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Rural by Design
Planning for Town and Country
By Randall Arendt
For America's suburbs, small cities, and rural areas, new challenges demand new solutions. Author Randall Arendt meets them in an entirely new edition of Rural by Design.
With 80 percent new material, the second edition of this planning classic shifts the focus to infilling neighborhoods, strengthening town centers, and moving development closer to schools, shops, and jobs. New chapters cover form-based codes, visioning, sustainability, low-impact development, green infrastructure, and more, while 70 case studies show how these ideas play out in the real world. Readers — rural or not — will find practical advice about planning for the way we live now.
Instructors may request exam or desk copies here.
Foreword, Introduction, and Chapter 3 (pdf)
About the Author
Randall Arendt is a senior advisor at the Natural Lands Trust in Media, Pennsylvania, and the former director of planning and research at the Center for Rural Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Product Details
Table of Contents
Foreword: Broadly Defining 'Rural'
1. The Common Qualities of Traditional Towns
Planned Origins
Diverse Uses Within a Common Design Vocabulary
Distinguishing Features
Sense of Community
Opportunities for Casual Socializing
Open Space Within and Around
Compact Form and Incremental Growth
2. Changes in the Pattern
Zoning Unconnected to Planning
The Predicted Decline of Suburbia
Communitywide or Regional Development Patterns
Rediscovering Traditional Townscape Elements
A Matter of Scale
Mental Connections and Conscious Choices
Visual Techniques to Increase Awareness
Conventional Zoning as 'Planned Sprawl'
Performance Zoning for Open Space
Pigeonhole Zoning or Traditional Mix?
3. Future Prospects: Choosing Among Alternative Patterns
Public Dissatisfaction With Conventional Zoning
Boots on the Ground: Evaluating Community Strengths and Weaknesses
Identifying 'Places of the Heart'
Heart and Soul Planning: Incorporating Community Values Into Land-Use Plans
Two Pattern Book Experiences: Denton, Maryland, and Huntersville, North Carolina
Village and Hamlet Planning in Northern Virginia
Sidebar: Huntley Farm, Waterford, Virginia
Sidebar: Black Oak and Fremont Villages, Loudoun County, Virginia
Opposition to Planned Communities
Initiating Better Design Solutions
4. The Aesthetics of Form in Community Planning
The Unwinian School and Unwin's Relevance Today
Village Form and Townscape: Timeless Principles
Replacing Inappropriate Standards
Envisioning Settlements as More Than Subdivisions
5. Sustainability, Best Practices, and Visionary Planning
Definitions, Indicators, and Scorecards
Maryland's 'Genuine Progress Indicator'
Obstacles, Practical Limits, and Rebalancing Density
Rating System for Sustainable Neighborhoods
Social Sustainability: Hometown Aurora, Aurora, Illinois
Sustainable Sites Initiative
The Ahwahnee Principles and the 'Original Green'
6. Vision Plans, Downzoning, and Municipal Balkanization
Visions of the Ideal
The Downzoning Challenge
Notable Successes
Political Difficulties and Legal Obstacles
Several Possible Ways Forward
State Leadership, Regional Approaches, and Municipal Balkanization
7. Form-Based Coding and Standards for Performance and Design
Historical Antecedents
The Rise of Form-Based Coding
Components of Form-Based Codes
Building Support for Form-Based Codes
Supplementing Form-Based
Coding With Performance Standards
Another Approach in Flagstaff, Arizona
Experience Elsewhere: Canada and Britain
Three Further Local Examples
Design Standards and an 'FBC-Lite' Approach
FBCs, Smart Codes, and the Fiscal Impact Quotient
Form-Based Codes and Greenway Planning
8. Blending New Urbanism With Greenway Planning and Conservation Design
Creating Healthy and Connected Communities
Historical Antecedents: Greenway Community Design
Greater Respect for Site Features
Blended Forms: More Compact, Greener, and Healthier
Other Green Aspects of New Urban Design
Social and Health Benefits of a Greener Approach
Reducing Obesity Through Blended Community Design
9. Broadening Housing Choices
Pocket Neighborhoods
Cohousing: A Community-Based Alternative
Sidebar: Essential Design Keys for Pocket Neighborhoods
Senior Cohousing
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing in a Small Southern Town, Davidson, North Carolina
Density Bonuses That Really Work
Compact Neighborhood Layouts
Affordable Home Designs in Neighborhood Development and Redevelopment
Two-Family Homes: Fitting in Better
Multifamily Dwellings
Accessory Dwelling Units: A Hidden Resource
Preserving Affordability Through Community Land Trusts
Affordable Conservation-Based Housing: Conservation Fund Examples
Mixed Uses: Living 'Above the Shop'
10. Strengthening Town Centers
Town Centers: Maintaining Their Vital Functions
Proactive Efforts: The Main Street Program
Sidebar: New Life for an Old Department Store, Northampton, Massachusetts
Lessons Learned in Holland, Michigan
Town Centers: Maintaining Their Traditional Form
Infill Development as Pattern Enhancer
The Value of Public Open Space in Town Centers
Sidebar: Embracing Public Art
Small Parks and Parklets
Sidebar: The Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Pedestrian Streets / Downtown Malls
The 'Smart Math' of Mixed Use Development
Resolving Parking Issues
Sidebar: Small-Town
Example of Downtown Revitalization With a Parking Garage
11. Transforming Gateways and Highway Corridors
The Declining Highway Strip and New Approaches
Reinventing the Highway Strip
Choices for the Future
Developing a Gateway Corridor in Davidson, North Carolina
Sidebar: Gateway Visioning in Warwick, New York
Another Progressive Example: South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Gateway Corridor to York, Maine
Highway Corridor Design Handbook: Kittery, Maine
Design Standards Along Major Corridors in Gainesville, Florida
Official Mapping and Physical Plans to Set the Proper Pattern
Physical Plans Showing New Street Alignments
Rural Highways: An Appropriate Form
12. Designing Better Streets
Complete Streets
Sidewalks for Exercise and Safety
A Fresh Look at Street Standards
Excessive Widths and 'Road Diets'
On-Street Parking and 'Yield Streets'
Shorter Curves to Calm Traffic
Curbing the Tendency to Curb
Center Medians for Beauty and Safety
Modern Street Roundabouts
Back Lanes and Alleys
Cul-de-Sacs and Their Alternatives
Street Connections and Official Street Maps
Street Tree Planting
Country Lanes and Common Drives
13. Low-Impact Development: A Greener Approach to Stormwater
Problems and Challenges
The Fundamentals of Low-Impact Development
Soil Characteristics
Smart Growth Development Patterns
Economic Benefits
Adopting New LID Regulations
Rain Gardens: Several Minnesota Examples
Contaminated Stormwater Sediment: Costs and Challenges
Infiltration Basins in Red Clay Soil, Athens, Georgia
The Green at College Park, Arlington, Texas
Street Edge Alternatives Demonstration Project, Seattle
Redevelopment Strategies to Improve Stormwater Management at High Point, Seattle
LID in New Developments: Blending New Urban and Conservation Design
Prairie Crossing's 'Treatment Train', Grayslake, Illinois
14. Sewage Treatment Alternatives
Conservation Design and Septic Systems
Septic System Design Innovation
Contour Systems
Off-Lot Individual Drainfields
Wastewater Volume Reduction
Statewide Efforts to Require Community Sewage Systems
Shared Septic Systems: Community Drainfields
Design of Shared Systems
Sidebar: Village Square: Community Wastewater System Enables Open Space Protection
Maintenance of Shared Systems
Sand Filters
Sidebar: Donovan Farm: Community System Protecting Historic Farmstead
Land Treatment
Categories of Land Treatment
Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse
Addressing Maintenance Concerns
Alternative Sewer Systems
Benefits of Small-Scale Alternative Sewage Systems
Constructed Wetlands
