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HELLO EALS supporters, you all rock! You recognized the critical importance of MassDOT's Public Hearing this Tuesday and supporters of the current three-lane plan came out in huge numbers! We estimated nearly 3/4 of the 250-300 folks at Town Hall were supporters. By our count, comments made in support of the plan numbered 48 (which included two elected officials) while negative comments numbered 16. Three or four were generally neutral or contained questions about the design.
We consider this a MAJOR milestone in our 4+ year struggle to maintain the pedestrian, bike and motorist safety benefits contained in a 3-lane plan. Since 2009-10 when the neighborhood was more divided about the "removal" of a westbound travel lane, support for the concept has grown and could well represent a solid majority of East Arlington neighbors. Highlights on Tuesday night included two emotional testimonials of people hit by cars on Mass Ave, stirring speeches by Board of Selectmen Chair Kevin Greeley and State Senator Ken Donnelly, and simply the overwhelming number and diversity of supporters in Town Hall.
Based on the Hearing, one is left to perhaps conclude that opposition to the three-lane plan continues to deepen but is less broad. While most of the 16 comments in opposition were reasonable and well thought-out, the leaders of the Concerned Citizens Committee continue to perpetuate a bitter narrative of a project being shoved down the throats of the neighborhood and businesses by a shadowy cabal of unaccountable elected officials, bicycle activists and engineers hell-bent on creating traffic distruptions. Leaders Eric Berger and Maria Romano each demanded to have five full minutes to speak when all others were given only three. After each wasting at least a minute to tell DOT and the audience why they needed the extra time (primarily because they represents "thousands", the "98% of users of the road" and they've worked on this issue "for years"), both insisted that they would keep talking no matter what. After sustained clapping and cheering from the audience when their three minutes were up, both eventually gave in. Judge for yourself in the video of Mr. Berger's speech (as well as Kevin Greeley's and a more-detailed summary of the entire hearing) on the Arlington Patch site:
Note that those not able to speak Tuesday night should submit their comments–short and sweet is okay!–to MassDOT before March 11 to be part of the public record. If so, it must be a hard-copy letter and mailed to:
Thomas F. Broderick, P.E.
Chief Engineer, MassDOT
10 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116
Attention: Project Management Section, Project File No. 604687
Send electronic copy to firstname.lastname@example.com
ONE THING WE WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR: while last night was a big victory for our cause, we still have lots of work to do. There is still some anxiousness from MassDOT and Federal Highway about the upcoming non-binding ballot measure for the April 6 Town election. We must continue to talk to our friends and neighbors to make sure they know what's at stake if a strong majority vote Yes for a four lane Mass Ave: the loss of many safety provisions, restarting the planning process that will take at least another two years, and seriously jeopardizes the federal and state money that's waiting for us if the Town and its engineers can finish the plan and advertise it to bid before Sept. 1.


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The first of two biographical films starring Ashton Kutcher is set to start showing in theaters this April, according to ArsTechnica. Open Road Films announced Thursday that it would be distributing the film, which mainly focuses on the late Jobs' life from 1971 to 2000.
Premiering at the closing night of the Sundance film festival later this month, jOBS is directed by Michael Stern and written by Matt Whiteley.
The movie is the first of two films, and isn't to be confused with the other Steve Jobs film that is slated to be coming soon — the one written by Aaron Sorkin and based on Walter Isaacson's biography.
As Ars has pointed out, it's fairly odd that both films seem to have completely ignored the most recent decade of Jobs' life. One could argue that the 00′s were the most important years for Apple and that 3 important products — the iPhone, iPod, and MacBook Air — redefined their respective areas of technology.
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As I celebrate my seven-year anniversary at the JC, I'd like to reflect on some highlights, and there's been quite a few.
I joined the paper just a couple of months after becoming a father for the second time, fresh from helping Team GB win cricket bronze at the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Four years later I covered the next Jewish Olympics with my reporting hat on - a tiring yet extremely rewarding experience. Within hours of hitting terra firma, I was interviewing Sir Bobby Charlton at the Wingate Institute and I recall liveblogging from the Men's Open football final when British hearts were broken in the penalty shoot-out against Argentina in Haifa. There were also incredible scenes when athletics star Richard Goodman brought home double gold and it's hard to believe the next one is less than a year away. I'm hearing there are some really big names lined-up across the board.
The tears of pain turned to ecstasy for GB's footballers two years later at the European Maccabi Games in Vienna as, under Ben Winston, they brought home the gold.
I've seen Jewish FA chairmen come and go, Israeli Premiership stars and a manager succeed and flop, and only a couple of months ago, I attended my first Olympics and Paralympics - a real rollercoaster of emotions.
That is just the tip of the iceberg.
Over the past few years, we've seen numbers drop in Maccabi football. Not so long ago the league was thriving, with 65 teams in the MSFL. But now there are only 46. The league has its critics, but it continues to play an important role in the community for many and while the demand is there, the die-hard band of volunteers will give the players what they want.
But long-standing league chairman David Wolff has some concerns that not everyone is playing ball. He said: "We live in a diminishing community and it is important to ensure that we play a part in retaining our identity. I am sure that there are some non-Jews registered in the league and I would say to anyone who is doing this knowingly, to examine their consciences and stop immediately."
On the downside, a recurring theme has been covering the topic of antisemitism in football. The last two weekends have featured foul-mouthed outbursts from opponents north and south. They really should know better and as I've said time and again, this is an area that really must be focused upon.
* Following their recent disciplinary problems, I must congratulate Temple Fortune for introducing a new radical policy to reduce dissent. Players will now receive a one-match internal ban for a first offence and a two-match ban for second and subsequent offence. Fortune chairman Nigel Kyte told me: "I intend to restore our reputation as being one of the top clubs in terms of organisation, fair play and what we stand for as a proud club in Maccabi football."
* Quote of the week goes to Brady Maccabi B's Josh Dagul. The midfielder scored two rare headers in the 7-1 win over Catford & Bromley. "My team were in disbelief when I scored my headers. I think they'd have expected to see Messi score a header for Brady before me!"


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The Fairfield Museum and History Center will host its annual Burning of Fairfield Walking Tour from 4 – 6 pm on Sunday, July 7th, the actual date of the destruction of Fairfield by British troops in 1779.
The tour, which brings to life this exciting piece of Fairfield's history, will include stops at various homes on or adjacent to the Historic Town Green with actors portraying prominent citizens. The center uses actual letters and depositions from 1779, and the real words of Fairfield citizens who lived through the burning of Fairfield.
On July 7, 1779, the people of Fairfield awoke to a warning shot from the fort at Black Rock, signaling that a British fleet was spotted off the coast. For two days, Fairfield was under British attack with troops burning virtually all of its buildings. This attack was one of three, which also included the cities of New Haven and Norwalk.
Following the Burning of Fairfield in 1779, there was ongoing worry among citizens about a repeat attack. This concern eventually led to the construction of the Powderhouse in Fairfield, which is located behind the site of Tomlinson Middle School.
The Burning of Fairfield Walking Tour will begin at the Museum, 370 Beach Road, and will take place rain or shine. The cost is $5 for museum members and $8 for non-members. To register for the Walking Tour, please call 203-259-1598.
About Fairfield Museum and History Center
Fairfield Museum and History Center is a community cultural arts and education center established in 2007 by the 103-year old Fairfield Historical Society. The 13,000 square-foot museum, inspired architecturally by the historic warehouses along Southport harbor, includes modern galleries, a research library, a museum shop and community spaces overlooking Fairfield's Town Green. The Fairfield Museum and History Center believes in the power of history to inspire the imagination, stimulate thought and transform society.
Located at 370 Beach Road in Fairfield, CT, the Museum is open seven days a week. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors. Members of the Museum and children are free. For more information, call 203-259-1598 or view us online at www.fairfieldhistory.org.


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SoundCloud Staff Picks Playlist (December 9)
New albums from J. Cole, Ab-Soul, and Post Malone. What a New Music Friday. And that's not to mention new Tech N9ne, The Dream, Hodgy, and the comeback EP from Atlanta falsetto don Lloyd, who might have another hit on his hands with Weezy, arriving over a decade after "You." The new one made it onto this week's Staff Picks, which also boasts an additional Wayne feature, coming on a surprise Boi-1da-produced drop from YG. Elsewhere, we've got a strangely perfect collab from Lil Boat and Big Ferg, as well as new Jazz Cartier and yet another show-stealing guest verse from 21 Savage.
