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If they want it so bad, have private companies pay 100% for all of it. Not just the bridge but the upgrades to surrounding infrastructure too
Stupid Connaughton and his Petroleum Institute buddies are destroying virginia one region at a time
by Tysons Engineer on Nov 26, 2012 8:32 am • link • report
Where does the revenue count come from? I thought the stores paid the fee when they bought bags, and then were required to collect the fee from patrons when they need a bag. If that's the way the revenue works, this means that stores are buying fewer bags in response to customers not using them.
Seems like the only people against the bag fee are a few nuts who see it as some affront to their essential liberty.
I'm not ok a new western bridge because I don't think its a good use of tax dollars to basically subsidize people who live in Rockville or gaithersburg but work in Tysons.
Yes a lot of freight moves across the Legion bridge but if you can get more people commuting in ways other than their cars then the freight bottle neck will begin to solve itself.
The VDOT bridge report is not a foregone conclusion because we don't know how many bridges they will recommend.Indeed. Though I'm pretty sure we can know in advance that it won't recommend any transit, since it's just based on measuring the volume of traffic and extrapolating out. Since there isn't any real transit there, it's pretty hard for there to be much transit ridership.
I know that I'm being somewhat selfish because I live in SS and many of my job opportunities are in Tysons, but it seems like decent connections between Tysons and Bethesda and the rest of the Purple Line corridor would be valuable on both sides of the river. Is anyone on either side willing to consider extending the Purple Line?
Until then, I'll just keep taking the metro all the way around and through DC...
by Gray's The Classics on Nov 26, 2012 9:38 am • link • report
The Potomac River is in Maryland, so the VDOT must defer to what Maryland is willing to do. Aside from the Nice expansion, Maryland SHA is also open adding lanes at the American Legion Bridge and light rail between Alexandria and Branch Avenue Metro.
Considering Loudoun is directly paying 300 million towards the Silverline it's citizens really don't want (passed by the skin of their teeth), and indirectly paying what, probably another billion or so via the 3 billion for the project funded by DTR tolls that Loudoun Drivers pay a large proportion of, all for a project that barely skirts their County, and most of them don't want, I think they are entitled to spend some transportation money in ways they see fit.
Only in the "smartgrowther" world can half of a project, 3 billion dollars be transfered from tolls on drivers who won't see one iota of benefit from the Silverline (per its own EA) to a train project, and you still aren't satisfied.
Perhaps you would know how Loudoun residents fee if Metro fares went up to raise 3 billion dollars for a road project?
So I have only myself to blame when VDOT does something completely unrelated to what MWAA built and financed? Gotcha.
Certainly LoCo needs state support. With its overcrowded schools, it could benefit from support for that. I think the general state support for business probably helps this county that has landed lots of new jobs. Its not clear to me that simply giving everyone transport dollars makes sense though. Of course the state dollars that went into the silver line are dollars that benefit LoCo.
Anyway, its not clear to me that LoCo citizens WANT another Potomac crossing. Certainly not one in eastern LoCo, where IIUC the Dulles area business/development community most wants it. Western LoCo? East of Rte 15? Does western LoCo, mostly resistant to development, want that?
Anyway, Md will have some say.
Seems to me like HOT/transit lanes across the legion bridge are the most likely solution, along with the Nice bridge.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 10:37 am • link • report
And that's what the Silver line is doing, more or less. It's just not additional road capacity. Which is smart, because roadways are going to be geometrically inefficient and can't support the kinds of intense land uses envisioned for the area.
So, if crossing the river is a problem, a good conceptual solution would be to 1) toll the crossings for cars. This will help manage demand, but it will also raise revenue. If the demand is indeed so strong that additional capacity is needed (even with the toll), then you 2) build a high capacity transit line nearby. For the Legion bridge, this could be extending the Purple line from Bethesda to Tysons. It could be dedicated bus facilities across the bridge and into feeder networks on both sides of the river. For bridges closer to the core, it could be about the separated blue line.
Transit benefits more than just the transit users - it's that simple.
someone driving to a LoCo silver line station is still "car dependent" but is also taking advantage of a high capacity way to deal with congested east-west routes. intracounty commuting, day to day errands etc, are likely to stay more conventionally car dependent - but its not clear what a new crossing does for that. The main purpose of a new crossing to eastern LoCo would be to make it easier for firms in eastern LoCo to attract employees who live in upper MoCo. Im not sure the residents of eastern LoCo value that much, or that MoCo does. Certain FFX has every reason to not want to see that.
@Alex - good luck pushing for tolling the existing lanes. I dont expect to see that. More likely will be an extension of the Express/HOT lanes into MoCo - which will BE both a tolled lane AND a transit lane (buses free in the Express Lane) An extended Purple Line would serve different parts of MoCo (the more urbanized parts of lower MoCo) and could complement that.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:06 am • link • report
It is where most of the population growth will occur. One of the best places for a new bridge is to extend rt. 28, which is in Loudoun County. I'd bet a case of Wonka chocolate bars that local resistance to a new bridge in McLean and Great Falls would thwart any proposed bridge in those places.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:10 am • link • report
the parts of LoCo along the river there are also already built up, and would also resist.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:11 am • link • report
Only if people use it. In the outlying exurbs such as Loudon County, it isn't viable.
I'll rephrase to say that we shouldn't be focused as much as we are.
While a new bridge in Loudoun would be "great" for them the rest of the region wouldn't see as much ancillary benefit as transit focused crossing downriver would benefit Loudoun.
That said, Loudoun seems to at least have the political will to do it so that's probably what will happen eventually.
I still think its silly that when we have people who live in Gaithersburg but work in Tysons or further west they think its worth it to spend billions to make the commutes of a relative few easier. That's a huge subsidy for a ridiculous commute.
I think you missed my point.
LC residents do not have to use transit in order to benefit from it. If FFX residents are the only ones to use the Silver line, that's OK - it still benefits LC residents, because that means those FFX folks aren't driving, and therefore aren't congesting the roads.
So, yes, people need to use transit. But those people that use transit do not need to be LC residents for LC residents to benefit.
Hm, this is not where the push is coming from. First of all, people in G'burg do not decide how VA spends its transportation dollars. The push is from business interests -- developers -- that recognize that traffic in VA is throttling their expansion and profitability. And also from residents that contend with the rt 7 parking lot every day.
There are currently, NOW, people who use express buses from LoCo to Pentagon and to DC. I think also to WFC metro. They are auto dependent only in the sense that their first mile is typically auto. Many of them will use the Silver line - not so much to commute to DC (too far) but to get to N Arlington and esp to Tysons, with the Dulles TR remaining congested and getting more expensive. The presence of stations in LoCo will also support the focusing of neourban growth at genuine TOD sites. many of the folks liivng there will still commute by SOV (to elsewhere in LoCo) but will probably walk/bike more in day to day errands.
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by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:32 am • link • report
Looks like Macerich just landed Intelsat - for TYSONS. Talking about Virginia being throttled overlooks the competition between Tysons and the Reston-LoCo end of the Dulles corridor.
As for Rte 7 - how many of those folks are headed to upper Loco? If they are going to lower MoCo, adding capacity AT the legion bridge makes more sense, and if they are not going to MoCo at all, then adding crossings is not relevant.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:34 am • link • report
That isn't germane to the question of how to best improve mobility across the potomac however.
