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"Freakonomics claims that legalised abortion killed off many future criminals, using data to show that 20 years after Roe vs Wade there was a dip in the crime rates."
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to complain about it.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
2 comments:
- rockmother said...
Based on what data? That all sounds a bit far fetched to me. Are they insinuating that people are born to be criminals? There must have been so many variables in that research that would have got in the way of what they were trying to prove. Ooh I fear a nature/nurture debate coming on!
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- Paulie said...
On the programme, (you can listen to the 11th July edition of Radio 4's 'Start the Week' online - click on the link), one of the talking heads was saying that children who are not planned and not wanted are more likely to turn into criminals in later life.
I don't know how tightly they looked at the figures, but I suspect that combining detailed figures outlining the time and location of abortions against the exact ages of offenders could provide a conclusion that would stand up in some way.
Whatever; it does get you thinking. Like the debate about parents being able to chose the sex of their children, the whiff of eugenics often curtails any useful discussion: Admit - this is not a debate that you would be comfortable about getting into in public? (Well, I wouldn't anyway...)
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Hundreds of thousands of visitors will begin seeing all the upgrades for themselves Friday, when the LDS Church opens its remodeled temple to the public.
Besides the church's highly visible project downtown — turning a 1970s Space Age edifice into a more traditional-looking temple — Ogden has been busy gussying up its private and public places.
Volunteers, business leaders and civic activists have been painting homes, sprucing up yards, weeding gardens and tidying up trails. City crews have cleaned and repaired parks and pavilions while working with neighboring municipalities to beautify Ogden's gateways.

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The Australian sharemarket has bounced higher, shaking off all of its losses this week, as positive economic data from the US and an easing of China's credit crunch lured investors back into the fray.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 jumped 75.7 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 4731.7. The broader All Ordinaries rose 74.3 points, or 1.6 per cent, to 4707.8.
Overnight in the US, better-than-expected manufacturing data and strong consumer confidence helped boost market sentiment on hopes that the world's largest economy is indeed recovering. As a result, the S&P500 finished 1 per cent higher, while the Dow Jones lifted 0.7 per cent.
This is counter to the recent trend which has seen markets fall on positive US economic data, under the guise that the US Federal Reserve will stop its $US85 billion bond buying program, which has pumped up markets.
Investors seem to have come to terms with the fact that the Fed will soon begin to end quantitative easing with the belief the US economy can stand up on its own.
''In the short term, volatility is likely to remain high and risk assets could stay under pressure, it is important for investors to remain focused on the fundamentals and if need be, look through the short-term volatility,'' said HSBC regional head of wealth management, Asia Pacific Vineet Vohra.
Also helping to lift the local bourse, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said late Tuesday it would act as a last resort as a lender for banks caught in a credit-squeeze.
Credit Suisse analyst Damien Boey said investors were taking this as a sign that China's central bank would inject stimulus into the economy. He said this trail of thought was extrapolated and it was too soon to make that call.
Of the miners, Rio enjoyed the biggest lift, up 3.3 per cent to $51.90. Rival BHP gained 2.6 per cent to $31.62. Iron ore miner Fortescue rose 2.4 per cent to $3.03.
All the big banks finished strongly, rising between 1.7 per cent and 1.9 per cent. Westpac was the biggest winner, closing at $28.24.
Gold miners were the only sector to finish lower, as the spot price continued its march south, falling a further 2.1 per cent to $US1250.51 an ounce to trade at it's lowest point since September 2010. Gold has plunged 25.4 per cent this year.
''Gold at the end of the day tells us about the risks to inflation. If inflations risks are low, or if in fact we see deflation risk, then there is no reason to hold gold,'' said Mr Boey.


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Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ITU and the four standardisation bodies of China, Japan and Korea (CJK) last year, see press release here Malcolm Johnson, Director of the ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, led a delegation from the ITU Secretariat to the eleventh CJK Meeting (CJK-11) 14-16 March at the Seagaia Convention Centre in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The Indian standards body GISFI also attended the meeting as an observer as it has requested to join the MoU.The meeting addressed global ICT standardization questions of common interest to the region's key standards bodies: ARIB, CCSA, TTA and TTC.
In his opening speech Johnson noted that CJK governments together account for 15 per cent of the total financial contributions received by ITU from Member States, and private entities from these nations account for 20 per cent of the contributions ITU-T receives from the private sector. Moreover, CJK makes a significant number contribution to ITU meetings: 38 percent more contributions in 2011 than in 2009.
Full speech can be seen here.CJK meetings seek to maintain and improve the commitment to mutual understanding and cooperation, and recognise the imperative of coordinated international standards for the sound progression of each of the countries' ICT industries. The meeting identified the following topics as candidates for collaboration under the MoU: M2M and Dynamic Spectrum Access; Future IMT; smart grid; cloud computing and security; and the work on environment and climate change.
The Deputy Director of ITU's Radiocommunication Bureau, Fabio Leite, also participated in the meeting stressing the importance of collaboration with ITU's Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), in particular on M2M access networks where there is a clear need for interoperability between radio-based systems.
The news reflects the increased attention being given by ITU-T to wideband audio and other codec-related quality issues, especially regarding their subjective testing, such as for superwideband and fullband.
Work has progressed over a number of meetings, since the beginning of 2007, of the Focus Group From/In/To Car Communication on draft Recommendation - P.Carhft - under development by ITU-T's Study Group 12. The Focus Group concept allows for non-members, in this case the auto industry to participate.
While first concentrating on narrowband speech (3.4kHz), the group working under new banner - FitCarCom - will move into better quality - wideband (8kHz).
Participating companies include Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, DaimlerChrysler, France Telecom, Harman/Becker, Head Acoustics, Mitsubishi, Nortel and Volkswagen. The first meeting of the group is expected to be March or April, 2008.
Imagine a future in which cars will be able to foresee and avoid collisions, navigate the quickest route to their destination, making use of up-to-the-minute traffic reports, identify the nearest available parking slot and minimize their carbon emissions. Indeed, imagine a future where cars can largely drive themselves, leaving their passengers to use the free time to watch the sports game on live TV.
All of these possibilities already exist within the laboratories of car manufacturers and some are already available commercially. But they rely on communications links that must be increasingly high-capacity and long range to deal with the full range of requirements of future transport users. The generic technology they use is called Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The requirement for future standards in the ITS field is to be able to provide multiple services, over multiple different platforms, that will work in different countries (as vehicles can easily cross borders), while maintaining a simple-to-use interface that requires minimum intervention from the driver.
This, then, is the rationale behind an ongoing effort, launched by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) in 2003, under the auspices of Working Group 16 of ISO Technical Committee 204, and promoted by the more recently created industry association - The CALM Forum - to develop a new family of ITS standards with the overall branding of Continuous Air-interface, Long and Medium range (CALM).
A new ITU-T Briefing Report on CALM has been released as part of the Technology Watch function, which evaluates its potential as a new area for ITU standardization work (for instance, integrated with Next-Generation Networks) and its likely implications for developing countries. The report notes the work currently going on in ITU on ITS, including the forthcoming Fully Networked Car III workshop, to be held on 3-5 March 2008 in Geneva. It is planned that this will be the first of a series of new Briefing Reports looking at emerging new technologies.
ITU-T has issued a call for papers for an event - Innovations in Next Generation Networks - to be held in Geneva, 12-13 May 2008. The event is the first in a series that will increase the dialogue between academia and experts working on the standardization of information and communications technologies (ICT). Awards will be granted to selected best papers, as judged
by the organizing and programme committee. Details will be announced later.
Innovations in NGN is to inspire contributions towards a kaleidoscopic view of communication habits for the future. We know what NGN is in terms of the underlying technology, but we don't know what services will emerge, how NGN will affect the marketplace for ICT, and how society will be affected. The call for papers lists a number of suggested topics.
Innovations in NGN will bring together new and visionary ideas on the future of NGN. It will highlight technologies, services and applications five years from now that will capitalize on the NGN infrastructure and will lead us to the so-called ubiquitous network society in which information can be accessed anywhere, at anytime, by anyone and anything. The event will also cover multidisciplinary aspects related to the deployment of NGN, including analysis of the regulatory and societal challenges that the deployment of NGN will bring.