The Best Hip Hop Songs (On Spotify) Of October 2016
Earlier this year, HNHH launched a Spotify playlist called FIRE EMOJI: The Hottest Hip Hop Songs Right Now. The playlist is updated on a daily basis. It lives on Spotify and thus is inherently imperfect, because not all super-hot hip hop songs have been added to Spotify. Still, the playlist is generally representative of the best new releases in hip hop and R&B.
20 Rap Albums That Need Marvel Variants
It all started in late 2014 when Rae Sremmurd showed up on the cover of a Captain America comic, and Birdman's infamous hand rub graced the front page of a new edition of "The Amazing Spider Man." From there, iconic brand Marvel began reinterpreting iconic hip hip cover artwork fo
Curren$y Announces "10/30" Mixtape Dropping This Weekend
It looks like Curren$y has a treat for fans this Halloween. Following up last month's 9/30 tape, the New Orleans spitta just announced that he's planning on releasing another tape appropriately titled 10/30 on October 30th of course, and at 10:30 PM.
Staff Picks Playlist (October 7)
This week started out slow, at least when it comes to new songs, although news has been poppin since the week began-- although it wasn't the necessarily good news. Kim Kardashian was robbed and held at gunpoint, driving multiple reports following the incident, and we also saw a couple rappers get hacked: J.
Vote: Who Had The Best Project Of September 2016?
September 2016 is no more. It was a good month, a month that gave us much new music as we could handle. September 2016 saw the release of dozens of quality hip hop and R&B albums and mixtapes. We whittled these down to what we believe to be the twelve most significant releases of the month, and we want your help to decide which project was the absolute best. Here are the twelve:
Top Tracks: August 8 - August 14
In terms of the calendar, summer is winding down, but someone forgot to tell that to the rap game. We've only seen things heat up in the past week, with SremmLife 2 providing more than enough turn up fuel for the next few weeks, and P3 reminding us to squeeze every last bit of fun out of summer flings before cuffing season arrives.
5 Rappers Who Should Have Their Own Beats 1 Shows
With the announcement that Travis Scott will be getting his own show on Beats 1 Radio show, it's clear that Apple is not slowing down in handing out airtime to rappers. Travis joins artists like Drake, DJ Khaled, Pharrell, and eventually, Chance The Rapper (last we heard at least), on the network, and it's got us thinking about who else would be a good fit.
The Best Hip Hop Songs (On Spotify) Of July 2016
HNHH recently launched a Spotify playlist called FIRE EMOJI: The Hottest Hip Hop Songs Right Now. The playlist is updated on a daily basis. It lives on Spotify and thus is inherently imperfect, because not all super-hot hip hop songs have been added to Spotify. Still, the playlist is generally representative of the best new releases in hip hop.
Staff Picks Playlist (July 22)
Happy Friday, people of the internet. The end of the (work) week has proved pretty fruitful. Desiigner finally unleashed "Timmy Turner" unto the world, and the world had a lot of shit to say about it. PARTYNEXTDOOR surprised fans late last night when he not only announced a release date for long-awaited P3, but dropped a new record, "Not Nice," which makes it onto this week's Staff Picks playlist.
Behind The Beat: J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League was formed in 2003 when Rook and Colione, two established producers in their mid-twenties, teamed up with Kenny Barto, a young Full Sail University student in Tampa, Florida. Their discography hides the years of hard work each put in perfecting their craft. You won't find obscure local artists or years of mixtape instrumentals among their early production credits. The first 3 entries in their discography on Wikipedia are Young Jeezy, Mary J. Blige, and Juelz Santana.
Curren$y Has Announced The "Stoned On Ocean" EP
Curren$y has been more prolific than ever in 2016, and his impressive run hasn't stopped yet. The New Orleans rapper has announced a new EP, Stoned On Ocean, is on the way, sharing the artwork and some details on the project today on Instagram.
Staff Picks Playlist (June 10)
It's that time of the week. The past seven days have been pretty eventful-- the momentum all started on last weekend, when a new episode of OVO Sound Radio dropped as many gems as one could hope for in the span of seven days-- except they did it all within the span of their two-hour segment. It's safe to say, the bar was set pretty high for the weekdays that followed. Even so, we managed to get some dope material in the days that followed.
Curren$y Has Another Mixtape On The Way
It's been difficult to keep up with Curren$y's output for years now, but the last few months have been especially prolific. Bourbon Street Secrets, his most recent release, was his fifth project of 2016 so far, and while he's already set out on his North American tour, he's got another project in the pipeline.
Curren$y Almost Died One Time Drinking Lean With Lil Wayne
It is a well-known fact that Curren$y's drug choice of is marijuana. He leaves the lean to the "lean professionals," like Lil Wayne. But sometimes, you drink lean by accident. During his appearance on N.O.R.E.'s Drink Champs podcast, Curren$y told the story of the time of he accidentally drank way too much lean on Lil Wayne's tour bus.
Who's Going On Tour? Spring/Summer Tour Round-Up
A lot of big artists are going on tour this spring and summer. You have mega-stars like Beyonce, Rihanna, and Drake. You have rising stars Anderson .Paak and Bas. You have established vets like Snoop Dogg, Maxwell, and Cam'Ron. And everybody in between. It looks like some legendary tours are going down towards the end of the calendar year. Gucci Mane & Friends tour is scheduled to go down when La Flare gets released from prison in September and Kanye West is also shooting to kick off his The Life of Pablo tour in September as well.
Curren$y Announces "Cruis'n U.S.A." Tour
Curren$y has managed to drop 5 projects within the last year, and even with all that recording, he's put together a tour to bring all his new music to fans live. Today, the rapper has shared the full schedule for his upcoming Cruis'n USA tour, which kicks off this Thursday, May 5th in Cleveland, OH. He'll be touching down in 30 different cities between then and June 26th, when he warps it all up in Seattle.
Summer Jam Festival Stage Line-Up Includes Chance The Rapper, Tory Lanez & Desiigner
This morning Ebro In The Morning announced the line-up for the Festival Stage at HOT 97's annual Summer Jam concert. The big event goes down at the MetLife Stadium every year, and acts as a way to kick off the summer months.
Curren$y Has Announced Another Mixtape
Curren$y has proved himself to be one of the most prolific rappers of the last few years, and it seems he's only speeding up. Earlier this week, Spitta delivered "Revolver," a short film that was accompanied by six new songs with producer Sledgren, but he won't be taking a breather any time soon.
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Damn, Curren$y. Back at it again. The most prolific rapper in these e-streets hopped on Twitter the other day to reveal that he recorded five joints with 808 Mafia producer Purps while he was out in L.A., which will presumably be compiled for a new mixtape titled Bourbon Street Secrets.


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Well-written literary magical realism. The text retains a disciplined uniformity in style, substance, meaning, and intention. The main character develops nicely overall, which seems impossible considering his lack of motivation, emotion, and direction. He does not derive drive from even his central goal, which he holds onto no-matter-what. Still, the reader learns to empathize with his minimal, jobless, life with no clear objectives other than to get his wife back, the wife he seems to have only a modicum of affection for, though it's more than he has for anyone else.
I liked this book much more than my review might suggest. The book is a sum of many parts and it never lost my interest, even for a paragraph, despite being slow-paced and containing long sections in which nothing of immediate consequence or sense occurred. It's really very good.
I find the best way to read this book is in Spanish. The simple sentences are perfect for a second-year Spanish student (me) to read: Basic structures, plodding, going nowhere--I can take my time. With easy vocabulary. But not very Spanish-like in plot or character--no macho, no push, no huevos. Lots of vocabulary (even in the title: da cuerda = give some string or wind up, as with an old floor clock that requires the hanging weights be raised.) A joy after struggling thru the never-ending, subordinate clauses in Spanish novels.