I'm not offering up some manifesto about how people use Metro, I am merely debunking the idea that the only beneficiaries of transit are transit users (and the corollary to that idea, that toll revenues should only go back to that road improvements).
I thought the complaint was about LC users having to pay tolls? If they're driving to park and ride stations, they're not paying tolls. That's my point.
Even if they do drive in and pay the tolls, they will benefit from others who will choose transit.
If more capacity is needed, the place to focus is expansion of the existing crossings. MD SHA has initiated a small "beltway widening" study, and would probably be open to expanding the connections to the three existing bridges connecting Loudoun to Maryland.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:42 am • link • report
That'd be my preference as well. Let's use all this energy we've used on talking about some magical western bridge towards writing our elected officials about the need for a separated blue line.
Transit does not do everything. In the spoke-and-wheels transportation network, the Metro is the spokes. The bridge is a wheel. To keep on saying that "we should build more metro" is like saying we will relieve traffic in Houston by building more subways in NYC.
Are you saying the Legion bridge cannot be widened? On what basis?
And of course to the extent that many folks coming into NoVa on the Legion bridge are people who live in Lower MoCo and working in Tysons, an extended Purple line should shift a good portion of them off the bridge.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:50 am • link • report
We're not comparing places thousands of miles away. We're saying that people who live in LC and yet work in any jurisdiction to the east benefit from transit even if they don't personally use it.
Moreover, many current problems can be solved or mitigated by adding a transit element there.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 11:51 am • link • report
Don't forget about the support for the Silver Line from the LoCo Chamber of Commerce. LoCo has a long history of being business-friendly and listening to their CoC, so no huge surprise the all-GOP board voted for it since they don't want to be seen as anti-business.
Approximately zero. At least for any northern crossing that would impact MoCo's agriculture preserve. It's not even so much about the ag preserve but more about the longstanding dislike between MD/VA.
Of greater likelihood than a Potomac crossing is a an old school duel between O'Malley and McDonnell. I'm not kidding as one could see how their war of words, which has already escalated to a challenge of a "push-ups contest" could lead to a duel:
But consider the commute: By Google maps, this trip is 42 miles and takes 56 minutes. If there was a bridge at the end of Rt28, the time and distance would be one-third of that.
The beltway crossing is a bottleneck connection VA and Md. It chokes off much of the growth in both places. The silver line only works for people that are going toward DC; the bridge is for people going perpendicular to that direction.
Regarding the Ag preserve: given the growth patterns, it won't last forever. Sooner or later people will realize that it is costing them dearly for the sake of quaint nostalgia. Even the "smart growthers" will recognize that it will become a huge dead zone in the middle of the metropolitan transportation network, and recognize that its time and usefulness has passed.
Of course those folks are busy with Silver line, purple line and MoCo BRT, but it seems to me like a successful high capacity transit link between Tysons and Bethesda would be game over politically for any projects/interests that don't comport with the urbanization project this blog/CSG and others represent. To use goldfish's example, aren't there developers who would love to attract Ashburn residents or Germantown jobs?
A. Why is a commute of 42 miles reasonable? Granted it would be less mileage with the presence of a new bridge. Still that's asking for a massive subsidy for a relative few number of people considering,
B. the presence of the silver line doesn't really matter in this specific instance. But it does matter in how the land use and the commuting patterns for most people there.
C. I won't dispute that there is a bottle neck at 495. I think either tolling the existing capacity, adding transit near there or both would provide a far better ROI than building a bridge to satisfy a commuting pattern that is pretty unreasonable in the first place.
D. If I lived in Ashburn but worked in Germantown I'd start to do everything I could to figure out how I could either move my home or my job. All things being equal.
thats a handful of people. average commute for LoCo residentrs is half an hour. Most LoCo residents work in LoCo or in Fairfax, not in Maryland, especially not in upper MoCo (I bet there are a lot more LoCo residents who work in DC than in upper MoCo)
This simply isnt a priority for most of the 1.5 million in FFX and Loudoun (and is actively a negative for FFX, arguably)
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 12:46 pm • link • report
right now, FFX and MoCo are studying the crossing issue. While the Purple line extension may make sense eventually - AFTER its built in MD and we see how its working, and after Tysons is further along the road to being a WUP - for now I suspect whats most likely is a HOT lane extension (tolling the new lanes ONLY) across the Legion bridge - it would tie in to the Va HOT lanes, it could tie to the existing Md HOV lanes, and it could leverage the MoCo BRT system. And it would represent a compromise between the modes/development approaches.
by AWalkerInTheCity on Nov 26, 2012 12:49 pm • link • report
"A few commuters" who BTW help subsidize Metro, which they can't all use. The people who begrudge every penny spent on roads always seem to forget that.
But consider the commute: By Google maps, this trip is 42 miles and takes 56 minutes. If there was a bridge at the end of Rt28, the time and distance would be one-third of that.
This is true, but the traffic studies tell us there are very few people making this commute. And the reason very few people make this commute is that it is long and sucks. On average people have a threshold of 30-45 minutes for driving commutes - they don't just choose jobs and housing randomly. So building a road bridge won't alleviate traffic much (because few people would be moved out of existing traffic) but it would create a bunch more traffic on the new bridge and the segments connecting it (because that driving commute is now easier).
Face it, most of the traffic is not through-traffic, nor is it people who commute from Ashburn-Germantown and have to drive in to use the beltway. Most of the traffic consists of people who live or work in the built-up areas close to the beltway and so the beltway is the best way to go regardless or whether you build another auto crossing. The best way to alleviate traffic on the beltway would be to connect these built up places with transit (like the purple line between Bethesda and Tysons) and give a bunch of commuters the option to avoid that traffic on transit.
all residents of FFX subsidize metro (and not those in LoCo will subsidize the Silver Line). Very, very few of those are people who commute to upper MoCo.
So by cutting the commuting times, another bridge would double the number of job opportunities for around a million people.
er, no. A. it wouldnt add to job opportunities for folks from about 3/4 of FFX county, who would still be more likely to take the beltway to a job in upper MoCo. Adding capacity AT the Legion bridge would do more to add to their ability to work in Maryland. B. It would not "double" job opportunities for folks LoCo or western FFX - they would still be likely to take the Beltway to jobs in Lower MoCo, which IIUC is where the majority of MoCo jobs are. They too would benefit more from additional capacity at/near the Legion Bridge. Anyway, there arent as many jobs in MoCo overall as in NoVa, so its not doubling even if it WERE the only way to MoCo from NoVa - which it is not.
1. The Potomac River is in Washington D.C. and Maryland so Virginia has no right to build anything, or to modify any of the current crossings, except for the Wilson Bridge (although they would need the consent of MD).
2. Maryland, and especially Montgomery County (where the bridge would likely go), don't share Virginia's pro-sprawl, highway-complex. Loudoun has a clear path to becoming a sprawling suburban wasteland like Fairfax is now, yet instead of trying to curtail that by reigning in the sprawl, and promoting smart growth and transit-oriented development, the county/state actually wants to encourage it. That was especially apparent when Loudoun tried to kill the Silver Line.
3. Even if Maryland/Montgomery County did share Virginia/LC's 1950's mindset, they don't have the money for any large scale transportation projects, such as a new crossing anyways. They don't even have the money to build what they actually want to build (Purple Line light rail, the CCT, and a BRT system). The taxpayers would balk at billions revenue being wasted for a new bridge.