ITU-T will hold a Workshop on Multimedia in NGN, Geneva, 10-11 September.Multimedia applications and services are migrating towards a single converged user-centric communications network. The "internet of things" represents one of the key challenges for NGN standardization.
This migration, or evolution, has been recognized in ITU-T and a number of initiatives have started for the development of global standards in specific areas like IPTV, GRID, networked aspects of identification (including RFID aspects), sensor networks and more.
An aim of the NGN is to provide the necessary service capabilities to support present and future multimedia applications and services.
This workshop will contribute to the NGN vision of supporting future multimedia services and applications, and will facilitate experience and knowledge sharing between the NGN community, multimedia service and application experts.
The various sessions will identify future developments at the service and application level and their impact on NGN capabilities.
The workshop will investigate future trends driven by technology and business needs in the area of multimedia services and applications, including those resulting from fixed-mobile-broadcast convergence.
The amendment takes into account the
transmission characteristics for headsets and hands free terminals. The
original Recommendation – P.313 - provides audio performance requirements for
portable digital cordless and mobile handsets, headset and loudspeaker
Specifications for car mounted hands free
terminals will be treated in a new Recommendation in progress and also under
study in the Focus Group - From/In/To Cars Communication.
The Focus Group meeting in Geneva,
January, worked on specifications that will enhance communications in
vehicles. Using as a starting point a specification developed by the German
Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) the
Focus Group is looking to improve a draft Recommendation – P.Carhft –
under development by ITU-T's Study Group 12. The
Focus Group concept allows for non-members, in this case the auto industry to
A first priority is to deal with speakerphone audio quality, aiming to
provide a specification that will help to improve the speech- and sound -
quality between different devices. Second priority is requirements for headsets
including wireless. Chairman of the group, Hans Gierlich of Head Acoustics
noted also that a major problem for the car industry is car-to-car
While first concentrating on narrowband speech (3.4kHz), the group will
eventually move into better quality - wideband (8kHz). Input is also required
in the area of testing for interaction between the network and hands-free
terminals. In addition speech recognition will be addressed.
Participating companies included Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, DaimlerChrysler, France Telecom, Harman/Becker, Head
Acoustics, Mitsubushi, Nortel and Volkswagen.
A second FG meeting hosted by HARMAN/BECKER Automotive Systems is
planned for March 15 in Ulm,
following the ITU, ISO and IEC event, The
Fully Networked Car, Information and Communication Technologies in Motor
Vehicles. The event taking place at the Geneva Motor Show will review
and examine the implications of the latest developments in this fast-moving
market. A significant value-add will be an exhibition showcasing the latest
technologies in the field.
A new tool
that will give a unique overview of ITU-T's next generation network (NGN) work
has gone live. The NGN Project Management Tool, was
developed with the support of a voluntary contribution from Siemens.
Since the
work towards standards for NGN is taking place across a number of different
ITU-T study groups and other standards development organizations (SDOs) the
ability to coordinate and view all NGN work in one place will be invaluable to
the swift and efficient publication of NGN specifications.
Essentially a repository of
information from ITU and other SDOs, the system was asked for by members of the
various Study Groups working on NGN. Key will be the ability to keep track of
the latest versions of Recommendations and provide detailed information for
experts and summaries for management.
A new
standard that speeds up video calls on 3G devices has been published by ITU-T.
The new standard, Annex K of Recommendation H.324, also known as media oriented
negotiation acceleration (MONA) addresses the problem of long set up times for
video calls that many perceive as stalling consumer acceptance. H.324 is used
in 3G networks to exchange real-time and bi-directional video traffic
Without the new technique a typical video session required each end to send up
to ten messages to the other terminal, each time waiting for a message to be
received and acknowledged before sending the next one. And, if a message was
not received, the sending device had to wait and finally time out before
retransmitting. This could introduce delays of up to eight seconds according to
MONA follows in the footsteps of another ITU-T standard – reported here
– WNSRP (described in Annex A/H.324), which was a first step towards addressing
the problem. WNSRP cut delays down to three seconds, while the techniques
deployed in MONA will reduce that to one second or less.
is a crucial part of the service capabilities within the next generation
network (NGN) concept. The ITU-T Recommendation notes: "… with the massive
growth in the number of users and the continuing deployment of heterogeneous
systems the demand to provide seamless services to the NGN users gets
Recommendation - Q.1706 - describes the requirements for providing 'mobility
management', that is the set of functions used to provide mobility. These
functions include authentication, authorization, location updating, paging and
download of user information. The aim of this work is to build on the current
mechanisms in cellular telephone systems and the internet and to move toward
homogeneity in handling mobility across the converging telecommunication and
computing environments.
The next
step for SG 19 will be a Recommendation describing the framework for achieving
mobility management based on these requirements. SG management suggests that
this work is progressing well and will probably be achieved in time for the
next round of approvals targeted to be initiated at a meeting in April 2007.
A new ITU-T Focus Group will develop standards for
ICTs in cars, and a workshop on the same topic has been announced for March
The group, open to non-ITU members, and in particular
aiming to attract participation from car manufacturers, will be called From/In/To
Cars Communication and will, according to
terms of reference agreed at the recent meeting of ITU-T's Study Group 12 address:
Deliverables from the group will be submitted to SG 12
for formal approval as ITU-T Recommendations.
Jean-Yves Monfort, Chairman Study Group 12: "It
is essential for all stakeholders to come to grips with these technologies that
are having a profound influence on vehicle development, the driver experience
and the way that vehicles are now sold. They have the potential to vastly
improve vehicle mobility and safety, while increasing comfort and
enjoyment, but they also raise some fundamental questions. What are the right
business models in linking the automotive and telecoms sectors? How do we
face the technical and engineering challenges? How do we make sure that the
right standards are adopted to deal with the complexity of so many electronic
components and to allow this market to develop its full potential? It is the
goal of these activities, the formation of the Focus Group and the workshop, to
provide some answers to these questions."
ITU-T's SG12 work in the field started following the
2003 ITU, Workshop on
Standardization in Telecommunication for motor vehicles. The formation of the FG, will make it easier for car manufacturers,
standards organizations and others to participate in the development of a new
set of requirements and specifications to help advance the work of ITU-T.
The group, chaired by Hans Gierlich, Head Acoustics,
will first meet January 2007, with a second meeting planned during the Geneva
Motor Show, March 2007. The Motor Show will also host a workshop, convened
jointly by ITU, ISO and IEC, The Fully Networked Car, Information and
Communication Technologies in Motor Vehicles. The event will review and
examine the implications of the latest developments in this fast-moving market.
A significant value-add will be an exhibition showcasing the latest
technologies in the field. The exhibition will run the length of the Geneva
Motor Show, while the workshop will take place between 7 and 9 March.
part of celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ITU-T, you
are invited to vote for the most influential standards work from ITU-T.
work is behind many of the worlds most prevalent information and communications
technologies. Choose here from our shortlist which
you think has best shaped the ICT world of today, or feel free to suggest your
own idea.
the proposed move to packet switched networks, carriers, mobile operators and
system integrators all have a need to support time-division multiplexing (TDM)
over packet networks. TDM, experts say, today forms all of the transmission
network and a good part of the access network.
role of this Rec - G.8261 - is to outline the requirements for the support of a
crucial part of TDM's operation in packet networks. The Recommendation's
authors say that without proper synchronization, applications such as mobile
telephony simply will not work.
G.8261 analyses synchronization aspects in packet networks, with
particular focus on the Ethernet, and outlines the minimum requirements for the
synchronization function of network elements. In particular it focuses on the
transport of synchronization information required for the transport of TDM
signals over packet networks. The transport of SDH signals is for further
January saw a gathering of hundreds of NGN experts in Geneva for the first NGN-GSI (global
standards initiative) event. Good progress was reported in several key areas
particularly in the important area of functional architecture and requirements
for resource and admission control functions (RACF) in NGNs. The Recommendation
covering RACF is said to be stable and is expected to be consented at the July
GSI event.