Oh thank god it's finally over. What a frustrating book.
bizzarre and haunting and engrossing and i begged the universe for it not to end. once i got down to the last quarter of the book i rationed myself to 10 pages a night. it feels a bit like kafka's, 'crime and punishment' or the movie, 'the lives of others'. it's hard to describe it. just read it!!
A man living in the Tokyo suburbs is cooking spaghetti when he receives a strange phone call. It is the first of a whole series of odd events and mysterious encounters that upset his placid, easygoing life by revealing cracks that he hadn't perceived, some of which suggest linkages or lessons from others' lives that will help steer his own. Toru Okada, the hero of this novel, reminded me of John Singer from "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" for everyone's eagerness to tell him their life's story with almost no prompting. Unaccustomed to interaction with others, his reponses are usually muted and agreeable; not knowing how to respond is what makes him an ideal listener. He begins this way as a mostly passive character, but plays an increasingly greater role in directing his next steps. He's a fascinating first-person narrator for how ably he responds to oddities and threats, contradiction and mystery.
The story speaks to a divergence in realities between a real-world normality and an other-world dream state. It is an experience that this novel expresses well in the manner of its own telling, in its effect on the reader. Another theme is the unpredictability of events, a challenge to the cause-and-effect relationship between what occurs in our daily lives, as well as in the broader world around us. Many of the characters feel lost and helpless upon sensing this as a truth. I wonder whether these are frequently recurring themes in Japanese literature? I'll be reading more Murakami and perhaps others to find out.
By the book's midway point, the novelist-juggler has tossed so many balls into the air that he inevitably misses a few on the way down. Visionary artists aren't always neat: who reads Kafka for his tight construction? In ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' Murakami has written a bold and generous book, and one that would have lost a great deal by being tidied up.
Mr. Murakami seems to have tried to write a book with the esthetic heft and vision of, say, Don DeLillo's ''Underworld'' or Salman Rushdie's ''The Moor's Last Sigh,'' he is only intermittently successful. ''Wind-Up Bird'' has some powerful scenes of antic comedy and some shattering scenes of historical power, but such moments do not add up to a satisfying, fully fashioned novel. In trying to depict a fragmented, chaotic and ultimately unknowable world, Mr. Murakami has written a fragmentary and chaotic book.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0679775439, Paperback)Bad things come in threes for Toru Okada. He loses his job, his cat disappears, and then his wife fails to return from work. His search for his wife (and his cat) introduces him to a bizarre collection of characters, including two psychic sisters, a possibly unbalanced teenager, an old soldier who witnessed the massacres on the Chinese mainland at the beginning of the Second World War, and a very shady politician.
Haruki Murakami is a master of subtly disturbing prose. Mundane events throb with menace, while the bizarre is accepted without comment. Meaning always seems to be just out of reach, for the reader as well as for the characters, yet one is drawn inexorably into a mystery that may have no solution. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is an extended meditation on themes that appear throughout Murakami's earlier work. The tropes of popular culture, movies, music, detective stories, combine to create a work that explores both the surface and the hidden depths of Japanese society at the end of the 20th century.
If it were possible to isolate one theme in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, that theme would be responsibility. The atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China keep rising to the surface like a repressed memory, and Toru Okada himself is compelled by events to take responsibility for his actions and struggle with his essentially passive nature. If Toru is supposed to be a Japanese Everyman, steeped as he is in Western popular culture and ignorant of the secret history of his own nation, this novel paints a bleak picture. Like the winding up of the titular bird, Murakami slowly twists the gossamer threads of his story into something of considerable weight. --Simon Leake
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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, RIT
Go on a big-screen expedition to exotic landscapes, learn about remote cultures and be inspired to explore the world outside. See the best adventure, environmental and cultural films from the most prestigious mountain festival in the world. The 2015/2016 World Tour brings films from the 40th Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 400 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year's world tour are sure to bring out the explorer in you.
February 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2016
Ingle Auditorium
Student Alumni Union, RIT
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Doors Open: 6:00pm
Showtime: 7:00pm
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RIT discount only in person or via phone with RIT UID#.
No RIT discounts online.
Max 4 RIT discounted tickets/bundles per person.
Some fees may apply for phone or online purchases.
Sign language interpreters available by request.
All three nights will be real time captioned.
Please be advised that some films contain material that may not be suitable for young audiences. Refer to the film descriptions for any advisories. Please contact Outdoor Education with any questions or concerns.
To limit the unnecessary use of paper, programs will not be printed. While unlikely, there is a chance that some changes to the programs below will be made.
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Nature Rx
(2015, USA, 1 min)
Filmmaker: Justin Bogardus
Website: www.nature-rx.org
Classification: General; no Advisory
Film Synopsis: Is life a little too mundane or overwhelming? Feeling tired, irritable or stressed out? Maybe Nature Rx is just the ticket
Operation Moffat
© Tessa Lyons
Special Jury Mention
(2015, UK, 20 min)
Filmmakers: Jen Randall, Claire Carter, Alex Messenger
Website: www.lightshedpictures.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Film Synopsis:Operation Moffat takes inspiration and wit from the colorful climbing life of Britain's first female mountain guide Gwen Moffat. Writer Claire Carter and filmmaker Jen Randall scramble, swim and barefoot climb through Gwen's landscapes, grappling with her preference for mountains over people, adventure over security and wilderness over tick lists.
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© Ben Masters
People's Choice Award – sponsored by Osprey
(2015, USA, 46 min)
Filmmakers: Dennis Aig, Phillip Baribeau
Website: www.unbrandedthefilm.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Four men and 16 wild mustangs set off on a 5000 kilometre journey across the American West from Mexico to Canada. In the spirit of true adventure, whiskey is drunk, tempers fly, tragedy strikes, and the bonds of friendship hold fast. But can the journey help save the plight of the wild horses roaming on public lands? Only time will tell.
Living Rivers - Surf
© Max Lowe
(2015, USA, 3 min)
Filmmaker: Max Lowe
Website: www.maxlowemedia.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Film synopsis: There is a new and emerging river surfing scene in Montana.
© Reuben Krabbe
Best Film – Snow Sports – sponsored by Bergans of Norway
(2015, Canada, 31 min)
Filmmaker: Anthony Bonello, Switchback Entertainment
Website: www.switchbackentertainment.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: The odds are low, the risks are high – photographer Reuben Krabbe is determined to capture a photo of a skier in front of the 2015 solar eclipse in Svalbard. But the weather's bad, the guide is sketchy, the pressure is massive and the skiers just want to ski.
Darklight (special edit)
© Slorence Sweetgrass
(2015, USA, 5 min) )
Filmmakers: Rachel Franks, Matt O'Connor, Zac Ramras, Mike Brown
Website: www.sweetgrass-productions.com
Classification: General; no advisory
Film synopsis: In 2014, the award winning film Afterglow followed skiers down impossibly lit, virgin powder slopes in the dead of night. Get ready for the sequel, this time on two wheels.
55 Hours in Mexico
© Joey Schusler & Max Lowe
(2015, USA, 9 min)
Filmmaker: Joey Schusler, Karl Thompson, Thomas Woodson
Website: www.joeyschusler.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Fly to Veracruz on a Friday, rent a car, climb the third-highest peak in North America, ski down and return to your desk Monday. How hard could it be?
Sunday, February 14th
Paradise Waits (special edit)
© From the Film Paradise Waits
(2015, USA, 7 min)
Filmmakers: Teton Gravity Research
Website: www.tetongravity.com
Film Synopsis: How do you celebrate winter when snow finally falls? Freeskier Tim Durtschi takes tram laps at Jackson Hole and big mountain skier Angel Collinson rips up some Alaskan lines.
Climbing Ice: The Iceland Trifecta
© Tim Kemple
(2015, USA, 17 min)
Filmmakers: : Chris MacAskill, Anton Lorimer
Website: www.Smugmug.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Join award-winning photographer Tim Kemple and ice climbers Klemen Premrl and Rahel Schelb for an expedition to Iceland's Vatnajökull Glacier to discover new ways to push the boundaries of climbing ice.
