as a farmer plants more crops. This creates greater crop surpluses, driving prices down even further and spurring demands for even greater subsidies. Then, after paying some farmers to grow more crops, the conservation programs pay other farmers to grow fewer crops. These policies contradict each other and make no sense."
U.S. cotton subsidies took a hit from the World Trade Organization last year, the first time the body has ruled against a member country for its agricultural policies. The ruling came after Brazil filed a complaint in 2003, charging that more than $12 billion in payments to American farmers between 1999 and 2003 had distorted competition and lowered world prices by 13 percent. The United States appealed the decision last October and a final decision is still pending.
Oxfam International, an advocacy group for poor nations, estimates that in 2001 sub-Saharan Africa lost $305 million in income because of U.S. cotton subsidies. Those in the continent's biggest cotton producers are worst hit, in the West and Central African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Chad. In their case, cotton accounts for 60 percent of exports. But their export losses in cotton outstrip the U.S. aid they receive.
If the federal government really wants to help poor rural America, Mr. Riedl suggests, it would cost just $4 billion a year to support each full-time farmer at 185 percent of the federal poverty line (about $32,600 for a family of four in 2001). Still, it is wealthy commercial farmers and agri-businesses who were able to pressure Congress to extend the 1996 farm bill, and pad it with more pay-outs.
"In 2002, Senate leaders identified farmers as the swing voters who would decide control of the Senate," said Mr. Riedl. "The ensuing bipartisan bidding war resulted in the most expensive farm bill in American history."
Paying out farm subsidies is hypocritical for the United States, which always encourages developing countries to create free-market economies, says American University economist George Ayittey. But he distinguishes subsidy woes from Africa's chronic food shortages. "There has been a general tendency, on the part of African leaders, to overplay the external factors, perhaps to provide justification for more food aid or to shift responsibility away from their own failed policies," he said. "If the agricultural sector were on a strong basis to begin with, it would have recovered quickly from an externally induced shock."
Even with enough blame to go around for Africa's poverty, cutting U.S. subsidies would help the continent support itself instead of relying on handouts. Mr. Hamufuba put his family's needs at a modest $1,000 a year. He looked at his settlement and saw things he would like to improve soon. One thatched roof-"a fire hazard"-he said, grinning, will have to go in favor of metal roof sheeting. He is careful with the tools of his livelihood, sheltering 100-pound bags of cotton fertilizer in one house, and hanging his pesticide sprayer in a dusky corner of another.
He built his second house because it is cultural taboo for his second wife to live under the same roof as his first, who died of malaria four years ago. He did not have the money to take his first wife to the local hospital immediately, and she died after 10 days there.
"A lot of death here is because of poorness," he said. "We cannot do things urgently. If they refer you to the hospital, you have to start borrowing money. Also the disease gets worse, and after two to three days, one dies." But, he said, a sudden smile breaking across his face, "God blessed me again. I got another wife."
Trade and aid
More than two months after Asia's tsunami, talk has turned away from emergency aid to rebuilding. The estimated price tag is as big as the wave: $10 billion to $12 billion over the next three to five years.
Looking at the long run, economist Eric Schansberg detected some irony. The Indiana University Southeast professor noted that Americans were generous in sending money for the tsunami's victims-his own Kentucky church collected more than $700,000. At the same time, he also found that countries such as Sri Lanka pay steep tariffs on the products they export to the United States. Such duties could hinder their reconstruction work, and several have already asked the United States to lower or remove them.
In 2003, for example, Sri Lanka paid $244 million in tariffs for garments and textiles it exports to the United States. According to Oxfam International, an advocacy group for poor countries, the clothing industry accounts for more than half the island's export income and provides 350,000 jobs. Indonesia also paid a tidy sum, $426 million.
"It's like telling welfare people who are working, you should not sell your products," Mr. Schansberg said. "In the case of the tsunami victims, if we're rendering aid, why not look at trade as well?"
As with farm subsidies, however, U.S. industries are reluctant to lose their market share to low-cost foreign producers. Thailand lost almost a third of its shrimp hatcheries along its coastline, which supplied more than half the country's shrimps. But U.S. shrimpers are afraid cheap Thai shrimp-along with other Asian suppliers-will drive them out of business. The United States is considering lifting tariffs after the tsunami, but good intentions stand to be washed away by special interest groups.

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An Afternoon with Maggie Shipstead!
Last weekend, I read Maggie Shipstead's new novel Seating Arrangements on the plane to Boston. It was the perfect book to read on my way to the East Coast, as the novel takes place in the summer on an island in New England.
During a single weekend, a family gathers for a wedding at their summer house and drama ensues. Shipstead writes mainly in the voice of Winn Van Meter, the bride's father, but she also gives readers insight into the minds of other members of the wedding party. It was a delightful book and made me want to head on over and visit the Van Meters while I was in Boston! Shipstead's novel is perfect for fans of Richard Russo and J. Courtney Sullivan.
You Can Meet Maggie Shipstead this Sunday!
Maggie Shipstead will be speaking about Seating Arrangements at the Belmont Library this Sunday, July 22, at 3:00pm. There will be a wine and cheese reception before the event and a book selling and signing will follow her presentation.
Don't Just Take My Word for It
Seating Arrangements has been getting a lot of buzz in publications like the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and People magazine. Check out some of the reviews here:
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Stephanie C hopes to see you at the Belmont Library this Sunday, July 22, at 3:00pm for this event! Many of her favorite books are set in the East Coast, and she would love to spend a week on Martha's Vineyard one summer, rereading great books like Seating Arrangements and Judy Blume's Summer Sisters.


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Even though the Aggies' first football game was still more than nine months away, Ron Gould knew he needed to hit the ground running when he was named UC Davis' 16th football coach last December.
But after 16 seasons developing some of college football's best running backs while associate head coach at nearby UC Berkeley, moving quickly was nothing new for him. Still, time was of the essence. Gould needed to assemble a coaching staff as fast as he could, there were lots of in and outs of the UC Davis campus he had to navigate and, most importantly, recruiting season was in full swing.
Gould was commuting from his East Bay home much of the time, but that didn't slow him down. His commitment to getting the job done was the only adrenaline he needed.
With the highly anticipated 2013 season on the horizon, Gould's tireless efforts are coming to fruition. He and his coaches put together a highly regarded recruiting class despite the fact that he arrived a little more than six weeks before national letter-of-intent signing day in February. Gould also led a strong winter conditioning program and spring practice season. The Aggies who reported back for fall camp in early August, according to Gould, were in better shape than ever.
You won't see any wasted movement during the daily practices, although everyone is moving all the time. Enthusiasm from both the players and coaches fuels everything that happens. What results is a renewed sense of excitement for the Aggies, whose schedule will include six home games — the first is on Sept. 14 against Northern Arizona — and six more on the road.
"The future is bright for Aggie football," Gould said upon his hiring. "I look forward to experiencing that great Aggie Pride that defines this wonderful community."
While at Cal, Gould mentored running backs such as Shane Vereen (New England Patriots) and Marshawn Lynch (Seattle Seahawks) who have developed into elite NFL players. The Bears were among the nation's rushing leaders during his tenure. He hopes to bring the same kind of success to all areas of UC Davis' program.
The Aggies open the year Aug. 31 at the University of South Dakota and will play their second road game at University of Nevada and the Cal Aggie Alumni Association is chartering a bus to the Reno game.
Mark your calendar for our home games this season:
- Sept. 21: Portland State
- Sept. 14: Northern Arizona
- Sept. 28: Idaho State
- Oct. 12: Montana (Homecoming)
- Nov. 2: Cal Poly (Parent and Family Weekend)
- Nov. 16: North Dakota
Home games are at Aggie Stadium, and tickets are available through www.ucdavisaggies.com or by calling 530-754-AGS1.