4. The highway connecting the bridge on the Maryland side would likely extend from I-370, meaning that they would have to bulldoze through parkland and the Mansion communities of North Potomac, a move that the county would never approve and would cause the deep-pocketed residents to revolt.
5. The bridge has little benefit other than providing a faster trip to Dulles Airport for residents of Gaithersburg/Germantown/Rockville, which would hurt BWI. The largest job hub by far in Northern Virginia is Tysons Corner, and after that it would be the Pentagon. The Beltway would provide a faster trip to either, especially with the new HOT lanes.
It certainly would create more job access for some people by making certain commutes shorter. And it would also create a bunch of traffic along existing routes as well.
Nobody's saying roads don't create any development or have any positive benefits. Of course they do - otherwise there would be no induced demand. What we are saying is that the negative impacts of some road projects (more car traffic/pollution/GHG along certain routes, inefficient land use, etc) outweigh the positive benefits. And we are also saying that transit provides plenty of those positive benefits (reduced traffic along certain routes, more job access) with many fewer negative effects.
While it may be true that the ag preserve doesn't last forever, marylanders will collectively puke in their mouth if it dies for the benefit of Virginians or Marylanders so traitorous as to step foot in Virginia. These are two states who recently had to have a dispute over using water in the Potomac River settled by the US Supreme Court because they are still arguing over a treaty from the 1600s.
Spoken as someone who's spent virtually all their life living in MD and VA.
Let's toll the legion bridge and see how much demand there really is.
Fairfax looks like 1950s sprawl because it had a 1950s mindset, in, well, the 1950. And I suppose the 1960s and 1970s as well.
Today FFX county is supporting transit and TOD (and yes, selective highway widening paid by tolls and useable by HOV and transit buses) I fail to see that MoCo is decisively more supportive of the new paradigm than FFX is (and of course neither has gone as far as Arlington County )
From what I've seen, Montgomery County has made a strong effort to promote smart growth and transit-oriented development over the past decade or so.
With the exception of Clarksburg (which continues to propagate sprawling subdivisions), the vast majority of new current and future residential developments in Mont. County have been built/will be built around transit (Metro or MARC) in established urban hubs such as Silver Spring, Rockville, and Bethesda, or in new developments such as Crowne Farm, White Flint, Watkins Mill Town Center, or the Science City.
Besides sterile Reston, what has Fairfax done to promote smart growth? No, Tysons doesn't count, since it's not an urban area, despite some claims to the contrary. It's a non-walkable, very car-centric, glorified office park with a huge shopping mall in the middle. The Silver Line is supposedly supposed to change that, but it's a tall order.
I definitely agree that Arlington County has taken the best approach to development of all the suburban counties, but it's much easier when the "county" is so small and dense that it's actually a city. They have had their own slip ups though (see: Crystal City, and "we-close-at-7pm" Rosslyn)
Fresh from ruining American democracy, Evil islamo-fascist sympathizer Nate Silver has turned his nefarious mind to this very topic.
And I'll disagree with you on Tysons. I'd say it is urban. Just a crappy form of it. But I think the Tysons comp plan is very promising.
As a result of decisions made decades ago, which FFX is herorically trying to transform. This doesnt really differ that much from what MoCo is trying to do with the White Flint area, also centered on a mall. Yes, WF already HAS a metro station, but again, thats a result of decisions made in the 1960s, not different approaches today.
But for other areas where transformation is well underway - look at Dunn Loring/Mosaic, at MetroWest near Vienna. To some extent near Huntington metro. Where its planned - look at Springfield mall, and at baileys crossroads. As for Reston, sterile or not, its increasing dense and transit oriented. I don't find it any more sterile than any other new from scratch TOD. MoCo happens to have more older places - thats due to 19th and early 20th d settlement patterns, not to better 21st century planning. And to some extend FFX answer to bethesda and Silver Spring IS arlington county, which for historical reasons is a seperate jurisdiction.
And as for "slip ups" again you are talking about the result of decisions made decades ago.
Stop thinking about road problems, or transportation problems, and start thinking -- to quote the Charter of the New Urbanism -- about "one interrelated community-building challenge."
* No one has yet mentioned that an upriver Potomac crossing would induce sprawl, particularly if the MoCo ag preserve is paved, that would threaten drinking water quality for several million people
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And you know that, because...?
However, enforcement has been going on for two years now and fines have been levied, along with a great deal of education for the businesses. Customers can also report businesses that aren't charging the fee directly to DDOE's tip line. The link is on http://DDOE.dc.gov.
We do know from trash traps on streams feeding the Anacostia River that fewer plastic bags are littering the streams, which is the intent of the law. So just based on that data, we know the fee is working.
There are businesses that don't charge for plastic bags. The Giant in Van Ness is one. They put some meat in a plastic bag, after I saw it I said I didn't need it, or you should charge me, but the cashier looked at me in a way that I could tell that she was just doing what she was told. That happens a lot there. Also, Harris Teeter does it, and Safeway too sometimes. I'm not saying always, but they will plastic bag produce and meat and not charge.
But I agree, overall, it is working! And we should be happy, while not lagging in the effort to enforce it.
There are definitely a lot of stores still not charging correctly (I'm looking at you, Piney Branch Safeway)--I definitely encourage you to send it to DDOE (http://ddoe.dc.gov/baglawtip) and let them check it out.
Really? Do you live/work in those areas? Have you ever? Have you studied area commuting patterns?
Please. Dig up this "data" you mention. Do us the favor. You like to have the last word, so let's see how badly this time around. Should be interesting.
I do occasionally say something to management if given a plastic bag at no cost (apart from produce or meat), and to the cashier, but it's hard to do much 'educatin' in a two minute conversation. I've reached out to other channels as well. Thanks for the link to DDOE (overburdened as it is!), it's good to have it here to come back to.
I live in Fairfax county, and have for years, and I've worked in fairfax in the past, and have friends around NoVa.
Even if that number of people is significant. Is it a better use of resources to build a new bridge for that number of commuters or rather continuing improving the network we have and making the more traditional commute easier which will relieve pressure for those doing the odd commute.
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That said, Jim Harbaugh made the right move, because Kaepernick is in a good position. For one, the young signal-caller showed impressive confidence against the Chicago Bears, and secondly, he faces a weak Saints defense in Week 12.
What's also important is to see if Kaepernick can play at a consistently high level. One game may say a lot—however, performing well on a weekly basis says much more about a quarterback.
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The bottom receiver is key to this as well, because he gets inside leverage on the corner, who ends up getting depth and coming up late to the pass.
The next pass we see is an excellent combination of arm strength, accuracy and touch on the ball. Kaepernick reads the blitz but doesn't panic as he takes the shotgun snap.
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New Orleans has also recorded only seven interceptions and has given up 21 passing touchdowns: Tied for the most in the NFL (New England). Still, when we're comparing defenses, there isn't one similarity between the Bears and the Saints.
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A Grand Tour of Gardens
Traveling in Beauty through Western Europe and the United States
Publication Year: 2012
Published by: University of South Carolina Press
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My family and friends have inspired me to bring my Charleston Mercury articles together as a book. First, I am deeply appreciative to the editor of the Charleston Mercury, Charles Waring, who granted permission for the use of my travel essays. My husband, Professor Fred LeClercq, has been an indispensable travel partner. ...
