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Continuing from my earlier post on Transportation Theory, today I wanted to take a look at property values, and what creates value in land. Again, these are my own words, but are drawn from the extensive graduate research I did as well as my professional experience as a real estate consultant.
Fundamentally land value is driven by its productivity, and at a root level there are only two kinds of land productivity. Land can be resource-productive, or what I call "people-productive".
Resource-productive land includes any kind of agricultural land, mining areas, fisheries, etc. It is the simplest, most basic form of land value, determined almost exclusively by the market value and quantity of resources that any piece of land can produce. This is the biggest component of rural land valuation. (By rural, I mean genuinely rural, not exurban or small town, but land that people are living off of in one way or another.)
People-productive land is non-rural land. This can be in small towns, suburbs, or big cities. This is land that people use to house improvements (structures) such as homes, offices, and even factories. This land is not valued because of the natural resources that can be extracted from it, but because of its ability to attract human investment and use.
The simplest example of how people-productivity determines land values are home prices and retail rents.
Let's look at home prices: where are they the most expensive? Any place that lots and lots of people want to be. So, for instance, most waterfront property is expensive. If they had a choice, almost everyone would prefer a house looking over a lake or the ocean than a house that didn't. More people are competing for that limited land, therefore it's price increases.
Where is retail rent the highest? In places that are busy. Any place that is packed full of people, especially people with money, is going to have very high rental prices, especially for retail space. Why? Because there are more businesses that want to be in a highly visible, high-traffic location, so they'll compete on price which drives up rent. Think of Times Square, or Piazzo San Marco in Venice. You know, it costs like $20 for a coffee in Piazza San Marco, because that's where everyone wants to sit and have coffee.
Any place that people are drawn to is worth more than any place people are not drawn to. For the best local example, look at Discovery Green. Land prices on the parking lots around the park have shot up in the last couple years because more people want to be there now than before.
What's true for Times Square is true for every piece of property in the world. Even factories are subject to the same value-economics. More businesses are willing to compete for places with access to freight shipping than places without it, and for places with more workforce to draw from, and so on. Therefore the most expensive industrial land is the land that draws the most human competition.
It's important to note that the built environment, if well designed, creates value by attracting people. This is why the idea of the "planning tax" doesn't hold up to scrutiny very well. Highly planned places like Portland, Oregon and Boulder, Colorado are more expensive than other similar sized cities because MORE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE THERE than other similar sized cities.
There certainly can be higher costs for developing in highly regulated cities, and there would certainly be a greater quantity of development if they were totally unrestricted. However, this is as true for Portland as it is for Dallas or San Antonio, which are highly regulated but do not see a significant price difference with less regulated competitors like Houston.
The other way of looking at the impact of good planning is that it creates wealth for citizens by making their communities more desirable to live in which increases their property values. However, it is important to keep in mind that while certain kinds of planning can be good, it's easy for over-regulation of the market to occur, which causes major problems.
The phenomenon of people-productivity can produce some unusual results, however. In Downtown Houston there are dozens, maybe hundreds of blocks that are vacant, or used only for surface parking. Why would these prime lots sit for so many years underused? There are two side-effects of people-productivity at work that explain what has happened in most American city centers in the last 100 years and why they look they way they do today. The first is "price-out", the second is "hold-out." Transportation choice also plays a big role, which we'll look at later.
The City of Houston, like all American cities, was originally built as a people-attractor. The Allen Brothers were staking their fortunes on the idea that they could attract waves of immigrating population to settle in their city, and followed traditional town planning principles to attempt this. They laid out the city in a simple and elegant grid, they left spaces for parks and a courthouse, they provided a basic dock for boats coming up the bayou, and they sold lots. Property owners did the rest, building simple homes and shops in what would become Downtown Houston.
Houston thrived and grew. As the competition for this land grew more and more intense, certain uses were no longer economically productive enough to survive in what was becoming Houston's Downtown. For instance, single-family housing has no place there any more, because the value of the land is so great that property taxes become a strong force to move people out. Houses were converted into businesses, warehouses, or multi-family residential developments. This is the normal pattern of growth for cities.
However, as technology changed a new phenomenon emerged: businesses began tearing down buildings and creating parking lots. When smaller businesses or homeowners decided they wanted to sell, the big businesses that were competing for land in Houston's most accessible location, were the often highest bidders, valuing the land that had once been housing as a spot to put their cars during the day.
This caused a problem. In most cities (and especially a city like Houston that doesn't have a major environmental attractor at its center, such as a huge lake or river) the built environment is the primary attractant, which either:
A. Creates crowds of people by housing them and offering them a place to work, or
B. Attracts people from outside who want to see the crowd (and use services that cater to it).
So, when more and more houses and shops (not productive enough to live next-door to hi-rises) were converted to parking lots, it began to reduce the human activity of the area from a 24 hour environment into an 8 hour environment. The retailers and restaurants still had good crowds for lunch because of the office workers, but without residents to dine and shop in the evening it became harder for them to survive.
Initially there was still a lot of people coming in from the surrounding neighborhoods, and many of them took advantage of the increased parking availability to access the remaining commercial areas. This kept retail alive in Downtown for a while. But eventually enough of the old city was torn down that it's people-attracting power was lost. Nobody is excited about going to see the parking lot, or hang out in the empty office-tower district.
Thus, in most American cities, especially cities that were still pretty small in the early 1900′s, Downtowns began to decline as transportation became more auto-centric.
The next logical question is, why do vacant lots persist even in areas where the need for surface parking has disappeared? If there's all that competition to be in 'that place', wouldn't somebody buy the vacant lots and build something on them?
The reason this often doesn't happen is that property owners, especially speculative buyers who bought in a long time ago in anticipation of increasing demand, hold out for very high prices. They often 'smell blood in the water' when one project is developed on a formerly vacant lot, and buy up as much vacant land as they can in the surrounding area. They then attempt to sell the property at a similar valuation to the developed property nearby.
The seller wants to make the most money possible, and is 'holding out' for everyone else to sell so that finally someone who "just has to be in that spot" will come and pay a super-premium price for the last empty lot.
The problem is, when lot of people do this (which usually happens the moment there's any kind of public hype about an area beginning to redevelop) and everyone holds-out, and the area never redevelops. Developers are being asked to pay for a lot as if it were the last one, which means they'd have to charge extremely high rents, which they can't do yet because the area hasn't fully become the place that it could be some day.
This is magnified when there is fragmented property ownership, which is especially the case in area of Houston like Midtown. The blocks in Midtown were mostly small houses a long time ago, and often there are still six or eight different owners for little pieces of a vacant lot. That magnifies the difficulty of negotiating for a reasonable price on the land.
Cars are a great thing for providing access to rural land. In the early 1900′s America was a predominantly rural nation, and unsurprisingly we fell in love with the freedom that cars could offer us. In their love affair with the car, urban planners in the early to mid 1900′s became frustrated by the 'problems' they saw in cities. There's never enough space to park, they decided. It's too slow driving in the city, they decided. And so, they decided to make it illegal to build any more cities.
Property owners were required to build buildings far back from the street (to leave room for future widening), to provide outrageously excessive parking for the time, which is still too much today. The effects of this have been catastrophic, and offer resounding evidence of the damage of over-regulation by the government. For a bit of further reading on the problems high parking requirements, check here, here, and here.
Cars are not a great thing for providing urban mobility, because as the number of cars increases the people-productivity of land decreases. This is because nobody wants to be near ten lanes of fast-moving traffic. The noise and the smell are major problems, as well as the very real dangers to drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
Giving Away Land
There is a trade-off at work. In an auto-only transportation system, businesses must provide a certain amount of parking or they become unreachable. At the same time, successful businesses attract traffic, which causes congestion, which deters further growth.
Road widening can help the local congestion, but offers diminishing returns: each successive road widening increases accessibility less than the previous one, because as the roads get too big, access must be reduced in order to prevent gridlock, until you eventually need a limited-access road like a freeway to handle the volume of cars.
So, while a road like Westheimer attracts a lot of development along a corridor, it doesn't have the supporting network to attract DENSE development like Louisiana St. can downtown.