Constructed Wetlands for Individual Homes
Common Misconceptions Concerning Constructed Wetlands
Mayo Peninsula, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Constructed Wetlands for a Small City: Arcata, California
Municipal Composting
15. Greenways: A Healthy Community Builder
Overview and History
Environmental Benefits of Greenways
Property Value Enhancement
Physical Wellness Benefits
Benefits to the Mind
Safety Benefits
Greenway Design: Connectivity and Edges
Comprehensive Greenway Planning
Official Maps in Greenway Planning
Greenway Zoning and Subdivision Techniques
Using the Conservation Subdivision Technique: Examples
Sidebar: London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania: Building Greenways and Trails for a Growing Community
Land Trusts
Developer Requirements
Challenging Conventional Thinking
Overcoming Public Concerns
Minimum Widths for Greenway Buffers
Greenway Buffers for Water Quality
Greenway Corridors for Wildlife
Composite Greenway Standards
16. Protecting and Restoring the Green Infrastructure Network
Information Resources for Communities
Southeastern Wisconsin's Environmental Corridor Mapping and Policies
Backyard Measures and Highway Corridors
Conserving Woodlands
Woodland Management
Woodland Regeneration and Hydrology
Conserving Vernal Pools: Ephemeral Wetlands Teeming With Life
Protecting Lakes and Rivers
Conserving Grasslands
Mitigating Woodland Losses
Wildfire Management at the Wildland Urban Edge
Land Trusts and Green Infrastructure Protection
Sidebar: Westford Conservation Trust, Westford, Massachusetts
Redressing Environmental Mistakes
Mitigation Banking and Ecosystem Credits
Reforestation by Municipalities and Land Trusts
Restoring Grasslands and Prairies
Restoring Floodplains by Removing Legacy Sediments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Improving River Water Quality by Creating Farmland Wetlands
Regreening Shopping Centers
17. Retaining Farmland and Farmers
Metropolitan Agriculture
Characteristics of Metro Farms
Characteristics of Metro Farmers
Problems and Opportunities
Solar Farming
Minimizing Conflicts With Farmers: Urban Growth Boundaries
Agricultural Protection Zoning
Related Variations: Sliding Scale and Area-Based Allocation Zoning
Purchasing Development Rights
PDR Paying for Itself in Suburbia: Opportunity Knocks
Saving Farmland With Creative Subdivision Design
Two Decades of Rural Clustering in Howard County, Maryland
Low-Density Agricultural Clustering in San Luis Obispo County, California
Landowner Compacts
Role of Land Trusts in Protecting Farmland
Agricultural Urbanism and Agrarian Urbanism
Continuing Concerns
18. Transfer of Development Rights in Small Communities
Early History and Examples
Local Success Stories in Three New Jersey Townships
Large-Scale Conservation by Combining TDR With Master Planning
Special Challenges in Small Towns
Lessons Learned
Single Successes: Still Worth Achieving
Multiple Transactions in Buckingham Township, Bucks County
Other Examples and the Density Exchange Option
Commercial Conversions With TDRs
Transferring Density Without TDRs
19. Designing Subdivisions to Save Land
Short History of Designing With Open Space
The Planning and Regulatory Framework
The Four-Step Design Process
Open Space Networks
Calculating Density
Density Bonuses and Penalties
Addressing Public Concerns
Ownership, Maintenance, and Liability Issues
Consumer Preferences
Developer Issues
Conservation Design in Sewered Areas
Notable Initiatives and Achievements by States, Counties, and Municipalities
Canadian Provinces
Stewardship and Large-Scale Conservation in the West
20. In-Town Residential Examples
Radburn, Fairlawn, New Jersey
Brown's Farm, Kingston, Rhode Island
St. Alban's Neighborhood, Davidson, North Carolina
Hawthorne Corner, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Village Homes, Davis, California
Warwick Grove, Warwick, New York
The Cottages, Moscow, Idaho
East Lake Commons, Atlanta
Summerfield, Elverson, Pennsylvania
Affordable Housing
Battle Road Farm, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Orchard Gardens, Missoula, Montana
Poplar Gardens, Boulder, Colorado
Austerbruin Affordable Housing, Poulsbo, Washington
Pocket Neighborhoods
Third Street Cottages, Langley, Washington
Chico Beach Cottages, Silverdale, Washington
21. Rural Residential Examples
Jarvis Farm, Westford, Massachusetts
Partridgeberry Place, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Trim's Ridge, New Shoreham, Rhode Island
The Pines, North Oaks, Minnesota
The Meadows at Dolly Gordon Brook, York, Maine
Alexandria Trilogy, Alexandria, New Jersey
Chimney Rock, Flower Mound, Texas
Hunter's Pointe, Hamburg Township, Michigan
Canterbury, Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania
Winfield, Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania
Indian Walk, Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania
Ponds at Woodward, Kennett Township, Pennsylvania
Paternal Gift Farm, Howard County, Maryland
The Preserve at Hunter's Lake, Ottawa, Wisconsin
Tryon Farm, Michigan City, Indiana
The Fields of St. Croix, Lake Elmo, Minnesota
The Fields at Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia
Birch Hollow and Dobbins Creek, Loudoun County, Virginia
Farmcolony, Green County, Virginia
The Ranch at Roaring Fork, Garfield County, Colorado
Heartwood Ranch Cohousing, La Plata County, Colorado
Skokomish Farms, Mason County, Washington
22. Large-Scale Mixed Use Examples
Weatherstone, West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania
Montgomery Farm and Watters Creek, Allen, Texas
Serenbe, Chattahoochie Hills, Georgia
Old York Village, Chesterfield Township, New Jersey
23. Downtown Commercial and Mixed Use Examples
199 East Pearl Offices and Condos, Jackson, Wyoming
Freeport McDonald's, Freeport, Maine
Camden Rite-Aid, Camden, Maine
Gold Dust, Missoula, Montana
Cedar Street Bridge Shops, Sandpoint, Idaho
Winslow Green, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Tontine Mall, Brunswick, Maine
Village Square, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Bow Street Market, Freeport, Maine
Kent Town Center, Kent, Connecticut
Kent Village Barns, Kent, Connecticut
The Village Commons, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Old Main Street, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Southport Green, Fairfield, Connecticut
Redeveloping Two Downtown Corners in Davidson, North Carolina
CVS Building
Stowe's Corner
Downtown Mixed Use Infill, Oxford, Ohio
Three Downtown Infill Projects in New Jersey
Cranford Crossing, Cranford
Lumberyard Condominiums, Collingswood
Plainsboro Village Center, Plainsboro
BoDo, Boise, Idaho
Public Art
24. Commercial Corridor Mixed Use Examples
Mill Village, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Mattick's Farm, Saanich, British Columbia
Birmingham Crossroads, Milton, Georgia
Red Brick Farm, Mayville, New York
Mad River Green and Village Square, Waitsfield, Vermont
South County Commons, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Livingston Town Center, Livingston, New Jersey
Washington Town Center, Robbinsville, New Jersey
Smyrna, Georgia
Mashpee Commons, Mashpee, Massachusetts
Carriage House Square, Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
25. Greenways and Greenway Development Examples
Carolina Thread Trail
Daylighting Little Sugar Creek, Charlotte, North Carolina
Indian Creek Daylighting Restoration, Caldwell, Idaho
Hawksbill Greenway, Luray, Virginia
North Kitsap String of Pearls Trail Network, Kitsap County, Washington
The Peninsula Neighborhood, Iowa City, Iowa
Valley West, Bozeman, Montana
Village Grande at Miller's Run, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Viera West, Brevard County, Florida
Trail Master Planning in Omaha, Nebraska
About the Author
"We are using the new Rural by Design in the classroom. The text and color illustrations are great and so inspiring for our Master of Urban Design students."
