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A Charter Members of the NJDXA, Ed Benkis W2HTI lives in Franklin, NC. with his wife and fellow NJDXA member Eileen Benkis, KO4DI.
Ed submitted this autobiographical sketch:
So, what went wrong? I mean that things seemed to be going along quite normally.
I got interested in ham radio while in High School and picked up a license in1951.
I got married at an appropriate age. Fiddled around with 10 meter mobile equipment
and when we moved to New Jersey I had room enough for an outdoor antenna. I enjoyed ham radio building projects both indoors and out. I enjoyed proving that the stuff would
work pretty good.
Then, at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., I came into contact with
Urb LeJeune and Bob Ainge, (W2DEC and K2GMO), fellow hams. They explained the virtues of the DXCC program to me. Think of it! You could get a nice certificate to frame and hang on the wall for working 100 countries. Wow! I had nearly that many confirmed for my 10 meter operations. I would go for it!
The problem was that, like with salted peanuts, enough would never be enough. I was hooked! The chase was on!
By the mid 1950's I had acquired a new circle of friends. Fellow DXER's, intense on chasing down the `new one', lucid on describing past victories – and defeats. As the new kid on the block I would set about trying to prove my worth and in 1957 would become FP8AR (St. Pierre et Miquelon) and hopefully provide a `new one' to the deserving. I was now accepted by a group of veteran DXER's who would form the NJDXA, the first U.S.A. organization to serve as a district QSL Bureau.
Dedication to the DXing branch of our hobby, improving station equipment and antennas
and spending lots of time at it, paid off in 1971 when I placed at the top of both the Mixed and Phone categories of the DXCC Honor Roll.
All in all it was time well spent. High energy friends dedicated to propagating h.f. signals into the ether were gathered from the world over. Eventually my xyl Eileen would conquer the Morse Code and become KO4DI and join in on the fun. Now that
I come to think of it, I guess that nothing went wrong!
This was Ed's QSL prior to the founding of the North Jersey DX Association. In 1958, Ed began using the new QSL designed for the NJDXA by his wife.


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Founders Journal · Summer 2000 · p. 33
Greetings from Port Elizabeth.
I wish to take this opportunity to praise the Lord for the work that you are doing at Founders. My prayer is that the Lord will continue to prosper the work you do. I have always enjoyed reading and being challenged by the Founders Journal which I download from the web whenever they are posted.
I am a lecturer at the Bible Institute Eastern Cape, an interdenominational college seeking to address the years of neglect of Bible teaching amongst the historically deprived in South Africa. The bulk of our student body is drawn from the local Xhosa population with many of them coming from African Initiated Churches. We would value your prayers for us in our ministry.
Your brother in the service of the King of Kings,
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Dear Brother Ascol,
Your article "Reformation and Controversy" is outstanding! What good does it do us to believe in the inerrancy of Scripture if we are not willing to bow to the supreme and final authority of Scripture?
My prayer is that conservative leaders like Adrian Rogers and Paige Patterson will have their eyes opened to the truth of the doctrines of God's sovereign grace and become preachers and promoters of these teachings. This would get the attention of Southern Baptist pastors all over the United States.
Keep up the excellent work!
Your friend in Christ,
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Know that I love you and am with you in my prayers.
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In this Knoxville News Sentinel story, Ben Barton, UT law professor, talks about the the Innocence Clinic, an academic clinical program within the College of Law's Legal Clinic. Students have just completed their first year of working in the clinical program designed to help free Tennessee inmates who have provable claims of factual innocence.
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A quick recap of events: The Nuggets forced a Game 6, meaning that the Thunder likely won't play this weekend. It means Kendrick Perkins gets a little more rest to heal, and also means that Metta World Peace will play in Game 1 should the Lakers advance.
Championship experience matters, writes Benjamin Morris of Skeptical Sports: "Of course, thinking back, it seems like picking the winner is sometimes easy, as the league often has an obvious "best team" that is extremely unlikely to ever lose a 7 game series. So perhaps the better question to ask is: How much do you gain by including the championship test in step 1? The answer is: a lot. Over the same period, the team with the league's best record has won only 10/28 championships, or ~35%. So the 5-by-5 model almost doubles your hit rate. And in case you're wondering, using Margin of Victory, SRS, or any other advanced stat instead of W-L record doesn't help: other methods vary from doing slightly worse to slightly better." (via)
Steve Kerr makes a case for a new age limit in the NBA on Grantland: "And it's a shame, because both sides would have been helped by that age limit bumping to 20. The league would be stronger for every reason discussed above. The union would benefit because veterans would hold their jobs for an extra season. And fans would win because the game would be better — we'd see an influx of elite young talent arriving into the league more prepared, not just physically, but mentally and emotionally. If that translates into better basketball, then isn't that what we all want? I realize I may sound like the old guy — stuck in his ways, out of touch with today's players — but I know what college meant to me; I know what it meant to most of my peers. And I know that the NBA would be a stronger league if its players stuck around school a little longer, too."
Darnell Mayberry on what happens if no Perk: "To understand how much of a difference-maker Perkins can be, look no further than the last regular-season matchup between the Thunder and Lakers. In that contest, Perkins was so good he took Bynum completely out of the game — literally. Lakers coach Mike Brown benched an ineffective Bynum in favor of Jordan Hill. Bynum scored just 10 points on 5-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds and five blocks in 29 minutes. Bynum scored just six points on 3-of-8 shooting against Perkins. But if Perkins must miss a game or two, Oklahoma City still should be able to compete with confidence. Two years ago, long before Perkins was anywhere near OKC's radar, the Thunder had marginal success against the Lakers in the postseason. Oklahoma City eventually lost the series 4-2 but came within a Pau Gasol tip-in of forcing a Game 7."
Mike Brown on the idea of playoff tanking to get World Peace back: "Two guys told me that (Monday), they said that the Twitter world is suggesting that we do that," Brown said after shootaround on Tuesday. "That we lose (Game 5) so that we can extend the series to get Metta World Peace back. I'm not even going to answer that. To me, that's a joke. When they said that to me, I just laughed. No, if we can win the game, we're going to try to win the game. There's never been a time that I ever thought partially about losing a game for this to happen or that to happen. So, if Metta comes back in 10 games or if he comes back in one game, I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about tonight and who can play tonight and get the win tonight, period. Nothing else. But the Twitter world is worried about all that other stuff."
David Aldridge of NBA.com: "The Thunder looked really impressive against the Mavericks, who didn't play badly at all, even though they were swept. The difference between teams, even in a 4-0 series, is so small. But OKC won every important battle. The NBA is relentless; one moment you're a champion, the next, you're out."
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Jim made a perfect pearl harbour with his come.
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When it is a little cold outside. Hence: a nip in the air.
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While engaging in doggy style sex, the man pulls out and spits on the girls back, making her think that he has ejaculated. When she turns around he proceeds to ejaculate on her face in sneak attack fashion.
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To perform a ruthless and brutal attack on another without that person's awareness.
Doctor, this man's nose is still bleeding from the Pearl Harbour he received from his co-workers. Poor bastard.