This is why highly connective networks (diffuse traffic, allow walking and transit) and market-priced parking (property owners decide how much they need and price it appropriately) are critical for the future of Houston.
When businesses are required to provide parking they're literally being forced to give up land that might be used for something else. When a parking space sits empty that business owner is losing money: he has invested in the paving and the dirt beneath it and is getting no use from it.
Transit Matters for our Future
We now live in a very different time and place from America in 1900. We're not an agricultural nation, we're an urban industrial one. In order to secure a better future for ourselves and our cities, we need to increase the productivity of our urban centers by removing the artificial cap that auto-only transportation systems place on urban development. Transit gives people a different way to get from A to B, and it means that more growth can happen without more parking.
In our urban centers this means more vacant lots can develop, because they don't have to build as much structured parking (which increases the rent they would have to charge). In corridors this creates the potential for new businesses to start on smaller, more affordable lots, where parking wouldn't be available. This reduces the cost of entry into the market, and creates more opportunity. After all we're proud of Houston being the Opportunity City, aren't we? Transit, and a shift beyond the auto-dependent past is the paramount opportunity of the 21st century.
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I hope you enjoyed this essay, please let me know what you think by leaving a comment. I'll be following up soon with Part 2.
(Update 04/02/09: As I was writing the next piece I changed my mind on what it would be about… an installment about Places that Attract People will follow soon!)
Andrew, in what city was that photo at the top taken?
That is the Columbia Heights area of Washington. If you examine the before and after shot, you will note that it used to be a pretty crummy area. Thankfully, they redeveloped the area up and down 14th Street and made it a nice place to live. I have a great friend who lives just north of Thomas Circle off 14th Street.
Not to long ago, basically you didn't go east of 14th Street. On 14th Street itself there was a lot of crime; an ex-girlfriend who was living in the area moved farther west when there was a murder on 14th Street in broad daylight. There were a lot of pawn shops, liquor stores, check-cashing places, etc. (all with bars on the windows). Now that whole area has been cleaned up. Neglected jewels east of 14th Street (like the beautiful Victorian townhomes around Logan Circle) are being renovated and reborn. They are building new mid-rize buildings in the area for new residents (like those in the picture). New business is opening up to cater to the new residents.
And it didn't take all that long for this to happen. In a matter of about two years, the area changed dramatically. But what it did take was a concerted effort on the part of the city, developers, police and the population at large. You need planning to accomplish something like this in any meaningful period of time. Otherwise, you end up with a haphazard series of pockets, surrounded by the abandoned buildings and fenced in lots (like Midtown in Houston). And I will remind everyone that Washington is a city with a pittance of resources when compared to places like Houston. But what Washington does have is the will to change, a system in place and the long-term planning and foresight to (for example) build the METRO in the 1970's rather than ruining the city with a series of mega-highways like so many other cities were doing at that time.
Well, it took 20 years to happen. THere were plans starting in the mid-1980s. The area had been once thriving but with suburban outmigration and then the 1968 riots, it declined (as did the rest of the city) precipitously.
This particular piece of the plan took 10 years to come to fruition. While it was not the preferred course by the community, which preferred an alternative that came out of a charrette process (1997) that would have been better funded and likely built earlier, now that it is open it's a good thing.
And DC has existed more than just the last few year period and people have lived East of 14th Street throughout the period. In fact, except for all but three years, I have lived east of 14th Street for the 21 years I've lived in the city…
Excellent post.
The beautiful Victorian townhomes served well throughout the post-thriving period. When another unthinkable decline happens, do you think the buildings pictured above are going to serve well at all?
One part of this post (well, two) doesn't hold up to scrutiny very well. For one, the idea that the automobile appealed to a rural nation. In fact it was an urbanized phenomenon first of all. The kinds of things you see for tokens of long distance personal mobility all lay still in the future.
Second is your point that expense wouldn't be there (in highly planned areas) without there being desire for some valued quality that's nurtured specially there. You could, I suppose, even have tied your vehemence explicitly back into the idea that the price reflects the property's economic use. But the truth is that you neglect larger geography. If your whole life, family and friends are on the West Coast, but you're sick of urban California's mess or you're priced out of it, then you could move to inland California, but then you'd be out of the reach of job markets too. Other than Tijuana, the Pacific Northwest is the only game in town. If you got in early, you may have gamed the real estate – and many Boomers did, so even a normal-sized cohort of other age demographic groups has to find a spot in the leftovers – but the macro Californian flow has equilibrated those two urban areas to California prices and its emigrants now head to the urbanized Intermountain West.
Even the perceived economic value of being in any of these places will change as soon as the Boomers start not to be filling up most of the housing stock anymore. The point is that in the psychology of the demandors, any premium they're willing to pay does not exist with reference to normal nationwide pricing options, but only the options of the social radius they need to stay within. Your own sense of certainty was in judging how the effect must have happened for people not to go elsewhere instead; I hope you have a finer sense now of how it stacks up. It would be interesting to hear of any pairs of expensive-highly-planning-taxed-cities and similar sized cities where this isolation effect does not obtain. Thanks for the posts.
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YELLOWSTONE - The world's first national park -- Yellowstone -- is a place of stunning beauty and awesome animals.
But some of its most interesting sites are those holes into the earth reeking of sulfer where great geysers suddenly burst into the air.
That's why the first white men to stumble upon this Yellowstone region thought they'd found the place where hell meets earth. Actually it's just where geothermal power bubbles up from the earth.
Park geologist Hank Heasler stated it's the largest concentration of geysers and such anywhere. He said, "We have over 10,000 geothermal features in the park."
Hottest Hot Spot
Responsible for all that energy is America's biggest, hottest magma chamber right below Yellowstone.
One of the country's foremost geothermal authorities, David Blackwell of Southern Methodist University's Geothermal Lab, explained, "It's actually so big, it shows up on the maps we make of the United States as this big bullseye of heat."
This magma chamber generates so much energy, it could power tens of millions of American homes. Blackwell said, "It's potentially equivalent to something on the order of 10 to a hundred nuclear power plants."
Federal law forbids drilling to ever use Yellowstone's geothermal power. IF drilling were allowed, it could wipe out the beautiful geyser fields.
That's what Heasler said has happened in some locations like in Iceland where the country gets much of its power from geothermal. But he warned in some future extreme energy crunch, the U.S.could change its mind about preserving Yellowstone's geysers. He said Americans, the true owners of the park, might say, ".the power we can get from here is more important than the beauty and the wilderness aspect of Yellowstone."
But SMU's Blackwell said new technologies can prevent that day from ever coming because they can turn every region of the U.S. into geothermal energy producers.
Most of the country isn't blessed like Yellowstone or the area in California known as "The Geysers" where magma chambers are right below the surface. Blackwell said of The Geysers, "You drill a well there and just pure steam comes pouring out of the ground and you don't have to do anything except run it through a turbine."
Could Provide One-Fifth of America's Power
But now new technologies can use cooler water from closer to the surface and more easily fracture the rock to get to it and even enhance it, meaning geothermal power can be retrieved from all over the country. Blackwell stated if these new technologies are fully developed and deployed, "We can apply geothermal energy essentially anywhere in the United States."
Which also means it could someday make up as much as one-fifth of America's power, according to a recent M.I.T. study.
Some of the most fascinating research goes on in Texas, home to thousands of oil and gas wells.
Drilling's always been a risky business. You never know when you'll actually strike it rich -- and if you do -- how long the oil or gas will flow.
But one thing's true: you always hit lots of hot water on the way down, and new technologies can now turn that underground hot water -- or geo-fluid -- into geothermal power. Loy Sneary of Gulf Coast Green Energy explained, "When that gas well plays out, and they all will eventually, or you hit a dry hole, you can take the geo-fluid out of that and generate electricity for the next 30 to 40 years."
Would oil and gas companies go along? Sneary said they certainly would because, "It'll actually make the investment in those oil and gas wells much less risky, because they know at the end of the line, they'll be able to generate electricity."