The January event comprised three full Study Group
meetings (11, 13 and 19). Experts from
various other Study Groups were in attendance for this first meeting of the GSI
following its launch in November, 2005.
Study Group 13, the lead for NGN work, alone saw over 250
contributions, many a result of the work of the Focus Group on NGN. SG 13 saw
three new Recommendations consented, see separate stories (Y.1731, Y.1452, Y.1453).
Group 11 reported that 50 contributions were received and launched work on
an NGN Protocol Set. According to SG documents ITU-T NGN-Protocol Set 1 will
define protocols for the support of:
· Network to Network Interface (NNI) session control;
· User to network Interface (UNI) session control;
· Resource Control Interfaces;
· Network Attachment Interfaces.
Protocol Set 1 is targeted for
completion by the end of 2006.
The chair of Study Group 19 reported good progress in the
area of FMC (fixed-mobile convergence).
It is expected that many other of the outputs of the Focus
Group on NGN will be consented at this July meeting. Among them will be a
Recommendation dealing with performance, management and measurement, another
key area in NGN. See the work programmes for the various Study Groups involved
in NGN for a full list.
The latest
meeting of Study Group 3 saw an agreement that may lead to lower international mobile
telephony charges.
The move
follows a successful initiative in the 1990's to lower the – then – high cost
of international fixed line telephone calls.
research has found that in some cases mobile termination charges can be five to
ten times more than fixed termination charge. Termination charges happen when
calls are terminated in a network other than that from which they have
And since
as many as 75 per cent of all calls now involve the mobile network in some way
SG 3 has decided to investigate how to lower these costs and make mobile
telephony more affordable.
The Study
Group will send a questionnaire to members and following analysis of the
responses it will develop targets aimed at bringing down the cost of mobile
call termination.
The same
initiative for fixed-line telephony is thought to have significantly reduced
costs to consumers. Although some lowering of call costs can be shown to have
been due to competition and market conditions, call costs were also seen to
drop in areas where there was no competition, indicating that the ITU
initiative had worked.
In other
news from SG 3's last meeting it was announced that an alternative has been
agreed to the 140 year old practice of allowing the calling party's service
provider to invoice the call terminator for call termination services. The
practice has led to many disputes and there have been calls to review the
SG 3's
meeting agreed to a new model that – it is felt – will be less problematic. Now
the call terminator can bill directly for the minutes used by the service
provider sending the calls.
Study Group 19 was
among the three Study Groups meeting in Geneva
September. The group that focuses on mobile telecommunications and fixed-mobile
convergence reached the first stage of approval (known as consent) on a
Recommendation that charts further detail in the migration from GSM (second
generation mobile telephony) to UMTS (a member of the 3G family).
Also known as 3GPP Release 6, the Recommendation (Q.1741.4, IMT-2000
family member GSM evolved UMTS Core Networks) combines and associates relevant
standards from a number of standards development organizations (SDOs) - ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, TTC - into
a globally applicable ITU-T Recommendation.
The SG19 meeting also saw some discussion on the core
network architecture of next-generation mobile networks or 4G.
ITU-T has
agreed to a revision of a Recommendation that experts say is an important step
towards solving the problem of lengthy call setups in 3G video telephony. Seen
as a key issue to address, the resolution of this issue may help accelerate the
market for 3G.
According to SG 16 sources the standard has been successfully tested in
products and many mobile operators and handset manufacturers have started
The revised ITU-T Recommendation H.324 speeds the initiation of 3G video
sessions through the streamlining of the call set-up signalling that is
necessary to establish the connection between two handsets and between a
handset and a media server.
Previously setting up a typical video session required each end to send up to
ten messages to the other terminal, each time waiting for a message to be
received and acknowledged before sending the next one. And, if a message was
not received, the sending device had to wait and finally time out before
retransmitting. The delay introduced in this process led to long video call
set-up times.
The new method eliminates the message queuing and time out issues. Now, all
signalling is sent as a single batch to be processed by the receiving device.
Missed messages, due for example to network errors, are immediately detected by
the receiving device and retransmission requests are spontaneously generated.
This leads to much quicker call setup times, bringing video connectivity close
to the same level of service as traditional telephony.
Key for many operators is that implementation will not require manufacturers to
recall phones, also meaning that services may work on existing devices. Other
advantages of the new approach include the fact that it is protocol and network
independent, enabling connectivity with any other device, even if it is
IP-based (e.g. IP video streaming server or a PC-based video terminal) and
meaning that it does not interact with underlying network protocols or codecs,
enabling devices using the standard to operate even when roaming in other
mobile networks.
A call for presentations
has been issued for the upcoming workshop, Mobile Communications & Fixed/Mobile Convergence - the realities
going forward. The event is to be held in Kiev, Ukraine,
12 - 14 September 2005 and will look at the current status of fixed-mobile
convergence and examine what the future holds.
There are now more mobile
users than fixed users globally. In many countries, the ratio of mobile to
fixed users is heavily in favour of mobile. This demographic shift requires an
essential re-examination of the relationship between fixed and mobile networks.
'Mobility' plays a key role in the development of next generation networks
It is anticipated that case
studies illustrating examples of convergence from around the world will help to
identify the needs and action plans for the region that this event is being
held in.
Presentations should
highlight ongoing work in ITU and elsewhere on mobile telecommunications
networks, in particular the work on IMT-2000, fixed mobile convergence and
guidelines on the transition of existing mobile networks to IMT-2000 / NGN.
The deadline to submit
abstracts (maximum 400 words) and biographies (maximum 200 words) is 31 July 2005.
Submissions may be sent via e-mail to: email@example.com.
In a first for ITU-T, reports from a recent meeting of
the Study Group which looks at mobile telecommunication networks (Study Group 19)
have been made publicly available on the web.
Other SG 19 documents have also been made available in the
experiment and are identified by the words 'public access' in red type on the
web site.
The trial which will last until the end of 2006, is a
result of discussion at the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) and
meetings of the Telecommunication
Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG).
The available reports cover the May 2005 meeting in Geneva and provide both
an in-depth look at the week's proceedings, and give insight into the workings
of a typical ITU-T study group.
The meeting report highlights SG 19's role in the work
on NGN, and in particular outlines its work in the area of fixed-mobile
The aim of the trial is to give interested parties,
such as students, analysts and journalists, as well as others interested in
contributing to the work of ITU-T, and SG 19 in particular, access to documents
that will enable them to better understand both the nature of the technical
work and the standardization process.
It will still be necessary, because of commercial,
legal and other sensitivities, that some documents are restricted to
ITU-T-members-only access.
ITU-T's Study Group 19, in its first meeting of the new study period held in Geneva, December 2004, completed the first stage of approval for the latest standards for the core network infrastructure for next generation mobile telephony (ITU's international mobile telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000)).
This set of specifications makes use of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) core network specifications (supporting the cdma2000 air interface). The standards will be known as ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.4, and extend the applicability of this ANSI standard to a global market.
Together with matching radio interface specifications handled through ITU-R Working Party 8F in the ITU-R M.1457 series of Recommendations, these standards support applications ranging from narrow-band voice to wide-band voice, data and multimedia communications with full terminal mobility. Completion of the approval process is anticipated in the first quarter of 2005.
ITU-T's Study Group 19 has developed and approved a technical report that will facilitate interoperable and harmonized wireless network architectures. This is a key aspect of the overall ITU-T focus on next generation networks (NGN).
The convergence of fixed and wireless networks has become a key topic for forward-looking standardization, especially in NGN. This, together with the convergence of telecommunication and information technologies, and the drive for migration to interoperable and harmonized network architectures, means that there is a requirement to provide global roaming and seamless mobility for the users of the different access technologies used by different operators.
To this end, ITU-T's Study Group 19 is leading the definition of requirements, related architecture framework, and network to network interfaces (NNIs) for mobility management for the next generation mobile networks defined in ITU-T's systems beyond IMT-2000. The technical report by Study Group 19 identifies the requirements that will enable the development of protocols which are essential for the development of next generation mobile networks. It is recommended reading for anyone working in this area as it provides an excellent summary of the requirements and options for meeting them.