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MCMECHEN - Seeking a third victory this season against scrappy Beallsville, homestanding Bishop Donahue jumped in front 11-0 but then had to weather a familiar storm Tuesday night inside the Fr. Raymond Jablonski Memorial Gymnasium.
Blue Devils' senior standout Terryn Jarrett exploded for 32 points and had Beallsville within two possessions of a tie three times in the fourth quarter only to see the Bishops hang on for the 73-66 victory in the semifinals of the Wheeling Hospital/Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Class 1A Basketball Championships.
''Jarrett is averaging 33 (points) against us," Bishop Donahue coach Tom Wise pointed out. ''He had 38 over there when we beat them by one." The 1,000-point career scorer for Beallsville hit for 28 in the previous visit to the Bishops' home court, but the Blue Devils also wound up on the short end of the score.
Tuesday, Jarrett hit on five 3-point attempts and scored 19 of his 32 points during the second half. He was Beallsville's only double-figure scorer as its record dropped back below the .500 mark at 9-10.
Bishop Donahue's narrow victory put Wise's youthful but talented squad into the conference small school title game for the third time in the last five years. The Bishops split back-to-back OVAC finals appearances against Bridgeport in 2009 and 2010.
On Saturday evening, they will be matched up against rangy Conotton Valley in the championship game.
''We're having a pretty good year for a bunch of young kids that are still learning how to play," Wise said after the Bishops improved their record to 12-7. Donahue's starting lineup this season consists of two juniors and a sophomore. Overall, the green and gold's roster has just two seniors, both of whom fill roles coming off the bench.
''This was a tough game to survive," Wise continued.
''We came out really fast and Bryce (Jones) shot the ball well early, but they just wouldn't go away."
The biggest play of the night might have been turned in by Bishops' sophomore Jesse Padlow with under two minutes on the clock after two free throws by Jarrett narrowed the Blue Devils' deficit to 66-62.
Beallsville thought it had slapped the ball away from Padlow as he advanced past half court. However, the determined Bishop point guard kept hustling, got his hands on the basketball and, in the same motion, passed it inside to Chaice Truex for an easy shot off the glass.
''I thought we were going to get a steal, but it landed back in their hands and they got a layup." Blue Devils' coach Casey Tolzda said.
''I told our kids we had to have a good start and we didn't. After it was 11-0, we played right with them. I'm really proud of our kids. They fought and scrapped and really hustled until the end," Tolzda added.
After Padlow's key play, the Blue Devils got within four again when Logan Nippert drove to the rim for a basket and he drew a foul on the play. Nippert missed the foul shot that could have trimmed the deficit to three.
Jared Yates cashed one of two at the line for the Bishops. Padlow pulled down a rebound after a Beallsville miss and got the ball to Yates, who was fouled again he made both shots this time for a 71-64 advantage.
Jarrett's basket was followed by Josh Miller's two free throws that wrapped up the scoring.
Jones scored all 17 of his points in the opening half to spark the Bishops into a 41-30 advantage. Jones scored 11 points during the first quarter, twice draining 3s and adding a conventional three-point play. The Bishops' leading scorer on the season had a chance for a second hoop and harm conversion but his free throw was off the mark.
Jones connected on two more 3s in the second quarter, while Miller had five points and collected four rebounds. In the third quarter, Jarrett launched Beallsville's comeback with nine points, cutting Donahue's lead to 52-47 entering the final eight minutes.
Three other Bishops reached double figures. Miller enjoyed a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Padlow added a dozen and Truex scored 11 points, while also yanking down eight rebounds. Lavonte Hampton came off the Donahue bench to contribute eight points and also grabbed five rebounds.
''Miller is really doing a good job for us on the boards," Wise said, while pointing out that the steady-playing sophomore is averaging double-figures in rebounding. ''He had 21 rebounds in one game this year. ''While he's not a real large kid, his desire helps him get the job done."


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It's hard to believe summer is nearly over for local schoolchildren. While autumn doesn't officially arrive until next month, on Monday morning, nearly 12,000 Lancaster County students will say goodbye to the carefree days of summer and return to the classrooms.
Last week, about 110 new district employees – from teachers to maintenance staff – gathered at the Lancaster County Golf Club's Fairway Room to get acquainted with Lancaster County and its school district.
My daddy loved to tell the story of my first day of school.
Loved to tell how he came home from work that night and asked me, "Gene, how was school today?"
Loved to tell how I stood there, looked up at him and said, "I really didn't like it. I don't think I want to go back tomorrow."
He'd always chuckle after that, and then he'd always – always – tell how he looked at me and said, "But, Gene, you've got to go. If you don't, your mama and me will get in trouble."
Psalm 107 shows God's cure for believers in hopeless situations. Those whom God has redeemed from every nation need to thank him for his goodness and never-ending loving-kindness.
Four hopeless situations are described. The first was travelers in a wilderness who had lost their way, unable to find a city and desperately weak without adequate nourishment. When they cried out to God in prayer, he led them by the right way to a city where they could be filled and satisfied.
A few random sad news stories of late have caused me to wonder why the S.C. Legislature does what it does. And after serious thought, it seems like there are three possible explanations – ignorance, apathy, or ideology.
Whatever the reason, we as a state, are suffering greatly because of their actions.
"It's a great day in South Carolina." That's the sentiment, still faithfully echoed by state workers across South Carolina. This is the case, despite, what many describe as an apparent disregard, insensitivity, even lack of cursory consideration for state employees.
The failure by some legislators, to even, remotely, address long-term and significant deficits in pay, was a major disappointment for South Carolina's state employees. But, even that, has not deterred state employees who remain on the frontline and deliver their very best.
It seems every day, the governor, a lawmaker or a bureaucrat is touting another "economic development" project that's slated to create some improbable number of jobs (usually a suspiciously round number – 2,500 or 5,000).
We hear the exclamations: "We're creating more jobs!"
Don't get me wrong, jobs are great, but what exactly gives you, a state government, the idea that it's your function to create jobs, or to "develop" the private-sector economy?
On behalf of Foster Care Review Board 6A, I wish to commend The Lancaster News for sharing with this community the story of Janie Peay, "Graduate and mother both receive awards" in the July 31 edition.
I must also commend and send much love to Mrs. Peay who received the 2013 My Guiding Light Award, which is given annually by the S.C. Department of Social Services to a foster parent who has inspired and guided a graduating senior in foster care.
Every September, the Lancaster Treasurer's Office mails out property tax bills for real estate (homes and commercial buildings) and personal property (boats, business furniture and equipment, manufacturing, etc.)
While nobody likes getting a tax bill, it's important that they are sent to the correct address. More than one property owner has called to complain they didn't get their tax bill and ended up paying their taxes late with penalties because the bill was sent to an old address.
The American Dream is very simple. It is the foundation of our country and our state. It is not written into the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution; no Congress or legislature ever passed laws to make it official.
But every American knows what it means and so do the immigrants from around the world who have risked it all to make it happen for themselves and their families here.
The American Dream is you work hard and play by the rules and your children will be better off than you are. Economists call this "social mobility."
There are many ways to classify drivers. Some people classify drivers according to their mental state, such as drowsy or aggressive. Other people classify drivers according to their speed. I, however, believe that a combination of age and experience is the best way to classify drivers, whom I think fall into three categories – older, beginning and experienced.
Although there are exceptions to my belief, classifying drivers this way gives a better understanding of why people drive the way they do.
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Wale didn't take a pair of commentator's comments lightly. While at the Washington Wizards game last night, the Maybach Music Group member heckled Toronto Raptors' Rudy Gay, an incident that elicited a response from the player. The commentators turned their attention to the emcee, branding him as a "local rapper" and stating that "he's not Drake, that's for sure."