CBN News ran into Sneary at Southern Methodist University where he was demonstrating a new hi-tech device called the Green Machine. "It can use the hot geo-fluid that comes up out of the ground, run it through our equipment and turn it into electricity that's emission-free, without utilizing any fuel. It's actually utilizing the heat that normally would have been wasted."
Green Power and a Green Machine
The Geothermal Lab at SMU wants the university to drill a well on campus and then pump the geo-fluids they hit through the Green Machine in a bid to supply about a twelfth of SMU's power. Or, as Maria Richards of the Geothermal Lab, put it, "To tap into the energy that's below us, and it's right there."
She explained geothermal energy is green and clean with no carbon footprint, and it's really secure. "Because a well in the ground really doesn't care if there's a hurricane over it or a tornado."
Richards pointed out geothermal power plants are also smaller than those using fossil fuels, and they're quieter.
Her SMU colleague, David Blackwell, praised just how green these plants are. "The power plants don't emit any kind of waste products." And he pointed out the hot water shot through those plants goes right back down into the ground to be used over and over in an endless geothermal loop.
John Dwyer of Koll Development Company has much the same dream of energy independence as SMU, but for a huge business park near Dallas called CentrePort.
He wants to use the geo-fluids that oil and gas drillers run into below Koll's property to eventually provide all the power for the businesses in the park. "Try to use that waste product instead of just throwing it away and disposing of it somewhere."
Saving 75% on Your Energy Bill?
Already the technology exists to use the geo-warmth of the earth to turn your home into a user of clean, green energy that'll slash your utility bills by as much as 75 percent.
That's what John Blackall of Blackall Mechanical says.
He installs geothermal systems at homes around the Dallas area.
His crews drill wells all around a property and then run pipes through them to carry water used to heat and cool the home down to a loopfield far inside the earth and back up again, using the ground's constant temperature to make the water cooler in the summer and hotter in the winter.
He showed CBN News a complicated unit he was installing in a millionaire's home outside Dallas. He said, "The earth being 60 to 65 degrees at 250 feet deep in north Texas, this unit -- no matter how hot it is outside -- is tricked into thinking it's a cool spring day."
But because the system costs so much up front, it takes customers several years to re-coup those costs in energy savings. Blackall said, "Currently there's up to a $1,500 tax credit, but that's not much."
Blackall is a Christian believer who started to work with geothermal because he both wanted to help the environment and lower people's energy costs. But he's frustrated that pretty much only the well-to-do can afford these geothermal systems.
It's his dream that government will get really serious about giving such enormous tax breaks for geothermal, even the poorest Americans in the poorest apartment clusters can afford the systems. With such big tax breaks for a poor apartment complex, Blackall said, "We could put a community loop-field in. Those are the people who really need this. They're the people who can't afford high electric bills."
Relieving the Grid
He pointed out not only could geothermal save money, but if enough systems are eventually installed in a region, "Geothermal will drastically reduce the kilowatt demand on the grid."
That matters in a region like north Texas that has only one nuclear plant, because all the rest of the power has to come from burning fossil fuels. So extensive use of geothermal could both cut pollution and the emissions that environmentalists worry add to global warming. It could also be another major step towards America becoming energy self-sufficient.
There's another big reason to develop geothermal, according to its advocates. It's reliably constant, unlike solar and wind power. SMU's Blackwell explained, "It's not like the wind or the sun which blow or shine occasionally or some of the time. Geothermal goes all the time."
Maria Richards, Blackwell's colleague in SMU's Geothermal Lab, pointed out one way a particular area could make geothermal reliably constant over hundreds of years: "If you were to develop it on a quadrant basis.say a square mile.and then you first developed one-fourth of it: you could have a power plant extracting the heat from that first one-fourth for about 25 years, move it to the next quadrant for the next 25 years and so on, then come back a hundred years later, that first quadrant will have reheated naturally."
The Forever Power Source
Which is why Blackwell said, "You could potentially make geothermal last essentially forever if you set up the systems correctly."
And mankind can never use it all up. Blackwell pointed out the earth's interior is constantly generating an amazingly huge amount of heat. "Two percent of it is still several thousand times the annual use of energy in the United States."
This geothermal advocate dreams of a day when "it can actually replace natural gas and fuel oil as the heating component of society, and other forms of generating electricity."
His goal is that the U.S. will work in the decades ahead towards exploiting enough geothermal power to supply the energy needs of 20 to 30 million Americans. "That would be the equivalent of replacing 20 or 30 large power plants.coal-fired power plants or nuclear power plants."
In fact, Blackwell said if all the nations of the earth worked full-bore to develop geothermal resources, this earthy source of energy could eventually meet the power needs of 75 to 90 percent of all the people on the planet.*Originally broadcast November 17, 2008.
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Updates from Saturday, Feb. 1
The Knicks announced that Shumpert will sit out Saturday night:
RT @NY_KnicksPR: Starters vs. @MiamiHEAT: Felton, Prigioni, Smith, Anthony, Chandler. Martin & Stoudemire will dress. Shumpert is out.
— NBA New York Knicks (@nyknicks) February 1, 2014
Updates from Thursday, Jan. 30
The New York Knicks confirmed Iman Shumpert's status for tonight's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers:
#Knicks head coach Mike Woodson says J.R. Smith will replace Iman Shumpert (shoulder) in the starting lineup vs. the Cavs.— NBA New York Knicks (@nyknicks) January 30, 2014
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The New York Knicks are finally enjoying success with a two-game winning streak and appear to be heading toward another runaway win over the Boston Celtics, but will have to do so without shooting guard Iman Shumpert.
Shumpert, who suffered a sprained shoulder, was removed from the game and will not return, according to the Knicks PR Twitter account:
• Kenyon Martin has a sprained left ankle - available to return. • Iman Shumpert will not return. • Beno Udrih (illness) is not available.— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) January 29, 2014
Al Iannazzone of Newsday confirmed that it was his shoulder that was ailing him:
Knicks also say Iman Shumpert (Shoulder) will not return and suddenly Beno Udrih (illness) is not available.— Al Iannazzone (@Al_Iannazzone) January 29, 2014
The Knicks Twitter account and Adam Zagoria of SNY.tv each provided updates after the team's 114-88 win over the Celtics:
Mike Woodson says Shumpert's status is unclear with a sprained shoulder. #Knicks— NBA New York Knicks (@nyknicks) January 29, 2014
"How long he's gonna be out, I don't know," Woodson on Shumpert #Knicks— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) January 29, 2014
The third-year shooting guard only played in eight minutes of the game before being taken out, hauling in one rebound and four points.
The 2012 1st Team All-Rookie player hasn't played a crucial part of the Knicks' recent string of success, but he has played 28.1 minutes per game this season and has averaged 9.3 points over his last three games with a 19-point performance against the Philadelphia 76ers.
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• Cystic thyroid nodules most commonly occur with a euthyroid state and appear as cold lesions on radioactive iodine scan. I describe a 32-year-old woman who presented during the third trimester of her second pregnancy with a toxic cystic lesion of the thyroid. In studies performed post partum, the serum free thyroxine (T4) index was normal, while the triiodothyronine (T3) level was elevated and thyrotropin level was low and unresponsive to thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation. Iodine 123 thyroid scan demonstrated localized nonsuppressible uptake over the nodule. Multiple echo-free (fluid-filled) cavities were observed by ultrasound study. Thyroid lobectomy demonstrated a thyroid colloid nodule with areas of cystic degeneration containing hyperplastic papillary projections. Postoperatively, the patient developed transient hypothyroidism followed by spontaneous recovery to euthyroidism with normal function of the suppressed gland. Blood obtained from the venous effluent of the thyroid nodule had extremely high T3 and T4 concentrations: 359.1 nmol/L and 2420 nmol/L, respectively, while peripheral venous blood showed isolated elevation of T3, to 4.6 nmol/L (normal, 1.2 to 3.1 nmol/L), and a normal T4 level of 116 nmol/L (normal, 64 to 154 nmol/L). Serum T3 and T4 thyroidal/peripheral ratios were close to one in two euthyroid patients undergoing neck surgery. Thus, thyroid nodules may present with isolated elevation of serum T3 levels despite increased thyroidal release of T4.