– Prof. Max Underwood, Presidents' Professor at The Design School, Arizona State University
"In vivid photos and poignant text, Rural by Design captures what our communities were before the age of sprawl, and what they can become again. From the very first page, Randall Arendt presents with urgency, simplicity, and elegance a profound understanding of how community design not only reflects but also ultimately defines who we are as a people. The book is SO incredible, SO well written, that I can't say enough. It reads not like a classroom text but like the impassioned and meaningful work it obviously is. Anyone in any profession could pick up this book and become entranced with both its sentiment and its message."
– John A. Lipman, Lipman Development Strategies, South Orleans, Massachusetts
"An amazing compendium that can be used for decades to come."
– William L. Rawn III, FAIA, LEED AP, William Rawn Associates, Boston
"What a tour-de-force! I am so impressed with the level of detail provided. It's a wonderful resource for planners."
– Philip Caton, FAICP, Partner, Clarke, Caton & Hintz, Trenton, New Jersey
"This is the foundational work on how we can use land for a higher quality of life, without destructive exploitation. It is a practical thesis that points out how to achieve that quality better than we have for much of our recent past. Real, existing, and successful examples show projects that provide for great living, and profit for the developers. There is no excuse for anyone to do sorry development ever again. If you only have one book about planning and development, this should be it."
– Clay Preston, Village Habitat Design, Atlanta
"What I have found most helpful is the depth of research. The book contains extensive, well-documented examples, with links to websites. They allow readers to further research the successes (and challenges) others have dealt with when reworking their codes or offering conservation design as an alternative to 'business as usual.'"
– David Ager, Principal, Townscape Design, Clarksville, Maryland
"Randall Arendt has done it again. No brag, just facts. Evidence abounds here. The new Rural by Design has left us with a wealth of information for how to make sound land planning decisions."
– Prof. Jon Rodiek, FASLA, Harold L. Adams '61 Endowed Interdisciplinary Professorship in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
"What I found interesting and very useful was the book's updated structure, which made it easy to find a particular topic of interest. Each chapter is organized with an opening paragraph or two that help a reader scanning the book understand the gist. The illustrations and photographs, as well as the updated case examples, are outstanding. This excellent work will be a must-read for our planners here at the City."
– Roger E. Eastman, AICP, Comprehensive Planning and Code Administrator, City of Flagstaff, Arizona
"Thank you for a great resource. I will be referencing many elements from this second edition with my graduate students and in community visioning workshops. Of particular interest are the evidence supporting strategies for transfer of development rights and the conclusions regarding overbuilt commercial corridors."
– Prof. Ralph Johnson, Director of the School of Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
"The book is fantastic! It will be a valuable tool for our staff in understanding the elements of good (and bad) design. With the wealth of topics covered, this book will be an important source of information for our staff for many years to come."
– Jack Simoneau, Director of Planning, Huntersville, North Carolina
"The new edition is beautifully designed, provocatively written, and, best of all, a practical and useful guide for better design and development."
– John M. Gaadt, AICP, Principal, Gaadt Perspectives
"The new edition of Rural by Design is an important addition to my undergraduate environmental planning courses. It is a valuable follow-up to the original, classic text that became a driving force in the U.S. conservation design movement. The updated book builds on the original concepts while including broader coverage of nonresidential development. As with the first, this edition includes a sequential topical format, thoughtful and concise interpretations, applicable case studies, and excellent supporting graphics. It's a great achievement and will have a lasting impact on development here and abroad."
– Eric Sanden, Professor of Conservation and Environmental Planning, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
"Rural by Design, 2nd edition, explores urban planning and design through a rural construct. It offers practical advice and strategies for all aspects of land development, including transportation opportunities, land preservation, rural character, housing choice, town centers, and more. Author Randall Arendt synthesizes the needs for growth and preservation, navigating political and economic challenges to create a blueprint for healthy, vibrant communities where unique character is preserved and valued. This text is a recipe book for sustainable, livable communities. I highly recommend it."
– Andrew Singelakis, AICP, Director of Land Use & Transportation at Washington County, Oregon
"The new edition of Rural by Design is a definitive text, is not just for practitioners in small cities and suburbanizing towns. New Urbanists will also profit from an array of strategies and examples for concentrating development and minimizing impacts. Most of all, Rural by Design provides professors in planning and landscape architecture a text for their most important task: training students to apply ideals and principles in practice."
– Bruce Stephenson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
"This new edition of Rural by Design is a comprehensive guide to navigating myriad aspects of growth management for small-town America. The book is an excellent resource for communities with limited budgets. While providing relevant technical information on a wide range of rural land management tools, it beautifully articulates and illustrates the vision of the CNU, which is to encourage human-scale development built in harmony with its natural environment."
– Robin Bergstrom, Executive Director, Congress for the New Urbanism, New England Chapter, Boston
"Randall Arendt has managed to take a great book and make it even better. This new version has been expanded to make it even richer in content, with double the number of case studies and graphics. It also has evolved to address current issues such as leveraging greenways as a framework for broader planning, providing well-designed affordable housing, combating the ills of strip commercial development, revitalizing town centers, and understanding the intricacies of transfer of development rights. Even if you've read the original edition, the new and improved version of Rural by Design is unquestionably worth another read."
– Philip Walker, AICP, Principal, The Walker Collaborative, Nashville, Tennessee
"Rural by Design is one of my favorite books.
"If all volunteer planning commission members, professional planners, township and city officials, and others involved in the land development and homebuilding industry were to read this book, America would be a much finer place. We'd never see a dull cookie-cutter subdivision again, and children and adults would have easy access to nature close to their homes.
"This second edition is a must-read for planners and anyone interested in improving their community and quality of life. Buy it, read it, and implement the excellent and profitable techniques today. It's that good!"
– Kirt Manecke, Citizen Planner, Milford, Michigan
"The new second edition of Rural by Design is much, much more than an updating of the original, seminal volume. Arendt has expanded the book considerably and covers many recent trends in urban planning and design. While it still emphasizes the rural context, it covers many topics relevant to urban and suburban areas. What makes this new work especially valuable is that it includes thoughtful discussion about the practical challenges facing communities in implementing strategies to become more livable and sustainable. It is easy to read, has many photographs and illustrations, and includes numerous case studies from a wide range of contexts. This is a book that should become a standard reference for every planner."