"A fan heckling him and supposedly, this fan is a well-known local rapper. Wall-ay. Locally, here," said one commentator. "Wale is inspiring. I'm sure somebody on Twitter could tell me if they exactly had ever heard of Wale. He's not Drake, that's for sure."
The Washington, D.C. native then left his courtside seat to confront the commentators for belittling him on the mic. While the confrontation is without audio, someone uploaded a clip of Wale addressing the commentators to YouTube.
Wale, who recently dropped off his mixtape Folarin, is currently prepping the release of either an album or mixtape titled The Album About Nothing with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
Watch the clips below (via RR).
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Ask the Architect
On becoming an architect
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Q. I've always had an excitement for architecture that can't be disillusioned. Despite continual protest from my parents regarding my career choice, I'm passionately starting continuing my sophomore year at a prestigious university, majoring in architecture. It's a five-year program that I'm thoroughly enjoying and am intensely committed to. I realize that in this economy, all professional careers are speculative, and it seems that architecture as a profession in New York may be unattainable. My grades are excellent, but I'm trying to find every edge that I can. As I make my schedule for next semester, can you could offer insight into which areas I should focus on in my studies? Should I sign up for more technology-based elective courses, design and hand-drawing, or maybe focus on the environmental aspects of building? I'd appreciate your advice.
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A look at the memorable moments and Hollywood milestones that happened today, Oct. 21.
1958: Buddy Holly held what ended up being his last recording session. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," which he recorded in that session in one take, became a hit after he died.
1961: Bob Dylan recorded his first album for Columbia Records. The self-titled album was recorded in one day and cost $400.
1972: After 17 years of recording rock classics, Chuck Berry finally got a No. 1 hit with "My Ding-A-Ling."
1992: Elton John filed a $35 million lawsuit in which he claimed a reporter for the TV show "Hard Copy" falsely stated John moved to Atlanta to be near an AIDS treatment center. The singer's lawyers said he moved to Atlanta because he likes the city.
1992: Madonna's erotic book "Sex" went on sale around the world. Americans paid up to $50 to see pictures reflecting her fantasies concerning sadism, masochism and bondage.
1999: Santana's "Supernatural" album hit No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. It was Santana's first No. 1 album since "Santana Three" in 1971.
Today's Birthdays: Actress Joyce Randolph ("The Honeymooners") is 89. TV judge Judy Sheindlin ("Judge Judy") is 71. Actor Everett McGill ("Twin Peaks") is 68. Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 67. Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go's is 60. Actress Carrie Fisher is 57. Singer Julian Cope is 56. Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 56. Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens Of The Stone Age) is 42. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 40. Actor Jeremy Miller ("Growing Pains") is 37. Actor Will Estes ("American Dreams") is 35. Actor Michael McMillian ("True Blood") is 35. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is 33. Actor Matt Dallas is 31.


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Friday News, June 8
Penn Gaming and MRHD Still At Odds Over New Casino
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - State gambling regulators say they will take applications from other casino operators to run a proposed new casino in Sioux City after negotiations with Penn National Gaming
and its nonprofit partner fell through.
Penn National operates the Argosy riverboat casino with its nonprofit partner Missouri River Historical Development.
Penn National is proposing a new $100 million land-based casino in downtown Sioux City, but the nonprofit group wants the company to give more than the current 3 percent of gross revenue to
community projects.
On Thursday the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted to allow other casino operators to submit applications after the two partners couldn't agree on a new contract.
The commission believes a land-based casino will better serve the Sioux City area.
Motorcycle Accident Near Alton
(Orange City) -- The Iowa Highway Patrol is investigating a motorcycle-car accident that occured Wednesday morning near Alton. Apparently, 28 year old Joel Van Engen of Paullina was riding his motorcycle when he failed to see the car ahead of him had stopped and was about to make a left-hand turn. The car, driven by 57 year old Sharon Bortscheller of Remsen, had yielded to an oncoming over-sized vehicle when the motorcycle struck the car. Van Engen was ejected from the motorcycle and suffered injuries. He was transported to the Orange City Regional Hospital. Van Engen was wearing a helmet.
Plymouth County Solid Waste Systems Considering Options
(Le Mars) -- The problems associated with the Cherokee Solid Waste Landfill is starting to affect the Plymouth County Solid Waste program. Since 1989, Cherokee County and Plymouth County have had an agreement that allows solid waste from Plymouth County to be transported to Cherokee County. That agreement between the two counties continues through 2017. However, the Cherokee County Landfill recently had to lay off 25 employees, and it is running low on money. Mark Kunkel, the manager of the Plymouth County Solid Waste Systems says Cherokee is now asking for an increase.
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Kunkel says Cherokee wishes to implement the increase by July 1st. Kunkel says Plymouth County officials are looking at other available options.
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Could Plymouth County store or otherwise utilize its own solid waste? Kunkel says that plan would not be practical.
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Relay For Life Scheduled for Tonight at Remsen
(Remsen) -- More than 500 people are expected to participate in Friday evening's Plymouth County Relay for Life to be held at Remsen. Stacy Kliever serves as the chair for the local cancer awareness campaign. She says the event is set up to show support for those afflicted with cancer, those who have survived cancer, and for those people who have lost their lives to cancer.
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A major part of the Relay for Life are the hundreds of illuminaries that surround the track, and Kliever says this year they will be a bit different.
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Kliever says the event is open to everyone, and although the focus is on Plymouth County, she says people from neighboring counties and states will come to participate at the event. Kliever says the evening will be filled with countless fun events.
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In addition to the fun and games, the Relay for Life will also hold a silent auction. The Plymouth County Relay for Life will be held at the Remsen football field and track, and it is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. and will conclude eight hours later at 2:00 a.m.
Whistleblower Wins Suit
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A former Iowa State University employee who reported financial misconduct by his boss has won more than $1.28 million because of retaliation for his whistle-blowing.
Dennis Smith was falsely accused of being a "potential terrorist or mass murderer" by his superiors.
In a judgment filed Wednesday, the judge found that the 59-year-old Smith, of West Des Moines, suffered three years of severe emotional distress.
ISU intends to appeal the decision.
Smith had told then-ISU President Gregory Geoffroy about financial misconduct by the director of the College of Engineering marketing department, Pamela Reinig.
Reinig pleaded guilty to first-degree theft in 2009 and was given probation.
Climatologists Predict Hot and Dry Conditions for Summer
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State climatologists say farmers in Nebraska and Iowa should prepare for persistent drought conditions this summer that could devastate their crops.
Nebraska State Climatologist Al Dutcher said Thursday that he expects that ranchers and farmers in the western part of the state will suffer crop damage, unless the weather suddenly becomes cooler and wetter. He says that's unlikely, given the current conditions.
Ranchers in western Nebraska and farmers in north-central Iowa say the weather conditions are the driest they've ever seen.
The situation is less dire in Iowa, but State Climatologist Harry Hillaker predicts that June will be warmer than usual. High winds are also causing water to evaporate faster.
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It would probably help if he posted the image before he added any effects.
I think the same effect can be obtained by creating a pattern of the forest, make your forest selction the use the layer style pattern fill.
Apply a shading layer above it to give it some dimension and a beveled edge like he says to do.
just keep the forest layer on it's own layer.


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Resources and Publications
NNEDV works to address and respond to needs identified by victims by providing tools that strengthen advocacy and help change the way society responds to domestic violence. This section provides online access to some of NNEDV's many publications, and provides links to other valuable resources.
- About Domestic Violence
Learn about signs and types of abuse, get help, read answers to frequently asked questions, statistics on sexual and domestic violence, and, how the economy impacts domestic violence.