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Valentine's Day looms, but of course, not everyone loves the holiday of love; so this weekend's options include both Valentine- and non-Valentine-themed events.
Tina Giorgi at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase. Need a laugh? Giorgi, a New Yorker and a former schoolteacher, is known for her rapid-fire, sharp-witted observational humor, directed at the state of American culture. 2 opening acts.
Thursday at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m., at 314 E. Liberty. $10-$15. 734-996-9080.
My Folky Valentine at The Ark. In-the-round performances by local singer-songwriters Annie and Rod Capps, as well as other Midwestern ensembles that feature performing couples, including the Ontario "Gram Parsons marries Alison Krauss" duo, The Laws, and the Virginia songwriting duo Wild Ponies. Thursday at 8 p.m. at The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets cost $15 in advance via mutotix.com and theark.org, or by phone at 734-763-TKTS.
"Funny Girl" at the Michigan Theater. Celebrate Valentine's Day with William Wyler's classic, delightful 1968 film, starring Oscar winner Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, the rags-to-riches 1920s comedienne with a tragic private life. Friday at 7 p.m., at 603 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor. Tickets are $10.
St. Lawrence String Quartet and Campagnie Kafig shows. UMS offers a veritable feast of options in the coming days. St. Lawrence String Quartet, founded in 1989, is a Canadian chamber ensemble, now based in Stanford, that performs with "an almost disturbing intensity," according to one New York Times reviewer. Friday at 8 p.m. at Rackham Auditorium; tickets cost $22-$46. Meanwhile, Compagnie Kafig, an acclaimed hip-hop dance troupe, performs at the Power Center on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. These 11 virtuosic and spirited male street performers from Rio de Janeiro's shantytowns will perform poetic, elegant choreography set to hip-hop, bossa nova, and opera music, intensified by raw rhythms created by the dancers hitting the floor. Tickets are $22-$48, available at ums.org and 734-764-2538.
27th Annual Storytelling Festival at The Ark. Performances for adults (Saturday) and families (Sunday) by top-notch storytellers from around the country and the state. Headliners are Donna Washington, a renowned specialist in African and African American myths and stories, as well as folktales from around the world; and Choctaw Storytelling Festival founder Tim Tingle, a Choctaw storyteller who often accompanies his tribal stories and songs on Native American flute or whaleskin drum. Opening act is Ann Arbor Storytellers Guild member Jane Fink. Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. at The Ark, 316 S. Main. Tickets are $20 (Feb. 15) and $10 (Feb. 16 family show) at the door; mutotix.com and theark.org; and 734-763-TKTS.
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July 2013
Health and Wellness
Healthy Recipe: Summer Squash and White Bean Saut
Bountiful summer vegetables and protein-rich white beans are the staple of this healthy recipe recommended by the America Heart Association.
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, halved and sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced
- 1 medium yellow summer squash, halved lengthwise and sliced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 15- or 19-ounce can cannellini or Great Northern beans, rinsed (see Cooking Tips)
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar
- 1/3 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes.
Add zucchini, summer squash, oregano, salt and pepper and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook, stirring once, until the vegetables are tender-crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in beans, tomatoes and vinegar; increase heat to medium and cook, stirring, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in Parmesan cheese.
While we love the convenience of canned beans, they tend to be high in sodium. Give them a good rinse before adding to a recipe to rid them of some of their sodium (as much as 35 percent) or opt for low-sodium or no-salt- added varieties. Or, if you have the time, cook your own beans from scratch.
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Participants in the U.N. World Conference Against Racism are attempting to
resurrect the "Zionism is racism" charge against the State of Israel.
This offensive notion, which U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has denounced as
a "low point" in relations with Israel, is a concept based on hatred
and misunderstanding. Although rejected by the U.N. General Assembly in 1991,
efforts to resurrect the unfounded racism canards continue to this day.
The Anti-Defamation League is issuing a Call to Conscience for all
nations to:
The proposed declaration refers to "the Zionist movement
which is based on racial superiority," and brands "Zionist practices
against Semitism" as a form of racism.
Divisive and offensive efforts to criticize Israel and to
resurrect the old, discredited "Zionism = racism" language have no
place in the fight against racism and threaten to undermine the important work
of this conference. Furthermore, the concept of "Zionism – the national
self-determination movement of the Jewish people – as racism" was
repudiated by the United Nations in 1991. Indeed, Secretary-General Kofi Annan
has described resolution 3379 as the "low point" in United Nations
history whose negative effect on the organization is felt even today.
The proposed declaration singles out Israel for unique
criticism as "a foreign occupation founded on settlements, its laws based
on racial discrimination…, whose policies "constitute a serious violation
of international human rights and humanitarian law, a new kind of apartheid, a
crime against humanity and a serious threat to international peace and
The document labels Israel as a racist state -- challenging the right of the Jewish people to a homeland.
Regardless of differences about how to approach a solution to the Arab Israeli
conflict, simple branding of Israel's existence as a form of
"racism" is misplaced and counterproductive to the cause of both
Middle East peace and the fight against racism.
Ironically, mention of the Holocaust has become a
controversial matter in the proposed declaration. The term has been downgraded
by spelling it with a lower-case "h" and pluralizing it as "holocaust(s)".
This trivializes the Holocaust and the memory of its victims. Just as terms like
genocide are used to describe specific events, the Holocaust was a unique
example of anti-Semitism leading to a state-engineered extermination of an
entire people.
The U.N. conference should recognize the atrocities
perpetrated and the suffering inflicted on all victims of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance without diminishing and
denying the uniqueness of the Holocaust.
References to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have no place
in a conference on race. Furthermore, singling out Israel for attack and
politicizing the U.N. Conference undermines its humanitarian mission, and
deprives the most vulnerable victims of racism of an important opportunity. It
would be tragic to squander the hope and promise of progress for the sake of a
one-sided debate on just one of the world's many political conflicts.
This conference can potentially provide an important
opportunity to move beyond the past and toward a shared vision of equality and
justice. This goal must not be diverted or influenced by external political
agendas or situations specific to one country, either in a negative or positive
manner. ADL has appealed to foreign ministers and President
George W. Bush, urging them to engage vigorously to promote a positive
agenda and reject hate rhetoric.
Middle East peace will not be moved forward by using the U.N.
Conference to criticize one side or another. Regardless of deeply held views on
all sides, a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is beyond
the purview of the conference. Linking this conference to any political conflict
undermines the moral mission and could hamper negotiations on the ground.
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How a little green robot made me question my most important relationship…
G'Day, blog-a-voise!
As you (should) know, Google finally released its highly anticipated new smartphone today – THE NEXUS ONE, RAHHH!!!
This insanely powerful little sweetheart has as much RAM (512 MB) as my laptop did before SDubz upgraded me for Xmas. Yet, unlike my chunky D-E-double-hockey-sticks GARBAGEMACHINE (which, at the tender age of three is considered both elderly AND obese), the Nexus weighs a mere 130 grams and is about as slim as a standard #2 pencil.
Beat THAT, Rachel Zoe.
*shudders and eats a poutine cupcake*
Anyways, my new fantasy gadget is manufactured by HTC and runs the Android mobile operating system – which just so happens to rock the cutest logo in the history of smartphones. I guess that doesn't really say a lot, as smartphones don't really have a super long history… but the logo is cute as fahk – how 'boot I just say that?
Not gunna lie – I want this phone. I love my BB, sure, but I'm a bit of a Google fanboy – fanGIRL, rather – fan person, perhaps? Anyways, with it's 5MB auto-focus camera, light & proximity sensors, native gmail application, GPS w/ voice directions, 512 Megs of internal Flash storage and 1Ghz Qualcomm 8250 processor (I don't even know what that last part MEANS but it sounds badass), the Nexus One makes my BB Curve look like an overweight retarded chick wearing pink sweatpants.
And wtf is this supposed to be? Really – I want to know! Aside from their logo fail and MULTIPLE service outages over the holidays, I'm still pretty happy with my baby… sheeet, I don't have much of a choice, do I?