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Lots of fun stuff is going on this week as we enter the most artistic month of the year. If you love the arts, May is the month to be in Charleston.
It starts off at 8 p.m. Thursday with a benefit called "The Banana Monologues SPLITS for Off-Broadway" at Theatre 99. Local comedy fans know "The Banana Monologues," a popular creation of local artists John Brennan, Mary Cimino and Jason C. Cooper.
The "Monologues" is a sexy comedy inspired by a true love story about a man, a woman and his "banana," Sergeant Johnson. When the layers of the relationship are peeled back, Gus Weiderman tries to split from his girlfriend, Alexis (a way-out-of-his-league woman), but the sergeant stands firm. You get the drift.
The show has been hugely popular since its debut at Piccolo Spoleto in 2007, and now it is getting a shot at off-Broadway in New York in June.
To help with the production costs, the Theatre 99 folks are holding a benefit that will include such popular fixtures as Improv Jam; Sketch Comedy by The Bottom Line; a sketch from Men are From Goose Creek, Women are from Savannah; a sketch from Fox Hole Feng Shui; Big Dictionary; Doppelganger; and Stand Up Comedy.
For those of you new to the comedy scene, Theatre 99 has been a hotbed of the hippest, funniest people in town for years, and their shows are guaranteed to tickle some funny bones.
Tickets are $10, and all the proceeds from this benefit will help defray the off-Broadway run's production costs. The off-Broadway production will begin performances starting June 13 at the Acorn Theatre (Theatre Row), 410 West 42nd St.
More funny stuff
As if launching an off-Broadway show isn't enough, the folks at Theatre 99 are supporting the next generation of comedians.
More than 40 high school theater students from around the state will converge Saturday on the Charleston County School of the Arts in North Charleston to take part in the third annual South Carolina High School Improv Tournament.
The South Carolina Theatre Association, Fighting Gnomes and Theatre 99 are sponsoring this double-elimination tournament that is part of the North Charleston Arts Festival.
Ten budding comedic acting students per high school are assigned to three- or four-member teams with students from other South Carolina high schools. These interschool teams have a prior coaching session under a Theatre 99 company member.
The tournament runs noon-3:30 p.m. in the School of the Arts Black Box Theatre. It will be judged by local Charleston theater professionals and conclude with awards and recognitions. Best of all, it's free and open to the public. The theater is at 5109-B W. Enterprise St. in North Charleston.
Partying in the street
The Gibbes Museum of Art will be partying with the best of Charleston 7:30-10 p.m. Thursday right in front of the grand old building.
This is the fourth year for the party, and guests may enjoy culinary delights from Charleston chefs, an open bar and dancing in the middle of Meeting Street. Also, guests will be the first to see the new exhibition, "People's Choice: A Community-Curated Exhibition."
Participating restaurants include Charleston Grill, Circa 1886, Cypress, FIG, The Glass Onion, The Grocery, Hank's Seafood, The Macintosh/Oak Steakhouse, and McCrady's. If that list doesn't make you hungry, then you've been missing out on Charleston's finest dining.
Tickets are $100 for museum members and $135 for others. All guests must be 21, and the event will be held rain or shine. The Gibbes is at 135 Meeting St.
Wide Angle Lunch
On Thursday, another of the Charleston Library Society's Wide Angle Lunches will feature David H. and Reba W. Williams, donors of the largest private collection of American fine art prints to the National Gallery of Art. They will talk about their new occupations in "Prints: Fact and Fiction."
If you have never been to one of these lunches, they are a lot of fun. They take an hour, and the speakers come from a range of disciplines. It's a great way to feed your mind, soul and body. Tickets are $20 for CLS members, $25 for nonmembers; lunch (and child care) is included. The lunch starts at 12:30 p.m. The society is at 164 King St. Call 723-9912 for tickets.
The blues have it
Ever wonder why the South Carolina state flag is deep blue? It's a nod to indigo, one of the first export crops in the new Colony.
The Charleston Museum is presenting a new exhibition, "Indigo: Natural Blue Dye in the Lowcountry," that runs through Sept. 2 in its Historic Textiles Gallery. This small, focused exhibit will explore a brief history of the cultivation and production of indigo, Eliza Lucas Pinckney's important role, and its curious dyeing procedure, along with examples of indigo-dyed textiles. Drawn from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, these include clothing and household goods that are examples of vatted indigo dyeing, "china blue" printing and blue "penciling."
Because of its range of blue color and lightfastness, indigo was easily the most popular natural blue dye for many centuries. Before the advent of synthetic dyes in 1856, all yarn and fabric was dyed with natural dyestuffs.
Indigo is a legume grown in many parts of the world, but it did not thrive in Europe. So obtaining high-quality, affordable indigo was a challenge for Europeans and their colonists until Pinckney, carrying out her absent father's instructions and with the benefit of a slave labor force, succeeded in making this area a prime cultivator of indigo. It became a rich cash crop, second only to rice.
Visit www.charleston museum.org or call 722-2996.
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HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jim Burn said Thursday he is prepared to defend a challenge from Katie McGinty, the hand-picked candidate of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Wolf for the job.
Win or lose, Burn said he'll accept the decision of the state committee when it chooses a new chairman at its June 21 meeting in Camp Hill, but argued that the party has prospered under his four years of leadership and is highly regarded in national political circles.
He said he wants to give the committee a choice.
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'Ready for Marriage' enters third season
JOHANNESBURG — A Zambian reality show is offering those who practice the world's oldest profession a second chance by taking them off the streets — and perhaps putting one lucky winner into a wedding gown.
The third season of "Ready for Marriage" has taken its basic concept, testing brides-to-be to see if they are ready to manage a household in this male-dominated society, and added the unlikely twist.
The "Big Brother"-style show kicked off July 11 on Zambia's Muvi TV and pan-Continent network Africa Unite TV.
While the premise may seem unusual, it offers a serious opportunity for women in Zambia who have been forced into prostitution — many of them single mothers whose boyfriends or husbands left them — and who face overwhelming social stigma.
More than 1,000 sex workers from across the southern African nation applied for the chance to be one of the show's 18 women competing for the $9,000 grand prize. Exposure on TV may also help contestants find a husband, in which case the winner will get an all-expense-paid wedding.
Though "R4M," as it's known locally, comes with the promise of a big payout, producer and host Master Chimbala says the wedding isn't guaranteed.
"We are not finding husbands for them," he says. "We are helping ladies who have declared that they want to settle down to (lead) decent, respectable and responsible lives."
The femme contestants are sequestered in a house in Lusaka, Zambia's capital. They face a series of challenges as they attempt to prove they're committed to turning their lives around and to persuade the TV audience to vote to keep them in the house.
The women are judged on how well they perform domestic chores and manage a household budget — something that would be expected of all Zambian woman, Chimbala says.
Everyone's a winner in "R4M," which is expected to run for 70 hourlong episodes, six nights a week.
Aside from the grand prize, there are consolation prizes of $1,000 to $1,400 for the other contestants plus HIV counseling and help to find jobs for the women after the series wraps.