Prologue [Color plates follow page 2]
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Many of the essays gathered here were published originally in the Charleston Mercury, a news paper published twice a month; I have served as news paper's chief garden and travel correspondent since 2004. My husband, Fred LeClercq, and I have traveled frequently in Europe, with gardens and art as a major focus. ...
Part 1: An Overview: Visiting and Enjoying Gardens
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Visiting and enjoying gardens is a trea sured inheritance that came to me from my mother, Emily Whaley. She summed up her garden lore in her book, Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden. Her insights and rules for creating and perfecting her own garden became mine as I conversed, gardened, and spoke to different groups with her over the years. ...
Gardening as Art and Entertainment
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Create a garden, and you are instantly immersed in an entertaining and artistic experience. You become enveloped by the sense of sight, sound, touch, and smell. A garden is a delight to the eye, allowing our spirits to soar through deftly controlled spaces. A tuneful garden echoes with the sound of water, birds, frogs, and wind. ...
Rules of the Road When Traveling and a Visit to Dunrobin Garden
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Indeed it is a challenge for an American to stay on the left-hand side of the road in Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland. The deeper question is how does one arrange a harmonious trip? We are all so used to our daily work and home patterns that a trip can pose significant challenges that might ruin the anticipated adventure. ...
Part 2: Italian Gardens: From Renaissance Inspiration to Romantic Intuition
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Italian gardens find inspiration from the classical model of Rome as revitalized by the Renaissance. In the following ten essays we visit every part of the Italian peninsula, from Sicily in the south to Lakes Como and Maggiore in the north. Italian gardens epitomize a mood of clarity and potency. ...
Finding Inspiration and Art in the Gardens of Palermo, Sicily
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March comes in like a lion, and in Sicily torrents of rain, high winds, and snow proved the proverbial nostrum to be true. Fred and I arrived in Rome, rented a car, and headed to Naples to take the ferryboat overnight from Naples to Palermo, Sicily. That evening we boarded a huge ferry loaded with tractor-trailer rigs and found our snug cabin. ...
Visiting Shops and Gardens on Lake Como
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There has always been something elusive to me about summertime. I remember packing my bags for Camp Pinnacle when I was sixteen and stashing over ten novels into vacant corners in the suitcase. As we grow older, those days of summer fun, summer innocence, and summer leisure seem to disappear. ...
Italy: Gardening and Dining by the Sea
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Gardens by the sea have special challenges. Wind, salt spray, sun, and aridity allow only the hardiest plants a chance to grow and flourish. Italy with its extensive coast line has a long history of gardens by the sea. On a recent trip we enjoyed four special gardens, all on seaside promontories. Each had a veranda for dining. ...
Discovering Lucca, an Italian Walled City
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Plain black shoes just do not do it in Lucca, Italy. Everywhere I looked there were stylish Italian ladies in pink silk shirts and pink leather walking shoes, or green turtlenecks and green high-heels. Long ago my son, Ben LeClercq, advised me to spare the white tennis shoes in Paris or be identified immediately as an American, sans gout. ...
Ninfa: A Romantic Italian Garden
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South of Rome and north of Naples, the garden of Ninfa is situated below the escarpment of Norma and the Lepini Mountains. It has been described as a Medieval Pompeii. The garden was laid out in the 1920s among the ruins of the small medieval town of Ninfa founded in the eighth century. ...
The Amalfi Coast: Positano, Ravello, and Capri
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I recall so vividly sitting in Positano on a promontory under a lemon-scented arbor, and watching a luminous pink and gray Mediterranean ocean. The air was scented with jessamine and orange blossoms, while my eyes were bedazzled by the red and violet hues of bougainvillea and geraniums. ...
Italian Renaissance Gardens: A Day Trip from Rome
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I inherited a love for Italianate gardens from my great-aunt Emily Roosevelt, whose garden at Gippy Plantation, in Berkeley County, South Carolina, had all the elements of an Italian garden. Emily had traveled in Italy and brought back graceful urns and dignified marble statues of Mercury, Diana, and Venus. ...
Visiting Gardens near Florence: Villa Le Balze, Villa Gamberaia, Villa I Tatti, the Boboli Gardens, and La Pietra
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The Boboli Gardens in Florence form a magnificent public space. Boboli is an old Italian word for forest. Begun in 1549 by Duke Cosimo de' Medici and his wife, Eleonora di Toledo, the garden is grand in scale and very much a part of the Pitti Palace. Entry through the Pitti Palace leads into a spreading amphitheatre ...
Tuscan Gardens: Villa Chigi Cetinale and Villa La Foce
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In May the sopes of Mt. Amiata near Siena look like a checkerboard with patches of deep green fields beside the lighter green of newly mowed swathes of grass. White dirt roads, edged by black green cypress, snake up the hillsides, beckoning one to explore the unknown. ...
A Tale of Two Cities: Taormina and Venice
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Several years ago, while visiting my son Kershaw LeClercq at the Leysin School in Switzerland, I discovered why my suitcase was unexpectedly heavy—my mother, Emily Whaley, had selected several small marble stones from a roadway for the stream in her "secret" garden in Charleston and stuffed them in my suitcase! ...
Part 3: Switzerland: The Art of Seasonal Gardening
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Idiscovered Switzerland through the American School in Leysin, a mountaintop haven above Lausanne and Lake Geneva. Each summer students from all over the world gather to learn French and to enjoy hiking and biking across mountain pastures and slopes. ...
Summer Gardens in Switzerland
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You might say that all of Switzerland is a garden. Its cow-filled pastures stretch green and velvety as far as the eye can see. Yellow, pink, blue, and violet flowers be deck this green sward. As I walked through these pastures, I asked myself, "When did weeds become flowers?" ...
The Swiss Alps in July, with a Surprise Visit to Lake Maggiore, Italy
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For a wordsmith it is perplexing, even irritating, to suggest that there are times when words fail. We all know those times: intense grief, overwhelming happiness, great beauty. The last is the predicament I touch on here. Place: Faulensee, Switzerland, on the Thunersee. In front of me are the magnificent mountains of the Bernese Oberland ...
Part 4: French Classical Elegance
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French gardens have an elegance that is reminiscent of a beautiful Persian rug or an intricately embroidered lace tablecloth. The inspiration for these patterned gardens stems from André Le Nôtre (1613–1700) and his garden creations for French royalty in the seventeenth century. ...
The Joy of French Gardens: From the Dordogne to the Île de France
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From the giant landscapes of André Le Nôtre at Versailles and Vaux-le-Vicomte to the small public gardens in every town, French flair with color and design inspires a feeling of joy. A visit to French gardens provides the fun of exploring the widely diverse geography and climate of France. ...
Monet's Garden
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Finding Giverny from routes other than Paris can be a challenge. We had spent the previous night in Chartres to enjoy the exquisite stained glass windows of this 1193 cathedral. We then headed north to Dreux and Evreux, both in the direction of the Seine River. France in early spring is a checkerboard of plowed fields, brilliant green fields of wheat, ...
France: In Our Own Car [Color plates follow page 74]
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My great-grand aunt, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sinkler Coxe (1843–1918), journeyed to Provence from Paris "in her own car" in 1902 accompanied by her brother Wharton Sinkler of Philadelphia; her son, Eckley Brinton Coxe, of Drifton, Pennsylvania; and her two eighteen-year-old nieces, Emily Sinkler of Belvidere Plantation, South Carolina, ...