- Census: the U.S. National Census of Domestic Violence Services
Conducted by NNEDV since 2006, this Census is designed to protect the safety and confidentiality of victims. Annual reports highlight findings from an unduplicated count of adults and children seeking services from domestic violence shelter programs in the United States during a single 24-hour survey period.
- Economic Justice
This provides links to consumer and educational resources. See also, NNEDV's Financial Tips for Victims and Survivors.
- Employment Opportunities
This includes descriptions of NNEDV jobs as well as employment listings for other domestic violence organizations across the U.S.
- Find Your State or Territory Domestic Violence Coalition
NNEDV represents the 56 U.S. state and territorial coalitions against domestic violence. Domestic violence coalitions serve as state-wide and territory-wide leaders in the efforts to end domestic violence. These organizations connect local domestic violence service providers and are valuable resources for information about services, programs, legislation and policies that support survivors of domestic violence.
- National Organizations & Projects
NNEDV works closely with an array of U.S. national organizations and projects that provide a wealth of resources and assistance regarding domestic violence, sexual violence and stalking.
- Technology Safety
NNEDV's Safety Net Project creates many resources for victims & the agencies that serve them. Check out safety plans, check lists, tips sheets, articles and papers addressing ways that different technologies impact victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual violence and stalking. Topics include data security, spyware, tech savvy teens, online service provision, confidentiality and privacy issues, and more. Several pieces are available in multiple languages (English, Spanish, French, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali, Russian). See also, NNEDV's webpage on Internet & Computer Safety.
- Voter Privacy Information
Learn more about U.S. state and territorial address confidentiality and voter confidentiality programs.
Please check out the NNEDV Calendar to learn about upcoming NNEDV trainings, conferences, teleconferences, and webinars.


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Fujifilm announces X10 high-end enthusiast compact
Fujifilm has unveiled the X10 - an enthusiast compact with a F2.0-2.8, 28-112mm-equivalent lens. It's built around a 2/3" (6.6 x 8.8mm) CMOS sensor that uses Fujifilm's EXR pixel arrangement. The 12MP sensor can produce either 12MP images in high resolution mode, under-expose half its pixels to provide 6MP images with greater dynamic range, or combine neighboring pixels for a 6MP high sensitivity mode. The X10 borrows extensively from the styling of the X100 (though its zooming viewfinder means you lose the X100's hybrid viewfinder), to give a camera that sits conceptually between the Olympus XZ-1 and the Canon Powershot G12.
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The NEW Fujifilm X10 premium compact camera sets new standards in style and quality for digital photography
Fujifilm is proud to announce the addition of a new premium compact camera to its digital camera line up for autumn 2011. The X10 features a large 2/3" 12 megapixel EXR-CMOS sensor and a high-definition F2.0 wide-angle and F2.8 telephoto Fujinon 4x manual zoom lens (28-112mm)*1, characterised by its brightness and superb picture quality right up to the edge of an image.
The X10 is a highly advanced compact camera with specifications that follow in the footsteps of the multi award-winning Fujifilm FinePix X100 (released in March 2011): the ultimate in refined design, components, functions and specification. Featuring a bright optical zoom viewfinder with a wide viewing angle, the X10 allows users to enjoy the pleasure of photography via a traditional viewfinder, providing all the benefits and ease of composition that this brings.
Thorough attention to detail is evident as soon as you take hold of the X10's stunning body. With its upper control deck and base manufactured from lightweight, yet ultra strong, die-cast magnesium alloy; and mode dials and lens ring featuring their quality, aluminium milled, textured finish. The intuitive operability of the various dials and shutter-release button is also apparent with the manual zoom lens doubling up as an on/off power switch, ensuring you can react quickly to potential photo shooting scenarios as they occur.
Main features
(1) Newly-developed F2.0 wide-angle and F2.8 telephoto, bright FUJINON 4x optical manual barrel zoom lens
The X10 features a newly-developed high-definition Super EBC (Electron Beam Coating) FUJINON*2 lens which achieves superb clarity over the whole of the image. The lens consists of 11 glass lens elements in 9 groups, including 3 aspherical glass lens elements (6 sides) and 2 extra-low dispersion lens elements. The result is an ultra bright lens with a wide-angle maximum aperture of 2.0 and telephoto maximum aperture of 2.8.
With its all-metal lens barrel you are guaranteed a smooth zoom action which helps you compose your photos quickly and easily. In addition, the camera's power switch has been deftly built into the manual barrel zoom to facilitate fast responses and to help you avoid missed photo opportunities.
Featuring a newly developed Optical Image Stabilisation mechanism, you can rest assured that any lens aberration is kept to an absolute minimum and image resolution is maximised making the most of the sensor performance and delivering high quality images.
The lens is capable of taking super-macro shots as close up as 1cm. This function can also be combined with 7-blade aperture to deliver a stunning soft-focus "bokeh" effect perfect for shooting portraits using the telephoto zoom.
(2) Combining a bright optical viewfinder with a wide viewing-angle and a manual barrel zoom lens
Fujifilm's engineers have used an arrangement of 3 aspherical lenses plus a special dach prism configuration to deliver a viewfinder with superior brightness and a superb field of view with its extra wide viewing angle, and all whilst still maintaining a compact camera size. This, combined with the Manual Barrel Zoom functionality, makes a real difference and brings a welcome old-style photographic feel to the X10.
(3) Newly-developed large 2/3" 12 megapixel EXR-CMOS sensor and advanced EXR Processor
The X10 features a newly-developed large 2/3" 12 megapixel EXR-CMOS sensor with approximately twice the sensor area, and approximately 2.5 times the pixel area, compared to existing Fujifilm camera models*3.
This bespoke EXR-CMOS sensor combines Fujifilm's proprietary EXR technology (which can select the optimum shooting mode from the three options below SN / DR / HR), with CMOS technology to provide bright, sharp images in all shooting conditions.
- SN High Sensitivity and Low Noise mode - produces clear and sharp high-sensitivity images whilst keeping the noise levels low, and is an ideal choice for capturing night scenes or indoor situations with poor lighting
- DR Wide Dynamic Range mode - delivers a much increased dynamic range (up to 1600%) delivering rich gradations and detail in both the shadows and highlights
- HR High Resolution mode - takes full advantage of the 12 megapixel resolution to reproduce the finest details in landscape and portrait scenes, perfect for use on bright clear days
In addition the X10 features a high-speed EXR-CMOS sensor and EXR processor which facilitate high-speed continuous shooting at up to 7 frames per second at the full 12 megapixel resolution (L size), and 10 frames per second at the reduced resolution M size.
Plus a 49-point matrix contrast AF which provides high-speed and high-precision auto focusing thanks to the fast CMOS capabilities and the advanced EXR Processor's AF system.
With its super speedy shutter-release time lag of approx. 0.01 seconds, the X10 can capture even the most fleeting of photo opportunities. And it's also worth mentioning that it features best-in-class*4 1080p Full HD movie recording capabilities.
(4) The X10's elegant design has inherited the look and feel of the X100, along with its "made in Japan" seal of quality
Manufactured from strong, yet lightweight, die-cast magnesium alloy, the X10's upper control deck and camera base are perfectly designed and add a real sense of style and glamour to the camera. On top of this the exquisite notches of the exposure compensation dial and the satisfying torque feedback produced by the hidden metal ball in the click-stop mechanism ensure the quality of craftsmanship is truly apparent.
(5) Fujifilm's unique functions for adjusting image quality
EXR-Auto – for the automatic optimisation of the sensor and the camera settings
The X10 not only offers "EXR-Auto" intelligent scene recognition (which adjusts camera settings to suit sunsets, blue skies, greenery, beaches, snow, etc.), and also detects people and identifies difficult to photograph backlight conditions, but now, it even has the ability to detect subject movements. The intelligent EXR-CMOS Sensor automatically selects the optimum shooting mode from a total of 99 different variations; this enables it to capture any kind of scene perfectly in even the most difficult shooting conditions.