In a country with no official way to measure TV ratings, Chimbala says viewers in the conservative African nation have given the "R4M" contestants their overwhelming support — measured via daily text messages from viewers, email correspondence and website hits.
"We were not exactly sure how people would respond," says the producer. "People gave us more than we expected."
Already, auds have shown they are coming to the series in a forgiving mood.
When a contestant was ousted for posing as a prostitute in the hopes of winning the cash prize, sympathetic viewers voted her back on to the show.


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State audit of water commissioner done: 'Much ado about nothing,' says Backstrom
by Andrew Walgamott
A state audit found no way to attribute mystery miles on a Woodinville Water District truck to Commissioner Walter Backstrom and said no further action was necessary following his repayment of credit card bills and cash advances. The investigation is over, according to Karen Stromme, audit manager.
"I have been fully vindicated," Backstrom said last week. "This was much ado about nothing."
The auditor's report found minor vagaries in district policy and minor violations in state law, but no overriding reason for sending the case to a prosecutor, according to Stromme.
"We deal with big issues; these are kind of small," Stromme said.
The audit found that Backstrom used a district credit card "reasonably" last September at a Vancouver, Washington conference to charge personal phone calls. District policy allows one personal call per day.
"We conclude Commissioner Backstrom has fully paid his debt to the district and we intend no further action," the audit says.
In regards to a 90-day overdue cellular phone bill of $371.03 that could have resulted in interest charges to the district being taken out of Backstrom's wages, the state concluded, "no laws were broken and the district's internal controls were working properly." Backstrom settled the balance May 7 before wages were deducted.
The audit did find some wrongdoing in Backstrom's failure to repay a $300 cash advance in time. "While technically a violation of state law, the auditor's office ordinarily does not report such minor violations and in the interest of consistency, will not report this instance," the audit says.
The advance was repaid in full five days late in May.
Of alleged misuse of a district truck last August, the audit found that the district didn't keep mileage logs at the time and couldn't attribute excess vehicle use to Backstrom. Auditors recommended the district establish a policy restricting use of their vehicles to business use and create usage logs. The district has since created such a log. Stromme said that without logs it was impossible to substantiate who had driven the vehicle at the time.
Overall, the auditor recommended the board of commissioners take no further action against Backstrom. "There's nothing to this audit," he says, alleging that he was singled out by other commissioners.
"Clearly I have been held to a different standard," Backstrom said, adding that other commissioners were "extracting their pound of flesh" from him. There won't be much rest for Backstrom. He is facing challenges in two elections this year, one at the state level and another locally.
A director on the Washington Association of Sewer and Water Districts, Backstrom is facing fellow Woodinville Water District Commissioner Ken Goodwin for the post. Goodwin was appointed to the Woodinville water board in 1996 when it was expanded to five commissioners. Goodwin is secretary of the Hollywood Hill Association.
Closer to home, three men have filed against Backstrom for Board position 4. They are Ronald Braun II, Steven Gallagher and Richard Llufrio. Gallagher is a past vice president of the Hollywood Hill Association. A primary election September 16 will whittle the field to two.


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When you're working with type inside of Illustrator, be it point text or area text objects, there are two main areas or levels where you might apply settings to adjust the appearance of your text. There are character-based settings, for example, things like type size and font and there are paragraph-based settings, things like alignment or hyphenation for example. In general you'll find that paragraph settings are things that can only be applied to an overall paragraph. Character settings however can be applied to any individual character inside of any text object.
In this movie, we're going to focus specifically on character-based settings. There is actually an entire panel dedicated to these settings and you can find that if I go into the Window menu, scrolling down towards the bottom where it says Type, and then choosing to open up the Character panel. The keyboard shortcut is Command+T or Ctrl+T. It's important to note that the Character panel has many different states, so you might want to come over here to the flyout panel, and choose to show Options. In an effort to enhance user experience, you'll find that whenever you have any text object selected, you'll find some basic character settings here inside of the Control panel and if you need access to more functionality, you could actually bring up the entire Character panel by clicking on the word Character right here.
But for now let's focus on the features using the Character panel right here. Notice that right now my entire point text object is selected. That means that any settings that I now apply will affect all of the characters in this object. However, I can always go to my Type tool and select just a few characters inside of that Type object and now any changes that make to my Character panel will only happen to these selected characters. For now however, I'm going to select the entire object and will go through these settings.
Using the top two pop-up menus here, you can choose a font face and style. If you click on the pop-up here, you'll actually see a Font menu up here and Illustrator will also try to display what that typeface looks like and on the far left it will display an icon identifying what kind of font it is. In other words either a Postscript Type A font, a TrueType font or an OpenType font. We'll talk more about OpenType fonts later on in this chapter. By the way the preview that you're seeing here is actually a preference inside of Illustrator. If you'd go ahead and open up your Preferences panel, I'll press Command+k and switch over here to the Type section.
There is an option where it says Font Preview which is currently turned on. If you'd like to see a bigger sample of each of those fonts, you could change the medium-size to something more larger. I'll leave it set to medium, however, and go back to work inside of my document. There are settings for point size or how big or small your type appears. Kerning information, which we'll talk about in just a moment. Kerning is basically the amount of space that appears between each character inside of your Type object. There is a setting here for leading. Leading is the amount of space that appears between each line of text. Some word processors refer to this as line spacing.
And then there is also settings here for a something called tracking, which is somewhat similar to kerning. In other words, it controls the amount of space that appears between each character. But rather than on individual character by character basis, this is the setting that applies over an entire range of text. There are some less used options down here. The ability to stretch your text horizontally or vertically, the ability to adjust baseline shift and even the ability to rotate individual characters inside of your text. There are buttons here for both underline and strikethrough and if you're working with Web graphics, you can choose which type of anti-aliasing is applied to your text.
However, a feature that's often overlooked by many is this one here on the bottom, Language. Currently this Type is set to English USA. Why is that important? Well, because Illustrator's spell checker is actually multilingual. For example, when you're working with text, you may find that you'll add maybe a Spanish word somewhere inside of a regular English sentence. Of course, when you run spell check, Illustrator will see that Spanish word, but since it doesn't know that it's Spanish, will probably give you some kind of a spelling error. However, if you highlight that one word and you change that language to Spanish, when Illustrator performs its spellchecking, it will actually now go ahead and spell check that one word using the Spanish libraries and dictionaries.
Perhaps even more importantly, by specifying the correct language Illustrator will also hyphenate those words according to their native language dictionary. Now I'll tell you that the key to working more comfortably with text inside of Illustrator is learning all the keyboard shortcuts. Sure, you can always come here to the Character panel and adjust some of the settings, but let's take a look at some of the important keyboard shortcuts that you can use when working with text. First of all, if I actually want to select some of this type, I don't have to physically change to my Type tool. I have my Selection tool currently active and I'm going to double-click on this type object.
When you double-click on a type object, Illustrator assumes that you want to now edit that type, so it changes to the Text tool and gives you the blinking insertion point. I want to work with all of the text in my string, so rather than sit here and try to click and drag to select everything, which depending on how complex my document is can be difficult, I'm just simply going to press Command+A or Ctrl+A on my keyboard to select all the text inside of that object. Next, if I want to adjust the size of my text, I'm going to hold down Command and Shift on my keyboard and then while still holding those keys I'm going to tap the less than sign or the comma on my keyboard. This incrementally reduces the size of my text.