It's not like we can even get the damn thing up here in the great white North anyways. Yes, much like Hulu, Pandora, Fage and firearms at the grocery store, Google's superphone is not available in Canada. Furthermore, it starts at $529.00USD (sans plan) so I wouldn't be able to afford it anyways. Bah Humbug
If you're interested, you can go check out all the nexus
porn pics, deets and developments for yourself via mashable.
I'm outskis – the newsroom's starting to get buzzy again… finally. Slow day for news = Nizzle 'researching' potential stories = boring.
As one of my professors once said, news doesn't happen in the newsroom – it happens out there in the big exciting city of London (heh heh heh…) I want to research at the mall – at the drugstore – at the muthafuggin' corner of Dundas and Richmond! I bet there are tons of stories there. I hate to sit still.
I really, really do.
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Featured Golf News
Two Daily-Fee Courses Helping Golf Resurgence in New Orleans
The toll taken on the city of New Orleans and the surrounding communities by Hurricane Katrina and, a month later, Hurricane Rita was not limited to the destruction of homes, uprooting of families and creation of severe doubt about the federal government's ability to handle the devastation in the aftermath of such storms.
Flames Lap toward the 18th green
at Lakewood GC in New Orleans
While miniscule when compared to the overall impact on the region, the storms took their toll on the region's golf industry, either by the damage caused by the storms, the flight of citizens and golfers from the area, and the diversion of resources that would have been available to golf course operators to more pressing concerns.
Two daily-fee courses, Lakewood Golf Club and 27-hole Stonebridge Golf Club - both across the Mississippi River on the West Bank in Gretna, have helped lead the resurgence of golf in the "Big Easy." Both boast playable routings and rely on plenty of twists and turns - but fewer trees than before the storms - to spice up the relatively flat land in this part of Louisiana.
We played both courses recently and are happy to report that most golfers here have moved on from the hardships caused by the hurricanes, at least to a point where these tracks now provide pleasure and escape, two objectives golf courses anywhere and under any circumstances should aspire.
Lakewood Golf Club
Happy 50th, Lakewood!
Founded as Lakewood Country Club in 1961 and serving as the host of New Orleans' PGA Tour event 26 times, Lakewood Golf Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After a multi-million-dollar renovation, the course is now a lot different than the one designed by Robert Bruce Harris, an adherent of the "garden school" of golf architecture. This is a great track with some cool features and - at 7,002 yards - a good test of golf.
Lakewood was on the verge of bankruptcy when the New Orleans Firefighters Pension Fund purchased the property in May 2003 for $6 million. The private club was closed and the facility opened to the public. There were grand plans for the site, including the development of an upscale resort that would include golf villas, a four-star luxury hotel and condominiums.
Those lavish ideas were sidetracked by the dual hurricanes, but the course - with a fabulous new set of holes designed by Ron Garl - preserved the character of the original layout while upgrading it with creative bunkering, modernized fairway contouring and updated tee boxes and greens.
The Fleur de lis Bunker on No. 1 at Lakewood GC
Lakewood is nestled among beautiful Louisiana cypress and oak trees. Garl's work features distinctive bunkers, including four red-sand-filled "flaming" hazards (three of which are on the 444-yard par-4 18th hole), one formed to resemble a Fleur de lis and another in the shape of a fireman's seal, all tributes to Louisiana and the firemen-owners of the course. In addition, Indiana woodcarver Dayle Lewis transformed several trees that were damaged by Katrina into works of art.
The course itself is commendable, especially it's wonderful collection of par-4s (handicap Nos. 1-4 are two-shotters, each at least 439 yards in length) and short par-3s (none longer than 189 yards).
Players will love the look of the snaking 569-yard, par-5 first hole - with trees on the right and water left - while getting a chuckle at the sight of the flaming bunkers (which are likely not in play) at the 378-yard par-4 fifth.
The 519-yard, par-5 13th can be reached in two if avoiding the (traditional) bunker that crosses the fairway 50 yards from the green. Long-hitters may also want to take a shot at the green on the 385-yard, par-4 14th, which turns hard from left to right.
Lakewood's final two holes are noteworthy - one for water and the other for fire, or at least the reference of it. The 17th is a 160-yard par-3 played over a pond to a green surrounded by water on three sides. The par-4 closer involves an into-the-wind 444 yards and sports three of Garl's flaming bunkers and a Lewis woodcarving of an angel hovering over a fireman carrying a baby.
From the tips, Lakewood Golf Club is rated 73.3 with a Slope of 132. For more information, visit http://www.lakewoodgolf.com.
New Orleans' Stonebridge Golf Club
Stonebridge Showcases the Crescent City's Canals & Bayous
After the storms battered New Orleans, Stonebridge's management worked tirelessly to quickly get their course back into playing shape to give storm-stunned residents a much-needed recreational outlet. The course - set among hundreds of homes - was battered by the wind and pelted with roof shingles blown off by the storms, but it didn't get much flooding.
These days, the main thing golfers worry about is the track's 100-plus bunkers that are strategically strewn about. Water - in the form of 28 lakes, ponds, canals and bayous - enter play on nearly every hole. The course occupies mostly flat terrain and is very open on the interior, with a few trees to deal with. Forced carries are also at a minimum.
Stonebridge Golf Club opened in 1984 and was renovated by John Robinson 20 years later. The par-72 course stretches 7,031 yards, where it carries a rating of 74.3 and a 135 Slope.
The massive 467-yard, par-4 fourth has eight bunkers in various spots both sides of the fairway, and the 462-yard eighth has two deep 100-yard-long sand hazards on either side.
Hole Nos. 1 & 9 at Stonebridge Golf Club
The back nine's stoutest tests are its par-4s, including the 422-yard 13th and the 470-yard 15th. No. 14 is a short but stern par-3 over water. Players will also be challenged by the 590-yard, par-5 10th.
It's "other nine," which plays to a par of 35 and at 3,047 yards, compliments the main course but is more than an executive track. Some of the toughest holes on Nos. 19-27 include its two par-5s, the 542-yard 23rd (which turns left to right and features a pond that must be carried on the approach), and the 521-yard 26th, a straightaway hole with four bunkers guarding the green.
With six sets of tees, holes named after jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt and plenty of chances to see reptiles and waterfowl, Stonebridge characterizes the uniqueness of the New Orleans golf experience.
For more information, visit http://www.stonebridgegolfofno.com.
Steve Habel is one of Cybergolf's world correspondents, contributing news stories, features, equipment and book reviews and personality profiles from his base in Central Texas. He is also works as a contributing editor for Horns Illustrated magazine, a publication focusing on University of Texas sports, covers the Longhorns for CBS Sports, is regional editor for Texas Golfer magazine and files stories for Golf Oklahoma magazine, Texas Links magazines and Golfers Guide. Habel's main blog (www.shotoverthegreen.blogspot.com) features news on golf and the Longhorns, and another (www.checkinginandplayingthrough.blogspot.com) chronicles his many travels, on which he has played more than 350 golf courses since 2009. Habel is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and the Texas Golf Writers Association.
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A plethora of pre-parade political points to ponder:
• Mayoral limbo continues.
Incumbent Byron Brown has yet to announce his certain bid for a third term. Potential Democratic primary opponent Bernie Tolbert rates a "making the rounds expert" after a year-long listening tour. And more attention is focusing on Comptroller Mark Schroeder, who quietly watches from atop his 12th-floor perch in City Hall.
As they all wait for the other to move first, strategies and counter-strategies continue to develop.
• Take the Conservative Party, for example. With only about 1,200 members in the City of Buffalo, the tiny band should rightly wield little influence this mayoral election year.
But Brown has made extraordinary efforts to remain in the minor party's good graces, especially by ducking comment on the controversial aspects of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new gun control law. That earned him few points with the Cuomo bunch in Albany, but Conservative honchos in Buffalo are positively beaming.
• What if Tolbert jumps in, prompting Schroeder to also eye a candidacy? Some say this is the comptroller's year; that other up-and-coming pols will be ready to roll in 2017, and his time will have passed.
That presents a special dilemma for Conservatives, who have always backed Brown – but have always backed Schroeder, too. It's a sure bet the party hierarchy will recall that while every other Big Five mayor endorsed all parts of a Cuomo gun law they abhor – Buffalo's mayor did not.