The Atlantic Coast of France: Off the Beaten Track
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I know the sour side of the French, the Parisian waiters who denigrate my Charleston-accented French! How delightful then to discover that off the beaten track there are happy, smiling, accepting French. The virtues of French culture were on display during a recent June visit to the Atlantic coastal region. ...
Part 5: A Plantsman's Paradise: England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland
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The British Isles are redolent with bloom from early spring to late autumn. In the following essays we visit gardens as far north as Dunrobin in Scotland and as far south as Muckross in Killarney, on the most westerly tip of Ireland. When I think of gardens in the British Isles, I think of color. ...
Chewton Glen and Exbury Garden, England
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Chewton Glen in Hampshire, England, is recommended by the Relais and Château Hotel group. It is much more than an elegant place to stay; it is a great destination for visiting England in May to relish the sweet smells of lilacs and wisteria and to witness the colorful abundance of rhododendron and wild azaleas. ...
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Buscot Park, and Waddesdon Manor, England
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Elegance is a term that has multiple and sometimes diverse definitions. It generally implies a quality of being refined, stylish, or, perhaps, in the fashion of the day. But elegance can also imply a sublime level of comfort and an inviting freshness. Such a comparison might be made between Waddesdon Manor, the 1877 chateau of Ferdinand de Rothschild ...
Stourhead and the Danesfield House Hotel, England
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London is surrounded by exquisite estates where the countryside has been landscaped to include towering trees, rhododendron in profusion, and lakes that mirror the sky and temples. We were lucky to find the best of these, Stourhead, for a walk in an ideal setting during May. ...
Gravetye Manor and William Robinson, England
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The "wild" meadow that fronts Gravetye Manor was at the heart of William Robinson's vision of a natural yet cultured landscape. I was meandering down a grassmown trail to the lake edge. A carpet of iridescent bluebells spread under the blooming apple trees, all redolent with the sweet aroma of May. ...
West Dean Gardens and Lainston House Hotel, England
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May in England is a time when lilacs bloom in a sweet profusion of white, lavender, and purple. We drove across the Sussex Downs from the gardens of West Dean. On the other side of Winchester, we came to Lainston House, a substantial fifty-bedroom brick mansion of the William and Mary era. ...
Mapperton House, Montacute House, and Barrington Court, England [Color plates follow page 98]
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Never underestimate the time it will take to find your destination when driving on English country lanes. From the chalk cliffs on the English Channel to the Quantock Hills at Taunton, Wessex, there is a diverse region of moors and hillsides. We set out one sunny day for the Devon coast in Torquay and the Palace Hotel, ...
Newby Hall, Castle Howard, and Middlethorpe Hall, England
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What makes English gardens so redolent with sweet blooms? Each of us has an answer, including such things as soil, sun and rain, plant selection, and a long tradition of gardening. My answer was found on a bright day in Newby Hall garden in Yorkshire, England. My answer that day was gardeners. ...
Levens Hall and Sharrow Bay Hotel, England
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Levens Hall, in the Lake District of England, is a house and garden with a seventeeth-century feel. We entered Levens through a gate and were amazed by the flock of Bagot goats with their brown necks and faces. The gardens merge imperceptibly with the surrounding pastures, protected from the grazing herds of brown cows by a moat called a haw-haw. ...
Edinburgh and Prestonfield House, Scotland: A Base for Discovering the Borders
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Scotland fascinates Americans. It is a heritage that includes men wearing kilts, the male bonding of the haggis ceremony, and the eerie lilt of song and bagpipe. It is also a country that bursts with beautiful gardens, verdant golf courses, and vintage castles. ...
Broughton House, Culzean Castle, and Hill House, Scotland
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Our trip began in beautiful Galloway at Kirkcudbright, where we stayed at the Selkirk Arms. Gusty winds, downpours, black skies, and a penetrating cold had blown in from the sea. The inn had a bright coal fire, and in June! The next day in sunnier weather we toured lovely Broughton House, the home of the Scottish artist Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933). ...
July Gardens in Scotland
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pp. 112-114
Travelers abroad are hoping for inspiration. I am always looking for gardening tips that I can incorporate into my own garden, which sits on a hillside peninsula at Lake Summit, in Tuxedo, North Carolina. Whether it is an old-fashioned patterned garden, an Arts and Crafts walled garden, a landscape garden, ...
"Oh, My Ireland of Dreams!"
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Memories of Ireland fueled the explosion of nostalgic songs that tell of American Irish yearning for their homeland. Hum along to the tune of "Methuselah": "Methuselah, Methuselah, your warm arms are saying that death is a dream and love is forever . . ."; or sing Danny Boy, ...
Bodysgallen, Bodnant, and Powis Castle, Wales
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Just when I feel that I have learned all there is to know about the English language, I come upon Welsh, where "ll" is pronounced as a "cl." Wales is unique, with its ancient flavorful Celtic language, sympathetic and friendly people, and rolling, sheep-filled green pastures. ...
Part 6: Germany: From the Island of Rügen to the Bavarian Mountains
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I learned to love Germany, its diverse landscape, and its welcoming people while living there in the spring of 1992. Our base was Bonn, which was still the capital of Germany and which was where my husband, Fred, was teaching law at Kaiser Wilhelm University. ...
Inspiration for a Fall Garden: Insel Mainau and Lake Constance
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Fall in North Carolina is apple-picking and dahlia season. My own garden comes to fruition with lavender, gold, red, and yellow dahlias of all sizes. Facing south, it is backed by a granite stone wall. In winter the southeast exposure to sun creates a microclimate so the bulbs come back season after season. ...
A Summer Visit to the Island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea [Color plates follow page 130]
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When the weather is hot and humid in Charleston, the question often arises as to where to go for a cool and refreshing visit. Many Charlestonians flock to Flat Rock, Saluda, Blowing Rock, Aspen, or Maine. If the goal is to practice a foreign language and take in a different culture, northern Germany, and especially the island of Rügen, should be considered. ...
Berlin: The Heart of the New Germany
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I have had the good luck to watch Berlin become one city and begin to shine. In the process it has been a city under intense construction with dug-up streets, monuments in various stages of rehabilitation, and shining new glass towers next to ugly, cheaply constructed structures of the Communist regime. ...
Germany: Schloss Linderhof, Ettal Cloister, and Oberammergau
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From time to time, I have the pleasure of seeing the humdrum parts of my life in a startling new light. Sometimes an old voice sounds like the first time I heard it, or the ten thousandth view from my back porch reveals a new bird's nest. So it is with travel. Going back in a different season to the same old place brings entirely new sights and feelings. ...
Part 7: Iberia: The Moorish Influence
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The gardens of southern Spain reflect their Moorish influence, aridity, and the imaginative use of water. The gardens of the island of Madeira evoke its year-round temperate climate and its remoteness in the Atlantic Ocean from the Iberian peninsula and the African continent. ...
Christmas in Majorca
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East wind, gray skies, and chilly December days in Charleston make me long for an adventure in the sun. The island of Majorca, a part of Spain in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, has held a fascination for me since reading George Sand's A Winter in Majorca. The island is bucolic, filled with groves of orange and lemon trees. ...