– Paul Zykofsky, AICP, Associate Director, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, California
"If you liked the first Rural by Design as much as I did, you will like the second edition even more. Randall Arendt has gone well beyond the typical update to this classic planning text book. He has made it highly relevant and useful to practicing planners by a more broadly defined notion of 'rural' that will help planners, developers, policy makers, and citizens to improve the quality of our 'urbanizing' suburbs, and to make better land-use and development decisions for rapidly growing communities. If you are a planning student, practicing planner, or land-use policymaker, I highly encourage you to consult this volume, asit is a planner's treasure chest. I find it incredibly inspiring and applicable to contemporary practice."
– Fred Merrill, FAICP, Principal, Sasaki Associates, Watertown, Massachusetts
"This updated version of the 20-year-old classic is a how-to guide to creating walkable towns in rural and urbanizing suburban North America, bursting with examples, many not yet built when the original book was written. It also shows how metropolitan residents can have a connection to nature that is so crucial for human settlements no matter the density. We are witnessing the end of sprawl, and this book provides the blueprint for how it is being replaced by environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically successful ways of building the country."
– Christopher B. Leinberger, Professor, George Washington University School of Business; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; President, LOCUS, a project of Smart Growth America
"In this update to his classic book, Randall continues to shape rural planning by integrating current discussions of town centers, sustainability, biophilia, and green infrastructure into his timeless advice for maintaining rural character, creating a detailed reference guide that everyone involved in planning the towns and open spaces of the American countryside should have at their side. Though full of case studies and supporting facts, this edition is organized to give quick, easy access to the practical tools needed to create great places."
– Daniel K. Slone, national land-use and sustainability lawyer; board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Resilient Design Institute
"Rural by Design: Planning for Town and Country (second edition) is a valuable resource for anyone interested in how to promote and protect small-town quality of life through proactive community design strategies. Arendt's new edition is a comprehensive, extremely readable, and practical resource for staff as well as local leaders and community partners. His inclusion of critical lessons learned over the past 20 years, illustrated case examples, and new emphasis on greenways as a recurring theme in town planning are especially helpful in education and advocacy work."
– Sherry Barrett, Sustainable Communities Program Associate, Upstate Forever, Spartanburg, SC
"What a delight to find not just a new edition to a great foundational work but a total modernization and sharing of the most current capture of town form and planning history. Standing on Arendt's shoulders to inform your next work, or to just broaden your knowledge or plan of action in your community, is just one of many benefits to be drawn from this deep well."
– Dan Burden, Director of Innovation and Implementation, Blue Zones, and national consultant on walkability
"Randall Arendt has done it again! The second edition of Rural by Design focuses on newly emerging trends evident in rural Hunterdon County, New Jersey, such as focusing development in town centers, broadening housing choice, and creating greenways. The reemergence of historic town centers, the desire for increased connectivity, and a defined vision for a sustainable future are all highlighted within the pages and photographs of this book. The new Rural by Design will, no doubt, become a standard for all planning professionals."
– Sue Dziamara, AICP, Director of Planning, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
"Rural by Design, Second Edition comprehensively links different areas of planning practice in a new and unique way. Most importantly, Randall Arendt connects form-based placemaking, creating vibrant, and walkable human habitats with the preservation and enhancement of natural and cultural landscapes. He also squarely faces the political, economic, and practical obstacles that confront both robust urbanism and effective land preservation. By weaving together diverse strands of planning practice, this magnificently illustrated book shows how to improve our human habitat while preserving the fragile ecological systems on which we all depend."
– Joel Russell, Executive Director, Form-Based Codes Institute
"The second edition of Rural by Design is worth the 20 years necessary for its update. This book is a tremendous resource explaining the issues associated with successful land conversion and the absolute importance of design as the fundamental component of the preservation of place. Arendt's latest work is thorough and well researched. It provides planners with the critical tools necessary to actually create great places, especially at the rural and suburban end of the transect, by explaining the best of historic town-building principles and updating them with the latest in current practice. This is a must -have book for every planner's library. The concepts are transferable and clear, and the rationale is directly on point and understandable to all audiences."
– Rick Bernhardt, FAICP, Executive Director, Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Planning Department
"Rural by Design represents a lifetime of experience and wisdom. Randall Arendt is a passionate proponent of the value of good design for planning more humane and healthy communities. His grasp of the history of planning new communities — and his deep personal involvement in making numerous plans across the United States — inform Rural by Design. This expanded edition includes considerable new information, notably concerning sustainability. Arendt's clear and informative writing make Rural by Design an invaluable resource for practitioners, educators, and students in planning, landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, law, and real estate."
– Frederick Steiner, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
"If you have an interest in planning as a form or a function, this book will be educational, entertaining, and evocative. In this edition, [author Randall] Arendt has successfully pulled together many diverse areas of planning practice and, most importantly, he communicates their value and their impacts in a vibrant and highly readable manner. As I read the text and browsed the clear illustrations, I was struck by how useful the information is to rural and urban alike. This book is a great tool for new urbanists, small-town enthusiasts, and those who want to preserve and enhance the open space we all need.
– Christopher G. Parker, AICP, Assistant City Manager, City of Dover, New Hampshire
"The new edition of Rural by Design is part reference manual, part guidebook and part inspiration. It should be on the shelf of every planner, developer, and citizen interested in better land development. This book proves that small towns can grow without losing the attributes that make them unique and valuable. We have choices for how we grow. Randall Arendt's new book tells us what they are and how to achieve them."
– Ed McMahon, Senior Resident Fellow at the Urban Land Institute
"I loved the first edition and learned a lot from it. This one is even better. Look at the table of contents and you will be struck at how encyclopedic this book is. It covers every important topic, all in detail. The revisions are substantial and appropriately reflect two key developments in the 20 years since the first edition. First, we know a lot more than we did back then about planning, regulation, and how to make things right. Second, there has been a demographic tectonic shift with boomers, millennials, and the emergence, soon, of the single-person household as the dominant type. There is simply less pressure to sprawl and more to intensify. ... Maybe, just maybe, if you read this book and use it, you'll be an illustration and laudable example of success in the third edition in 2035."
– Dwight H. Merriam, FAICP, Partner, Robinson & Cole LLP
"The new version of Rural by Design is even better, and vastly different, than the first edition — even more comprehensive, up-to-date, useful. Just looking at the illustrations, one is struck by the quality as well as the quality of the case study examples. Diving into the text on almost any page reveals a depth of knowledge, presented in straightforward and easily understandable prose, primed for quotes and footnotes. This new edition will be invaluable to educators, practitioners, planning advocates, commission members, public officials, and private landowners and developers — anyone involved with identifying and discouraging poor development practices and defining and encouraging state-of-the-art initiatives for our rural, hamlet, and suburban communities."
– Ernest Watson Hutton Jr., FAICP, Hutton Associates/Planning Interaction, New York
"Arendt does a fantastic job of describing the path American urban planning has taken. With beautiful photos and illustrations, he shows us that we know how to build great places and that, by paying closer attention to the details, we can improve both the built environment and the lives of the people who inhabit those environments. While Rural by Design emphasizes the value of land conservation, the second edition takes a broader view of urban planning and addresses design issues that are applicable across the rural to urban transect. More than any recent work, this book is an excellent resource for planners to convey planning concepts to citizens, planning commissioners and elected officials."