In terms of ISO settings, the X10 can capture shots between ISO 100 for well lit conditions and top picture quality, and ultra-high ISO 12800*5 for the most minimal of lighting conditions. If the correct exposure cannot be obtained with the selected ISO setting, the ISO Auto Setting function adjusts it automatically between 100 and 3200.
For those of you that like to experiment, the X10 offers Fujifilm's unique Film Simulation modes, reflecting the company's background in photographic films. Eight settings are available, including Velvia / PROVIA / ASTIA which allow you to reproduce the well-known tones of highly popular colour reversal films, as well as X10 expands the scope of photo expression with Monochrome Mode that can be fine-tuned with R / Ye / G filter settings.
In addition to Auto White Balance, the X10 provides a choice of 9 white balance presets to compensate for the colour of different light sources. Users can also set a Custom White Balance using a grey card or other surface, or select the optimum Kelvin value.
The X10 also features detailed image adjustability settings with options including "Colour" to adjust colour strength, "Highlight Tone" / "Shadow Tone" to adjust contrast in highlight / shadow sections, and "Sharpness" to sharpen or soften pixel edges.
Finally there is a Noise Reduction Adjustment function to set the strength of noise reduction at five different levels according to the users' emphasis on whether to prioritise high resolution or low noise.
(6) Other notable features on the FinePix X10
- 4x optical zoom featuring Fujifilm's new Intelligent Digital 2x Telephoto zoom technology, doubling the telephoto capabilities and providing up to an 8x zoom
- Diverse manual shooting modes that can be selected according to scene type (Program / Aperture Priority / Shutter Speed Priority / Manual)
- Power start-up within approx. 0.8 seconds using on/off switch built into lens ring (must be in Quick Start mode) perfect for capturing any unexpected photo opportunities
- Motion Panorama 360 for seamless 360-degree panoramic shooting
- Manual pop-up flash with a range of 7 metres
- High-contrast and wide viewing-angle 2.8" 460K dot High contrast LCD monitor that provides excellent view-ability even if you're outdoors in bright sunlight
- Electronic horizon levelling gauge to check the camera is being held on the level, and histogram display to check image gradation
- Four diverse auto bracketing functions for exposure, ISO sensitivity, dynamic range and film simulation
- RAW shooting and in-camera RAW processing (plus SilkyPix RAW conversion software is supplied in-box)
(7) Premium Accessory Line-up
To perfectly compliment the look and premium quality feel of the X10 camera body, a retro leather "quick shot" case with matching strap has been designed which fits the X10 like a glove. Made out of luxurious black leather it has been created with uncompromising attention to detail, ensuring the ultimate ease of use and practicality.
Precision milled from metal, a lens hood with adapter ring will be available. The adapter ring is also compatible with commercially sold 52mm filters and lens caps.
Compatible with Fujifilm's EF-20 (Guide No.:20) and EF-42 (Guide No.:42) flash guns.
*1 35mm equivalent
*2 For more information on high precision FUJINON lenses please visit: http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/fujinon/
*3 Compared to the FinePix F550EXR
*4 Digital cameras equipped with a 2/3" image sensor
*5 At reduced resolution
Fujifilm X10 specifications
|Body material
|Magnesium alloy
| 2/3 inch EXR-CMOS sensor
12 million effective pixels
Primary colour filter (RGB color filter array)
|Image sizes
| 4:3
• 4000 x 3000
• 2816 x 2112
• 2048 x 1536
• 4000 x 2664
• 2816 x 1864
• 2048 x 1536
• 4000 x 2448
• 2816 x 1584
• 1920 x 1080
• 2992 x 2992
• 2112 x 2112
• 1536 x 1536
Motion Panorama
• 360° Vertical 11520 x 1624 Horizontal 11520 x 1080
• 300° Vertical 9600 x 1624 Horizontal 9600 x 1080
• 240° Vertical 7680 x 1624 Horizontal 7680 x 1080
• 180° Vertical 5760 x 1624 Horizontal 5760 x 1080
• 120° Vertical 3840 x 1624 Horizontal 3840 x 1080
|Still image formats
|Image processor
|Fujifilm EXR processor
|Movie recording
| 1920 x 1080 Full HD, 30fps
1280 x 720 HD, 30fps
640 x 480 VGA, 30fps
H.264 MOV format
Stereo sound
| • FUJINON 4x optical zoom lens
• 28-112mm (equivalent to 35mm)
• 9 groups 11 lenses (3 aspherical glass moulded lenses included)
|Digital zoom
|Focus distance
(from lens surface)
| • Normal: Wide: Approx. 50cm / 1.6ft. to infinity
Telephoto: Approx. 80cm / 2.6ft. to infinity
• Macro: Wide: Approx. 10cm - 3.0m / 0.3ft. - 9.8ft.
Telephoto: Approx. 50cm - 3.0m / 1.6ft. - 9.8ft.
• Super Macro: Approx. 1.0cm -1.0m / 0.4in. - 3.3ft.
|Image stabilization
|Lens shift type
|Auto focus
| • TTL Contrast Detection AF system
• Multi, Area, Tracking
|Focus modes
| • Single shot AF (S-
• Continuous AF (C-AF)
• Manual focus (MF)
|AF assist lamp
|• Yes
|Exposure modes
| • Program AE
• Aperture priority AE
• Shutter priority AE
• Manual
• 6400 and 12800 in extended mode
• Auto ISO
|Metering modes
| • TTL 256-zones metering
• Multi-pattern
• Center-Weighted Average
• Spot
|Exposure comp.
| • Up to ± 2.0 EV
• 1/3 EV steps
|Shutter speeds
| • 1/4 - 1/4000 sec (Auto mode)
• 30-1/4000 sec (all other modes)
|Self timer
|10 or 2 seconds
|Drive modes
| • Super High?approx. 10fps (Size M,S)
• High?approx. 7fps (Size L,M,S)
• Middle?approx. 5fps (Size L,M,S)
• Low?approx. 3fps (Size L,M,S)
|Auto bracketing
| • AE Bracketing (±1/3EV, ±2/3EV, ±1EV)
• Film Simulation Bracketing (PROVIA/Standard, Velvia/Vivid, ASTIA/Soft)
• Dynamic Range Bracketing (100%, 200%, 400%)
• ISO sensitivity Bracketing (±1/3EV, ±2/3EV, ±1EV)
|White balance
| • Automatic scene recognition
• Fine
• Shade
• Fluorescent light (Daylight),
• Fluorescent light (Warm White)
• Fluorescent light (Cool White)
• Incandescent light
• Underwater
• Custom
• Color temperature selection
|Internal Flash
| • Auto flash (super intelligent flash)
• Effective range: (ISO 800) approx. 50 cm –7 m / 1.6 ft. – 22.9 ft.
|Flash modes
| • Auto
• Forced Flash
• Suppressed Flash
• Slow Synchro
• Red-eye Reduction Auto
• Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash
• Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro
|External Flash
|• Hot-Shoe (dedicated TTL flash compatible)
| • Optical viewfinder
• Approx. 85? coverage
• Eye point approx 15mm
• Diopter adjustment -3.5 to +1.5 m-1 (dpt)
|LCD monitor
| • 2.8" TFT colour LCD
• 460,000 dots
• 100% frame coverage
| • USB 2.0 (Hi Speed)
• Mini HDMI
|• NP-50 Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery
|117.0 (W) x 69.6 (H) x 56.8 (D) mm
4.6 (W) x 2.7 (H) x 2.2 (D) in.
| • Approx. 350g / 12.3oz. (including battery and memory card)
• Approx.330g / 11.6oz. (excluding battery and memory card
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Directory of Anti-Gravity technologies, with special emphasis on clean, renewable systems. Devices and theories for counteracting the effects of gravity for levitation or propulsion.