Command+Shift+Greater than sign or Command+Shift+Period increases my point size. Let's take a moment to talk about kerning and tracking. With all of my text selected right now, I can hold down the Option key on a Mac or Alt on Windows and then tap the right or the left arrows to adjust the tracking of my text. Notice this adds a uniform amount of space in between all the characters across this entire range of text. If I want to adjust the kerning or the amount of space between two specific characters, I would place my text cursor between the two characters that I want to work with, in this case these two T's right here, and I'll use the same keyboard shortcut, Option+Left arrow and Option+Right arrow, to add space.
However, there's one other option in regard to kerning that I think is important to know about. I'm going to press Command+A to select all of my text and then in the Kerning settings, I'm going to click on the pop -up here and you'll see something here called Auto. This is actually the default setting for Illustrator and it allows Illustrator to automatically figure out how much space should appear between each character. In reality the Auto setting is not really up to Illustrator at all. It's up to whoever the designer was of that typeface. Most type designers will actually create something called the metrics file and that will determine how much space belongs between each different character.
For example, a lowercase l or a lowercase i, which is a very narrow character, takes up less space than maybe a w or m, which is a wider character. However, you'll also find another setting here in this pop-up menu called Optical. When you choose this setting, Illustrator actually analyzes the letterforms themselves. The Optical setting actually overrides any of the information that a type designer put into that typeface and ensures a good-looking result for your topography. In general, I find the Optical setting to be very helpful and time saving, because I find that I don't have to go in there and manually adjust the kerning by myself.
Another great benefit about working with optical kerning is that if you later decide to change your typeface, the kerning settings update accordingly. So with the information here inside of the Character panel and more importantly, with the keyboard shortcuts that we just learned, you're now ready to set great-looking text inside of Illustrator.
- Setting up a new document based on the output destination
- Using rules, guides, and grids
- Making detailed selections
- Drawing and editing paths with the Pen and Pencil tools
- Creating compound vector shapes
- Understanding the difference between point and area text
- Applying live effects
- Creating color swatches
- Transforming artwork with Rotation, Scale, and Transform effects
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Cochiti Lake rises 15 feet after floodingUPDATED 7:23 PM MDT Sep 19, 2013
The campgrounds at Cochiti Lake were under water after the lake level rose 15 feet due to heavy rains.Video Transcript
HASN'T RISEN THIS FAST ... IN A DECADE. IN LESS THAN A WEEK... IT ROSE 15 FEET; AND REC AREAS ARE FLOODED. ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR ROYALE DA WENT TO THE LAKE TODAY - SHE HAS TONIGHT'S BIG STORY. DOUG AND SHELLY - SOME PARTS OF COCHITI LAKE ARE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS HISTORIC FLOODING. FROM SKY 7 - A LOOK AT COCHITI LAKE. Donald Eimer/COCHITI LAKE SENIOR RANGER: "We've gone up approximately 15 feet since the rain event started." ...THAT'S IN ABOUT SIX DAYS. IT'S THE MOST RAIN THIS AREA HAS RECEIVED IN TEN YEARS. ALL THAT WATER HAS FLOODED OUT REC AREAS OF THE LAKE. THE WHOLE SWIM, BEACH AREA IS UNDER WATER. Eimer: "We have picnic shelters, benches on both sides of the lake under water." THIS RESTROOM WAS ALSO FLOODED OUT. Eimer: "That thing was already cleaned out and cleared so we have not concerns about anything going into the lakes from us." NO BOATS ON THE LAKE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE WATER FROM THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. They can end up damaging their water craft or someon can get hurt." THOUGH THE BOAT RAMPS ARE SHUT DOWN TO VEHICLES.... YOU CAN STILL FISH. You can walk 100 yards to boat ramp area. RANGERS AREN'T SURE WHEN COCHITI LAKE WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS THEY'RE DRAINING THE WATER SLOWLY INTO THE RIO GRANDE. We are hoping as soon as possible but it's going to be done safely. THIS STORM HIT AT A CONVENIENT TIME FOR THE LAKE. THE CROWDS SHRINK SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS AGAIN. THEY DO WANT FOLKS TO KNOW... THE CAMPGROUND IS STILL OPEN. IT'S A POPULAR SPOT FOR FAMILIES WHO WANT TO CAMP OUT DURING BALLOON FIESTA FORTUNATELY, THE LAKE WATER ISN'T THREATENING, TO FLOOD OVER THE DAM. STATE POLICE SAY THEY'VE LOCATED
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The Real Unobtanium--Pau Ferro
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October 26, 2004, 08:56 PM
At least for a Ruger Gp-100 in top finger groove only Hogue monogrip form. Ordered it four months ago and it shipped today. Be forewarned GP shooters.:D
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October 27, 2004, 12:09 AM
Mmmm, Hogue Pau Ferro...drool....
October 27, 2004, 08:40 AM
I have turned many exotic tropical hardwoods in my life. I did even travel the art show circuit with my bowls, etc , only to switch to smaller turnings: pens. I made and sold thousands of them... lost thousands of $ each year. Thank goodness for my Teacher's Retirement income... it kept the lights on. I still have lots of wood... maybe it is time to make some grips!
Nearly half of the almost 5,000 acknowledged species of trees in the world are found in Brazil. Pao ferro is the portuguese term for 'iron wood', a generic wood encompassing many species. They are generally very dense... in fact, one type finds a lot of use in pier pilings! I bought some Brazilian modern suede leather furniture where the frames were made of pao ferro nearly three decades ago... those frames were stout - and heavy. The wood was very dark, and nearly figureless... not a pretty choice for a set of grips. There is an American version - ' desert ironwood'.
Probably the prettiest wood I ever worked with was cocobolo, from Honduras. It is nicely figured and ranges from yellowish orange - red - deep brown - near black, all in the same boards, at times. Like other rosewoods', it is easily finished by a penetrating oil and/or a wax finish. Sadly, it's dust is an allergen - and it can send some into shock. Wear respiratory filters when sanding or cutting it. The worst smelling wood must be the W. Equatorial African Zebrano or zebrawood - I maintain it smells like the zebra cage at the zoo.... others insist it is named for it's light/dark bands. Actually, a prettier, and more dense and waxy/resinous version, is Mexican bocote... I may just have to try it for some grips... and, it doesn't stink as badly!
PS I have had a resurgence of my childhood asthma over the last few years... the woodworking went bye-bye... but, I picked up guns and shooting!
October 27, 2004, 09:26 AM
Stainz, while on a much smaller scale than it sounds like you did it, I had a business making bowls and pens in high school. My wasn't so much for income, but for something to do and it gave me a reason to practice a craft. I miss doing it, but I live in an apartment now and have no room for tools.
October 27, 2004, 10:38 AM
Well I wasn't looking for pretty figures. Since I have a stainless revolver I was looking for a dark wood that was pretty durable and that I wouldn't be too chagrined about if it got dinged, so the reasonable price of Pau Ferro is what my main criterion was.