– Tom Yantis, AICP, Assistant City Manager, City of Leander, Texas


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About The Good Ride Favorites
About The Good Ride Favorites Snowboard Gear
The Good Ride Favorites are gear we seemed to prefer the most out of what we tested. There is a lot of great gear out there and a lot of different preferences so don't think you only have to buy gear we marked as a favorite. There isn't really a rank of #1 or "The Best". It's just about what we, as your average riders, preferred.
We also have Low Cost Favorites in some categories for people just getting started or that are on a budget.
Favorite Snowboards– There are many many types of snowboards out there and there are lot's of different factors for each category. For example if it's an All Mountain board the top factors are how it turns, rides groomers, floats in powder, pops and carves but we also factor in to a lesser extent how it performs in the in pipe and jumps. But there are other considerations like how consistent is the feel underfoot in all conditions.
Favorite Bindings– Like boards there are a lot of factors that come into play. They don't have to rate excellent in every category but stand out in some while not being terrible in others. Also we like a binding that can fit a wide variety of boards.
Favorite Boots– There are many factors with boots as well. To us comfort is king but that's more of a foot to foot kind of thing. So what makes a favorite to us of course is comfort but also ease of use, reduced footprint and longevity are major factors.
Favorite Jackets and Pants– It's mainly all about fit and functionality but we also factor in to the best of our ability how it will perform in varying weather.
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FOUR departments at one of Wales' top universities will be closed, lecturers' unions confirmed last night.
The ruling council of the University of Wales, Swansea, yesterday voted to phase out the teaching of philosophy, sociology, anthropology and development studies under a plan put together by new Vice-Chancellor Richard Davies.
The fate of chemistry continues to hang in the balance after members of the council decided to defer a decision on the fifth threatened department.
Colwyn Williamson, of the Association of University Teachers, said, "From our point of view the fight continues, and it's evident from students they feel the same.
"Both staff and students will be even angrier as a result of this decision and they will feel the governing body do not care about what those who work and study here think."
Earlier in the day, students demonstrated against the proposal by holding a mock funeral for the five threatened departments.
Assembly Member Peter Black, who has been a frequent critic of the plans, said, "I welcome the reprieve for chemistry but regret the other departments being axed.
"It undermines the range of education provision being offered by the university and it's the wrong decision from the point of view of how the university best serves the local community.
"A lot of students are doing their degrees locally because they can't afford to go away and the fact that Swansea will no longer offer teaching in these four subject areas undermines claims for Swansea to be a community university.
"And losing the only stand-alone philosophy degree in Wales is going to reduce the university in the standing of the academic community."
The proposals, which included a reprieve for the chemistry department while a business plan is put together, were understood to have been passed by a sizeable majority of the university's ruling council.
College officials yesterday declined to comment on the outcome of the meeting, saying they wanted to tell staff members first.
This follows an outcry among staff when the original closure plan was announced in newspapers, and on TV and radio, before they were told officially.
The closures were first proposed by the Vice-Chancellor five months ago as a means of channelling more resources to popular courses such as English and history, and he said 70 jobs would be created in strengthening existing departments.
Meanwhile, the reprieve for the chemistry department follows high-profile objections by some of the UK's leading scientists.
Opponents included Professor Colin Pillinger, head of the UK Mars exploration programme, who was taught chemistry at Swansea.
And Swansea-based Sir John Cadogan, an honorary professor of the chemistry department who once headed BP's worldwide research arm, has said the proposal makes no sense.
He pointed out that in his Budget speech Chancellor Gordon Brown signalled higher spending in science research and teaching.
Swansea's chemistry department is rated 10th out of 54 UK departments.
Academics from around the world have also sent letters and e-mails condemning the move.
A statement from the university management before yesterday's meeting said consultation had been going on since October.
It said, "The Vice-Chancellor expected robust debate as this is a radical restructuring proposal.
"He also fully understands the robust reaction.
"Inevitably, academics will always defend their academic discipline but these are positive plans for the greater good of the whole university."


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Regulatory reporting of malpractice settlements
Brett Snodgrass, MD.
12 18 2015
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This author found the article by Sage et al., as well as the editorial by Mellow et al.1,2, to be of great interest. Although their recommendations of increased malpractice settlement reporting appear well-intentioned, and may be of some benefit in some circumstances, they may also be counterproductive and decrease patient safety. There are, however, several concerns with their proposals for increased regulatory reporting of malpractice settlements. Mello et al. write, "Claimants, therefore, may face a trade-off between obtaining the compensation to which they think they are entitled and serving their public-interest objective."2 Such reasoning is not necessarily meritorious because claimants may think or feel that they are entitled to compensation and even believe they have a duty to the public in reporting such claims, but it does not mean that they are correct. Mello et al. further write, "Some may be unable to obtain a settlement in any amount absent a nondisclosure agreement because the defendant is unwilling to risk reputational damage."2 Although "reputational damage [sic]" may be one reason that defendants are reluctant to settle, being harassed by regulators for providing excellent medical care is another reason why claimants may be unable to obtain a settlement agreement.3
The third and fourth types of communication about adverse events described by Mello et al. are fundamentally flawed as they are predicated on the belief that the physician has committed wrongdoing and reference no additional evidence other than the patient's belief of physician-caused harm.2 For the third type of communication, Mello et al. recommend that there be increased regulatory reporting of malpractice settlements to medical regulators.2 The authors do not establish how reporting settlements to regulators is expected to increase patient safety, however. Reporting to The Joint Commission by hospitals usually occurs long before a malpractice case arises. The authors write that because patients may have a "perceived ethical obligation to try to prevent harm to others, settlement agreements should not restrict reporting to regulatory bodies."2 The bias underlying the authors' writing is that they assume that the patient is correct and that any harm resulted from an error made by the physician. Cases of patient harm where the defendant loses the malpractice case may occur despite excellent care provided by the physician.4 In contrast to the authors' suggestion of increased safety in the future with increased regulatory reporting, one may find a decrease in patient safety secondary to malpractice.5 Since some states allow physicians to be sued for providing the national standard of care instead of the local standard of care, which is lower in quality. An increase in the harm caused to physicians by reporting a settled but frivolous malpractice case may provide further impetus for physicians to stop practicing the national standard of care and may resort to practicing the local standard of care.5 In addition, the costs of malpractice claims may make it too expensive for physicians to settle and they may vigorously defend their innocence through multiple appeals all the way to the state's supreme court. Another reason that a state medical board probably should not be provided with information about malpractice settlements is that the state medical board may use the information to eliminate political enemies.3
The fourth type of communication scenario espoused by Mello et al. is where patients discuss the malpractice settlement with others in various places, such as social media and advocacy groups. The authors suggest that this could lead to improved patient safety. However, such an idea is again supported by the fallacious argument that the physician did something wrong. Indeed, patients can be harmed and even die without any medical error occurring.4 Thus, the idea that patients should use malpractice settlements to become online advocates for healthcare improvement is not substantiated and in some circumstances could decrease the quality of care by propagating misinformation and pandering to fear.