REEL ROCK 10: A Line Across the Sky
© Austin Siadak
Best Film – Climbing – sponsored by Alpine Club of Canada
(2015, USA, 40 min)
Filmmakers: Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell
Website: www.senderfilms.com; www.bigupproductions.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Long considered impossible, coveted by many and attempted by a few, the Fitz Traverse has fueled the imaginations of climbers in Patagonia for decades. Tracing the iconic skyline of Cerro Fitz Roy and its six satellite peaks, it spans four miles and 13,000 feet across snow and ice-covered rock, with epic route finding and endless rapelling. Seizing their chance during a rare extended weather window, Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold went big. The pair completed the first ascent in a five-day push during February 2014.
© Vivian Moon
(2015, USA, 8 min)
Filmmakers: Ben Moon, Ben Knight
Website: www.benmoon.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Film Synopsis: There's no easy way to say goodbye to a friend, especially when they've supported you through your darkest times. A collaboration between Ben Knight, Skip Armstrong and Ben Moon.
Chasing Niagara (special edit)
© Marcos Ferro Red Bull Content Pool
Best Film – Mountain Sports – sponsored by Sea & Summit
(2015, USA, 31 min)
Filmmakers: Red Bull Media House GmbH, Rush Sturges
Website: www.River-Roots.com
Classification: Parental Guidance; sports accident, coarse language
Film Synopsis: When pro kayaker Rafa Ortiz decides to paddle over Niagara Falls, he sets in motion a series of events leading his team on a remarkable two-year journey from Mexican rainforest rivers to the waterfalls of the U.S. Northwest before coming to a heart-stopping climax at the iconic falls.
Kroger's Canteen
© The African Attachment
(2015, South Africa, 8 min)
Filmmaker:Greg Fell, Dean Leslie
Website: www.theafricanattachment.com
Classification: General; coarse language
Film Synopsis: In 2014, Kilian Jornet won the Hardrock 100 mile race through the San Juan's of Colorado. Along the way he stopped at Kroger's Canteen – an aid station perched on a tiny ledge, 13,100ft above sea level. This is a story about that aid station, about the people who make it happen, and about the spirit one can only find at the Hardrock 100.
Women's Speed Ascent
© John Dickey
(2015, USA, 4 min)
Filmmakers: Keith Ladzinski, Chris Alstrin
Website: www.3stringspro.com
Classification: Parental Guidance, coarse language
Film Synopsis: Mayan Smith-Gobat and Libby Sauter knew that the women's speed record for the ascent of The Nose on El Cap was theirs for the taking. Crushing the old record after just a few days of attempts, Mayan and Libby put their names in the record book of the infamous route in the Yosemite National Park.
Monday, February 15th
Pretty Faces (special edit)
© Rachael Burks
(2014, USA, 11 min)
Filmmaker: Lynsey Dyer
Website: www.uncagethesoul.com
Classification: General, no advisory
Film Synopsis: Celebrate women who thrive in the snow! Follow her as she chases snow, from the time she needs to be lifted onto the chairlift to her first Alaskan dream line and beyond.
The Important Places
© Doug Woodward Forest Woodward
Best Short Mountain Film – sponsored by The North Face
(2015, USA, 9 min)
Filmmakers: Gnarly Bay, Forest Woodward
Website: www.gnarlybay.com
Classification: General; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Using a mix of old 16mm footage and new visuals, a son rediscovers the necessity of returning to and protecting "the important places" in our lives.
The Search for Freedom (special edit)
© ITM Film Inc
(2015, Canada, 44 min)
Filmmakers: : Jon Long, Laura Zeman
Website: www.jonlongfilms.com
Classification:General; no advisory
Film Synopsis: The Search for Freedom is the story of the human desire to live in the moment and do what makes you feel the most alive. This is a visceral, visual experience told through the eyes some of the brightest pioneers, legends and cultural visionaries in the realm of outdoor sports.
Sounds of Paragliding
© Vigi Rodier
(2015, New Zealand, 27 min)
Filmmaker: Shams
Website: www.shams.fr
Classification: General; no advisory
Listen to nature's harmony while aerobatic paragliding pilot Théo de Blic dances to the sounds of the sky.
Paddle for the North (special edit)
© Scott Sinton
(2015, New Zealand, 27 min)
Filmmakers: Alexander Behse, Simon Lucas
Website: www.paddleforthenorth.org
Classification: Parental Guidance; coarse language
Film Synopsis: On an adventure of a lifetime, six young guys paddle to some of the most remote rivers in North America. It's a 1,500 km, 63- day mission to truly discover the secrets of the north and to show the world why some places are worth preserving before they are changed forever.
The Last Dragons
© David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated
(2014, USA, 10 min)
Filmmakers: Jeremy Monroe, David Herasimtschuk
Website: www.freshwatersillustrated.org
Classification: General; no advisory
Film Synopsis: An intimate glimpse at North America's Eastern Hellbender, an ancient salamander as mythical as it is real. And in many waters, myths are all that remain of these sentinel stream-dwellers.
Builder (special edit)
© Julien Grimard
(2015, Canada, 9 min)
Filmmakers: Julian Coffey, Scott Secco
Website: www.pinkbike.com/builder
Classification: General; coarse language
Film Synopsis: Some people grow up and leave childish things behind. Others just take their childhood dreams and turn them up to 11 as they age. Building trails and tricks for your mountain bike never gets old, no matter your age.
Prize-draw Information here


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Carjacked: A Reflection On A Manipulative Relationship
UPDATED: 01/31, 5PM small corrections and small additions for clarity.
Our dreams of cars and our real lives with cars are constructed with the help of a series of powerful myths and values that warrant a closer look.
~ Carjacked, pg 11 by Catherine Lutz & Anne Lutz Fernandez
Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
Carjacked won't be for everyone; it ought to be.
It's basic premise isn't anti-car, although it certainly will be applauded by those focused on dividing people into one camp or another. It could do that if it simply listed the statistics woven in between its narration. They offer some poignant perspectives on our devotion to cars. There are many sections where the data will cause the most number adverse to pause for longer than most of us spend looking for our car-keys.
For an example, let me choose a detail at random…The first one I came to is on page 94, in the chapter titled "The Catch: What We Really Pay", the authors look at where our tax dollars go and use Denver to show that it's more than money going towards roads and bridges; there's an entire system that breeds its own economy. In the mile high city, 40% of police activities, "15% of its fire department deployments, and 16% of its paramedic services are centered on automobiles." (Another argument for traffic calming in coordination with enforcement)
It's Not A War, We All Share Responsibility
Carjacked is not an attack on America's obsession, rather it's an anthropological exploration. Laying the facts and observations on the driveway and seeing the love affair for what it is: an odd relationship that is more manipulative and controlled than most ever realize. Yes, the tool itself has led to some competitive advantages and connected rural areas to the core areas in ways that 100 years ago were only dreams. But the love affair is manufactured through a cultural economic system that puts the majority of its energy into promoting, sustaining and subsidizing the single occupant vehicle.
In chapter 3, "The Pitch: How They Sell", the authors describe how at an early age, and car companies know this, that our views of cars and social status are beginning to be developed and for some people those last a lifetime. One study shows how by second grade, children "had developed well-formed stereotypes about the kinds of people who owned different makes and models of cars." As intended, that observation got me thinking about my childhood and my own relationship with cars.
The Family Car As A Needy Member Of The Family
By second grade, I was seeing first hand how dependence on the automobile stresses a family. What I saw on television didn't match reality. I didn't see a single commercial with a family stalled on the side of the road.
We weren't poor and we weren't wealthy. The cars my step-father pieced together and "kept on the road" certainly weren't newer models. They were however, as I've written before, rather large. I recall countless weekends playing in and around the garage while he "tinkered" and "maintained" what seemed to be a fleet of family cars that were in various stages of road-worthiness. Having a dependable car was a family predicament that often rose to priority status. On those long days, with me typically handing tools as they were called for, I acquired my robust handle on creative expletives that would make George Carlin proud.
What I didn't learn was an affinity for mechanics. It really seemed too stressful, dirty and aggressive. I've later grown to philosophically appreciate the Zen and grace a mechanic can show, but not in time to inherit the desire to attempt more than shallow-basics. I also didn't acquire the cultural attachment to automobiles. They've never been anything more than a mobility tool. Or, as I like to call them, 2-ton transportation pods.