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I am 43 yrs old and have 3 children (26,11,10) and a Foster parent to 4 active little boys (4,5,6,8). I believe my highest weight was around 240 lbs. I finally lost the weight and got to about 160 lb in 2006. I so wanted a TT then but could not afford it. And for whatever excuses I can come up with I let myself go again and gained alot back and got above 200 so now for the last time I have lost most of the weight and went for my PS consult on April 13 and booked for surgery for May 2/11.
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Democratically run People's Books provides alternative lit, space
People's Books Cooperative, 2122 E. Locust St., has been selling books for a long time. It became a community-owned cooperative in 2007, but previous owner Chris Chiu opened the progressive bookseller on Farwell Avenue in 1974.
"I had a good time for 30 years. It was a lot of hard work," says Chiu. The cooperative runs on donated labor and Chiu can still be found nearly every day volunteering his time at the bookstore he loves.
People's sells social justice oriented books, with sections on education, progressive philosophy, cultural studies, Marxism and socialism and much more.
"People's doesn't offer the status quo. The book selections are different than any other bookstore I've ever been in. Scandinavian fiction, Latino/a fiction, there's a taste of everything," says Emma Schroeder, another People's volunteer.
People's Books Cooperative and A Broader Vocabulary Cooperative, which is located in the basement of People's, are hosting the Midwest promotional tour for AK Press, which is an international worker-run publishing company. The event will be at the Riverwest Public House on Thursday, June 16, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will include music by the Rust Belt Demons, a Racine working class punk band.
Wisconsin has many cooperatively run businesses such as rural electric associations and farmer collectives and, like all legal cooperatives, People's is organized according to bylaws maintained by its members as provided for by the Wisconsin Cooperative Association Act.
According to its bylaws, People's mission is, "to provide books that stimulate the intellect and spirit in a way that supports the community in building a just and sustainable society. The cooperative will serve as an example for other cooperatives and be governed in an open and democratic manner."
In other words, People's doesn't sell books only to make money.
But the cooperative does make a profit, which is put back into the store and used to pay one part-time employee. This employee has the title of operations director, and there have been two of them in the cooperative's history. Current operations director Seth Schuster started at the co-op as a volunteer in summer 2008. He then became the volunteer coordinator and he's been the only paid employee of the cooperative since April 2010.
Schuster says that People's sells books in order to provide the community with a free and open space.
"The goal of the co-op is to provide literature on social change, lit that offers alternative ideologies, lifestyles," Schuster says. "But we are a public space, we'd like to be the community's space," he says.
Bookshelves on casters can be pushed to the walls, opening up the one-room store to various political, activist and community groups for meetings. Currently, the Milwaukee chapter of Move to Amend, which is a group dedicated to overturning a U.S. Supreme Court decision providing corporations equal treatment as real people under the law, meets in the bookstore every Monday. The graduate employee union at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee used to rent the store's basement for its offices.
The now basement-based A Broader Vocabulary assumed the identity and mission of Bay View's defunct feminist bookstore Broad Vocabulary, reincorporating as a cooperative in 2009. A Broader Vocabulary has "a great community that comes out to support them whenever they're open," says Jim Draeger.
Draeger was the first operations director of People's. In fact, he's the reason there's a bookselling cooperative in Milwaukee at all.
Draeger first stopped into Chiu's store in 2005 after moving to Milwaukee for graduate school. "I was searching for a book by Baudrillard for a class and no one else had it. There was a sign in the window that the store was for sale, saying that Chiu wanted to clean up the Milwaukee River and bike across the country but couldn't do it while owning the store," Draeger says.
When Draeger finished school in 2007 he says he was directionless. "I had no job, I was going to move to a farm in Stevens Point," he says. Page 1 of 2 (view all on one page)
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All I wanted was a slice, is that too much to ask?
I got off the R train at Union street in Brooklyn and walked up to Fifth avenue. But the pizza shop on the corner–Fifth Avenue Pizza–was closed. So I turned left, in the direction of Flatbush avenue. Four-and-a-half blocks later I couldn't believe that I hadn't passed a Pizzeria. On a commercial street chock full of restaurants no less.
I didn't want to keep moving away from Union street, where I was eventually headed, so I doubled-back, crossed over Union Street and continued on, figuring, again, a pizzeria would be a stone's throw away.
Nope. Nada. Bubkus. I was apoplectic, hating hipster Brooklyn like never before, when I finally found a spot, on 3rd Street just off Fifth Avenue called Villa Rustica. I went in and ordered a couple of slices and sat down to eat.
Now, unless I'm at a fancy pizza shop, one of those places that claims to be "the best," I'm not overly picky. What I'm looking for is a representative slice. Something I could offer an out-of-towner as an example of a good New York City slice. (Talk about a new spin on VORP–value above replacement pizza!) Well, the slice at Villa Rustica was just that–and better than any of the local pizza I have around my way in the Bronx.
It wasn't spectacular, didn't re-invent the wheel, but it was satisfying and delicious and it made my anger go away.
Ah, the restorative powers of a good, representative, New York City slice.
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04/11/15 - Judgement was made today on Supreme court reference UKSC 2013/0280. Whereby the highest Court in this country decided that a parking company's parking charge is enforceable on the basis that it protected a legitimate interest (to deter parking overstays) and was not extravagant, exorbitant nor unconscionable. The parking charge is not an unenforceable penalty and does not breach the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999.
At para 107 of the judgment the Court said that a private parking company has :
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This Chart is Screaming "Takeover Targets"
Merger Mondays are back!
This week, four deals were announced. And there's no arguing that Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) acquisition of Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) and its 17,000-plus patents is the most significant one.
Consider: The $12.5 billion deal is the biggest in Google's 13-year history. By a wide margin, too. Since going public in 2004, the company has made 136 acquisitions for a combined purchase price of just $9 billion.
So why is the king of the internet coughing up record cash for a single company… and for a struggling mobile phone manufacturer, no less?
I'll let a simple chart do the explaining. It also reveals two other companies that could be the next takeover targets in the mobile space.
And given the 63% premium Google's paying for Motorola, investing in advance of any future deals for these two companies could prove enormously profitable.
So let's get to it.
Bring on the Patent Plays
For months now, I've been writing about the trillions of dollars of pent up value sitting on the balance sheets of corporate America in the form intellectual property (IP) or patents.
And make no mistake. Google's interest in Motorola Mobility is first and foremost about the patents.
You see, the company's Android operating platform boasts the top marketshare spot for smartphones in the United States at 40.1%, according to the latest figures out of comScore. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) ranks second with 26.6%, Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) is third with 23.4% and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is fourth with 5.8%.
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That's particularly true in the mobile space because the financial incentives are so significant.
Consider: The mobile industry represents one of, if not the, fastest-growing segments of the technology sector. It also represents only the fourth industry in the history of the world to generate more than $1 trillion in annual sales.
So like I said, there's a lot of money up for grabs. The result?
"This is an arms race," as Christopher Marlett, CEO of investment bank, MDB Capital, recently told Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
More simply, the top players in the mobile space are jockeying to acquire the most patents to protect their current marketshare and ensure their future success.
By acquiring Motorola Mobility, Google leapfrogs from the back of the pack to the front in terms of its IP portfolio in the mobile space. Prior to the deal, Google's mobile patent portfolio ranked No. 24. Now it will rank in the top 10, based on MDB's data.
But here's the rub – the competition isn't going to sit on the sidelines as Google stockpiles patents. Heck no. They'll likely consider acquisitions of their own. And if you look at that chart again, there are two companies ripe for the picking.
Motorola Won't Be the Last Billion-Dollar Mobile Payday
In terms of patents, struggling phone manufacturers, Research in Motion and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), top the list. So they naturally represent the two most likely takeover targets in the mobile space.
However, most analysts are downplaying the potential for a deal for either company.
They contend the companies don't represent a strategic fit for any potential suitors. They also believe the price tag for a potential deal is prohibitive. Using Motorola Mobility as a proxy, Research in Motion and Nokia would fetch about $20 billion and $35 billion, respectively, in a takeover.