Some electromagnetic overunity phenomenon and anti-gravity seem to be as physically intermingled as electricity and magnetism. You don't have one without the other.
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Rolf Guthmann is Posting Gravity Motor Info - This Brazilian inventor is in process of disclosing how his gravity motors work. His compilation video shows the motor system rising on a balance when it is turned on, suggesting a counter-gravity effect. (PESWiki; March 11, 2014)
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Part II: Was US Spy Drone Captured by Iranian Flying Saucer? - Sterling Allan, the founder of PESN, had the opportunity to conduct an hour and a half long interview with Mehran Keshe, the individual who claims to have given Iran the advanced space technology that enabled them to capture a US spy drone. (PESN; December 16, 2011)
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Part I: Was US Spy Drone Captured by Iranian Flying Saucer? - Mehran Tavakoli Keshe, an Iranian scientist and engineer, claims that an Iranian flying saucer technology he developed was used to capture the Sentinel drone about which the mainstream media has been reporting. Does Iran have a space program more advanced than NASA's? (PESN and BeforeItsNews; December 14, 2011)
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Engineer Behind Iranian Saucer Technology Comes Forward - Nuclear Engineer, Mehran Tavakoli Keshe, has come forward as being the developer of the technology being used in Iran's new "flying saucer". His technology is claimed to harness magnetism and gravity to allow travel throughout the solar system and beyond. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; April 6, 2011)
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Ralph Ring and the Infinite Power of Natural Law - "Back in the 1950s and 60s, Ralph Ring, with others, including Otis Carr built a flying saucer that worked. But then, governmental agents came in with guns blazing and seized all of their materials. Now he and others are trying to rebuilt the craft using material via 3-D printers. This technology is based on zero-point energy ..." (PureEnergyBlog; June 22, 2013)
- Featured: Levers / Anti-Gravity > Coral Castle >
Coral Castle Busted -- Interesting but not Anti-Gravity - How could one man, 5 feet tall and barely 100 pounds, excavate, shape, and hoist hundreds of massive coral blocks, the largest weighing 28 tons, into a structure by himself? This mystery has intrigued people for decades, drawing visitors from all over the world. But the truth is much less intriguing, though still impressive. (PESN; September 27, 2012)
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Anti-Gravity / Cold Fusion Explained In Detail: A New Era in Physics - Seattle4truth presents a series about the properties and the relationships between antigravity and cold fusion, based on the work of Frank Znidarsic. Includes a look at gravitomagnetism, the Bose-Einstein condensates, and quantum theory. (PESWiki; November 5, 2010)
- Featured: Anti-Gravity >
Historical Gravity Engineering - Control of gravity is commonly held to be a technology of the future. Tim Harwood M.A. , a specialist technology historian, believes the answers once again lie in the past. The technology has been deliberately withheld, because in the past humanity abused the power that comes with gravity control. (PESWiki; January 9, 2011)
- Featured: Anti-Gravity > Propulsion >
The Enigmatic Solid State Gravity Box - An anonymous individual referring to himself only as "S.F." has posted a series of videos detailing experiments performed on a gravity defying black box along with propulsion characteristics. He claims that it violates Newton's laws producing action without reaction! (PESN and BeforeItsNews; March 27, 2011)
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Nazi Bell on MIT Radio - Excerpt from MIT Student Radio WMBR Cambridge/Boston featuring AlienScientist on Anti-Gravity and suppressed technologies, with visual supplementation to the audio file. Continuing the quest for scientific disclosure of these technologies that could transform society. (PESWiki; Jan. 1, 2010)
- Defense contractor anti-gravity discovery disclosed - A fabled top secret World War II technology, never fully developed by the Nazis, although many individuals were allegedly killed in the process of its testing, apparently has been replicated in part by a mainstream Californian defense contractor, SARA, showing anti-gravity and propulsion effects. (PESN; Nov. 16, 2005)
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Antigravity for Dummies - Stan Deyo gives a fascinating presentations on gravity and antigravity, considering the similarities between ripples from a drop of water and solar system symmetries. (PESWIki; Nov. 14, 2008)
- Directory:Searl Effect Generator (SEG) - SEG generator capable of cheaply and safely producing electricity without fuel, pollution, friction, or noise. John Searl is one of the foremost researchers in our time to build anti-gravity craft. Website intent on facilitating the recreation and improvement of the effect.
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The Story Behind The John Searl Story - Comments by John Searl about the film and excerpts from the film log. Follow-up dialogue about coming film sequel that will address the topic of the powers that be who not only suppressed the technology, but stole it. (PESN; February 11, 2009)
- Directory:David_Hamel_Motor - David hamel and the physics of magnetic implosion vortex perpetual motion. A bizarre story of an ordinary man who was taken up into zero point energy science for more than 30 years since 1975.
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Development of Ionic Electrical Thrust Technology - In the last few years, electric thrusters, commonly referred to as 'Lifters,' have achieved popularity as a home science project on the Internet. Advocates claim they are a significant technological breakthrough that promises anti-gravity anomalies and a possible new era of solid state electric flight. (PESWiki; Oct. 18, 2008)
- GM Flying Cars not just special effects? - Could GM's advertising of flying cars have more substance than just a good marketing gig? At least two amateur video shots appear to catch cars in flight.
- Directory:Tap-Ten - A "Private" Non-Profit Organization that involves a majority of their research in the exploration of advanced aerospace & engineering technologies for the development of alternative energy & propulsion concepts.
- Power Systems for Future Exploration: STAIF 2007 - Energy-related abstracts from the 2007 STAIF Conference posted by Tim Ventura at AmericanAntigravity.com. STAIF allows industry, government, and universities to share their latest achievements.