The Spanish Costa del Sol: Marbella Club Hotel and a Side Trip to Granada
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We arrived at the Malaga train station from Madrid on a fast Talgo train called Ave. The train pummeled through the black night, while the twinkling lights of homes disappeared instantly. We found our rental car and were off in the fresh night air for the Marbella Club Hotel on the Spanish Costa del Sol, an oasis by the sea. ...
Traveling to Madeira
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One blustery gray day in March we set off for Lisbon and Madeira. We were traveling in the footsteps of my great-grand aunt, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sinkler Coxe. Her trip had begun in February of 1902, on a slow steamer from New York City, with a brief layover in Madeira for refueling. ...
Part 8: Discovering Garden Spots Closer to Home
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My mother, Emily Whaley, used to say that Charleston in June was like a spring bride all decked out in her best finery. Indeed Charleston is in bloom every season of the year. May, June, and July dazzle with pink and white oleander and pink, lavender, and white crepe myrtle. The city is lush and green. ...
Biltmore, North Carolina: An Estate for All Seasons
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Many city dwellers never fully thrill to the excitement of the change of seasons. The Biltmore Estate is an enclave where each season comes and goes slowly and immerses you in the rhythmic cycles of nature. August is the height of the summer season, with roses brilliantly blooming in the formal garden in pink, white, red, and other vibrant colors. ...
The Orchard Inn: A Mountain Destination in Saluda, North Carolina
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The Orchard Inn in Saluda, North Carolina, is a fine destination in spring, summer, or fall. Returning to the Orchard Inn is like a homecoming. It is always packed with friends, or friends of friends, from all over the South. Guests gather in the fall on comfortable sofas before the welcoming and roaring fire. ...
Beyond Miami: Coral Gables, Vizcaya, and the Biltmore Hotel
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Beyond the cultural hodgepodge of Miami, there is a green oasis that George Merrick (1862–1942) created in the 1920s. His family's house was made of coral and was capped with gables, hence the name of the town he founded, Coral Gables. Merrick envisioned a new Spain, giving streets names such as Granada, Toledo, and Sevilla. ...
Beyond Disney: A Taste of Florida's Orlando
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pp. 163-166
Date palms waved in the breeze off grand lakes. Nearby, queen palms danced, luring me to join in their fun. Orlando is a great place to look for the charms of early 1900s Florida and to bask in the sun and tropical environment of our southernmost state. ...
An Adventure in Art: Cà d'Zan, the Ringling Estate in Sarasota, Florida
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The gulfside estate of John (1866–1936) and Mable (1875–1929) Ringling (married in 1905) is a multilayered experience in art. Exploring each of these vibrant facets provides a fun-filled adventure. On a blustery, sunny day, we entered the Gothic portal. The entrance pavilion was alive with visitors from all over the world. ...
Touring the Hudson River Valley in Fall
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What better way to see the famed Hudson River Valley than with the Historic Charleston Foundation? Friday dawned brilliant, and on arrival at Newark we set out for Mohonk Resort, the remains of the ten-thousand-acre Quaker Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains. The six-hundred-room Victorian castle sits atop a mountain ledge. ...
Visiting Philadelphia
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Two of my books, An Antebellum Plantation Household and Between North and South, are as much about Philadelphia as Charleston and the South Carolina low country. Philadelphia of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a place of culture, distinction, and money. ...
Finding an Angel in New Orleans, and Diversions along the Way
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Yes, Johnny Cash, an auction in New Orleans is a good crap shoot, a fine gamble, and exciting, especially when you can "just walk away" from Neal's Gallery with a "Guardian Angel." Neal's guardian angel fit well into the iconography of good angels, not the fallen or Lucifer type. Its spreading wings offer protection to a vulnerable mortal. ...
Epilogue: Stories and Memories
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My mother, Emily Whaley (1911–1998), liked to say that we have a gardening gene in our family. My spin on our gardening proclivity is that, from generation to generation, the women in our family have loved the land and sought beauty and inspiration by designing and cultivating gardens. Our men tilled the land; we turned the land into gardens. ...
Suggestions for Further Reading
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Page Count: 248
Publication Year: 2012
OCLC Number: 780445244
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D.C. Political Roundup: Simpson Running for Ward 1 Board of Education Seat
5/7/2014, 3 p.m.
Ward 1 D.C. State Board of Education member Patrick Mara isn't running for another term in November and potential candidates are already lining up for the job.
Scott Simpson, a newcomer to the D.C. political scene, became the first to declare his intentions to run for Mara's seat on April 29.
"Ward 1 families deserve a strong advocate on the State Board of Education who's rooted in the community and understands how education policy choices impact students in the classroom," Simpson said. "Throughout my career and for over a decade in D.C., I've been committed to expanding educational opportunities for all students. I'm ready to put those skills to work on behalf of Ward 1 families on the State Board of Education."
Scott is employed as the press secretary for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Northwest, the nation's largest civil rights coalition led by Wade Henderson. He's also worked at the nonprofit, SMYAL (Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders) in Southeast, an organization that provides for the educational and emotional development of young people, particularly LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning).
Beverly Wheeler, a former executive director of the D.C. State Board of Education, has decided to chair Simpson's campaign for several reasons.
"…We must move forward together and bridge the diverse communities of Ward 1; Scott Simpson can be that convener," Wheeler said.
D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) has also confirmed that he's considering the Ward 1 position as well. Graham lost to political newcomer Brianne Nadeau in the April 1 Democratic Party primary.
Kenneth Ellerbe, a Possible Council member?
When D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) said recently that she's thinking about whether to run for one of the two at-large D.C. Council seats in November, it led to speculation as to who would take her seat if runs and wins. A number of Ward 7 Democrats say that Kenneth Ellerbe, the embattled fire and emergency management services chief, might throw his hat in the race for the coveted council seat.
Ellerbe, 52, has served in his position since 2011. He's been criticized for his insensitivity to the work schedules of fire fighters, the lack of updated equipment and incidents during his tenure in which District residents have died due to his department's incompetence.
Ward 7 D.C. State Board of Education member Karen Williams said that Ellerbe would be a compelling candidate.
"I know Ken Ellerbe and I like him and if he is elected to the D.C. Council he would do a good job," Williams said.
Ellerbe, a District native, has never run for public office and served briefly on the D.C. Democratic State Committee.
A possible Ward 7 special election to replace Alexander would likely take place in May 2015. Alexander said that she will decide whether to run as an independent for the D.C. Council by the end of the month.
Williams, who lives in Southeast, said that Ellerbe would have to overcome the public perception that he has mismanaged his department.
"He has really had to tackle some tough problems in a short period of time," she said. "Unfortunately, some bad things have happened since he became fire chief but in politics, perception is everything."
However, Constance Woody, a longtime activist in the Northeast section of the ward, disagrees with Williams.
"Why would he enter the race?" said Woody, 79. "This whole thing is crazy."
Woody isn't pleased with Alexander's consideration of an at-large run and she doesn't think Ellerbe should run for the council.
"He has been tarnished by his leadership of the fire department," she said. "I understand that he is dealing with just plain racism but it seems that he is not on top of everything."
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray (D), who served on the D.C. Council from 2005-2007, refused to speculate about Ellerbe running for the council seat.
"I see him all the time and he has not mentioned it to me," said Gray, 71. "It is just a rumor. He might do it but I don't think he will."