Silly rabbits! Arms races aren't about offense. They're about defense. About being protected. And the patent arms race in the mobile industry is no different.
So ignore what the other analysts are saying. The reason a deal is likely for Nokia and Research in Motion is simple.
The biggest players in the mobile space must defend their marketshare. Even if it means scooping up companies that aren't the best strategic fit, just so other competitors can't get their hands on the patents.
Given the upside in the mobile market, price isn't a concern, either. Not to mention, technology companies aren't exactly cash poor. Microsoft and Apple alone are sitting on about $53 and $76 billion, respectively. So they could easily afford a deal for either company.
Bottom line: I'm convinced it's just a matter of when, not if, a deal is announced for Nokia and Research in Motion.
Maybe it's after the companies' struggling operations land them on the courthouse steps, like we witnessed with Nortel Networks. But I doubt it. There are too many profits up for grabs in the mobile space for companies to sit back and wait to buy patents on the cheap.
Ahead of the tape,
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The Beni River (Spanish: Río Beni) is a river in the north of Bolivia.
It rises north of La Paz and flows northeast. The Madre de Dios River is its most important tributary. Two of Beni's tributaries are the Madidi River and the Tuichi River in the Madidi National Park and Madidi National Park respectively. Tuichi River joins the Beni River upstream from the town Rurrenabaque. South of Rurrenabaque, the Beni River runs through the Amazon rainforest. About 30 km (19 mi) before joining the Mamoré River at the Bolivia-Brazil border, the rapids of Cachuela Esperanza interrupt the upstream navigability of the river.
- ^ Ziesler, R.; Ardizzone, G.D. (1979). "Amazon River System". The Inland waters of Latin America. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-000780-9. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
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You're walking Western Avenue when you suddenly notice an old-timey cruise ship coming at you from the back of a narrow lot set back from the road. Don't worry, you've stumbled upon Café Jack, another in the myriad of oddly luxuriant and adventurously decorated joints around Koreatown. A huge Titanic fan, Jack Chin started building a scaled-down replica back in 2005 and a year later, after fusing it with a building-like structure, he was ready to open this kooky coffee-and-food emporium one strange, eclectic and cool, trippy place. The floors are dark-stained, wide-plank wood. The chairs are ridiculously formal, sort of British/rococo, while the fabric-covered wooden booths are both colorful and cozy. Titanic stills and amateurish oil paintings abound. There are numerous sections, both within the ship and in the side outrigger and patio areas, including private minirooms in the very back. It functions like a classy nightspot, despite its lack of alcohol, so grab a latte and a plate of Japanese-style spaghetti and feel like "the King (or Queen) of the World!" 508 S. Western Ave., Koreatown. (213) 365-8882. adam Gropman
Want to feel like the King of Hollywood? More specifically, want to feel like the Japanese King of Hollywood? Technically that would make you emperor. Or do you just want to chill out in one of L.A.'s most opulent and fortuitously situated restaurant/lounges? Do all of the above at Yamashiro, a decent Japanese restaurant and drinking establishment blessed with an absolutely incredible setting. In 1914 the Bernheimer brothers finished their wacky dream of building a Japanese mansion on a hill high up above Hollywood, and filled it with their Asian treasures. Today you can get a martini or a rare sake in the lounge or a truffle hamachi in the Cal-Asian-style restaurant, and take in the incredible minipalace, with its gold-lacquered, bronze dragontipped rafters, ornate woodwork and silk wallpaper, and outdoor grounds featuring a 600-year-old pagoda, thousands of specially planted trees and shrubs, Japanese gardens, a koi-filled pond and an inner courtyard. Just watch the extremely steep drive going up and down. 1999 N. Sycamore Ave., Hlywd. (323) 466-5125, yamashirorestaurant.com. Adam Gropman
Let 'em have Larchmont. Never mind Melrose. Who needs Montana? Folks who live or hang in the Southeast San Fernando Valley have their own small, fairly well-hidden enclave right near where Tujunga meets Moorpark, a stretch that's leafy, quiet and upscale enough to attract the well-heeled professionals, yoga moms and working screenwriters you might find in those other areas. And the crown jewel of Tujunga is the Aroma Coffee and Tea Company, a former house converted into a very special sort of coffee-tea-and-food place, where the interior feels like a nicely decorated, new-agey bed and breakfast different cozy rooms, each full of atmospheric well being and the spacious outdoor grounds feel like some magical garden, surrounded as they are by large trees and tastefully lush patio landscaping. The food ranging from breakfast quesadilla to New York steak salad with gorgonzola to red velvet cake is thoughtfully prepared and fairly healthy and the coffee, tea, chai, lattes and smoothies are superb. Aroma's a great place for solo hanging, writing or reading or for any sort of social rendezvous. 4360 Tujunga Ave, Studio City. (818) 508-0677, aromacoffeeandtea.com. Adam Gropman
There's nothing that says "Hollywood cocktail party" quite like mango chutney and corn relish. Or so it was in the '30s and '40s, when pillows of cream cheese were piled on top of just about every appetizer, and cocktail hour wasn't complete without canapé trays from the best private chefs and caterers. Viola Rowland's mango chutney and corn relish were among those that regularly made the rounds at parties hosted by Doris Day, Dan Duryea and Max Factor. Her granddaughter, Nancy, has been carrying on that tradition since the 1980s by bottling her own versions of her grandmother's relishes using local ingredients. Under her Viola's Gourmet Goodies label, that mango chutney morphed into an orange-apple-tomatillo version now called California relish (still a sweet chutney). Viola's corn version, now known as Baja relish, became a tomatillo relish with jalapeños and cilantro that does double duty as a spicy-sweet salsa for tortilla chips. Viola's Baja and California relishes are available at Vicente Foods in Brentwood, Irvine Ranch Market and at madeincalifornia.net; violasgourmet.com. Jenn Garbee
Every spring, Angelenos enter into that sweet madness known as tomato mania: They want tomatoes, they need tomatoes the fruit, the plant, the seeds, in as many varieties as possible. The savviest of those who have survived the frenzy and lived to tell about it rely on a woman named Laurel Garza to see them through. Garza runs Laurel's Heirloom Tomato Plants. It's primarily a shipping business. People call in with orders in September, she starts seedlings in December, then begins shipping by end of March. But Southern California locals can pick up their plants in person at Garza's nursery in Torrance. Better yet, they can attend her Sunday plant sales in the months of April and May and behold the tomato wonderland firsthand. From Japanese Black Trifeles to Striped Germans, Bloody Butchers, Chocolate Amazons and Azoychkas, Garza's got tomatoes for every application (sauces, capreses, sandwiches) and location (humble balcony containers to plantation plots the size of Tara). For 2011, Garza is offering 92 varieties. Though other years, depending on her mood, that number can rocket to 150. Always included are her favorites, the Paul Robeson a black tomato with a sweet, smoky earthiness named for the famous opera singer and civil rights activist and the old-fashioned Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red. Says Garza, "They have an unruly, rich flavor that's just mind-blowing." 1725 257th St., Lomita. (310) 534-8611, heirloomtomatoplants.com. Gendy Alimurung
Visionary and renovator extraordinaire Andrew Meieran is responsible for giving a wake-up call to Los Angeles. "I fell madly in love with the Higgins building the day it won the award for ugliest, dirtiest building by the L.A. Times in 1995," he says. "I saw a mixture of the future and the past. Inside there was so much detail worth saving. It is the ultimate in adaptive reuse." Built in 1910 by copper baron Thomas Higgins, the building once housed Occidental Petroleum, Clarence Darrow's office, the Temperance Society and the city's first private power plant. But by 1995, the dilapidated, vacated shell was partially underwater (Meieran toured it by raft) and discarded like much of L.A.'s past. The building now bustles with restaurants, an art gallery, 135 lofts, and the Edison, an ultraswanky art deco "gin joint" so reminiscent of the Golden Age that every element of the décor down to the preservation of the boiler room and original generators gives guests an opportunity to walk back in time. On October 10 at 7 p.m., raise a glass at the Edison for the Higgins Building Centennial Celebration. It's what paved the way for L.A.'s historic downtown redevelopment. In other words, it's why you go downtown again. 108 W. 2nd St., dwntwn. (213) 613-0000, edisondowntown.com. Heidi Dvorak


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Sign up to our E-mail List for the latest buzz on UMNA area happenings. Also, you can now pay your UMNA membership dues ONLINE by clicking here: Join UMNA And, if you've got something to say about the Upper Monroe Neighborhood, say it on Nextdoor Upper Monroe.