Irresponsible Car Ownership
My own car ownership began when I was 16 and I've been a fickle friend to a series of automobiles. To the point of shameful neglect to the cars of my earlier life. My first four cars may just still be in a scrap-yard pasture somewhere in Benzie County. They never rose to a level of high importance or as treasured assets. They were simply a background character. The relationship began with a series of hand-me-downs that might as well have emerged out of the hard-packed gravel of the driveway-they sure looked that way. I had no concrete idea where they came from even when there was an exchange of a few hundred dollars.
My first honest purchase was a blue 1973 Nova for $200. I put no money into it; not even an oil change. It ran for just under a year. I remember the very odd parental look-over the car received when I started to drive an attractive classmate to school. She made it quite safely every-time and walked quickly away from the car and me once it came to a rest in the school parking lot, every-time. Anticipating its last hurrah, I entered the Nova into the homecoming ugly car contest. I secured a win by letting fellow students kick and beat it during the contest. I recall two students using it as a trampoline for 10-minutes. For the parade, friends and I sawed it into a t-top and mounted a plastic chicken on the hood. When I finally made it home that night it spat and sputtered to a rest in a big puff of blue smoke. I was once again carless.
Entering adulthood, I half-heartedly entered the intentional car market. I bought a Sunbird from my sister that functioned well, because she said I needed one. It ended up wrapped around a telephone pole on one of the worst ice-storms of the year before I could pay her off. I somehow walked away without serious injury other than a mild concussion (which may come to haunt me later) and a new appreciation for investing the extra money into good tires. I was carless until I really upped the intention and had my father co-sign for a personal loan with the intention of purchasing a newer-used car. It must have bothered him, a lifelong GM employee, that the car I settled on was a Nissan Sentra: boxy, basic and foreign. With brand new tires on it (my first purchase) it took my friends and I on many road trips all over Michigan and points further afield. "Anyone for a trip to South Carolina for a weekend? Let's go. We'll be back by Sunday night." Good times.
I took better care of the Sentra, but slowly became disenchanted. After 2 years, I took the insurance off of it to experiment with being carless. There were some environmental rationale, as well as financial reasoning, but really, I simply didn't like always being car dependent and found, for the most part, walking and biking the 3-miles to college worked just fine. It took about 4-months of it sitting in the driveway until I made the final plunge. I sold it and only regretted it on a few occasions. For most of the 90's I was in effect carless, although I often rented, borrowed or hitched rides with friends. It's difficult to have a robust social life in Northern Michigan without a car, so I often paid for gas. I also was now able to save money fast and began my travels to Asia.
Anyway, now that I've lived in Northern Michigan for 9-straight years and I'm in my 30's (read more responsible-supposedly), I've realized car ownership might not be required, but it certainly has advantages. It's a privilege of wealth (relative) and most of our household trips fit the national norm of under 2-miles. It makes life convenient, but it isn't necessary.
My experience with cars, I recognize, has opened me up to the ideas, observations and data presented in Carjacked and for further questioning of our car devotion. I can read it without becoming defensive and seeing it as a "war on cars." It is raising questions similar to the mission of this BLOG, which when it is performing its best is advancing our understanding of the use of public space as it relates to people and how our tools and the values associated with them shape our choices and create dependence, not freedom.
As the authors write of the challenge near the beginning of the book:
"Each of these values provides a pillar of the temple of car mythology that we must first understand in order to see how these myths have shielded our view of what thew car system really looks like. Uncovering these myths allows us to rethink our relationship with the car and genuinely pursue or even rethink our core values."
This BLOG and the advocacy behind it takes time; more than I care to admit. It's not really a job, but it is work and MyWHaT is looking for underwriters to help support it. Can you help? Underwriters may use the MyWHaT PayPal account, fill out a Underwriter Form to mail orsend me a message to meet over coffee and discuss options. Terms can be creative; we take Baybucks, bartering and pledges.
If you'd like to make a personal donation, PayPal is by far the best method.
FYI: Monday's Quote Series is now the Well Put series.
Related Articles
- The Carless Generation, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings (lowendmac.com)
- Committing to the carless life (eemusings.wordpress.com)
- Carlessness, Cluelessness, the Boomer Legacy, and More, Charles W. Moore, Charles Moore's Mailbag (lowendmac.com)
Well Put: From "The War On The Carless"
Monday's Quote Well Put
If there was ever a "war" involving cars, it ended long ago, and cars won."
~ By David Roberts, in The War On the Carless
Roberts' editorial is more than what you'd expect after reading this one sentence. Focusing on Seattle, it's a reflective look at the ongoing discussion taking place all over the world. It's informative and loaded with useful links, including this counter editorial.
The full paragraph to the above quote:
"If there was ever a "war" involving cars, it ended long ago, and cars won. Their dominance has been so total for so long that we've come to think of public spaces designed to accommodate two-ton vehicles as the default state of affairs. The public, including the poor and working-class who are most likely to rely on public transit, massively subsidizes roads and parking. Even the most marginal efforts to charge drivers for the services they enjoy (with, say, parking fees) is greeted as an act of hostility."
This BLOG and the advocacy behind it takes time; more than I care to admit. It's not really a job, but it is work and MyWHaT is looking for underwriters to help support it. Can you help? Underwriters may use the MyWHaT PayPal account, fill out a Underwriter Form to mail or send me a message to meet over coffee and discuss options. Terms can be creative; we take Baybucks, bartering and pledges.
If you'd like to make a personal donation, PayPal is by far the best method.
FYI: Monday's Quote Series is now the Well Put series.
You're A King, Play, Laugh, Draw Horses, Know Your Limits And Wear Pants (The Weekly Chatter)
A MyWHaT subscriber sent me this Huff Post article: The Key to Happiness: A Taboo for Adults?
He included this comment, "I read this and in my head related it to driving vs.cycling. I seem to be the serious adult when I drive that's all about the result and getting things done (not that getting things done is entirely bad). And when I bike/walk, I'm more open to the journey than just the end result."
Lately, I've particularly been enjoying rides in fresh powder and riding on to & over snowbanks. It's fun. I often forget I'm going to a meeting or to work until I get there. When I drive, I always know where I'm going; that's less fun. It's good advice: Play on your way.
Weekly Chatter
- Ahhh, Bhutan. The home to Gross National Happiness & Kings on bicycles.
- This is why the elderly drivers don't see us when we're walking. (Is your middle temporal vision area inhibited?)
- More adult play: The Horse on a bike challenge –> –>
- This is how you do it!–> London's Super Bike Highways
- RT(@SocialVisionMkt) I'm guilty of walking & texting Luckily this hasn't happened to me
- RT(@shanenickerson) A friend told me there's a place like twitter called "outside" where people favorite each other by making eye contact and smiling. #Unfollow.
- RT(@Intersection911) Thinking a lot lately about lack of proper bicycling facilities (or dealing with dangerous drivers) as an economic justice issue.
- RT(@shitmydadsays) "No. Aliens exist, I just don't think they came millions of light years just to see earth. Be like driving 1000 miles to go to an Arby's"
To Wrap
We've all been caught
with our pants down without lights. What do you do? A useful message from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Have a weekend!
p.s. thank you for the horse on bike link R. Ding-a-ling!
Graphic Friday: Want Traffic Calming? Don't Start With Stop Signs
Graphic Friday
This graphic is adopted from a Traffic Calming presentation in September in Traverse City, but the concept's idea is everywhere. The basics of the graphic show how stop signs can increase top speeds as people race between them. Not shown, but most of us can see how the noise (& pollution) increases closer to the intersection where stop signs are placed. This is caused by cars breaking, revving up and racing to the next stop sign (or worse, a green light). I experienced this yesterday, to some extent, while walking along Cass St. It was considerably louder closer to each intersection.
Often, when a group of neighbors get together and demand that something be done once and for all about traffic, they end up calling for stop signs. Stop signs do indeed have their place in the traffic management mix, but traffic calming is not considered one of them. In fact, they may make the situation worse or at best make the problem slightly different.
Apparently, even 4-way stop signs need careful consideration.