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- Birthdate: 3/19/1987 (age 29)
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As we return, Cesaro is still in control of John Cena. Cesaro with a european uppercut, and then hits the ropes and kicks Cena in the back. Del Rio has joined the announce team for this match. Cesaro tags in Swagger, and Swagger locks in a rear chin lock. Cena gets out with a belly to back suplex. Cesaro tags in and Cena catches him with neck breaker. 2 count for Cena. Swagger tags in and hits a Swagger Bomb. He goes for a 2nd one and connects with it. He goes for a 3rd, but Cena rolls out of the way. Cesaro tags in, but Cena hits Cesaro and Swagger with the shoulder blocks. He goes for another on Cesaro, but he catches him with a huge european uppercut. Swagger tags in, and tries to put Cena in the Patriot Lock. Cena fights out, and Cesaro tags in. Cena rolls out of a cross body, and attempts an AA, but Swagger hits a chop block. Cesaro sets up Cena for the Neutralizer, but Cena fights out with a back body drop. Swagger tags in, and hits the spinning belly to back suplex. Cena with the 5 knuckle shuffle. He gets Swagger up, but Swagger fights out and gets Cena in the Patriot Lock. Cena trying to reach for the ropes. He rolls through and hits Swagger with an AA. He goes for the cover, but Cesaro breaks up the count. All 3 men are down now. Cesaro back in the corner calling for a tag from Swagger. Swagger gets the tag to Cesaro. Cesaro charges him, Cena floats around him and hits a big power bomb for a 2 count. Dueling chants toward Cena again. Cesaro and Cena trade shots. Cena wins that exchance, but Cesaro hits his lifting european uppercut. He goes for the cover but only gets a 2 count! Cesaro waiting for Cena to get to his feet. Cesaro hits a huge running elbow to Cena in the corner. He sets Cena up on the top turnbuckle. He climbs up, but Cena fights him off. Cesaro tags in Swagger. He jumps up on the rope, but gets knocked off as well. Cena with a cross body on Swagger. He knocks Cesaro off the apron, and then locks the STF on Swagger. Swagger taps out!
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After the match, Cesaro gets in the ring to attack Cena, but Cena throws him out of the ring. Del Rio attacks Cena from behind with a steel chair. He puts Cena's arm in the chair and stomps on it. He then puts him in the cross arm breaker. Ref's come out to break it


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DirecTV announces rate hike; blames programmers
DirecTV sent letters to customers Monday announcing a rate hike. "This is a letter we never like to write because, if it were up to us, our choice would be to never increase your bill."
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It was a big night for TV with Wisconsin ties at Sunday's 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Less than 10 minutes into the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's spectacular production of "Ragtime" — the crown jewel thus far in director Mark Clements' Rep tenure — it's already apparent that the next three hours of theater will be special.
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Arachnid's Challenge: Crab Spiders
The Arachnid Group at Redbubble just finished another challenge. The latest subject? Crab Spiders! Check out the top 10!
Garden Beast VI by Ken Boxsell
Crab Spider on Frangipani by Frank Yuwono
spider in paradise by valandsnake
The Victim by robmac
Please Don't Hurt Me! by Baynanno1
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Arachnids Challenge: "Hairy Little Beasts"
The Arachnids Group at Redbubble just finished off their latest challenge. With the theme of the challenge being "Hairy Little Beasts", the turnout was spectacular, and the images incredible. But alas, only one image can be crowned 1st place. If you would like to check out all the entries, click here.
Now onto the show! The top 10 are as follows in order from 1st place to 10th.
"Don King" Jumping Spider by robkal
Wooly Predator by Frank Yuwono
Garden Jumping Spider by Andrew Trevor-Jones
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Arachnid Feature – Color on Color: Camouflage
I am one of the hosts from Redbubble's Arachnid Group. We recently hosted a challenge titled Color on Color: Camouflage. The rules to this challenge was to take or create (we welcome all art, just ends up mostly photographs) an image, in which the Arachnid had to be the same color as its background. i.e. A green spider on a green leaf, or a brown scorpion on brown dirt. You get the gist of it.
We only had 18 entries this time around, but they were a great 18 entries. If you would like to see all the entries, follow this link. Don't forget to take a look at the artist's other work. Their linked names will take you to their profiles.
On to the top 10 images:
1st place went to Gozza with her beautiful piece, Practically Invisible
The rest are as followed:
You Have to Look Twice… by Ann Palframan
Color Coordinated Spider by LoisBryan
Goldenrod Crab Spider #3 by KaneSlater
Goldenrod Crab Spider by Leyla S. Ismet
Come Closer…I'm waiting… by Yool
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Congratulations to you all!


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Monday, July 08, 2013 3:25 AM
I would always get too much gum; gum that lost its flavor after two chews and quickly turned your mouth from a flood of sugary saliva to a desert of stale aftertaste. Sure, I could blow nice, large Double Bubble bubbles. However, after chewing for an hour a tasteless wad of what I related to cud, my jaw always felt like it would happily unhinge itself on its own. Yet, my pile of gum would not appear to diminish. It was not so with my other candy.
Attending parades was an important highlight of my summer holidays when I was growing up. The Fourth of July parades came at a critical time when I was usually running out of my Easter candy. All right, I admit I wasn't that extreme in my willpower, but for some reason, I was not one of those kids who could devour an entire plastic bag of candy in a few short days. Instead, I took my sweet time.
When it came to parade candy, our household adopted rules, which I have now realized conformed to a Communist ideology. My family would attend an average of two parades per summer and the means of acquiring and distributing candy remained largely the same during our childhood.
My mother would either give us each a small plastic bag or bring one larger bag into which we would throw all the candy we collected. It didn't matter what you picked up, it went in the bag. The candy was then distributed evenly and fairly when we got home.
You were the only one to pick up that box of Milk Duds? Too bad, because for the betterment of those who did not exert the effort to get a box of Milk Duds, you need to throw it in the bag and hope you rediscover it in your state-controlled ration of candy at the end of the day.
You collected 100 pieces of Tootsie Frooties? Too bad, because for the sake of equality, your lazy older sister, who does not think collecting candy is "cool" anymore and who collected only two pieces herself (both of which she ate), will receive the same amount as you. Communism.
Of course, we all bought into the system. Nothing was more frustrating than experiencing elation at having a handful of Dum-Dums thrown at you only to have your own family members and neighbors sweep them all up before you could grab one. No, it was much safer to have a fall back system in case you had a bad candy-collecting day. Maybe this just means I was spoiled.
My observations of modern-day candy collecting have led me to discern that we as a society have started early in teaching the younger generations our capitalist ways. Many children have individual bags for collecting candy only they will enjoy. No sharing.
You were lucky enough to snag the Dots away from your little sister who was too slow and is now crying because you won't share? Good for you! Enjoy the spoils of your elevated status and ability.
You managed to scoop 10 boxes of Nerds while the other five kids surrounding you were left with deciding who would eat the one that opened up in that pile of dirt?
Victory is yours, so show no pity! Your candy-collecting skills have placed you in a position of power through which you can gradually extort the remaining pieces of candy from your poor peers. Capitalism at its finest!
I must admit, I've over analyzed candy-collecting. I'll stop now before I start talking about the proletariat/bourgeoisie conflict present in this activity.