There are a couple of additional issues of concern in the article by Sage et al.1 First, they use the word "rationalize" without rationale to negate the valid concerns of doctors. Being concerned about being sued for providing excellent medical care is not "rationalizing," but a reasonable cause for indignity.4,5 Sage et al. did not mention that doctors may be willing to settle to avoid the high costs of prolonged litigation. The costs can be as much as, if not more than, the total settlement in many cases.1 Second, the Texas attorney general had a good reason for not having a policy reporting claims of malpractice settlement, which is that a malpractice settlement is not the same as a medical error. Nevertheless, the authors conflated these two distinct topics throughout their manuscript by claiming that doctors "rationalize [sic]" when they should have said, "many doctors rightly defend their actions."
In summary, with the present system of wrongful malpractice and politically motivated regulators, increased reporting of the settlements of malpractice claims may decrease the quality of care. Further evaluation of public reporting of malpractice claims is needed before recommending for or against its widespread implementation.
1. Sage WM, Jablonski JS, Thomas EJ. Use of Nondisclosure Agreements in Medical Malpractice Settlements by a Large Academic Health Care System. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(7):1130-1135.
2. Mello MM, Catalano JN. Should Malpractice Settlements Be Secret? JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(7):1135-1137.
3. Mishler v. State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 849 P. 2d 291 - Nev: Supreme Court 1993. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5539688962490335552. Accessed November 24, 2015.
4. Merenstein D. PSA screening-I finally won! JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(1):16-17.
5. Lewis MH, Gohagan JK, Merenstein DJ. The locality rule and the physician's dilemma: local medical practices vs the national standard of care. JAMA. 2007;297(23):2633-2637.
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He trained as an actor at the University of Wales and on television has appeared in A Mind to Kill, EastEnders, Holby City and Tracey Beaker's Story. His theatre roles include parts in Taliesyn, Nia Ben Aur, Destiny Report and Y Gobaith A'r Angor for the Bara Caws Theatre.


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Former Charlton defender Madjid Bougherra eyes return to the Premier League
Former Charlton defender Madjid Bougherra has expressed an interest in returning to England
By Giscard Gourizro
Last Updated: 22/03/13 3:53pm
Bougherra spent the early part of his career in England playing for Crewe Alexandra and Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League, before signing for £2.5million at Charlton Athletic during their time in the Premier League.
The Algeria international has been linked with a move to Marseille, as a possible replacement for Souleymane Diawara, but claims his priority will always be to play in England again.
"I would love to return to Europe," former Rangers man Bougherra admitted.
"I have a contract in Lekwiya until 2015, but if there is an opportunity to return to Europe, England will be my priority.
"I love English football and I already have some clubs interested in me. I would love to play there again."


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Our #WalkWednesday group will be starting up its weekly walks again! As of next Wednesday, September 21, we will meet for #WalkWednesday at 9 a.m. on the steps of the Chelsea Public Library. Please join us to explore the community and get healthy together! The #WalkWednesday group is a collaboration involving SCI, The Neighborhood Developers and The Healthy Chelsea Coalition.
SCI Network Technology Associate Position Description
SCI's mission is to strengthen communities by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. SCI helps community organizations develop the skills and tools needed to engage citizens to make a difference, with a priority on promoting youth success and healthy communities.
SCI has dynamic community web portals for many communities across Massachusetts, using the open source content management system, Drupal, to provide community members with a searchable database of local services and the latest social networking tools to connect with neighbors and local organizations.
We are creating a new part-time staff position to help us respond to the growing demand for this portal tool. The position provides a great opportunity for someone passionate about using technology to make a difference to demonstrate and further develop their skills. This position is an excellent opportunity for a college or grad student, or others seeking part-time work to build their skills and make a difference.Read more
The 2010 Horn Pond Summer Concert Series has been a great success with crowds topping 500 residents. This year's line-up has brought Irish music, Bluegrass, Ska and more. The concert was coordinated by Social Capital Inc. along with the North Suburban YMCA, WREN and the support of local business sponsors.Read more
The Dorchester Youth Council, led by SCI AmeriCorps Members, invited youth to help bring awareness to the litter problem in the community, help increase public knowledge of the impacts of litter and provide ways everyone can make a difference in keeping Dorchester litter-free.
The Dorchester Youth Council will judge the PSA entries and award cash prizes to the three groups that create the best Anti-Littering PSAs. Youth groups from all around the Dorchester area have joined in the competition including Upward Bound UMASS Boston, BCYF Grove Hall Community Center, and the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester.
The contest was made possible in part by a donation from SCI of $1000.
You can see several of the video PSA entries on the mydorchester website here.
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A kind of peace. by cichutkoWatch
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I'm not an expert of photography, but that's an amazing landscape.
this is so amazing! the best photo i've seen this year!
is this REAL? this is amazing!!!!!
ooo! Kogo ja tu widzę!
W sensie? ;D
wow wow wow ,this is so breath taking.
where is taken this photo? I mean, ok in Tuscany but more precisely, please? thanks P.s. Another very nice photo )))
Truly lovely landscape. Beautiful photography
jakże pięknie! Koniecznie muszę się wybrać kiedyś do Włoch ^^
So nice! I love it! Poland is a beautiful country ;D
the heaven
can look at it for hours ... just stunning.
should plan a trip to go there
should plan a trip to go there
the Shire!
Looks a lot like the UK's country side! I love it
Poland looks beautiful!
Poland looks beautiful!
Omg *3*
WOW, this is an excellent photograph. It would make such a wonderful print to go on the living room wall. Just staring at it makes one feel quite relaxed.
This is absolutely beautiful!!!! I love these sort of places!! I would love to go to this place!!
Simply magnificent! The atmosphere rendered by the light (was it dusk or dawn?) makes that picture wear something mysterious and it feels like you were in a dream. The light of the moment makes the volumes pop out and there's a vibe of 3D because of the sharpness of the shadows and highlights. The fact that there's a light mist "swallowing" the top of the hill also adds a lot in the feelings we get from that picture and add a lot in the depth of the picture. Really nice catch!
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Verry impressive!!!
piękne, cudowne, uwielbiam
I love this.
Amazing view! Seems a dream landscape
Oh gosh, thanks for the info! It's such a nice surprise that my photo managed to slip to another page on the Internet
so awesome
Jak zwykle genialne
I really like tuscany, and that pic is really awesome !
Wow … this view is amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
That is amazing!!
beautiful nature !
It's beautiful.
Breathtaking... good work : )


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i'IlDRRAL REPORTER,
vol. 70.
In Thomas 'V. Car Co"supra (page 112,149 U. S., page 824,13 Sup. Ct.), Mr. 'Justice Shiras, speaking for the court, observed:
"The case of a corporation for the manufacture and sale of cars, dealing with a railroad company whose road Is subject to a mortgage securing outstanding bonds. is very different from that of workmen and employes, or those who furnish from day to day supplies necessary for the maintenance of the railroad."