If it happens to look great too that is a bonus. I am sure I wouldn't have had to wait as long if I had settled on the traditional two finger cut-out, like the one pictured above, but my fingers are too large for that configuration.
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With the changing of the leaves and all that comes with weekends packed full of high school and college football excitement, another season is set to kickoff for outdoor enthusiasts throughout the state — hunting season.
Although West Virginia's fall hunting season officially kicked off on Sept. 1 with Canada goose, things won't get serious for area hunters until the month of October when small game season begins.
But before then, a special bear hunt has been put in place by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. The hunt, which was implemented because of the growing black bear population, will begin on Thursday in select counties.
"We're trying something new this season with the early bear hunt," said Capt. Mike Pizzino of the Division of Natural Resources. "The bear population is continously growing, so we needed to do something to try to control it."
The youth squirrel hunt will get things started for small game hunters on Oct. 4. During this one-day event, hunters must be 14 years of age or younger and must be accompanied by a licensed adult 21 years of age or older. The accompanying adult cannot carry a weapon and must remain close to the youth to render advice and assistance. This hunt is designed for younger hunters who are just learning the ropes of the sport.
"We had a good turnout last year with a lot of younger kids going out for the youth hunt," said Pizzino. "We are expecting a lot more kids to get out and take advantage of the youth hunt this year."
The season picks up the following weekend (Oct. 11) when hunters of all ages can venture out to the woods in search of bushy tails.
This year's squirrel season will run through Jan. 31.
The following weekend (Oct. 18) is the date in which many hunters anxiously await for the entire year — deer archery season. In most counties throughout the state, either a doe or buck may be taken during archery season, thus making it popular for hunters of all ages.
That same weekend, Bear archery season gets under way with licensed hunters eligible to harvest two bear with a bow or one each in the archery and firearms seasons combined, provided at least one bear must be taken in Boone, Fayette, Kanawha or Raleigh counties.
If the start of deer and archery season wasn't enough, Ruffed Grouse season also begins on Oct. 18.
Fall turkey hunting rounds out the list of seasons for the fall as it begins on Oct. 25.
"The mast conditions are really good this year, so we're projecting a good hunting season," said Pizzino. "The oak hit especially good this year and there seems to be a lot of other foods out there this season."
Although hunting season brings joy to many enthusiasts alike, it also supplies a huge boost to the state's economy with an estimated 350,000 hunters taking to West Virginia's woods.
Everyone can agree that this time of year brings a lot of happiness to many people, but the most important thing to remember this hunting season is to play it safe.


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Powerball players checked their tickets Wednesday to see if they could be the latest huge jackpot winner in the multistate lottery game.
An estimated $400 million was up for grabs in the drawing.
The winning numbers were 7-10-22-32-35 and the Powerball was 19.
According to the Powerball website, one ticket sold in South Carolina matched all five numbers and the Powerball.
Saturday's jackpot drops to $40 million.


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Harry, is that you?
The parade of A-listers wishing new Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon good luck continued Tuesday with one of Britain's hottest boy banders.
Harry Styles stopped by for a chat with Fallon – or rather, Kristen Wiig did. The Saturday Night Live legend impersonated the pop singer for a hilariously unscripted interview.
The Bridesmaids star, wearing a v-neck T-shirt, stylish suit and wild wig, spoke in her normal voice and struggled to answer Fallon's interview questions.
"Your accent is different in person," Fallon noted. "Because you know, you're not from America."
"I'm from … England!" Wiig replied with some coaxing.
Wiig also didn't seem to get the memo about One Direction's members meeting on The X Factor.
"We were at school, and it was one of those like, hey, I sing, and then everyone was just kind of like, let's go to Harry's house and start rehearsing," she explained, fumbling her way through 1D history. "And then we sent a tape to RCA, and they called my house."
One piece of trivia Wiig may have gotten right? She said that Styles uses two hairdryers – and given his enviably wind-swept mane, that could be plausible.
To close out the interview, Fallon asked "Harry" to sing "What Makes You Beautiful." The song has dominated the radio since its 2011 release, but it seems Wiig may have missed the catchy single. Aided by posters displaying the lyrics, she couldn't seem to get the tune right until Fallon jumped in for a duet. Watch the hilarious interview below:
Kristen Wiig Channels Harry Styles for Hilarious Jimmy Fallon Interview
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For Tyler Riggs, 11, of Metairie, the cast list for "Bye Bye Birdie,'' presented by the Jefferson Performing Arts Society, brought quite a bit of excitement
as he learned he would be playing "Albert Peterson," a role originated on
"Between 9 (a.m.) and 3 (p.m.) I'm Albert," the Holy Cross student said. For the rest of the day, "I'm Tyler."
The favorite part of camp for Riggs is "tech" week. "All that week, we run the show." Their first two performances are also held that week.
The production, by Jefferson Performing Arts Society's Summer Musical Theatre Intensive, will be at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 400 Phlox St. in Metairie, on July 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. each night and on July 28 at 3 p.m.
The theater intensive is a three-week program for third- through 12th-graders. It offers them the opportunity to work on a production with professional directors, conductors, choreographers and other experienced staff. Each child must audition a few weeks before the camp begins, but the parts they will play are not announced until their first day of camp.
Another Metairie resident, 12-year-old Allie Norvell, who plays "Kim's" mother, "Doris McAfee," said her favorite part of the program is learning the dances. She is also grateful for the experience the program is giving her. The St. Louis King of France student hopes to be a professional actress someday.
Her mother, Mary Ann Norvell, agrees that Allie is benefiting from the experiences the JPAS youth program offers its participants. "It expands her knowledge on all aspects of drama, from costuming to the director's point of view," Mary Ann Norvell said. "She gets a little bit of everything."
Although the children and staff put a lot of hard work and effort into the play, Mary Ann Norvell said the children also enjoy the opportunities for "down time" that are scheduled throughout the three weeks. Things like "pajama days" and "wacky hair days" are designed to relieve some of the pressure on the young performers. The children also enjoy craft time, when they make props for the set. "It's not strictly pushing them," Mary Ann Norvell said.
The mother of three is especially grateful for the self-confidence Allie is gaining, due to the program's positive atmosphere. Lynne L. Bordelon, director of youth programming and artistic administrative assistant for JPAS, attributes that atmosphere to the industry professionals who dedicate themselves to the program. "These pros give all of themselves and always go the extra mile. They create an environment that lends itself to learning, improving, and friendship," Bordelon said.
"Bye Bye, Birdie" is directed by Scott Sauber. Nicole Eckrich is the choreographer and Louise Labruyere is the musical director and conductor. The cast also includes Sophia Happoldt as "Kim McAfee," Michael Woods as "Conrad Birdie," Mia Ditta as "Rosie," Gracie Campbell as "Mama Mae Peterson," Ronnie Bergeron as "Harry McAfee": and Quinn Doskey as "Hugo Peabody."
Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, students, and the military, and $12 for children. They may be purchased at www.JPAS.org , by phone at 504.885.2000, or in person, at the JPAS office, 1118 Clearview Parkway.