"The Upper Monroe neighborhood exemplifies the best of the Monroe Urban Village. Residents can easily access the ingredients essential to comfortable city living - retail, restaurants and recreation resources - within walking distance of their homes. Its boundaries are marked at the north by Route 490, south at the city line with the Town of Brighton, east on Culver Road, and west to Field Street." - City of Rochester | Southeast Neighborhoods - Upper Monroe
This site will keep you informed about all the important resources and events in the Upper Monroe Neighborhood.
Many in the Upper Monroe Neighborhood have been notified that they are part of a test group for this new program. If you got the flyer from the city, you're part of the test. We are trying to find the document that describes all participants.
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"Pilot Program The Single Stream Recycling Pilot Program will provide a wheeled cart to some City of Rochester residential recycling customers to determine if the cart benefits our customers and the environment. Customers from around the City have been selected to receive a new wheeled cart in place of recycle boxes. Recyclables are placed in the cart, without sorting, and the container is placed at the curb on the customer's normal collection day. " more... City of Rochester
MAY 2:Clean Sweep Save the Date: Saturday Morning, May 2 Plan to spend some time with neighbors and do a little neighborhood Spring Clean-Up. Plan to lend a hand – you'll be glad you did! Please call 311 to volunteer and Come On Out. We'll be Spring Cleaning our flower beds along Monroe Ave, and working at Wide Water Gardens. Meet on the Front Lawn of New Life Presbyterian by 9:00 AM. No equipment or experience needed :) It's a great way to get to know neighbors and beautify our neighborhood for a couple of hours.
MAY 30: Show on Monroe Ave, The Big Lunch & Spokes and Ink SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, May 30th. The event is in its 3rd year and is a celebration of all that is great and funky about Monroe Avenue! This year's event promises to be bigger and better than ever! The avenue will host multiple fun events throughout the day including a street wide scavenger hunt (back by popular demand), buskers performances, live music, food trucks, a classic car show, the Fire Safety House, Rec on the Move, a FREE lunch and many other fun activities which are currently being scheduled. The fun will begin at noon and run through the evening.
Fiber Optic Internet Service coming to Upper Monroe [Only a few more folks to sign up on the North side of Monroe Avenue (the side that Jeremiah's Tavern is on] to get service on this part of Upper Monroe Avenue. Tell Everyone! ) Don't bang your head against the wall trying to get more speed out of your Internet for your home business, movies, whatever. Greenlight Network has announced that parts of our neighborhood are close to meeting Greenlight's sign-up goals/approaching the reality of installation. IF you are interested in faster internet service than either Time Warner or Frontier offer, do go to www.greenlightnetworks.com, learn more and sign up now. And do talk with neighbors to encourage their following suit. Whether your street is near the top of their installation list, or further down, Greenlight determines where to install based upon the density of homes that have signed up.
ATTENTION ALL TEEN MOTHERS & FATHERS OR EXPECTING TEEN PARENTS! Teen Parenting Program information. Spring workshops for our pregnant and parenting students will begin on Friday, March 20th. The Pathways to Success Program Wants to HELP you! Beginning Friday, March 20, 2015 (and each Friday through 6/12/15) Location: 30 Hart Street, 3rd Floor, OACES entrance, (entrance 2) Time: 3:30 pm-5pm THESE WORKSHOPS ARE FOR TEEN FATHERS AND TEEN MOTHERS Referral Form English | Spanish
Summer of Opportunity Program - (SOOP) 2015
The Summer of Opportunity Program (SOOP) is an employment and training program for youth ages 14-20 and who are still in high school. The program is designed to provide training and employment opportunities to youth while making a direct connection to success in school. more...
Did icicles get you down this winter? Icicles are a sign of heat loss and many times can be reduced by proper insulation and air sealing. Come to a PathStone Home Energy Workshop to find out how a home energy assessment can help you with your home. PathStone is your "Energy Coach", helping you to sign up for a free or reduced cost energy audit, letting you know how to qualify for income based matching grants, and helping you get low interest energy improvement loans. We're there to give you non biased advice at every step in the process of increasing your home energy efficiency and comfort. If you are interested in attending a workshop call us at (585) 442-2030 ext. 213 to register.
NY State of Health will have a special enrollment period from March 1st – April 30th for individuals who had to pay a federal tax penalty for 2014 and had not been aware they would have to pay a penalty for not having health insurance. Please help us get the word out by distributing the attached flyer to those who may benefit from this special enrollment period. More: Press Release: NY State of Health Announces Special Enrollment Period for Uninsured New Yorkers Facing Tax Penalties
Free Lead Training The Monroe County Dept of Public Health offers FREE one-day classes to get EPA certified in Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP). Please find attached the April-May 2015 course schedule. The EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting rule (RRP) went into effect in 2010 and requires that anyone who is paid to perform work that disturbs paint in housing and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 become RRP certified. This includes: residential rental property owners/managers, general contractors, maintenance personnel and trade contractors including: HVAC, painters, plumbers, carpenters, and electricians. This class is open to the general public (parents, do-it-yourselfers, tenants, etc) interested in working safely with lead paint hazards. Classes are free but space is limited. You must pre-register by calling (866) 850-5280 x109. For more information, please go to www2.monroecounty.gov/eh-leadpoisoning.php or www.letsmakeleadhistory.org
Youth Leadership/Community Readiness Survey - 3 Minutes - Youth Voice, One Vision and the HEART Coalition for a Drug-Free Rochester are working to better understand the community readiness for purposeful and intentional youth leadership in the City of Rochester. The HEART Coalition has designed a survey for community members to complete to help guide upcoming youth/adult partnership initiatives. If you could please distribute this link widely, especially to folks outside of the youth development field that would be great. Examples would be neighborhood groups, parents, business leaders. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/THEHEART Brandi Remington Grant Support Associate City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation 400 Dewey Avenue Rochester, NY 14613 585-428-9342 (ph) 585-428-6021 (f) www.cityofrochester.gov/truthaboutcityyouth/
Home Repair Do you know somebody who needs help with their home? Is there somebody in your congregation? Somebody in your neighborhood? Somebody you work with? A client or a customer? The parent of a student? Free Home Repair Program for the elderly, low-income, and disabled the application deadline is Friday, February 28th. Call 325-7550
Please Help with the Preservation of Washington Grove Dear Friends of Washington Grove, Please join us next Saturday, April 18 for the first volunteer workday of the year in Washington Grove. Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Meeting place: the Nunda entrance to Washington Grove, near the intersection of Cobbs Hill Dr. and Nunda Blvd. What to bring: work gloves and a trowel, a shovel, and/or a pair of hand clippers. If you don't have a tool or gloves, just bring yourself because we have extras. Dress appropriately for the weather—and for the likelihood of mud. For this workday, we should be prepared either to plant shrubs and seedlings or to remove invasive English ivy from the Grove. English ivy can look romantic on the walls of English manor houses, but it chokes out our beautiful native vegetation, prevents the germination of native plants from seeds, and slowly kills trees. The dampness in the soil right now will make removal quick and satisfying! Volunteers should be prepared for a change of plan if the shrubs, small trees, and tree seedlings that are on order from nurseries arrive in the next week. These understory trees and shrubs, such as dogwood and witch hazel, will help to restore complexity to Washington Grove following the removal of invasive Norway maples over the last few years. We're looking forward to welcoming spring and to welcoming you all back to Washington Grove as it begins to wake up from a long and harsh winter. Following this one, the next volunteer workday will be on Saturday, May 2, scheduled alongside a team from Clean Sweep. Here is the volunteer schedule for the next couple of months: Sat., May 2, 9-11 Thur., May 14, 9-11 Sat., May 30, 9-11 Sat., June 13, 9-11 (You can see more news of our work on our Facebook page: Friends of Washington Grove Inc.)