There is no allegation in this petition of a diversion of current income for the benefit of the mortgagees, and therefore this claim, as now presented, does not come within the principle of diversion laid down in Fosdick v. Schall, supra; Burnham v. Bowen, supra; and St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co. v. Cleveland, C., C. & I. Ry. Co., supra. It does appear, however, that the materials purchased were coupling' links and pins and tank steel, furnished from time to time between September 22, and December 8, 1893 ; and the petition alleges "that said supplies were necessary to the operation, from day to day, of said railroad." I am of opinion that the petition states a case which brings this claim within that limited class of debts incurred for labor and supplies necessary to keep the road a going concern from day to day, and that it should be held to possess a superior equity ovel' mortgage liens, upon the principle recognized in Miltenberger Y, Railway 00., supra; Finance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Charleston, C.& C. R. Co., supra; Bound v. Railway Co., supra; Thomas v. Cal' Co., supra; Hale v. Frost, supra. As to the objection that these supplies were not furnished duriu/l,' the period of time within' which alone a priority can be given, it ma:v be said that there is no fixed rule as to time, further than is expressed by the words "reasonable time." In some' cases, by, order of court, .the time has been limited to three months; in other cases, to six months; and in Burnham v. Bowen, supra, it appears that the coal was furnished some time during the year previous to the receiVership. See, also, Hale v. Frost, supra. These materials were furnished within four months of the time of the appointment of receivers in the Wood suit, and within a year of the time of the appointment of the same receivers in the Hart suit. The in the Wood suit provided that in their discretion the receivers might pa,ypre-existing supply accounts contracted within,a period of four months, and the decree in the Hart suit merely declared that no Pltyment of this kind should be J;l1a.de without a special.order of court, and upon reasonable notice. Under these circumstances, I do not think the petitioner's claim is barred, as not coming within the time within which priority can be given. Demurrers overruled.
MONTGOMERY v. PETERSIBURG SAY. & INS. CO. et aL
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November i9, 1895.) No. 355.
Five thousand dollars held a sutIicient compensation, under all the clrcumstances,of the case, to a'recelver, for operating 13 miles of street rail-
road for about three years and a half; and $2,500 held to be adequate counsel fees for services rendered to him during the same period.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama.
This was an appeal by J.A. Montgomery from a decree entered in the suits brought by Frank Delatorre and the Mercantile Trust & Deposit Company of Baltimore, trustees, against the Birmingham, Powderly & Bessemer Street-Railroad Company, by which the court below refused to confirm the report of the master awarding additional compensation to the receiver for his own services, and for the services of his attorneys. The property involved in the receivership consisted of a line of stl'eet railroad running from a point in the city" of Birmingham, Ala., to the city of Bessemer, in the same state, a distance of about 13 miles, with the equipments thereof, and some unimproved outlying real estate several miles distant from Birmingham. The receiver was appointed on March 19, 1891, and has operated the road since that date. On September 29, 1892, a decree of foreclosure was entered, containing directions for a reference to a special master to ascertain and report upon various matters, inclUding a reasonable compensation for the receiver and his counsel. The master reported that a reasonable compensation for the receiver would be $5,000, and for his solicitors, $2,500. On January 11, 1H93, a decree was entered which contained this provision: "It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the court that said receiver, J. A. Montgomery, be and he is hereby allOWed the sum of $5,000 for his services as such receiver, and that the sum of $2,500 be allowed Messrs. Smith and Lowe for their professional services rendered as solicitors for said receiver." A sale attempted to be made through a special master failed for want of bidders, and the receiver continued to operate the road. On July 16, 1894, a decree was entered, which, among other things, referred the cause to a master to ascertain and report whether the receiver was "entitled to further, and what, compensation for himself and solicitors." The master reported that a reasonable compensation for his services as receiver would be $150 per month from the date of the former allowance, to wit, $2,400, and that a reasonable compensation to Smith & Lowe for their services as attorneys for the receiver dUring the same time would be $1,500. Upon exceptions to this report the court, on November 9, 1894, held that the previous allowances, made by the decree of January 11, 1893. "were ample and sufficient, taking into consideration the services the receiver and said solicitors had rendered, and all the circumstances of the case, as shown by the evidence, to fully compensate them, and each of them, for all services rendered by them, and each of them, both before the date when said prior allowances were made, and since that date," and the additional allowances were accordingly refused.
J. W. Smith, for appellant. John B. Tillman and Frank W. Christian, for appellees. Before PARDEE and McCORMICK, Circuit Judges, and TOULMIN, District Judge. TOULMIN, District Judge. This is an appeal by the receiver in the cause of Frank Dalatorre et al. against the Birmingham, Powderly & Bessemer Street-Railroad Company from the decree of the circuit court denying further or additional compensation to him and to his solicitors for services by them rendered to him as such receiver. We agree with the court in the opinion that the allowances theret{jfore made to the appellant for compensation to him as receiver in said cause, and as compensation to his solicitors for services by them rendered to him as such receiver, are ample and sufficient, taking into consideration the services rendered and all the circumstances of the case. The decree appealed from, so far as affected by this ap-
peal, is therefore affirmed. But, inasmuch as the appellannnay have rendered services and incurred expenses as receiver in said cause since the decree appealed from, there should be and is reserved to him the right to apply for compensation for services actually rendered and expenses actually incurred .after the date of such decree. Affirmed.
UNITED STATES v. RAUERS.
(District Court, S. D. Georgia, E. D.
November 14, 1895.)
Express legislative power is necessary to Ruthorize the condemnation of private property for public use, and statutes claimed to confer such power must be strictly construed.
2. SAME-ACTS CONGo MARCH 2. 1889, AND MARCH 3. 1893-
Act, Congo March 2, 1889, authorizing the secretary of the treasury to establish a lighthouse on St. Catherine's Island, Ga., at a point to be selected by the lighthouse board; and Act Congo March 3, 1893, appropriating $20,000 for the establishment of a lighthouse near the entrance to St. Catherine's Sound.-do not authorize proceedings for the condemnation of private property, since neither act gives express power to take such property.
Proceedings for condemnation of land for the establishment of a light station on Saint Catherine's Island, Ga. William T. Gary, U. S. Atty. W. W. Gordon, Jr., and Denmark, Adams & Freeman, forrespondent. SPEER, District Judge. This is a question of much interest. On the one hand, we have what are unquestionably the beneficent purposes of the government to establish a light station, to advance the interests of navigation. On the other hand, we have to consider the right of the private citizen to the dominion of his land, which is very valuable intrinsically, and particularly valuable to the owner because of the facts set up in the answer. A fundamental principle of law controlling all matters of this character is that every statute which undertakes to appropriate in any manner, the property of private persons for public use, must be strictly construed. One of the great aims of government is to secure to each citizen the enjoyment of his estate. On the other hand, in cases of public necessity, the right of the individual must yield to the right and demand of the public; but, since that demand is in derogation of private right, it must be closely scrutinized, and the expression of legislative purpose in which it is conveyed, must be strictly construed.
"So high a prerogative as that of divesting one'!'! against his will should, only be exercised where the plain letter of the law permits it, and un· der a careful o1;lservance of the formalities prescribed for the owner's, protection." Cooley, Oonst. Lim. p. 651.