Lakeshore Library
It is another busy week at Lakeshore Library, located at 1000 West Esplanade Ave. "Dinosaur bones" will be the theme for storytime, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on July 23. Video Game Night begins at 5:30 p.m. on July 24. It will feature "Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection," which is rated E for everyone.
On July 25, the Aqua Van will stop by with some visiting creatures for "A Day at the Beach" at 10:30 a.m. on July 27. Children may decorate picture frames during craft time at 10:30 a.m. on July 27. The library is also hosting a special showing of the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" at 2:30 p.m. The classic 1981 film is rated PG and stars Harrison Ford.
President's List
Congratulations to Metairie resident, Zulay Gricel Morales. Morales made the President's List for William Carey University for the spring trimester.
Elaine Binder is a Bucktown resident who writes stories of community interest. Please contact her at email@example.com or 504.296.1080.


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Forging Fiscal Reform: Constitutional Change, Public Policy, and the Creation of Administrative Capacity in Wisconsin, 1880-1920
Ajay K. Mehrotra
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Journal of Policy History, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 94-112, Winter 2008
Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 111
In 1911, Wisconsin became one of the first U.S. states to adopt an effectively administered income tax. Wisconsin reformers were able to overcome several institutional barriers to create the administrative capacity necessary to assess and collect a graduated income tax that in time raised significant revenue, but did not supplant the property tax. With this limited success, the Wisconsin income tax soon became a model for other states and even the national government. In this sense, Wisconsin was a leader in forging fiscal reform. Political activists, lawmakers, and other government actors in the Badger State led a turn-of-the-century property tax revolt when they sought to replace the aging, locally administered general property tax with a graduated income tax managed by a centralized, administrative bureaucracy.
This essay investigates how and why Wisconsin tax reformers were able to help build the administrative capacity to levy new forms of taxation but were unable to replace the property tax completely with a progressive tax on income. By confronting the entrenched power of political parties, state constitutional constraints, and cultural resistance to centralized authority, activists and lawmakers established an institutional beachhead for the subsequent development of a new fiscal order. The administrative reforms enacted as part of the 1911 income tax law dramatically changed the way Wisconsin managed the assessment and collection of taxes. The building of administrative capacity was thus a critical step in addressing the fiscal challenges of the time, in forging a new sense of fiscal citizenship, and in laying the foundation for the subsequent growth of the public sector.
This essay is part of a special issue of the Journal of Policy History on The Constitution and Public Policy in U.S. History, edited by Julian E. Zelizer and Bruce J. Schulman.
Keywords: U.S. political history, tax history, tax policy
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Organised by the URA in collaboration
with the Board of Architects (BOA),
National University of Singapore (NUS),
Real Estate Developers Association of
Singapore (REDAS) and the Singapore
Institute of Architects (SIA), the exhibition
features 65 outstanding developments,
found outside our city centre and
completed over the past four decades.
It is part of the URAs efforts to inculcate
an interest and appreciation among
the community of how good design
can transform and enrich our everyday
experiences, and strengthen our sense
of identity.
Singapore 1:1 Island was officially
opened by Ms Grace Fu, Minister of State
for National Development on 16 November
2007. It is a follow-up exhibition to
Singapore 1:1 City, which was launched
by President S R Nathan in 2005 to
commemorate Singapores 40th
anniversary as a nation. Then, 60 projects
completed in the Central Area in the
last 40 years were highlighted to portray
our citys architectural and urban
design uniqueness.
Singapore has often been likened to a 1:1
scale, life-sized gallery of fine and
outstanding architecture and urban design
works. In line with this notion, Singapore
1:1 Island serves as an archive of
significant buildings that represent
important milestones and achievements
in our historical and architectural
development. Featured projects symbolise
not just groundbreaking architectural
techniques or styles, but collectively form
a precious storehouse of fond memories
and rich meanings for us as a nation.
Ranging from prominent national
landmarks, favourite leisure hangouts to
our very own well-loved homes, the 65
projects were selected based on their
significance to Singapores history,
architectural merit and significance, as
well as their urban design quality. They
were jointly selected from some 270
nominations by a Selection Panel
comprising professionals in the
architectural, building and real estate
fraternity. The exhibition was curated by
Dr Wong Yunn Chii, who heads the
Department of Architecture at the NUS.
Through models, drawings, photographs,
conceptual sketches and recorded
interviews with our leading architects,
visitors experience a visual journey that
explores the dynamism of Singapore
architecture through three themes that
reflect our economic and social progress:
Provision/Production (1965 1975);
Communication/Connection (1976
1985) and Innovation/Distinction (1986
In addition to the 65 profiled projects,
the Singapore 1:1 Island exhibition also
features models of some of our citys
most highly-anticipated upcoming
developments, including the Marina Bay
Sands Integrated Resort, South Beach
and the School of the Arts.
The exhibition is held at the ground floor
atrium of The URA Centre at 45 Maxwell
Road from now until 31 March 2008. It
is open from Mondays to Fridays (9am to
7pm) and on Saturdays (9am to 5pm).
Admission is free.
Visitors to the exhibition at the URA Centre
may purchase a 342-page catalogue
containing detailed write-ups and more
visuals of each of the featured projects at
a promotional price of $29.90 until the
end of the exhibition. Special boxed sets
containing this and the earlier-produced
Singapore 1:1 City catalogue are also
on sale at $64.90.
For more details on the exhibition, please
visit www.ura.gov.sg/spore1_1/island.
Telok Blangah Electrical Substation
Designed as a low maintenance, simple and aesthetically pleasing
structure to house electrical equipment, this substation is a
concrete building clad in a curtain wall of solid and perforated
aluminium panels and adjustable glass louvres.
Toa Payoh Town Centre
Major amenities, such as an air-conditioned bus interchange,
supermarkets, a library and cinemas are located at the Town
Centre, which comprises 4-storey shophouses forming a halfkilometre
"L-shaped" shopping spine.
Arcadia Condominium
Inspired by the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon", Arcadia was designed
with vertical landscaping, having generous garden terraces on every
level, and with central courtyards within each block.
The 19-storey residential
block initiated a trend in
the use of glass curtain
walls and steel for the
domestic setting. Some
of its outstanding features
include the blue and
green glass colours and
colourful pop-out
Marine Parade Community Club
The building's leaf-like roof and its huge wall mural cladding
(which is a piece of commissioned artwork) makes this a
distinctive landmark.
Republic of Singapore Yacht Club
The 2-storey clubhouse has a traditional Minangkabau roof. Playing
up its nautical theme, the club escapes the conventionality of
other clubs by reinstating the grandeur of the sea-view as its
distinctive feature.
Singapore Indoor Stadium
As an object of prestige and discipline, the Stadium's pantadome diamondshaped
roof has qualities of modern and traditional Asian roofs typical of
temple architecture. The roof form and detailing diffuse direct solar
radiation and run-offs.