NeighborWorks Programs available: "Home Improvement Loan Orientation" Every Wednesday 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. "Homebuyer Orientation", First Monday of each month 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. All programs held at NeighborWorks Rochester, 570 South Avenue, Rochester, NY. Call 325-4170 for more information.
Cornell Cooperative Extension News: 2014 Gardening Classes All classes are Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 at the CCE building, 249 Highland Ave. Reservations are requested. Fee is $10 per session. Call 461-1000 x 225 to reserve your place. Their Master Gardeners are available Monday through Friday 9 am to noon to answer any of your gardening questions! Give them a call at 585-473-5335
Wide Water Gardens/New Life Presbyterian Church Lot: Parking The small lot at the north end of Rosedale Street is leased by New Life Presbyterian church, exclusively for their use, the use of their tenants, and the use of Wide Water Gardens. Parking for neighborhood residents is not available in the lot at any time, and overnight parking is not permitted. We have been asked to pass along notice that due to continual misuse of the lot and disregard of reminders, the church has contracted with a towing company to begin enforcement. Please be considerate and park elsewhere unless you have business at the church or at Wide Water Gardens. Thanks for your cooperation!
Trees Along Our Streets: Do you have a tree gap? Many of our neighborhood trees along the street were pruned this past week by the city. This reminds me, do you have a gap, where a tree perhaps used to be but was never replaced? The spacing of trees between the street and sidewalk makes it pretty obvious if one is "missing." Whether the tree was removed recently, or has been gone since before your time, the only way to have the city replant and keep our neighborhood beautiful is if YOU call in the request. Yes, even if the city removed the tree, and even if it was removed years ago, they need to hear from you. Call 3-1-1 to request a tree in the public right-of-way. Now is a great time to call in to get added to the list for replanting.
Every day in the Upper Monroe Avenue is Clean Sweep Day. Consider picking up trash and removing 'stuff' from our storm drain as you walk around our neighborhood. More on Recycling here.
Adopt-a-Hydrant North Greece, NY has an 'Adopt-aHydrant' program for the winter months, where folks "take on the responsibility of any cleaning (of snow or other debris) from around their hydrant." We may adopt a similar program here in Upper Monroe next winter. In the meantime, while you pine away for the snows to come again, for the safety of all, you can help keep our neighborhood re hydrants free of parked cars. Simply call 911 for those illegally parked cars that could hamper the work of the re department and endanger lives. The City of Rochester takes parking in front of our fire hydrants seriously: the fine for parking less than 15 feet from a hydrant is now $100.
Neighborhood Seed Library at the Monroe Branch library | Join the neighborhood seed exchange! Beginning today, May 7, get free vegetable, flower and herb seeds (including some heirloom) from the Children's Room of the Monroe Branch library (809 Monroe Avenue) to plant in your own garden. When you pick up your seeds, also take some envelopes. In the Fall when you harvest your goodies, gather and dry some of the seeds your plants produced, stick them in your envelope, label and bring them back for someone to "borrow" next year. Check out Monroe Branch Children's Room for pictures and details. Library hours are: Mon 12:00-8:00, Tues 10:00-6:00, Wed 12:00-8:00, Thurs 12:00-6:00, Fri 12:00-6:00, Sat 10:00-2:00, Sun Closed. Telephone: 585-428-8202
When is trash day? In the Upper Monroe Avenue Neighborhood, and the City of Rochester, we have one trash day per week. This keeps our streets free from garbage and noise. Putting your trash out to the curb only on trash day helps our streets looking nice and keeps litter from blowing off. Usually, if the Monday is an official holiday (check here for the City of Rochester Environmental Services Guide to be sure) pickup will be one-day later than the usual pickup day.
Financial Assistance for home repairs. See the attached flyer for useful information.
As always, feel free to contact Brian Bannerman, Crime Prevention Officer with any questions or concerns. Rochester NY Police Department, East Division / SENSC, 846 S. Clinton Av. Rochester NY 14620, Office: 585-428-7647
Outdoor Fires in the City of Rochester: What you need to know Outdoor weather will return… Please read the attached flyer from the Rochester Fire Department before enjoying any outside fires.
Holiday Safety Tips - from Rochester Police Department
SAFETY NOTES: I have received a number of notes from neighbors reminding me that criminal activity does not take a holiday. First and foremost, if you see or hear anything out of place, call it in! I can't say that often enough. Half a dozen neighbors mentioned hearing gun shots in the middle of the night a few weeks back, but Crime Prevention Officer Brian Bannerman reports no one called anything in. Even if all you do is hear something, without seeing or knowing the specific origin, CALL it in. Suspicious person in your or your neighbor's back yard, CALL it in. And as always, be aware and careful of your surroundings. Officer Bannerman reports no particular increase in criminal activity. Robberies are an ongoing issue throughout the city. Cell phones & purses while walking, especially at night, cars being ransacked for anything with value. Gas siphoned from cars during the night. Packages have been disappearing from front doorways. This is a long standing issue in urban areas. Are you placing an order for delivery… have it delivered to an address where it will be received in person, or instruct Fed Ex & UPS (note on your door) to NOT deliver if you aren't home. Not as convenient, but safer to pick it up at the FedEx or UPS than have it disappear. It's just too easy for thieves to help themselves once the delivery truck goes down the block. Lock whatever you can. Pay attention, and call it in.
Be informed and aware. And for the sake of the entire neighborhood, if you see something that doesn't look right, please, call it in! Always! With the glorious weather, more people out and about, though not all of whom are welcome. Attached are two RPD notices regarding scam artists and Energy Company door to door solicitations. RPD has also provided the following two links:
The link below provides valuable instructions on how to receive important information through our Hyperlink system on your cell phone. Don't have a landline? Here's how you can sign-up for reverse 911 calls
The link below provides valuable information on how to avoid becoming a victim when buying or selling on Craigslist. Protecting yourself from Craiglist robberies and scams
Outside Fires - Can you or Can't you - Do's and Don'ts from the Rochester Fire Department: With the nicer weather many people like to enjoy outside fires, from bonfires and fire pits to cooking over an open flame. Recreational fires should be able to be enjoyed outdoors as long as there is enough space and safety precautions are taken. Rochester does have regulation regarding what and where they are permitted.
Electronic Device safety… Crime Prevention Bulletin from RPD – Police report an increase in cell phone, iPod and, iPads robberies throughout the Southeast Area, including Upper Monroe including from pedestrians. Police flyer attached with safety suggestions.
STAY SMART: This is the time of year when people leave their garage doors open "just for a few minutes" and their front doors open while they are "just inside their house." It only takes a minute for burglars to pop in and make off with jewelry, electronics, bicycles, etc. Use common sense and guard yourself by NOT leaving garage doors, windows, etc. open EVEN FOR A MINUTE. A certain amount of crime comes from life in urban areas (sadly) and we all need to take these elemental precautions. Some of us have lived in our houses for 30-40+ years and either have been robbed ourselves, or know someone who has! Doing the right thing includes REPORTING THESE ATTEMPTS TO THE POLICE. (Thanks David Day from Azalea neighborhood for this timely reminder.)