So where do Conservatives go? According to insiders, they're glad for the current limbo season and will watch developments. Don't expect anything from the Conservatives until at least May.
• Before the "Who cares?" emails roll in, remember it wasn't that long ago – in 1977 – that Democrat Jim Griffin rode the Conservative line to the first of four terms in City Hall.
• GOP sources, meanwhile, say Sergio Rodriguez has earned few nominations for Republican of the Year by announcing his candidacy on their line. Those sources say some county Republicans have asked him to reconsider the mayor's race for fear of enticing Buffalo's Democratic voters to the polls in November – to the detriment of countywide Republicans.
Rodriguez, however, says he will still run.
• Speaking of countywide races, it appears a Democratic primary for sheriff is shaping up. According to those who attended a sheriff candidate interview session at Democratic Headquarters last week, announced candidate Dick Dobson promised to run with or without the party endorsement.
Dobson, a retired sheriff's lieutenant, appeared with Transit Police Lt. Mike Garrity and Sheriff's Lt. Bert Dunn – who is still viewed as the favorite of party leaders.
• Still speaking of countywide races, Democratic Chairman Jeremy Zellner says he is considering two private sector types to oppose incumbent Republican Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw this fall. He acknowledges, however, that attracting CPAs to a job paying about $79,000 annually remains a tough assignment.
• Even if Zellner fields a candidate for comptroller or any other position, Democratic candidates are also venturing into Cheektowaga for talks with Chairman Frank Max. The loser in last fall's race for Democratic chairman against Zellner, Max now heads a virtual shadow party organization that could very well back opponents against Headquarters candidates.
If Zellner and Max back totally different slates this year, it could signal a county with two party organizations – at least for now. Max's April 13 brunch event could provide answers.
• Quote of the Week is resurrected today (as we do on occasion because it's just so good) from the late Tom Blake, describing the politicians shaking hands and kissing babies at the Irish Center's annual St. Patrick's Day Lunch, and can very well apply to today's festivities along Delaware Avenue: "Some of them look like Haile Selassie, strutting in with their medals and all."
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Tasma Walton is joining Home and Away in a guest role to air later this year.Tasma's TV credits include Seven's City Homicide, Blue Heelers and the soon to be released feature film Mystery Road. Tasma has appeared in Summer Bay before, for six episodes back in 1995.
This time around she will play the role of a teacher called Jade Montgomery and be on screens over a couple of months leading into a big season finale for 2013.
Partly based in LA with her husband Rove McManus, Tasma has relished the chance to jump back into serial drama in Australia:
"I always love being home, and any opportunity to marry a trip home with acting work is certainly welcome. I feel incredibly blessed to call such a beautiful country my home and will always gravitate back whenever possible."


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bangs that consist of the front part of the hair being radically parted, and then cut on the side while the hair is side parted. bangs are not worn in front of the eyes. common in the "scene".
dude, me and my scene friends all have side bangs
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long hair going down the side of your face
she wore her sidebangs over her one eye so long, she sees funny now.
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Moving one's head back and forth to one side: A variant of headbanging
In an act of utter randomness, Joe decided to sidebang to the KISS video rather than boring ol' headbanging.
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2. The individual you are involved in an affair with.
Term endorsed by Jewel Staite on her twitter account @JewelStaite on Jun 24 2011.
2. The individual you are involved in an affair with.
Term endorsed by Jewel Staite on her twitter account @JewelStaite on Jun 24 2011.
You should have seen this chick, she was the best side-bang I have ever had. I hope my wife doesn't find out.
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An affair.
John was out for his Sunday side bang when his wife, who had been tailing him, caught him, then threw the ring at him and said "We're done!"
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Side Bang, a term reffering to a affair of a party both male or female, with their partner finding out.
Did you hear Steve is having a side bang with that girl from New York.
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Characteristics, Affect, and Stock Returns
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Why were the returns of stocks with low book-to-market ratios and high market capitalization's lower, on average, than the returns of stocks with high book-to-market ratios and low market capitalization's? In this paper we pit the characteristics hypothesis against the affect hypothesis. The characteristics hypothesis says that some characteristics, such as low book-to-market ratio and high market capitalization, are associated with high future stock returns in typical investors' minds. The affect hypothesis says that the names of some companies elicit positive affect which is associated with high future stock returns in typical investors' minds. We find, through experiments, that the evidence is more consistent with the affect hypothesis than with the characteristics hypothesis.
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Keywords: behavioral finance, investor behavior, affect hypothesis, efficient market
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Charleston was the nation's first city to incorporate preservation into its zoning laws in 1931, and it currently reviews many, but not all, planned demolitions in the city.
In the city's Old and Historic District, which covers much of the peninsula south of Cannon and Mary streets, the Board of Architectural Review must approve all demolitions, regardless of a building's age.
Between there and Mount Pleasant Street, the board reviews only demolitions of buildings 75 years or older. Also, the board has jurisdiction over demolition requests for certain structures outside the Historic District but included on the city's Landmark Overlay Properties list.
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I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen?
Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'?
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Avoid a surprised look after Brow Lift Surgery
Being worried about looking shocked or surprised after brow lift surgery is a legitimate concern. However, contemporary brow lifts generally tend to shy away from pulling the eyebrows too high during surgery. In fact, the goal is often to maintain your eyebrows in the correct position while they are at rest. As most of us age, we begin to use the muscles in our foreheads to raise our eyebrows so that we can see. This worsens over time, and we develop wrinkles in the forehead. A brow lift rejuvenates the forehead and brow by lifting the eyebrows to their original position without using the muscles in your forehead. This eliminates many of the "active" wrinkles that were formed and, when done properly, should not create a shocked appearance.
Speaking to your facial plastic surgeon about your specific cosmetic goals will certainly help you decide what works best for you. I wish you the best of luck!
Shocked look after brow lift
If you are given a shocked look as a resuklf of a brow lift, then the surgeon pulled too much. It is very hard to correct that.
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Brow lift and "that shocked look"
Concern about the eyebrows being too high is the most common worry patient have about a brow lift. This is extremely rare. Occasionally there is some overcorrection which settles in about a month. Discuss this concern with a Board Certified plastic surgeon and asked to see some before and after pictures to help reassure you. In the absolute worst case scenario, which I have never had to do in 25 years of practice, is a brow that is lifted too high that has to be brought back down with a second operation.
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"Shocked Look" after Browlift
You avoid a shocked look by picking an experienced surgeon whose results you like - see many before and after pictures. Over the years I have lowered the hairline in women after their hairlines were inappropriately raised during their brow lift surgery before I saw them. Obviously, the key is to avoid this problem.
Overdone Brow Lift with a Surprised Look
Regarding: "Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'? I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen?"
COULD you have an "Overdone" appearance? Yes, you could. You could also have an "under-done" appearance.
The KEY is to pick a member of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons as your surgeon. Each such surgeon, as a minimum, is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery, the ONLY member board of The American Boards of Medical Specialties which certifies its members in Plastic Surgery of the Face and Body AND who were invited to join the society after reviewing their ethical conduct.
After seeing several ASPS members go with the one with whom you are most comfortable. The odds of your having such complications will be VERY small.
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Brow Lift - What Happens if my Eyebrows Are Lifted Too High and I End Up with a 'Shocked Look'?
I am thinking about having a Brow lift but am worried the eyebrows may be lifted too high and I may end up with a permanently startled look. Could this happen?
It really depends on what the patient is looking for and what the surgeon does. Experience and good judgement has a lot to do with plastic surgery, and for this reason you need to find a plastic surgeon that you trust to carry out your surgery.
Good luck.
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The ideal brow shape
I think your question is an excellent one-- how to get a nice brow shape after a browlift and avoid a "shocked" or "surprised" look. The ideal brow has a gentle arc, starting centrally and moving laterally, with the peak being just short of the lateral end of the brow. The way that a surgeon avoids that "surprised" look is to control the shape of the brow during surgery and the have this ideal in mind, so I think that ultimately it comes down to two things: where your starting anatomy is and the judgement of your surgeon. Some surgeons prefer a more open, elevated look to the brows, others want a more subtle result, and still others tailor their plan to the specific goals of the patient. The key for the patient is to look at the surgeon's before and after photos, let him know what your goals are, and make sure you have as much information as possible before selecting your surgeon.