Tampines Neighbourhood 4
This was the first Design and Build competition project
organised by the Housing and Development Board with
the intention of providing private architects the opportunity
to offer innovative ways of designing public housing
projects. The winning design's brick-clad façades give the
precinct a strong presence and identity within the
surrounding context.
Ang Mo Kio Autopoint
This is Singapore's first multi-tiered integrated motor repair workshop. It
accommodates more than 100 motor workshops and auto-related retail shops.
Biopolis @ one-north
Biopolis is a research hub within one-north, whose vision is
that its collective environment forms the shape and space of
the future where architecture co-evolves with the culture of
work. Functionally, upper level linkages and a common-service-
supply basement provide an integrating factor.
Assyafaah Mosque
The design of this project affirms the prospect of modern creative invention
to connect cultural forms of the past, to validate its relevance and provide
continuity. The creative use of architectural elements and spatial
manipulations produced a climatically very responsive building.
East Coast Lagoon Food Village
The image of a "kampong" setting with pitched-roof open
pavilions, timber-decks, satay BBQ pits and open-air seats
provide a resort feel to the place.
Aramsa –
The Garden Spa
This project was the
National Park Board's
first attempt to integrate
a spa and wellnessa
facility into park land.
Instead of fencing or
walls, dense landscaping
and heavy foliage are
used to separate the spa
from the rest of the park.
Expo MRT Station
This MRT station comprises two sculptural roofs. The
open form of the station encourages airflow through the
building while the polished metal surfaces reflect daylight
onto the platforms and minimises the dependency on
artificial lighting.
Caribbean @ Keppel Bay
The 22 blocks of this condominium development sit on the 150-year-old
docks of Keppel Harbour, providing views of the water from
all apartments.
The Redemptorist Monastery
This building demonstrates how simple geometry can create
an elegant development. Highlights include its 3-storey
cylindrical design that consists of the refectory (dining
hall), library and chapel, garden courtyards and terraces.
Landscape elements of water and light features – along the harbourfront
promenade and the sky roof with wading pools – are creatively deployed
to draw and delight shoppers at Singapore's latest and largest lifestyle
and retail hub.


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Posted on 09/01/2013 4:18:05 AM PDT by Kaslin
I love Detroit. Although thats a minority opinion of late, its as true today as it was when I was growing up there. I never knew a vibrant, thriving Detroit, but Ive heard the stories and seen the pictures. Now its broke and desolate, looking for a way out, or at least a way back to even.
In that quest, many are turning their heads east, looking to Washington for a bailout, either in full or in part. The case they make is rife with moral hazard but steeped in emotion. Ignoring the horrible precedent and future liabilities it would open for taxpayers how do you save Detroit but not Chicago, Baltimore, Illinois or California? no lesson would be learned by politicians who empowered themselves with unkeepable promises, crony deals and corruption. And, more importantly, the residents of Detroit would not see the consequences of their blind loyalty to a political party they empowered to do this to them.
Pain must be felt. A price must be paid for this level of irresponsibility over that long of a time. No one is innocent in the death of Detroit; there are only varying levels of guilt in the city.
With a bailout (hopefully) off the table, another way must be found to dig out Detroit from the $18 billion debt-valanche under which the city finds itself. In looking forward it might be helpful to look backwards for some possible answers.
In its heyday, Detroit was a beautiful city with great buildings, a large geographic area with nearly 2 million people and an amazing art museum. Its heyday is long gone, but those things still exist and have value. Sure, in the cases of the buildings and land that value has diminished, but theres still some.
First, the buildings and land.
The old saying about land is true, They arent making any more of it. It has value. It could be sold off not to people/companies looking to build but to create new cities. This would free it from the corruption of Detroits government and the hindrance of its taxes/regulation.
The beauty of the architecture in downtown Detroit cannot be overstated. These are real buildings, not these prefabricated green ugly glass buildings being built today. These are the type that cant be built today not only because of regulations, but because of the cost is too high and the skills needed to make them have long since vanished.
Their value has diminished, and the public image of what it takes to open a business in Detroit from a tax perspective would have to be changed. But their appeal to growing, thriving businesses is possible. Huge, old, beautiful buildings at a bargain price, coupled with tax advantages and the caché of helping one of Americas greatest cities, could attract some serious companies. The workforce is there; the work just needs to be attracted.
But the real dent Detroit can make in its debt problems lies on Woodward Avenue across the street from my alma mater, Wayne State University The Detroit Institute of Arts. The DIA is not only a beautiful building, its filled with priceless works of art owned, in many cases, by the city.
In times of trouble an asset is an asset. The economy of Detroit may have crashed, but the art market certainly has not. There are billions of dollars hanging on the walls of a museum that doesnt get enough visitors to support itself or justify its continued existence.
If that sounds harsh, thats because it is. You can throw the best party ever, but if no one shows up, whats the point? Sure, occasional school groups from the region make the trip, but the building is generally uncrowded, to put it politely. Besides, the city is broke.
Closing the DIA and selling the art wont wipe out all of Detroits debt, but it could take out a large chunk.
Moreover, if the idea of selling these treasures is unappealing to some, particularly liberals, this would be a perfect opportunity for a liberal billionaire or two or three to step up and put their money where their mouth is. George Soros, Bill Gates or any number of mindbogglingly wealthy liberals could buy the art and leave it where it is. Progressive charitable trusts such as the Pew Charitable Trusts, which already have demonstrated a desire to seize art collections to which they werent invited when they stole the Barnes Foundation for the city of Philadelphia, could step up and put their billions to use.
They wont do it because thered be no return on that investment, which is the point. Having a world-class museum in a place no one visits is about as helpful as a horse on a boat. If no one or group of people are willing to practice what they preach, those masterpieces would be much better served hanging in a private collection where they will be appreciated than hanging in a museum where they are ignored.
Detroit is broke, and Detroit did it to itself. As such, a price must be paid to save itself. That price should include what anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation would have to do liquidate what you can to pay what you owe. The buildings and the land are easy, but the art is gonna hurt. And it should. Its where the money is; its also where part of the solution is.
The art collection at the DIA is estimated to be valued at $2.5 billion but, as The Washington Post reported, the exact value is impossible to determine because it is rare for so many valuable works to hit the auction block. The DIA has more than 60,000 works spanning centuries, with nearly 90 percent of the pieces in storage.
Nobody knows how much the paintings would fetch. But its more than the city has now. And thats the point.
MI ping.
(In Before The "I'd Buy That For A Dollar" Picture)
"The workforce is there; the work just needs to be attracted"
They would probably get much less than expected because as is said that many valuable works dont go up for sale at one time, so there just wouldnt be the money available to pay normal market prices for all of the collection.
It would be a fire sale which is appropriate; Detroit is burning down around the city governments ears while they fight over the ashes.
Sad to say, but the next time a minority group in this country proves itself capable of self-government will be the first time. Detroit will continue to rot away and be a good background set for apocalypse movies until the residents decide to make themselves and their city successful. In the meantime it will just be a place for the good-intentioned or conniving to exploit some government to throw more money into.
More work for bureaucrats who have failed to do that for the last 70 years or so. "Hey, bring jobs to Detroit and we will give you a tax break."