Traffic calming's approach is to reduce the extremes. This hopefully makes for a smoother flow, but also quieter, safer street corridor. Of course, without any traffic calming measures stop signs may just be better than nothing at all. Or, perhaps nothing is preferred. I used to live in a 15th floor apartment with a view of a four-way all-go and motorists always approached with caution.
Traffic author, Tom Vanderbilt recently explored the history and reconsideration of stop signs in a Slate article titled: Stop! Is it possible to design a better stop sign?
It is worth a read It needs to be read by anyone arguing for a stop sign. In it, he describes the Catch-22 of the instrument:
"Residents of a neighborhood may complain about drivers speeding down their street and petition the city to install stop signs. But stop signs are not a safety device as such, nor a traffic-calming device: They exist to assign right of way. Faced with more stop signs, some studies have shown, drivers may actually drive faster to make up time lost for stopping at (or really, slowing through) the intersection; the more signs installed, the lower the compliance."
Certainly, we will discuss this more in the near future. In the meantime, be more considerate; when driving, drive slow and steady.
Compulsion, Curiosity And Coffee…Only Go So Far
* The Year of The Bunny Is Upon Us graphic via Kinfolk/Hypebeast
I'm often asked:
- "How do you keep MyWHaT going?"
- "Are you making any money doing this?"
The answer to the first question is the 3-C's: Compulsion, Curiosity and Coffee.
Of course, the 3-C's ebb and flow in terms of intensity. At times, a perspective simply NEEDS to be put into the public realm, other times there's not much going and it's larger questions that I'm exploring and sometimes…sometimes I've just had too much coffee. Luckily, for the latter, I have a hook-up from my original underwriter Higher Grounds Trading Co.
As for the question of money…honestly, this was more of a concern from some MyWHaT readers than it has been for myself. They know who they are and they have been seriously pestering me about a business plan since 2-weeks into the project. I listened, a little, and sought out a handful of champion underwriters for the inaugural year of MyWHaT.
A large THANK YOU to Higher Grounds, McClain Cycle & Fitness, Erway Graphic Design, Krios Consulting, TART Trails, and the Michigan Land Use Institute.
There were also several private supporters that all contributed. THANK YOU to everyone who contributed (or even sent supportive thoughts)!
It's true, there are costs associated to maintain the BLOG, as well as costs to attend conferences/trainings, join professional organizations and in general pay for research & development not readily available (libraries help, but books are nice to own, I have a book wishlist).
I've actually lost count of the hours spent working on the BLOG because as a freelance photographer & writer my work life & non-work life already had melded together. I take a more philosophical perspective of work that's more in line with the poet Gary Snyder's view that work, the Real Work, is "what is to be done" and it'll drive you nuts if you count the hours spent. I might be able to measure it in happy hour pints, but would have to do the math.
There's Work To Be Done, With Your Help
Regardless, there is a lot of work to be done to develop a community reflective of our values and vision. For Traverse City, I don't believe that vision is wider roads and ever-increasing amounts of single occupant vehicles running amok through our neighborhoods. When presented with the right question, I don't believe it's many other people's vision either. The goal of this BLOG is to first celebrate the commons. Then, it is to inform and help engage people on issues related to making Traverse City, NW Lower Michigan and points further afield great places to live.
This is a long way to say: I'm looking for underwriters. February 3 is the lunar new year and I'll be reaching out before then to current underwriters and potential underwriters for year-long commitments. I'll also be running a reminder at the bottom of daily posts for the month.
Underwriters may use the MyWHaT PayPal account, fill out a Underwriter Form to mail or send me a message to meet over coffee and discuss options (see the form below)–terms can be creative; I take Baybucks, bartering and pledges. If you're interested in underwriting, or know someone who might be, use the form below to send me a message.
If you'd rather remain anonymous (publicly) or make a personal donation, PayPal is by far the best method, however, I always enjoy meeting people over coffee, beer or good food.
OK, that was my public ask…It didn't hurt too bad.
"Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there."
— Gary Snyder
"The Way You Get Around Determines How You Live."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Strong Towns BLOG has received a lot of attention on MyWHaT of late. Today's post is a rift by guest writer Henry Morgenstein after he discovered a perusal of their site-as usual, it's provocative.
Tomorrow next week, I'll have my rift off of their recent Starter Strategies for a Strong Town post-my attempt to look at some economics.
"The Way You Get Around Determines How You Live."
by Henry Morgenstein
I was just reading a blog called Strong Towns. Like everybody else, they are trying desperately to come up with a formula that would make modern towns look like towns used to look like: places full of people, full of local stores. The blog was realistic. It admitted to that we have many benefits now — computers, cheap consumer goods — that we did not have then. The wish for the past was not a stupid wish to be transported to a golden time. We are better off now, but our cities are soulless.
Is there a single solution to our soulless downtowns? Is there a silver bullet, a way of making the downtowns of all cities more vibrant, more alive? In short is there a way of making a social life exist inside cities?
Our urban life does not throw people into the street. It rakes them up, shuts them into office buildings and houses….instead of squares & fields, modern cities devise means to keep crowds moving rather than gathering. Streets work as thoroughfares, channels…social circulation, ventilation, not congregation…Architectural means to disperse, direct crowds."
That says it all. I have always known that architecture creates the environment we live in, but I never fully realized that our streets are the architecture of our lives. Wide streets, streets devoted to cars, not people, create the life we live. We are dispersed, herded, moved through. Loitering is not encouraged. Stand still or walk slowly & dreamily & you will be dead.
Or, to sum it up, "The way we get around determines how we live." How we live means how we shop, who we befriend, what we eat. The list is endless. A car culture is radically different from a subway culture.
Think of cities that have subways & trolleys. What you see is people on the street, in subway cars. You see crowds, you meet people — some of whom are bound to become your friends — or at the very least acquaintances. One way or another you will get to know them, recognize them.
Think of a car oriented city. People hurtle buy in closed containers. Life on the street is zilch, zero. Life on the street is dangerous, non-existent.
If you want to bring back vibrant downtowns, local shops, street life, you must change the way people get around.
"The way you get around determines how you live."
There is only one way to go back to what we love about the past, towns that are full of people & local stores. That is to change the way we get around — and instead of focusing on banning cars — and we must eventually ban cars — we must first focus on alternative means to get around — busses & trolleys, bicycle pathways & pedestrian paths. If, and only if, there are efficient public ways to get around, can we begin to do what must be done. It's already beginning to be done. Just today I read that Paris (& many other French cities) are considering banning SUVs. As the article says, "SUVs are not compatible with city life." Truthfully, cars are not compatible with city life.
We all want city life; we really do. We are sick of our current landscape: deserted city streets because city streets, nowadays, are pieces of the highway. We want towns that are full of people & shops & cinemas & our friends & our neighbors.
What can we focus on to make such cities live again? "The way we get around determines how we live."
Comments: we welcome your comments, please don't be shy. The more questions, perspectives and general participation we have here the better. What's on your mind?
Reminder: Old Town Neighborhood Observational Walk
The Next Observational Walk
Tomorrow, January 27th at 4:30-pm is the next observational walk. We will meet at Cass St. and 8th to walk the length of Cass St. to 14th and then return north on Union St. The purpose of the walk is to experience the place at the human scale and see how it serves people. Please, RSVP online or show up at 4:30 at Cass & 8th on Thursday.
Plug in where you can. Drinks likely to follow.
We had two community walks in 2010: Division St. and State St. (downtown). I thought I had written up the observations from the State St. walk, but a quick search of the website didn't find it, so I think it slipped past me. My apologies. When I find the notes I will follow-up. The main observations confirmed a lot of Peter Spaulding's description when he wrote about a State St. conversion back to a two-way street. It was also interesting to hear the history of the road and the progress it has made! From the sounds of it used to look something like US-31 south of Meijers: car lots and gas stations.
Observations from the Division St. were published and were also used to suggest improvements for as early as 2011. According to MDOT, the suggestion made during the walk for installing pedestrian countdown signals was pursued and funds found to make that happen. That's a good thing. There were other suggestions that came out of that walk that need supporters.
I'm looking forward to meeting new people tomorrow and going for a walk. Last week I walked my beagles to the vet south of 14th street…um, it wasn't pretty.
Comments: we welcome your comments, please don't be shy. The more questions, perspectives and general participation we have here the better. What's on your mind?