Beware of scam: "Our Police Locust Club has advised us that they have heard reports of a company or individuals seeking phone solicitations for the "PBA" (Police Benevolent Association). Please be advised that none of our local PBA's (Police Unions) conduct phone solicitations. This is more than likely a scam. Police Organizations rarely , if ever solicit donations. If you are contacted by anyone for this purpose, ask for a contact name and phone number so that I can investigate the matter further. If you get contact information from a "PBA" solicitor, please forward that information to me. Thank you. "Brian Bannerman, Crime Prevention Officer, Rochester NY Police Department, East Division / SENSC, 846 S. Clinton Av., Rochester NY 14620, Office: 585-428-7647
Neighborhood Service Center "NSC is based on the notion that the best way of responding to neighborhood issues is by teaming residents with city staff to devise and achieve effective solutions, supported by the full resources of "City Hall". This approach brings City government closer to you and your neighborhood so quality of life issues can be addressed more quickly and effectively." For the UMNA area go to: City of Rochester | Southeast Quadrant Service Center
The Center for Youth Services 905 Monroe Ave Rochester, NY 14620 585-473-2464
Monroe Branch Library 809 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 | Get this month's programs here: Library *NEW HOURS AT THE MONROE BRANCH: Wednesdays: Open from 12:00 – 8:00 pm Thursdays: Open from 12:00 – 6:00 pm Fridays: Open from 12:00 – 6:00 pm (The hours for Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays remain the same.)
Always something going on at your local library: lectures, films, courses, readings, and even deals passes; Passes on George Eastman House This pass is good for up to five discounted adult general admissions to GEH--$6 per adult versus the normal $12 regular admission. GEVA The GEVA pass is a buy one full price ticket, get the second at half price pass. It is good for the six regular GEVA mainstage shows that will be running August 2012-June 2, 2013. Rochester Museum & Science Center This one is buy one admission to the museum or planetarium and get one admission of equal or lesser value free. Memorial Art Gallery The MAG pass is good for up to four discounted adult admissions ($6 fee versus the normal $12) and free admission for up to four children ages 6-18.
UMNA meets Tuesdays | 7:00 PM - first week of the month- at New Life Presbyterian Church 243 Rosedale St Rochester NY 14620 Hope to see you there. "Wanted," The Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association Needs New Members
* It's time to renew your Membership: January 1 began our new membership year. Current Members: I hope you will renew your membership. New Neighbors & lapsed members: 2015 UMNA Membership Dues are Due: Dues: We need your support, whether or not you are active in the neighborhood!
Your UMNA Board works hard to foster community, keep you informed, stay abreast of issues affecting our neighborhood and represent you in matters that come before the City that includes the Planning Commission and Zoning Board. UMNA funds and maintains seven gardens along Monroe Avenue and the four planters at Monroe at Rosedale. We work regularly with the South East Neighborhood Service Center. We represent you tirelessly on Monroe Village Task Force and Monroe Avenue Neighbors and Businesses, two groups working to renew and improve all of Monroe Avenue. We do all this through a dedicated group of volunteers, board officers and board members, and through membership dues and financial contributions. While UMNA membership, participation and dues are optional, your contributions are vital. If you haven't already done so for 2015, or have never before contributed, please consider doing so today.
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Monroe Village "Monroe Village is an eclectic urban village where diversity is celebrated and all people are welcome. It is safe, healthy, sustainable and offers a high quality of life, in an authentic environment with walkable streets, a mix of land uses, and a variety of housing choices. Monroe Village is located along Monroe Avenue in the city of Rochester, New York, from the inner loop to I-490, and the adjoining residential neighborhoods.
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UMNA Design Charrette In addition to the many activities and advocacy efforts that the Upper Monroe Neighborhood Association conducts is our work on neighborhood revitalization. The Design Charrette is an exciting event in support of this effort.
Welcome To Monroe Avenue Monroe Avenue, one of Rochester's most diverse shopping strips, is the place to find the truly unique. Alive with people and places to go in an urban neighborhood which includes the Y, the library, churches, and schools as well as interesting small shops, restaurants, and pubs. "
Monroe Village Farmers' Market Greetings from the Monroe Village Farmers' Market. The Monroe Village Farmers Market is run by people like you...people who appreciate city living and are looking to make a difference in the neighborhood! To volunteer to help with the market contact Allen Krisiloff at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Recycling, extracting our junk into resources is probably one of the greatest hopes for curbing our environmental problems. No more landfills, no more toxins leaching into our ground and water, no more exporting toxic materials to the developing countries, no more waste--period. Imagine taking everything we potentially throw away—steel, iron, paper, cardboard, computers, batteries, appliances, even house—and reusing everything. I mean everything, so that nothing gets wasted Go here to find out how to recycle everything in our UMNA area.
Call 311 - It is now illegal to put your old e-waste (TV's, computer, etc. at the curb. This video will change your life: New NY law requires electronic recycling On January 1, 2015 a New York State law will make it illegal to throw electronics in the trash. It's the last potion of the state's Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse law to take effect. "I would say yes it should generate more volume, how much I can't say," said Mike Whyte, President of Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery, RCR&R, in Victor, N.Y. It's one of the many facilities in the state that will recycle the electronics falling under this law for free. "The variety of electronics is always changing so we're constantly having to figure out new ways to dismantle, new ways to test products," he explained. (December 31, 2014) WHAM
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Yellow Haus Bicycles is a design-build studio that excels in local aesthetically-focused services. If you care about how your bike looks, rides and functions specific to your riding habits... you have arrived at your destination.
We like to serve the biking community that is most interested in urban riding, commuting, touring and bike camping. If you are heavy into mountain biking or road racing via the latest carbon frames et cetera, we probably aren't the shop you want (we can gladly suggest local shops that we endorse for those types of riding).
We like to take cues from the randonneuring bicycles of the 1950's on through the latest touring/randonneuring designs available today. We believe that they provide the most comfort, performance, versatility and beauty from cycling's long and transformative history.
See ribbon-cutting opening of Yellow Haus Bicycles. Click on photos to enlarge.
New Bike Store Opens in Rochester A new bicycle store opened in Rochester, just in time for the city's "Bike Week" celebration. City officials cut the ribbon on Yellow Haus Bikes. You can visit the shop an 987 Monroe Avenue. Rochester is trying to promote a biking culture by installing bike lanes, trails and other infrastucture. Norman Jones, the Department of Environmental Services Commissioner, stated, "We strive to be the most bike friendly city in the northeast and America. Bikes are good for the environment. They're a form of exercise and we all need that. It improves air quality and produces zero emissions." Rochester "Bike Week" events include group rides, tours, and even a film festival. (May 7, 2014) RochesterHomePage.net
145 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14620The innovative vision of the new Culver Road Armory creates a compelling and unique 100,000 sq. ft. product with cutting-edge design elements. This well recognized and prominently located Rochester landmark will bring together a diverse and creative tenant base which when aligned, will make the new Armory and its iconic presence a destination for many years to come. Our goal is to offer a modern, high-end design environment with an emphasis on creativity so distinctive, users feel an acute empathy toward the building.


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Our thoughts on Amercerto: AmaCerto Cruise Review by Bath1
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Our thoughts on Amercerto
Destination: Europe - River Cruise
Embarkation: Other
The ship is very smart and immaculately kept by the hard working staff.
The cabins were well thought out, the shower the best I have had on a ship.
We had the top floor thinking that there would be less noise from above which is inevitable if cabins are above you. However the running track is just above and although a not before 8am is a rule, an afternoon nap is difficult. Also as the staff are not allowed to use the corridors so they have to use the top deck to reach the rear of the boat for their coffee breaks, does not seem much but as there is little white noise, its significant.
The breakfast and lunch were ok if a bit of a scrum, the dinners were disappointing and of bland motorway services quality. The waiters did a stirling job but were overworked and stressed and did not make for a relaxing time. Trying to take More orders, serve food, clearaway without the help of an assistant.
One day the salad course was 8 pieces of iceberg lettuce tomatoes and cucumber in a pool of wet, it made me laugh as it took me back to the 70s when my Mum made it and salads were still basic.
I thought they could open the specialist restaurant for breakfast, say for the suite cabins or for a fee, so that breakfast could at least be a bit more relaxed. People would also have an alternative place to eat if they so wished.
For those who like to do a bit of gym work, there is one rowing machine, two recumbent bikes, one running machine, a ball and 2x1kg weights and 1x5k- hardly adequate for the amount of people on board.
Get the food right and extra staff to serve it then you are on to a winner, otherwise I think we will stick to Azamara where each meal is an occasion. Less
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Cabin review: 3
Expect walking noise from above from crew going to coffee/rest area at rear and exercise during the day.
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