That'll work. /sarc
Detroit they always said, has a lot of potential. Selling off the works at the DIA will not directly solve the problem but it is a start and you are correct. No city wishes to relinquish her treasury of arts but Detroit does not have a choice. In order to facilitate such a program, an OUTSIDE contractor must be brought in to sell off the goods BUT the funds must be secured NOT BY city officials rather, held in a special redevelopment fund for the city.
The bottom line however must be significantly reducing the crime problems by pumping tons into the Police force so they can enforce and clean up the streets. Once the streets are safe, business will come in and the city will truly experience some kind of Renaissance. Until then, nobody wants to go or work there...
I would sell some of it but you've got to have an eye on the future. One suggestion I heard from Roger Penske recently was the possibility of privatizing the museum itself, selling some of the art and putting the rest into the federal system or even renting the art out to other museums. Penske said that selling the art is a little like selling the wheels off your car.
As far as the creditors are concerned, they are as guilty as the city council and unions. They kept loaning money with every intent of the feds stepping in and giving them a taxpayer funded bailout. I'm not completely unsympathetic. I would use an old school solution of turning over vacant properties to the creditors (tax free) and they will find a way of making them profitable. Oil and gas leases alone will amount to a sizable chunk of change. I would also go after the ill gotten gains of criminal city council members.
There is no hope for Detroit.
"The bottom line however must be significantly reducing the crime problems by pumping tons into the Police force so they can enforce and clean up the streets. Once the streets are safe, business will come in and the city will truly experience some kind of Renaissance. Until then, nobody wants to go or work there... "
Unless there are fundamental changes made any money received by selling off assets will be sucked up in very short order by the current corrupt city politicians and unions. So, I thinking why bother?
BTW I see from the local news this morning that Kevyn Orr has fired one of two pension fund managers.
The old saying about land is true, They arent making any more of it. It has value. It could be sold off not to people/companies looking to build but to create new cities. This would free it from the corruption of Detroits government and the hindrance of its taxes/regulation.
This is painfully naive. The land has no value precisely because of the people who live there and those who govern it.
Going into the not too distant future there will not be a need for so much land due to the worldwide drop in fertility rates.
There is plenty of land to be had in better governed jurisdictions.
I just read Detroit is about to demolish 4,000 structures.
That only leaves about 66,000 empty buildings and homes.
That's the point. The auction is held OUTSIDE of city officials control. They forfeited their right to a say on any matter a long time ago. No, it must be independent of the Detroit city council.
I'm either a dinosaur or dead and don't know it.
My comment is the same for the ironically, auto industry ...
As I age (and I assume as ALL age ... ) I tend to drift back to what used to be and ... really, really, and not for the sake of nostalgia ... believe it really WAS better back then (MY memories are 1950's-60's for the most part).
Detroit has some of the most beautiful architecture on the planet ... great and magnificent hotels, ballrooms, theaters .. and etcetera's.
SO too ... the automobiles of the 40's and 50's were beautiful examples of functional art.
Detroit needs an effort to repair and save the architecture of those 1920's and 30's.
Detroit should mass produce the 57 Chevy Bellaire.
Y'see ... can ANYone look into what the future appears to be heading and honestly .... intellectually honestly ... see an improvement in buildings (living and business) ??
Would you want a 57 with everything brand new and modern technology ?
Don't look to the future ... look to the past.
We'd BETTER if we want the future to be anything near what the past was ....
which I do.
There is no hope for the Detroit (Lions) as long as they are held in a death grip by the Ford family. The analogy to the city is clear. Once the evil (Fords or city council) clutches relinquish their control over the team (city) both will flourish. One is ownership and the other is administrative control.
The people of Detroit are welcome to do anything they wish to revitalize their city. So long as it does not cost this resident of Oklahoma one nickel.
The same could be said about the land under the Three Mile Island facility, or Chernobyl.
It would be interesting to see Detroit divided into several "towns". The towns could try different solutions to their various problems to see what works and what doesn't. It could be a learning opportunity for other communities that are about to follow Detroit over the cliff.
Attendance at the Tigers game in Detroit last night was over 40,000. I'd like to know how many were Detroit residents.
Detroit is run by democrats. Like they did before the civil war, before republicans freed the slaves, they will sell people into slavery for profit.
They could lift themselves up, bootstrap-wise, just as Cairo, Illinois has!
Bring in the Pickers.
Something like this?
My lib family stayed behind in Detroit. I got into it with them concerning the NEA. My argument is, if an piece of art is worthy an individual or a group should be willing to sponsor it.
In their twisted little socialist minds that meant "He hates art and wants to close all of the museums."
Smarty pants!
Detroit needs to retract the ideas which put it in its mess.
Coleman Young, Detroit's first black mayor, during his two decade run, did not allow any white people to open businesses within the Detroit city limits.
So, the whites moved their businesses to the suburbs. And took their jobs with them.
It was just a matter of time when the beautiful tree-lined streets would be dotted with burnt out houses.
So, what would be a solution for Detroit?
There need to be tax incentives and to people who will tear down the empty, abandoned houses and huge buildings which are beyond repair.
There need to be tax incentives and discounts to rebuild and bring in businesses.
There is a good start in downtown and you can drive around Detroit and see burnt out neighborhoods lined up right next to really nice areas.
A bridge between those areas would be to entice white businesses back.
The early 1900s saw the movement of the population of our nation from the countryside to the cities. This brought the belief in big government. Farmers and ranchers can weld. City dwellers can't. This makes the city dwellers frightened, and they turn to government to take care of them. Government can hire welders. The city-model is crumbling as the helpless city dwellers are taken advantage of by ruthless con men. Detroit is as it should be.
Detroit is the symbol of RAT policy.
Speaking of old and new. This guy offered to pay the million dollars back taxes on the old Packard plant but the law doesn't allow him to do it without going through an auction process so he'll probably get it for considerably less.
The architecture firm he's hired believes that 80% of the property is structurally sound and the developer wants to get in on the retro trend for high dollar apartments, shops, office space and what he hopes will be the nation's largest automotive museum. Really not a bad spot since its right across the highway from an existing Caddy plant with a lot of high paid executives who have expressed an interest.
I miss the J. L. Hudson Christmas Thanksging Parade, the Hudson Santa's Toyland window displays...
I strongly disagree.
America is shrinking, and China is growing.
China is going to overtake America in a very few years, if it hasn't already.
(suddenly, everyone is protecting themselves)
America is locked out of China. Not completely but we are. America has been manipulated into accepting unequal trade with China for far, far too long.
It is time to removed that.
It is time to truly compete. With China and with everyone
LEFTIST policies will not create a dynamic economy. If Obama has his way, all of America will look like Detroit.
Agenda 21 Detroit and dedicate the wild land to Black civil rights leaders and their white communist traitors who transformed it from a beautiful and wealthy city to a field of wild animals and weeds. Maybe they can spend their last million dollars on wild flower seeds...
Not gonna happen.
They'll waste the money made from selling the art.
I have no idea what happens, I guess the city keeps losing population until it's no longer very large.
Maybe at some point in the future some rich developer will buy it all up and rebuild it.
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