- Featured: Plasma / Anti-Gravity / Propulsion / Flight > Keshe >
Keshe launching energy generation and space exploration plasma technology - An Interview with the inventor of what could be the next generation of commercial space travel and clean energy generation, said to be ready for licensing [in March 2010]. We're talking super fast and cheap travel, and super cheap energy. (PESN; July 22, 2009) (Comment)
- Featured: Plasma / Anti-Gravity / Propulsion / Flight >
Keshe Foundation Readies for Space Flight Announcement - Apparently having his plasma energy and anti-gravity technology theories being adequately proven, M.T. Keshe said Thursday that he is now ready to announce 1) technology demonstrations being given in major cities in 2010, 2) booking space flights up 60 kilometers in 2014 and 3) booking flights to the moon in 2016. (PESWiki; July 19, 2009) (Comment at Examiner.com)
- Featured: Anti-Gravity >
Campaign to build the Millennium Falcon - "The American government has possessed plasma inertia point spacecraft technology probably since the 1980s, and such a craft is well within the capabilities of the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks to construct. 4 craft are needs due to maintenance and down time to enable continuous fleet operations." (PESWiki; July 31, 2013)
- Featured: Anti Gravity / Magnet Motors > Project Home 2010 >
Project Home 2010 Video Shows Levitating Magnet-Propelled Vehicle - A project featuring two Australian 12-year-old inventors beginning in 1999 posted a video Wednesday of what is labeled as a magnet-powered vehicle (RC toy size) buzzing through the snow, mud and a creek. Even more astonishing is that it is also shown apparently levitating. (PESN; March 21, 2009)
Open Source
- Featured / OS: Anti-Gravity / Propulsion >
Triangle Plane and Philadelphia Experiment Open Source Project - Tim Harwood has proposed a project to build a remote control inertia reduced plane for under $500 with X-33 lifting body triangle to be the airframe template and with all electric thrust. As a follow-up, he proposes a Philadelphia Experiment to reduce the optical visibility of a model boat and to establish a portal to hyperspace. (PESWiki; January 23, 2011)
- Featured: Radio > Anti-Gravity
Interview with Tim Ventura of American Antigravity - Tim has been covering antigravity for a very long time, as well as various cutting-edge clean energy technologies. He has also built some "Lifter" devices that use ionic forces to levitate a triangular object several feet in the air. (FreeEnergyNow; Feb. 2, 2009)
- Featured: Schauberger / Anti-Gravity > UFOs >
Third Reich - Operation UFO (Nazi Base in Antarctica) - A 2006 Russian documentary film, now with English subtitles, explores the historical mysteries and rumors of a Nazi secret base in Antarctica, and the occult origins of Third Reich anti-gravity engines, flying discs and ancient Atlantean technologies. Points to Schauberger as a source for the energy technology employed. (PESN; October 7, 2012)
- Hutchison > Effect >
Discovery Channel: Hutchison Effect - Beyond Invention - Here's an excellent documentary featuring the Hutchison Effect, focusing primarily on the anti-gravity phenomenon. (YouTube / John Hutchison; Mar 27, 2011)
- http://pesn.com/2009/02/11/9501521_story-behind-Searl-Story/
- Featured: Movies / Antigravity > SEG >
John Searl Story DVD set for release on January 15 - Documentary chronicles John Searl's life and claims that his magnetic Searl Effect Generator requires no external power source, and levitates when in a superconductive state. Includes a look at today's effort to reconstruct the machine. (PESN; January 6, 2009)
- Featured: Movies / Antigravity > SEG >
- Featured: Anti-Gravity > Inertial Propulsion >
Eric Laithwaite - Gyroscopic Gravity Modification - Here are a couple of videos of him demonstrating an interesting effect of inertial force. By rotating a disc, the ability to lift the disk at 90 degrees to its rotation seems to be enhanced, apparently having an anti-gravity effect. He later acknowledge that it follows Newtonian physics. (PESWiki; September 16, 2012)
- Ken Shoulders / Hutchison > Effect >
John Hutchison interviews Ken Shoulders, September 2010 - Ken Shoulders, father of MicroElectronics, grants a RARE interview and discusses his current work: EVOs (exotic vacuum objects), the Hutchison Effect, anti-gravity, frontier science and errors in Cold Fusion. [The Hutchison Effect (EVOs) may be able to eliminate the nuclear contamination from Fukushima.] (YouTube ; May 25, 2011)
- American Antigravity's YouTube Channel - American Antigravity's collection of high-resolution videos on YouTube on a range of topics related to Antigravity and Field-Effect Propulsion. It includes good footage on Hutchison-Effect levitation and interviews with notable scientists specializing in gravity manipulation. (American Antigravity; Nov. 2010)
- Ram Implosion Wing and Electrogravitic Implosion Propulsion System - OSEN feature video interview with A. Robert Patterson covers his ram wing that sometimes doubles mileage, his Dampened Waved Oscillatory Unit (DOGU), and how he came upon these ideas. (OSEN''; Sept. 22, 2005)
- Gary Voss and Tap-Ten Research (2.5 min) - Tim Ventura's video feature for Gary's non-profit organization that researches possibilities in time travel, gravity displacement, unified field inertia, electrostatic propulsion, and more. (American Antigravity; Sept. 2005) (Ten page at PESWiki) (Temporal Accelerator Project)
- Flight / Anti-Gravity / UFOs >
Virgin Galactic opens new spaceport - Space travel just got another step closer for the masses (at least the well-heeled ones) with the dedication of Virgin Galactic's new "Gateway to Space" facility at Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built spaceliner terminal situated in the southern New Mexico desert. (GizMag; October 18, 2011)
- Boeing antigravity propulsion comes out of the closet - As part of the effort, which is being run out of Boeing's Phantom Works advanced research and development facility in Seattle, the company is trying to solicit the services of a Russian scientist who claims he has developed anti-gravity devices in Russia and Finland. (Free Energy Blog; March 5, 2014)
- Anti-Gravity Ball Opens New Dimensions - MIT media lab created a metal ball which is capable of doing some extraordinary feats while being in anti gravity mode. This round shiny metal ball has been named as ZeroN and it has indeed put a great significance in manipulating technologies in a more advanced way. (Free Energy Blog; November 22, 2013)
- Superconductors >
Quantum Levitation - A video courtesy of the Association of Science-Technology Centers shows how "quantum trapping" or "locking," a chilled disc holds its distance and angle on a square set of magnets, rotates over a circular magnet, and runs along a track of magnets, holding its angle and distance from the track. (YouTube / ASTCvideos; October 16, 2011)
- Featured: Events > COFE / Anti-Gravity / Magnetism / Propulsion >
Morningstar Energy Box Announcement - Russian "MEC" Partially Replicated - The Russian energy and anti-gravity device, the "Magnetic Energy Converter" (MEC), was claimed to produce magnetic anomalies, lower the temperature of its surroundings, self-sustain without input, and even produce anti-gravity effects. Its partial replication will be announced at the Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum (SPESIF) on March 15-17, 2011 at the University of Maryland, College Park. (PESN; March 4, 2011)
- Featured: Anti-Gravity / Extraterrestrials / UFOs > Reverse Engineering >
POTUS Briefing: Eyes Only -- UFO Documentary Coming - POTUS Briefing -- Eyes Only, being produced by Gordon Novel, is a total disclosure and demonstration of an evidentiary chain to be put before the President of the United States (POTUS) regarding UFOs, exo-biological life forms, commerce with these life forms, UFO Technology, and the inherent impact of such upon our world, including new energy technologies. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; November 20, 2011)
- Mice Levitated in Lab - Scientists working on behalf of NASA built a device to simulate variable levels of gravity. It consists of a superconducting magnet that generates a field powerful enough to levitate the water inside living animals. Experiments are being run to test how they respond to microgravity, both physically and psychologically. (Slashdot; Sept. 9, 2009)
- Seven things that don't make sense about gravity - Gravity keeps our feet on the ground and our planet circling the sun, but we know remarkably little about it. New Scientist investigates the force's greatest mysteries, including why gravity pulls rather than pushes, does life need gravity, and could we ever build a gravity shield? (New Scientist; July 10, 2009)
- Einstein's AntiGravity and Unified Field Theory - The Nazi Bell, Rhine and Philadelphia Projects and Hutchin Effects are all linked at American Gravity.
- Physicists have 'solved' mystery of levitation - Physicists said they can create levitation effects on ultra small objects by manipulating the Casimir force (the ultimate cause of friction in the nano-world), which normally causes objects to stick together by quantum force. (Telegraph News'; Aug 8, 2007)
- Grand Unified Theories > Anti-Gravity > Dan Winter >
New Science and Art of Gravity with Dan Winter - "When charge or plasma becomes centripetal... that is called life -- and that is precisely what golden ratio fractality accomplishes!" Site also addresses such exotic subjects as phase conjugate magnetics, how fractality causes gravity, sacred geometry as a therapeutic tool, ormus - high spin state superconducting matter, holographic research. (GoldenMean.info)
- DC Acoustic Waves Hypothesis - A hypothesis on the cause of gravity and a possible solution to anti-gravity.