So, we would collect candy. I don't quite understand what was so thrilling about collecting Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, Now-and-Laters and Laffy Taffy year after year, but there we would be being thrilled just the same. Sometimes, the candy would need to be "analyzed" by my parents to see if it all right for us to eat. Larger jawbreakers were removed from the pile to later undergo division. After all, a person could choke on a piece of candy that big!
There were times when I had no idea what kind of candy I was holding. My parents would usually identify them with exclamations of "They still make those?!" Then they would feel old. I soon learned that all Bit-O-Honey candy went straight to mother.
You see, even in a simple, innocent activity like grabbing candy off of a horribly dirty asphalt street (five-second rule need not apply), there is a procedure and a certain decorum to be followed.
I mean, in what other sense would we willingly let our children run into the middle of a busy street to grab candy thrown by strangers?
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The world balance of power is changing. Countries like China, India, Turkey and Brazil are heard from more frequently and on a wider range of subjects. The European Union's most ambitious global project—creating a universal treaty to reduce carbon emissions—has collapsed, and EU expansion has slowed to a crawl as Europe turns inward to deal with its debt crisis. Japan has ceded its place as the largest economy in Asia to China and appears increasingly on the defensive in the region as China's hard and soft power grow.
The international chattering class has a label for these changes: American decline. The dots look so connectable: The financial crisis, say the pundits, comprehensively demonstrated the failure of "Anglo-Saxon" capitalism. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have sapped American strength and, allegedly, destroyed America's ability to act in the Middle East. China-style "state capitalism" is all the rage. Throw in the assertive new powers and there you have it—the portrait of America in decline.
Actually, what's been happening is just as fateful but much more complex. The United States isn't in decline, but it is in the midst of a major rebalancing. The alliances and coalitions America built in the Cold War no longer suffice for the tasks ahead. As a result, under both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, American foreign policy has been moving toward the creation of new, sometimes difficult partnerships as it retools for the tasks ahead... Read the Rest
For Obama, Green is the Color of Money Wasted on More Solyndras - Editors [Washington Examiner]
Last week, as President Obama delivered his economic speech deriding the so-called "trickle-down" economic policies that created 16 million jobs under President Reagan, his Energy Department was preparing to announce the next stage of a policy that may never create any.
David Frantz, chief of the DOE's clean energy loan program, informed Congress by letter on Thursday that his department will "begin issuing conditional commitments over the next several months" for new loans and loan guarantees to green energy companies. Why Obama is doubling and tripling down on one of his worst and most embarrassing policy mistakes is anybody's guess. Maybe it's change that only he and global warming diehards can believe in... Read the RestBarack Obama and Racial Double Standards - Peter Wehner [Commentary]
Late last week I heard from a theologian of liberal leanings, someone with whom I have been in (often friendly) correspondence for years. He wrote me to voice his objections to my recent "diatribes" against President Obama. That didn't particularly surprise me. What didsurprise me is how he framed his objections. He didn't take issue with the facts I've presented or even my interpretation of the facts. Rather, his concerns were expressed this way:
When I read your constant barrages aimed at the first black president, I think to myself, "Doesn't Pete, the devout Christian, understand what it took to get to this place? And where would Pete have been in the years of the freedom struggle that finally eventuated in some measure of equality for African-Americans and even a black president?" Isn't there some way you can temper your attacks on Obama with this history in mind?... Read the RestFederal Debt On An Accrual Basis - Timothy Taylor [Conversable Economist]
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The U.S. federal budget is typically measured on a cash basis: that is, how much tax money came in and how much spending went out. But for a more complete picture of any budget, it is useful to look at an accrual budget: that is, including not just current spending, but what spending has already been committed for the future. The federal government takes a stab at providing an overview of an accrual budget each year in a report from the U.S. Treasury called the Financial Report of the United States Government: the 2011 edition is here.
Here's a graphic showing all the assets and debts of the U.S. government from an accrual perspective. Federal debt held by the public, the usual measure of federal debt, is about $10.2 trillion. "As of September 30, 2011, the Government held about $2.7 trillion in assets, comprised mostly of net property, plant, and equipment ($852.8 billion) and a combined total of $985.2 billion in net loans receivable, mortgage-backed securities, and investments." The big addition here is the $5.8 trillion in already owed in employee and veterans' benefits. Taking these legal obligations into account increases the government's liabilities by more than half... Read the RestDemolishing Paul Ryan - Daniel Henninger [Wall Street Journal]
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So it was after the Supreme Court's hearings on the Obama Affordable Care Act, which put in jeopardy the federal command to buy health insurance. After the president green-flagged the assault, the Supreme Court's "legitimacy" was in play. The Roberts Court, wrote one blogger, is "on trial."
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This was long apparent to those fated to closely watch the 2008 campaign, but some voters might have missed the point amid the gauzy rhetoric about hope and change. Now we know without any doubt. White House aides made it official Tuesday in their on-the-record briefing on the new federal minimum tax that travels under the political alias known as the "Buffett rule."... Read the RestDown to the Wire - Charlie Cook [National Journal]
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How quickly and effectively Romney makes the turn from the primary season to a campaign aimed at the general election's swing voters is key. Obama has been running a general-election campaign all along. With Rick Santorum's decision on Tuesday to suspend his campaign, Romney can accelerate his transition. Simply talking to, rather than past, independent and swing voters should gain him a few points... Read the RestThe Battle of All Mothers - James Taranto [Wall Street Journal]
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One shudders to think what Wasserman Schultz would have said had she, rather than the understated Rosen, been assigned to attack Ann Romney, wife of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Even the toned-down version shocked a lot of people.
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Named One of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies
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Toronto ON, February 16,2010 - Wakefield Canada triumphed over thousands of other applicants to win a 2009 Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies (Best Managed) award. This prestigious national award is sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, National Post, and Queen's School of Business.
"Today's market place is not just about the investment in the product; it is also about the investment in the people. Wakefield Canada invests in their team to build up a strong and stable company. Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies carries this attribute and we are pleased to say Wakefield Canada is one of this year's recipients." John Hughes, Partner, Private Company Services group with Deloitte, a national sponsor of the Best Managed program.
"Our customer-based philosophy directs our efforts. The entire employee base, from the field staff across the country to the senior management group is highly focused and understands our goals. Over the first five years we have created a very effective operation and internal culture. We are honoured to be recognized amongst leading Canadian organizations and are committed to providing this standard of excellence in all that we do – for our customers, our partners, and our team. We are looking ahead to continued success," said Bob MacDonald, President, Wakefield Canada Inc.
Established in 1993, the Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies is a national awards program, recognizing Canadian companies that have implemented world-class business practices and created value in innovative ways. Applications are reviewed by an independent judging panel that evaluates how companies address various business challenges, including new technologies, globalization, brand management, leadership, leveraging and developing core competencies, designing information systems, and hiring the right talent to facilitate growth.
"It takes a company focused on values, a strong business plan, and most of all hard work, to succeed in today's market place" said Calvin Younger, Senior Vice-President, CIBC Commercial Banking. "Companies winning this year's Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies exemplify these traits."
The 2009 winners of the Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies award, along with Requalified and Platinum Club members will be honoured at the annual Best Managed gala in Toronto on 8 March 2010. On the same date, the Best Managed symposium will address leading-edge business issues that are key to the success of today's business leaders.
About Wakefield Canada Inc.
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