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Thank you for your question. This is a common concern for patients having this procedure. For patients having an endoscopic approach, this would be unlikely. However, with an open or bicoronal brow lift, this can happen. you should discuss this with your surgeon, and review their before and after photos before having surgery.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
So, About Hell's Kitchen
Is it just me, or does it seem like Chef Gordon Ramsey and the crew really seem to seed their candidates with a couple losers in hopes of making the show even more ridiculous than the average reality show? I mean, aside from the fact that Chef Ramsey is foul-mouthed and temperamental as a typical two year old, some of the contestants have definitely been imported from misfit island.
That's neither good nor bad; it's a logical next step in the continued coarsening of network TV and a way of arrogantly projecting a personality into our homes.
And, on the first night (the do-over of the season opener) showcased Ramsey bullying, harassing, and mocking a bunch of frightened, meek, and confused cooks hoping like hell to win the favor of the evil Chef Ramsey. If there is fun to be had it's in watching the backstabbing, groveling, and crawling while Ramsey berates and brutalizes these people. It's emotionally vicious, but given the grand prize of a quarter million dollar salary and a restaurant to run, the fervent competition isn't surprising.
"Why am I watching?" you ask. Because I have a ton of work to do and I hate to work with silence in the background.
And, frankly it was funny to watch Aaron have a breakdown before the show had even started in earnest. Somewhere inside of me there must be a seriously mean person for me to enjoy the cruelty on display here…
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CHICOPEE –Wilfred R. Delude served in the United States Navy in the European Theater of World War II, landing on France's Juno Beach in the first wave of the D-Day invasion in Normandy. He spent 45 days there, taking German prisoners and injured Allied troops to ships off shore on 36-by-11-foot Higgins boats.
After 45 days, he was sent aboard a large ship that was shuttling back and forth to Cherbourg with supplies. In August of that year—1944--the ship was torpedoed; 22 died, and he was among the 27 injured, sustaining shrapnel in his left leg and torn skin from his knee to his ankle on the right leg.
Though he was wounded, he has yet to receive his Purple Heart and has been following every lead he can to obtain it; he is 89 and a half and would like the medal for his grandchildren's sake.
Delude will tell his story at the French Heritage Center's D-Day commemoration event on Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at Assumption Church hall of Holy Name Parish, 94 Springfield St., Chicopee.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, when Allied forces stormed the Normandy, France, beaches.
D-Day--June 6, 1944--signaled the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe during World War II.
Delude, a retired highway superintendent in Chicopee of French Canadian descent, said he has "lived with" the events of the war "all these years," and never spoke about them in front of an audience. When Marie Proulx Meder, director of the French Heritage Center, asked him to tell his story, he agreed as a way personally to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the invasion.
"What better way to commemorate D-Day than with a first-hand account from someone who was there?" she said. "Most World War II veterans are in their nineties. We must take advantage while we can to hear their stories and remember our heroes."
She said that because the D-day Normandy France operation was the largest amphibious invasion in world history, it is fitting that the French Heritage Center honor those soldiers who served this country during World War II and reassert ties with France, whose citizens lovingly, faithfully and gratefully tend the graves in Normandy cemeteries where Allied soldiers are buried. "The Allied response was conducted in solidarity with the French resistance and involved many kindred American and Canadian soldiers of French ancestry," she commented. "We acknowledge the Allies' shared values of liberty, equality and fraternity with the nation of France. Over 16 million Americans were part of the armed forces that supported the victory."
In addition to Delude's talk at the Chicopee event, James Woolsey, superintendent of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, will present an historical and educational PowerPoint presentation. The Springfield Armory produced 4.5 million M1 rifles from 1941 to 1945 used during the war.
Woolsey spent 15 years with the National Park Service in various locations, including the National Mall. He served as director of visitor services at the Normandy American Cemetery, where nearly 10,000 Americans are buried. Also, he served as director of visitor services in Paris for 24 European cemeteries.
The Premier Swing Band will provide World War II-era music at the event, and
World War II-related items will be on display, including a model ship, model airplanes, tanks and books, as well as Normandy photos and maps.
Those attending are encouraged to bring World War II items to show in an open forum following the event.
"The committee (for the event) wanted to provide a varied program for an optimal experience, incorporating all aspects of D-Day, including the educational, historical, visual (displays), personal account and acknowledgement of World War II veterans," Meder said. "It was important to educate the public on the historical facts of D-Day—for people to realize the enormity of the Normandy operation and the sacrifice of military personnel."
An entrance fee of $10 will be collected at the door, which opens at 1 p.m. There will be no charge for World War II veterans. Proceeds will support future programs and the French Heritage Center Building Fund.
Complimentary refreshments will be served at the event that will provide an opportunity to recognize and honor American soldiers who served during World War II.
"D-Day was a life-altering historical event—54 miles, five beaches, lives lost and freedom won," Meder said. "The French Heritage Center, along with all Western Massachusetts wishes to commemorate, with grateful hearts, all those who served. May their stories be kept alive and may the 'Greatest Generation' never be forgotten."
The mission of the French Heritage Center is to honor, display, preserve and promote the legacy of Franco-Americans.
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It was plain to see in Seattle's Super Bowl victory the type of difference maker Percy Harvin is. But for most of last season, because of his recovery from offseason hip surgery, Harvin's explosiveness wasn't a factor.
To protect their valuable asset, the Seahawks decided going into training camp to limit Harvin's activity. That plan has been reversed though, and Harvin's own body has dictated that change.
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"My body is feeling tremendously good," he said. "I've actually reached some gears that I didn't know I had. I'm feeling very, very fast right now."
That's a scary thought, because …
Harvin says he's been practicing every day and is "feeling very confident and I'm ready to go."
Harvin is Seattle's best receiver. To remain in championship contention, they need him to play, unlike last year when he played in only one regular season game.
"It's going to be a good year for me," he said.
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We must urgently rethink how we design our towns and cities
Motorists, pedestrians and taxpayers will gain from boost in cycling
Labour and Lib Dems outdo Tories with cycling manifestos
A network of cycle routes will criss-cross the capital
Welsh Active Travel Bill sets template for rest of UK
The Danes make cycling a core part of planning and policy
We must design our towns and cities for bikes as car use falls
The fatality count for cyclists in Britain in 2012 reached 122
The important truth about helmets, red lights and road tax
Campaign described as "the best the transport sector has ever seen"
In 2011 Mary Bowers, a young reporter for The Times, was knocked from her bicycle and crushed by a lorry as she arrived at work. She remains severely brain damaged and in a minimally conscious state. Shortly after her accident, this newspaper launched Cities Fit For Cycling, a campaign to make Britain a safer nation in which to ride. It should not have taken a tragedy to spur us into action. Cycling was already booming as commuters and enthusiasts awoke to the convenience, health benefits and fun of pedal power. Official support, however, was somewhere between lacklustre and absent. Britain
Ministers are to dedicate a "derisory" sum to improve cycling and pedestrian provision around Britain, campaigners have said, abandoning the core demand of The Times's campaign. The Department for Transport is to release its long-awaited "cycling and walking investment strategy" tomorrow, setting out an aim to double the number of journeys made by bike, cut deaths on the road and increase the number of children walking to school. The strategy was prompted by The Times's Cities Fit for Cycling campaign, launched in 2012 and supported by the AA, British Cycling and other g
When Mary Bowers, a reporter at The Times, was seriously injured in an accident with a lorry, the vulnerability of cyclists hit home
Our guide to the most scenic routes in the country, from Kent to the Highlands, and from Yorkshire to Devon
Philip Pank, Transport Correspondent, examines some of the arguments for — and against — the Times campaign
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The government shutdown is affecting federal programs like Head Start which has taken a huge hit. Head Start, has been shut down in four states already.