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More than a decade ago, in the boom years, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington was one of the many cultural institutions for which ambitious expansions were envisioned.
A $650 million rebuilding project, designed by architect Rafael Vinoly, called for a new 11-acre plaza over the Potomac Freeway — offering better access between the center and the National Mall — and buildings to house an education center and rehearsal space.
But in 2005, Congress balked, omitting from a transportation bill almost $400 million earmarked for the project.
Now, eight years later, the center has unveiled a more modest $100 million plan, designed by architect Steven Holl, that will give the institution the rehearsal and education space. The money is being raised privately, and half has been donated by the center's chairman, David M. Rubenstein.
"When you're the chairman of something, you have the obligation to be a leader," he said. "I am very much interested in promoting the idea that the federal government can't do all of the things that it used to be able to do."
The center plans to break ground in 2016 and complete the project in 2018.
Although the Kennedy Center has 1.5 million square feet of space, it opened in 1971 without rehearsal or classroom space and with only one office.
"We educate 11 million children a year, and we don't have a classroom," said Michael M. Kaiser, the center's president.
The Kennedy Center also needs work space to train arts managers (Kaiser founded its DeVos Institute of Arts Management in 2001), and it needs large rehearsal space for opera and ballet productions.
Just as the redevelopment of the Lincoln Center in New York added inviting public areas, the Kennedy Center hopes to lure audiences with an outdoor stage and gardens where people can see a free performance, eat at a new restaurant or picnic by the Potomac. Holl and Chris McVoy, a senior partner at Steven Holl Architects, were unanimously selected by the Kennedy Center board after a search that started with 21 architects.
"We wanted to make an artistic statement," Kaiser said. "We weren't just looking for a mini version of what we had."
Holl's initial concept — a formal design will be created in the coming months — features three connected pavilions south of the existing building, amounting to 60,000 square feet.
The board was taken by the design's orientation to the Potomac, because President John F. Kennedy had expressed a strong affinity for water. Holl said this was deliberate.
"My first sketch was to make a connection to the river," he said. "The original Edward Durrell Stone design was connected to the river."
One pavilion will float on the Potomac and include an outdoor stage. The exteriors will use translucent Okalux, an insulating glass that diffuses light.
"It glows like a Japanese lantern," Holl said of the material.
He also used the same Italian Carrara marble that cloaks the original building.
To avoid interrupting the center's silhouette, the new structure will connect to it underground and via the main plaza.
"The idea was to fuse the addition with the landscape, rather than try to add an object on," Holl said.
Rubenstein's gift — among the largest ever given to a federally supported nonprofit organization — marks the beginning of the Kennedy Center's $125 million fundraising campaign. The institution plans to raise $50 million more for the expansion and an additional $25 million for future major programming.
Rubenstein has given more than $75 million to the center to date, making him the most generous benefactor in its history.
In June, a bill that authorized the center to construct an expansion at the south end of its grounds was approved by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.
The expansion will be part of Kaiser's legacy to the center; he will step down at the end of 2014 after almost 14 years in the job. He then will stay on for three more years running the DeVos Institute.
Because the center is known as "a living memorial," and Kennedy's statements about the arts are carved into its facade, Holl did the same with his new buildings, using Kennedy's statements about water.
"We are tied to the ocean," Kennedy said in one of them.
"And when we go back to the sea — whether it is to sail or to watch it — we are going back from whence we came."


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Movie mogul Jerry Weintraub has been hailed a hero in Beverly Hills after saving a man's life in a medical emergency.
The legendary producer and his girlfriend Susie Elkins visited the Barneys New York department store in Los Angeles this week for the unveiling of a window display designed in his honour.
But the pair was shocked to find one of his friends collapsed on the sidewalk outside - Weintraub immediately called paramedics and comforted the unnamed victim, who is believed to have suffered heart troubles, until an ambulance arrived.
A source tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "The man was having heart issues and had collapsed. Amazingly, it was somebody that Weintraub had known for 40 years. Weintraub and Elkins called paramedics and comforted the man, who was rushed to the hospital and has fortunately recovered."
Weintraub adds, "God put in the windows and sent me to see them exactly at that time, not a coincidence."


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VA Team visits American Samoa; encouraging Veterans to access earned benefits
HONOLULU, Hi. —James E. Hastings, MD, Director, VA Pacific Islands Health Care System and Tracey Betts, Director, VBA Honolulu Regional Office conducted a comprehensive visit to American Samoa last week.
During their visit, Dr. Hastings and his team met with several officials and Veterans on island to provide updates on VA services. The Director discussed the need for Veterans to enroll at the American Samoa Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) to enhance service delivery, as healthcare teams expand.
The recent addition of a new CBOC primary care physician offers more opportunities for Veterans to access VA care. In addition to the primary care physician, plans are underway to fill mental health provider positions. There are no plans to reduce services at the clinic but rather, to continue expanding the comprehensive services offered to address and meet the needs of our Veterans in American Samoa.
Approximately 800 Veterans of an estimated 4,000 Veterans on island are enrolled at the CBOC. The visit was another opportunity to conduct outreach and education throughout the community in hopes that more Veterans will access the care [via enrollment], which they have earned, through their military service.
Enrollment is completed by bringing in proof of military service (e.g. DD214) and a valid ID.
Enrollment figures are used to evaluate how additional funds are allocated throughout the VA and within the Network (region). Funding is also allocated to support additional programs and services, based on the numbers and needs of the respective Veteran community.
Enrollment is free; it does not cost anything. Our Veterans have nothing to lose and everything to gain, by signing up. For more information about registering for VA benefits and services, please visit www.va.gov or contact our local VA CBOC, VA Vet Center or State Office of Veterans Services.
The VA provides health care at little or no charge to more than 5 million Veterans annually. Medical services are provided through the inpatient and outpatient facilities run by the Veterans Health Administration. Although Veterans from recent conflicts will represent a fast-growing share of enrollments in VA health care over the next decade, the share of VA's resources devoted to the care of those Veterans is projected to remain small through 2020, in part because they are younger and healthier than other Veterans served by VA. However, health care costs per person are expected to continue increasing due to inflation making it even more important for Veterans to enroll.
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(Source: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VA Pacific Islands Health Care System)


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Eastern's Tyler Duncan found out today that his father was killed in an accident this morning while working at Jeff Boat. He decided to play and the Musketeers rode the wave of emotion to an 18-7 win over West Washington in Both teams' season-openers.
The Musketeers had a lot of other reasons to be emotional. Be sure to see a story about the emotions and their big win, the schools first-ever in football over the Senators.
Eastern just needs a win over Salem to secure the school's first-ever county championship in football.
An update to the motorcycle fatality that occurred shortly before midnight on July 28th, 2011 in which Charles R. Cahall Jr., 42, of Mt. Zion Road in Henryville, IN was killed.
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes three, chapters one through 7 that "There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven ~ 2 A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance. 5 A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing. 6 A time to search, and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep, and a time to throw away. 7 A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together; A time to be silent, and a time to speak.8 A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.


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Harper leaves Nationals to get tests on hipNationals outfielder Bryce Harper is headed back to Washington, D.C., to undergo tests on his hip. Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper will miss the next two games against the Mets because of inflammation in his left hip, according to a baseball source. Aft… (more)
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got my latest labs today. they only do a CD4 count here as viral load and all are too expensive as they have to be shipped out to South Africa etc and they only do viral loads for people on treatment. anyway my CD4 is 503.in April 2005 i was 540in December 2005 it was 478June 2006 it is 503. ;Di couldnt believe it actually went up and i'm not on meds or anything. i mean i'm not doing anything special, just taking herbal tea and sometimes vitamins when i dont forget. i must say i'm pleased . i should be right? my doctor says that my count is good. it is right? i mean compared to some of the numbers of people here 503 isnt all that great but up from 478 is good right?
All increases are good in that the trend is established. Just be sure to understand that drinking herbal tea is not why your numbers go up....its way more complicated.