- ESA Announces Gravity-Modification Breakthrough - The European Space Agency announced on March 23rd the results of an experimental test in which a superconductor rotating at 6,500 rpm is shown to gain acceleration as the result of what is believed to be a gravity-modification effect. (PRWeb"; Mar. 28, 2006)
- Featured: Grand Unified Theories / Anti Gravity / Magnet Motors >
Project Home 2010 - The objective of the project is to succeed with an experiment in relativity to prove out the realities of the universe by developing a magnetic propulsion and anti-gravity system, yielding a vehicle that could levitate above the ground on a cushion of self-generated magnetized air. Project to be completed in 2010. (PESWiki; Nov. 10, 2008)
Noted Individuals
- William Alek - Free Energy and Antigravity
- Dr. Robert Baker - High-Frequency Gravitational Waves
- Dr. Gilles Esposito-Farese - Tests of Alternative Theories of Gravity
- Dr. David Maker - Ungauged General Relativity
- Petar Bosnic Petrus - Levitation
- Dr. Eugene Podkletnov - Superconducting Force-Beam Generator
- Dr. Jack Sarfatti - Emergent Gravity
- Gary V Stephenson - How to get a Kick out of Gravity (Quadrupole Waves)
- Tesla > Flight > Anti-Gravity > UFOs > Tesla's Flying Machine > Tesla's_Dynamic_Theory_of_Gravity >
(Some) UFO's are Tesla's Flying Saucers - In 1912, Tesla wrote to a Westinghouse manager : "You should not be at all surprised, if some day you see me fly from New York to Colorado Springs in a contrivance which will resemble a gas stove and weigh as much." The Germans were also building real 'anti-gravity' saucers based on inventions of Nikola Tesla. (HenryMakow; December 7, 2010)
- Tim Ventura - Antigravity: The State of the Art
- Dr. Mel Winfield - The Hutchison Effect and the Science of Actuality
- Viktor Grebennikov - Antigravity and the Grebennikov Cavity Structure Effect
- Mark Tomion (Stardrive device) passed away in June - Hal Ade writes: "Mark was working on a capacitive-type device, the StarDrive Electrodynamic Field Generator (EDF), and was, in a step-by-step manner of sequential development, coming very, very close to what most New Energy types have termed a working 'overunity' electrical generator." (ZPEnergy; August 06, 2009)
- Books / Propulsion / Anti-Gravity >
Frontiers of Propulsion Science (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) - This book by Marc Millis is a compilation of emerging science relevant to such notions as space drives, warp drives, gravity control, and faster-than-light travel – the kind of breakthroughs that would revolutionize spaceflight and enable human voyages to other star systems. (AIAA; Feb. 2009)
- An Introduction to Gravity Modification: A Guide to Using Laithwaite's and Podkletnov's Experiments and the Physics of Forces for Empirical Results - by Benjamin Solomon, an Introduction to Gravity Modification was written to enable readers to design, build and test their own prototypes of future propulsion engines. (Universal Publishers; 396 pages)
- The Hunt for Zero Point - by Nick Cook, with the world's leading aerospace research and defense journal, (Jane's Defence Weekly; 304 pages)
- Nick Cook - Reporter and spokesman for Jane's Defence Weekly. Author of #1 Amazon.com bestseller Hunt for Zero Point. Featured guest on Coast-to-Coast. Free Energy Congress founding member and advisor. (PESWiki; Oct. 3, 2005)
In the News
- News:Anti-Gravity - separate page
Other Anti-Gravity Resources
- American Antigravity - Tim Ventura's website on Antigravity research, papers, interviews, videos, etc.
- American Antigravity Photo Galleries - AAG's archival photo galleries from 2002 to 2010 (1,000+ images).
- AG Research
- Featured: Anti-Gravity >
AmericanAntigravity.com Rebooted -- Again - For the second time now, Tim Ventura has started rebuilding his excellent site covering a wide array of topics in the directly-related fields of anti-gravity, lifters, UFOs, as well as tangent fields of free energy, weird science and disruptive technologies. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; October 9, 2011)
AmericanAntigravity.com Resumed - After a year hiatus, Tim Ventura has posted several new entries, including The SPESIF (Space, Propulsion, and Energy ...) Conference, Northern Disclosure, Judgement Day, and Inside the Philadelphia Experiment. He has also restored the database of previous stories (the urls have changed; use the search function). (Dec. 11, 2009)
- Space Technology and Applications International Forum - Thermophysics, microgravity, nuclear power and propulsion, etc. STAIF is currently the only recognized scientific forum for the publication of research relating to gravity-control, AG, and other cutting-edge Breakthrough Propulsion Physics (BP) technologies.
- Gravity Control - A community of individuals devoted to the advancement of antigravity and free energy.
- Featured: Humor > April Fools >
Flying Through Grandma and Grandpa Allan's House - Putting some no-budget muscle into childhood dreams of flying around the house. Took a bit longer than expected to produce this short video and the ad lib music that accompanies it. (PES Video; April 1, 2015)
- Featured: Humor > April Fools >
Free Energy April Fools Photos 2014 - Here are a few photos I accumulated over the year in preparation for posting today; mostly with the Anti-Gravity theme. (PureEnergyBlog; April 1, 2014)
Scientists: You have 3 Years - A humorous poster reminds us that the movie "Back to the Future" had flying skateboards in the year 2015 (not to mention what the black-budget secret ops have). So come on, all you counter-gravity inventors, let's pick up the pace. (Facebook; February 2012)
- Featured: Humor / ZPE > Vortex / Anti-Gravity / Electromagnetic / Radiant Energy >
Energy from the vacuum (cleaner) - U.S. inventor, Dr. Thie, gets more than he had hoped for when he figures out a way to harness the vortex formed in his vacuum cleaner, combining the principles of quantum physics, Schauberger's vortices, and Tesla's radiant energy. (BeforeItsNews; April 1, 2010) (PESN; Examiner)
- Slade Family anti-gravity Christmas - This family knows how to have fun making viral Christmas videos. I bet some of you could come up with pretty creative stuff too! (Free Energy Blog; December 13, 2013)
- Featured: Anti-Gravity / Sterling D. Allan >
Sterling Allan Family Jumpshots by Mike Hedge - A little personal indulgence, if you don't mind, with some photos taken by Mike Hedge here last month. Mike also took some photos at the TeslaTech conferences in 2009 and 2010 as well as the Bedini conference last November. As a hobby he does these jump shots. (Facebook; February 2, 2011)
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- Article:Historical_anti_gravity
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In 1959, freelance photographer Reece Winstone FRPS showed 2000 photographs of Old Bristol, many collected from the early days of photography, at the Royal West of England Academy, filling two main galleries. It was a revelation. For the first time, Bristolians saw their city clearly rather than clouded by their own personal memories, seeing what had come before and what had been lost. Winstone's Bristol As It Was books gave birth to a new genre of published photography, adopted across the world.
By 1966 Winstone's earlier work in creating a commercial country-wide photo-library of 'Beautiful Britain' consisted of 36,000 of his own photographs. Bristol & Somerset: Vanishing Lives is an exhibition and catalogue produced by Winstone's son, John, who has selected 150 of some 7,000 photographs depicting urban and rural locations within the two counties of Bristol and Somerset.
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Office of Historic Preservation
Phone: (210) 215-9274
A historic district, according to the City of San Antonio's
Unified Development Code, is "an area, urban or rural, defined as
an historic district by city council, state, or federal
authority and which may contain within definable geographic
boundaries one or more buildings, objects, sites or structures
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Map of San Antonio Local Historic Districts - This is the 36-Square Mile Survey Map of San Antonio that includes most of our city's local historic districts (in purple). Individual historic district maps are also available at the links below.
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An amendment to the policy for the creation of local historic districts (UDC Chapter 35, Article VI Historic Preservation and Urban Design, Division 2 Historic Preservation, Section 35-605) was approved by City Council on December 6, 2012. The amendment fosters greater neighborhood participation and requires property owners to demonstrate sufficient support for district designation prior to starting the public hearing process. For more detailed information on the approved amendment to the historic district creation process, please see the link below.
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