Oklahoma has 20,000 children enrolled in the program. However, they will not be affected by the shutdown because Oklahoma received its federal funding for the program in the spring.
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The irresistible force just rolled over the immovable object.
The South Carolina Stingrays built a reputation as one of the elite defensive teams in the ECHL, giving up the second- fewest goals in the league this season. But the Stingrays proved to be little more than a speed bump for the Kalamazoo Wings, who led the ECHL with 264 goals.
Nick Sirota and Elgin Reid each scored two goals to lead the K-Wings past the Stingrays, 6-4, Friday night in Game 1 of the ECHLs Eastern Conference semifinals before a crowd of 1,425 at Wings Stadium.
Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is at 7:30 p.m. today at Wings Stadium. The series will shift to the North Charleston Coliseum on Wednesday for Game 3.
Too many mistakes, too many blown coverages and not enough intensity led to a season-high six goals allowed by the Stingrays.
We were not prepared to play tonight and thats on me, said South Carolina Stingrays coach Spencer Carbery. We gave up way too much in our defensive zone because we might have been cheating a little bit offensively. We didnt do the little things defensively that win hockey games.
Not even rookie goalie Rob Madore, the hero of the first playoff series against Gwinnett, could save South Carolina.
There are probably a couple of goals that Rob would like back, but by no means is this loss Robs fault, Carbery said. We didnt play very well in front of him. We didnt defend the way we should have in our zone, and Kalamazoo made us pay for every mistake we made.
The two teams exchanged the first four goals of the game during the opening period, but it was a late goal by Trent Daavettila in the closing seconds of the first period and one late in the second period from Dustin Cloutier that gave the K-Wings a 4-2 lead.
Both of those goals were pretty deflating, Carbery said. You cant give up goals like that late in periods in the playoffs and expect to win.
Reid put the game out of reach on back-to-back goals 24 seconds apart to make it 6-4 midway through the third period.
South Carolina forwards Billy Ryan and Michael Dorr scored late to make things interesting, but it was too little, too late as the Stingrays get ready for Game 2 tonight.
The late goals came in garbage time when the intensity of the game had dropped. They didnt mean much, Carbery said. We need to come out with more intensity and ready to play in game 2. We need to do a better job in our defensive zone and weve got to execute our game plan.


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One of the biggest events is coming up Saturday, July 16, at Flat Run Veterans' Park. Water Day is a free event that welcomes children of all ages for a day filled with water activities.
Local organizations will have booths and there will be free entertainment.
The Kiwanis Club will have hot dogs and chips, and Brooks Ice Cream will also be available at no cost.
Activities get underway at 1 p.m. and continue through 4 p.m. Some things to expect are six water slides and kiddie games.
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A Lexington man, with Cynthiana ties, is promoting a film that will be released later this month about Henry County, farmer, author and environmentalist Wendell Berry.
Griffin VanMeter, co-founder of Kentucky For Kentucky, and the husband of Sarah Wylie Ammerman, of Cynthiana, announced a July premier of The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry.
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Harrison County Circuit Judge Jay Delaney upheld the Commonwealth's recommended sentences for five individuals on Tuesday, July 5.
Timmy Garrison was sentenced to 13 years in prison after he changed his not guilty plea to guilty on multiple felony charges for drug, firearms and food stamp violations.
A rash of thefts, robberies and burglaries hit the Salem Pike area last week.
According to the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, they think all the break-ins are related and are currently investigating all the crimes.
On July 2, David Chamberlain, Salem Pike, reported that a pistol had been stolen from the glove box of his vehicle, which was parked at his house.
The Cynthiana City Commission granted 14 of 19 abandoned property appeals during a special meeting last Thursday. Five appeals were denied.
Newly appointed code enforcement officer Mike Aldridge told commissioners that they would be dealing with complaints filed by a code enforcement officer who is no longer employed by the city.
A lot of speculation and several unfounded rumors have been bandied about, concerning the upcoming Aug. 6, The Walking Dead Day in downtown Cynthiana.
Original illustrator Tony Moore and writer Robert Kirkman, both Cynthiana natives, will be on hand for the festivities.
Despite several last-minute pleas from Harrison County outsiders, the Harrison County Fiscal Court voted 5-2 on Tuesday night to not convene a joint meeting with the Cynthiana City Commission, effectively ending the debate on the Handy House and setting in motion the impending demolition of the structure.
It's called The Drowning Machine. Two Harrison County men know well why the Robinson Dam is given that name.
It was Memorial Day 1969. Larry "Luke" Sosbe had just returned from the Air Force. He had received extensive swimming training and even won medals while in the service.
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PAMPA - The Pampa Economic Development Corporation on Thursday voted to purchase an $80,000 loan from the National Bank of Commerce in Pampa in order to foreclose on the loan and the building owned by Promised Land Park Model Homes in Pampa.
The PEDC made the guaranteed loan in 1997 to George Kilcrease to build small, one-bedroom recreational vehicles, according to Susan Tripplehorn, PEDC executive director.
Tripplehorn said the PEDC is the second lienholder to the loan, and that the PEDC's step to purchase the loan would enable it to take over Kilcrease's building on South Barnes in Pampa.
She said Kilcrease has built a few of the units but has not made any payments on the loan. She said the PEDC has been making payments with interest to the bank.
Tripplehorn said the board vote gave Kilcrease 120 days from Thursday to come up with a contract. She said Kilcrease told the board that he had a party interested in contracting to build the recreational homes.
Kilcrease could not be reached for comment Monday.
Tripplehorn, who was not PEDC executive director when the loan was made, said the PEDC now undertakes much more extensive research before making loans to prospective businesses.
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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe 'disgusted' by Rick Perry's 'homophobic' views
It looks as though Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe won't be lending Rick Perry any magic if he ever decides to run for president again.
In a recent interview, Radcliffe, blasted the Texas governor for his anti-gay views, and questioned the authenticity of his position, The Guardian reported. He also gigged the Aggie politician about his "Brokeback Mountain" jacket.…
Perry Watch: Governor sparks national controversy with Day of Prayer partnership
Gov. Rick Perry's Aug. 6 day of prayer and fasting at Reliant Stadium is generating significant heat nationwide, with critics protesting the exclusively Christian focus of the event and Perry's partnership with the controversial American Family Association, which advocates against gay rights.
Expressing objections on a variety of religious and cultural grounds, some opponents have organized a protest on Facebook, while others are urging the nation's 49 other governors invited by Perry to boycott the event.…


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John Spencer is growing weary of discussing the Timbers' problems on the road during the 2011 season.
Coming off a 1-1 draw at Dallas March 17 and preparing for a game at New England Saturday, Spencer was asked about the Timbers' performance on the road.
"You (the media) keep mentioning this last year thing," Spencer said. "The last year thing is in the past. I keep telling you, that was the first half of the season last year."
The Timbers won just two of 17 (2-9-6) road games in 2011. However, they did post a 1-1-3 record in their final five road games of last season. And those games occurred when the Timbers were in the playoff race. It's those performances that Spencer prefers to highlight.
"We've been to DC...and for sixty, seventy minutes we played ever so well," Spencer said. "And then we went to Salt Lake and contained one of the best teams in the country over the last three years."
Now, after the draw at Dallas in their first road game of the 2012 season, Spencer says it's time to put the 2011 season in the rear view mirror.
"So as I say, you keep hashing back to things that aren't there anymore," Spencer said. "Hopefully they aren't there anymore. I don't think that they are. I think we're more mature as a group."
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The Ultimate Cup is back. A youth soccer tournament created by the merger of the Chesterfield United Icebreaker and the Kickers Invitational in 2012, The Ultimate Cup tournament will again features a Girls and Boys weekend, scheduled for February 23-24, 2013 and March 2-3, 2013. The pricing is $360-$675. The Ultimate Cup features top-class facilities with access to some of the nation's best natural grass playing surfaces as well as numerous synthetic turf fields, including the state-of-the-art home of the Richmond Kickers, Ukrop Park, the beautiful 80-acre Hensley Park, Point of Rocks, SportsQuest, United Training Center, Bryan Park, Warhill Sports Complex and Chesterfield County's forthcoming Stratton Park.
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