Any upward trend in the CD4 count department is good. It is hard to imagine that the other tests r not run and have to b shipped elsewhere.RobT9/27/2005-1st test resultsViral Load >1,000,000CD4 204CD4%age 18CD4/CD8 ratio .2311/24/2005- Sustiva/Truvada04/18/2006Viral Load 140CD4 402CD4%age .21CD4/CD8 ratio .3906/27/2006Viral Load 42CD4 409CD4%age .21Next appt.-07/11/2007 (lab)
Good for you Tendai...you're on the right track. Keep up the good work. :) ;D
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New analysis shows acquisitions deliver for mining shareholders
London, 4 December 2013
M&A delivered better returns than organic investment for mining and metals companies during the past decade, new analysis by EY shows.
EY data presented at the Mines and Money London conference today shows the companies with the highest relative spend on M&A as a percentage of market value delivered the highest total shareholder returns (+414%) over the period 2002-2012, compared to both those companies with the highest relative spends on organic investment (+181%) or dividend/paybacks (+340%).
EY Global Mining & Metals Transactions Leader Lee Downham says M&A also trumped organic investment in analysis from the period post financial crisis (2009-2013), but not the dividend/payback group.
"It shows the right deal can create a lot of value if executed well. This also highlights that organic investment isn't being valued by the market right now, resulting in lower returns across those that have invested heavily on large scale projects," says Downham.
"Given the cyclical nature of the industry, the analysis provides a different output depending on what period the total return is measured against. This reinforces the need for companies in the sector to be making investment decisions on a long-term horizon – the value of organic investment may well be realized over the next few years given the lead time to bring production to market."
The analysis follows the release of EY's Capital Confidence Barometer: Mining & metals sector report which shows 73% of mining and metals respondents believe deal volumes will increase in the next 12 months.
The report is based on a global survey of almost 1,600 senior executives in 72 countries, including 143 from mining and metals companies.
"Companies in the sector have generally been cautious and introspective throughout most of this year, but there are signs that for some this may be about to change," says Downham.
The Capital Confidence Barometer: Mining & metals sector shows 72% of executives in the sector believe the global economy is improving compared with just 57% six months ago.
Similarly, 73% expect deal volumes in the sector to improve in the next 12 months, 55% have growth as their primary focus and 24% intend to pursue an acquisition.
However the valuation gap is likely to remain a challenge, with 82% expecting it to stay the same or widen in the next 12 months.
"Increased price and currency volatility is making deals more difficult and that volatility will continue for the next 2-3 years. This means greater difficulty in matching buyer and seller price expectations," says Downham.
"Investors who are able to build greater flexibility into transactions will be more successful in completing deals."
Key findings – Capital Confidence Barometer: Mining & metals sector
- 73% expect deal volumes in the sector to improve in the next 12 months
- 72% believe the global economy is improving compared to 57% six months ago
- 68% say their board is more focused on capital allocation compared to 54% six months ago
- 47% say credit availability is improving
- 55% say growth is their primary focus
- 43% with excess cash plan to invest in growth over the next 12 months
- 52% of organic growth will focus on delivering existing projects or projects in core commodities and existing markets
- 24% plan to pursue an acquisition
About EY
EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.
EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about our organization, please visit ey.com.
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text: Grab a tissue and watch this short film by Disney. "Paperman" is a six-minute-or-so video that uses a new technique of seamlessly weaving together computer-generated animation with hand drawn images. The film is a hopeful tearjerkin' journey o' love, perfect for anyone eager for Valentine's Day; however, even the hardest hearted will appreciate the fluidity of this new animation technique. "Paperman" is up for an Oscar for Best Animated Short against "Maggie Simpson and the Longest Daycare," "Fresh Guacamole," "Head Over Heel" and "Adam and Dog."


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Forest of Light: Forest Walk
Artist's Inspiration
Forest of Light is an arboreal variation on my work Field of Light, which was originally conceived in 1992 during a trip I took through the Red Desert in central Australia. Deserts have an incredible feeling of energy and ideas seemed to radiate from them along with the heat. They also have many incongruities: they seem to be infertile, barren places until it rains and they bloom like a veritable Eden. I wanted to create an illuminated field of stems that, like the dormant seed in a dry desert, would bloom after darkness falls with gentle rhythms of light under a blazing blanket of stars. By placing an alien installation in the midst of nature, the enormous contrast allows one to literally see the wood from the trees, and that has always been the focus since the idea first germinated so many years ago.
–Bruce Munro
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- —20,000 acrylic rods mounted on stakes
- —86.9 mi (140,000 m) bare optic fiber
- —80 halogen light sources with hand-painted color wheels
- —On a sunny day, Longwood's solar field produces enough energy to run this installation for 54,800 days.
All materials will be recycled or reused in future installations by Munro.
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Today, I decided to clean my apartment from top to bottom. Once I was done, I looked over at my puppy, who then woke up, stretched, got out of his basket and started to pee. I shouted, "No!" Scared, he then ran all over the place, still peeing. FML
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Today, I heard my sister talking to my mom about me, saying that I have the ability to suck the life out of a room like a Dementor. I walked in and asked what she meant by that. My mom replied, "She means you're an asshole." I love you too, mom. FML
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Today, I have to take time off from work to take part in an intervention because my sister's obsession with the guy from Harry Potter has crossed over into illegality. FML
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Today, at work, a customer came in and ordered a "Butterbeer Frappuccino." When I said we serve no such thing, she yelled at me for "lying" to her, saying she knew about our "secret menu." She ended up complaining to my manager and demanded that he fire me. FML
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Book - Pope Francis
NEW YORK (AP) — An English-language edition of a 2010 book co-authored by Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, will be published in May.
Image Books, a "Catholic-interest" imprint of Random House Inc., announced Tuesday that "On Heaven and Earth: Pope Francis on Faith, Family and the Church in the 21st Century" will come out May 7. The book was co-written by Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
According to Image Books, "On Heaven and Earth" includes discussions between the two religious leaders on everything from atheism and euthanasia to abortion and globalization.


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The hook is one of the most powerful punches in boxing. They can be thrown in a myriad of ways, check-hook, upper-hook (a.k.a. "the 45") or the shovel-hook.
The timing, speed and accuracy of a well-thrown left hook, especially, can knock out both opponents and spectators alike.
Some of the most sensational knockouts and knockdowns in boxing history have been attributed to the left hook.
Also, some of the most famous pugilists of our time have either been behind or in front of this most exquisite of punches, with devastating effect.
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text: With a stay at L'etoile Hotel in Doha, you'll be convenient to Qatar National Museum and Grand Hamad Street. This hotel is within close proximity of Doha Fort and Al Khoot Fort. Make yourself at home in one of the 97 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily. Enjoy a range of recreational amenities, including a health club, an outdoor pool, and a sauna. Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free valet parking is available onsite. Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool, a health club, and a sauna.


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I am a veterinarian in Seattle, Washington. I do veterinary housecalls part-time. My practice is mainly dogs and cats. I see healthy pets for exam or vaccinations, as well as ill or injured pets for those visits that do not require hospitalization, xrays or gas anesthesia. Many of my home visits are for pet euthanasias. I do these with mature compassion and skill. If you live in Seattle, my housecall practice may be for you.
Best way to get in touch? - call 888-515-4678 (will not take TXT or SMS messages)
I love to serve clients in my Montlake neighborhood (where my housecall fee is minimal), but I do travel to all parts of Seattle and sometimes nearby suburbs.
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Indoor or Outdoor Pickle Ball at Montlake Community Center
I became fond of this game in 2014. There was indoor drop-in pickle ball at the Montlake Community Center (MCC) and it may happen again... Pickleball lines are painted on the outdoor sports court at MCC, and tennis courts can be quickly adapted to outdoor pickle ball. If you have run across this page when searching for Seattle Pickle Ball indoor or outdoor courts, consider joining one of the two email lists below. Both run under Mailman, which is secure from 'bots and spammers. An automatic confirmation email is sent to you which you will need to respond to after you sign up.
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Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine is running for Senate in Virginia, The New York Times' Paul Volpe reports. Kaine hopes to replace Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat and one-termer by choice. Kaine was a popular governor in the state, and President Obama is pretty keen on him, too.
Kaine will likely be campaigning against George Allen, the Republican Webb unseated in 2006 after Allen made a series of racially-tinged remarks.


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