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text: Using your Keyfree Connected lock with a Vera Smarter Home Control System. /Yale/Yale_co_uk/Smart_Living/SL-Keyfree-NEW-1000x435-2-VERA.jpg If you have invested in a Vera Home Control System and a Yale Keyfree Connected lock with Z-Wave module, you can enjoy the benefits of the Smart products working seamlessly together. Below is all the information you need to connect your Smart Lock to a Vera system. How to connect your systems: On the Vera Dashboard select 'Add Device' Select 'Door locks/Yale Touchscreen Deadbolt' (The instructions that appear on the screen are for the American Yale locks so can be ignored) If the lock is new, set a new master code as detailed below, otherwise click 'next' on Vera. How to set up a Master Code: Press any key to wake the lock up. Enter the default master code (123456) followed by the # key. Press 1 followed by the # key. Enter your new master code followed by the # key. Click 'Next' on Vera. To Include the lock in the Z-Wave network, follow the instructions below: Press any key on the lock to wake it up. Enter your master code followed by the # key. Press 4 followed by the # key. Press 1 followed by the # key. The lock will say "Completed". Press 'Exit'. Your lock is now added to your Vera system and should appear on the devices page. Configuring the Keyfree Connected lock in Vera: Click on the lock from the Vera Dashboard, you will be presented with the following screen: To Add/Delete PIN code select 'PIN Codes': To Add select 'Add Pin Code' and type in a name and PIN code for that slot To Delete click the Dustbin Icon next to the relevant code you wish to delete To Modify the times at which a Pin can unlock the door click 'Restrictions' on the relevant PIN you wish to modify. You will see a Validity Menu appear at the bottom of the screen: Select 'Always' if you want the PIN to work all the time Select 'Daily' to specify a start/end time and date range you want the PIN code to operate. Select 'Weekly', to specify the days of the week and the start/end times you want to restrict PIN access to. To change settings in the lock, select 'Device Options', you will be presented with the following screen: Silent Mode (Default off) To enable Silent Mode enter 1 in the 'Desired Value' box on the Silent Mode row, and click 'Save Changes'. To Disable Silent Mode follow the procedure above but enter the value 3in 'Desired Value' box. Auto Relock/Passage Mode, If 'Passage Mode' is enabled the door will remain unlocked until it is disabled or the handle is lifted to lock the door. To Enable Passage Mode enter 0 in the 'Desired Value' box on the 'Auto Relock' row, and click 'Save Changes'. To Disable 'Passage Mode', follow the above procedure but enter the value 255 in the 'Desired Value' box. Relock Time , This is the time the lock will remain unlocked for if unlocked using a PIN number, if you wish to change the unlock time when the lock is unlocked remotely from the system, please see page 16 of the Keyfree Connected user manual. To Change the PIN unlock time, enter a value in seconds between 7 and 60 in the 'Desired Value' box on the 'Relock time' row and click 'Save Changes'. The following options are not supported by the Keyless Connected lock and SHOULD NOT BE MODIFIED, MODIFING THESE OPTIONS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCK Wrong Code Entry Limit Radio event Reporting Shut down time after wrong code entries Operating mode


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Scott R. Kline's photo of Silvi Alcivar is featured in the book The Typewriter Revolution.
Group Photos Tell Your Team's Story
By Scott R. Kline on March 12, 2015 in Advice, Customer Case Studies, Portraits
Team Photos help tell your company story better than any 1000 words. This post shows examples of four team photos and talks about how they were constructed.
Reid Witlin – Full Body Portraits For Printing Really, Really Big
By Scott R. Kline on November 18, 2014 in Fashion, Published Photos
Making Images that could be printed huge for Reid Witlin's new digitalFX product launch was our task in this themed photo shoot using tattooed models and telling a love story.
Headshots for Attorneys – Sefton Family Law Group
By Scott R. Kline on September 8, 2014 in Customer Case Studies, Executive Portraits, Headshots
Find out why Sefton Family Law Group Scott R. Kline photography and our team to create the professional headshots and executive photography for their team of attorneys.
Photos for an Annual Report – Alexza Pharmaceuticals
By Scott R. Kline on August 23, 2014 in Customer Case Studies, Executive Portraits, Headshots, Process Photography, Product Photography
See how one photographer can do it all including team photos, executive portraits and manufacturing facility shots for an Annual repost. All this from Scott R. Kline for the Alexza Pharmaceuticals annual report.
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27 Sep 2006, 12:35am by Aaron Schatz
Sometimes the team a player is drafted by can make all the difference. Aaron Schatz compares Matt Leinart and Jay Cutler's KUBIAK projections if they were to trade places. (Click link to read more.)
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26 Sep 2006, 03:06pm by P. Ryan Wilson
This week Gregg Easterbrook takes issue with all the unnecessary punting we saw in Week 3. Shocking, I know.
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26 Sep 2006, 10:30am by P. Ryan Wilson
This naming-rights thing has gotten out of control. From the AP: "The NFL's Arizona Cardinals have a new $455 million football stadium to play in this season. And under a naming-rights deal, the retractable-dome facility in suburban Glendale will be rechristened University of Phoenix Stadium." Ugh.
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26 Sep 2006, 12:42am by Mike Tanier
Mike Tanier tries to suggest how so many teams could have overlooked the enormous talent that is Marques Colston. (Clink link to read more.)
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26 Sep 2006, 12:42am by Mike Tanier
Mike Tanier tries to suggest how so many teams could have overlooked the enormous talent that is Marques Colston. (Clink link to read more.)
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25 Sep 2006, 10:46pm by P. Ryan Wilson
After four turnovers last week against the Rams I guess this isn't really all that shocking, but Kurt Warner's wife, her crew cut and her feather boa will not be happy.
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25 Sep 2006, 07:47pm by P. Ryan Wilson
Thanks Madden 07. Thanks a lot. The AP is reporting that Shaun Alexander will be out at least a couple of weeks.
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25 Sep 2006, 01:56pm by P. Ryan Wilson
More good stuff from DJ Gallo, especially if you're a Steelers fan (like me) looking for a reason to laugh today. He also explains why the Goo Goo Dolls are scheduled to perform with U2 and Green Day tonight in the Superdome.
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25 Sep 2006, 12:25pm by Michael David Smith
Peter King looks at the Saints' return to the Superdome. Aaron has mentioned this before, but it bears repeating: Why is the football media doing more Katrina coverage than the news media? I honestly think Peter King has written more words about the recovery of New Orleans than a lot of op-ed writers at major daily newspapers.
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25 Sep 2006, 11:45am by Doug Farrar
Well, here isn't a surprise. Bengals linebacker Odell Thurman, already serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, was arrested Monday morning in Cincinnati after his SUV blew across a double-yellow lane near a sobriety checkpoint. Thurman subsequently registered over twice the legal limit on a blood alcohol test.
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In the world of NFL quotes, Marshawn Lynch is the gift that keeps on giving. Plus: some great plays in practice, some terrible plays in practice, wicked rhymes, and Guy Fieri.


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Chennai: A 31 year-old software engineer was killed after an iron rod at a Metro rail construction site fell on him at suburban Alandur on Wednesday.
Police identified the victim as L Giridharan, who was on his way to work, and said he was killed on the spot when the rod fell on him. His body was taken to a nearby government hospital for post-mortem.
The incident caused a traffic hold-up for some time on the busy GST Road.


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The massive oil spill from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could have a huge impact on the Louisiana coastline, but the financial impact to BP may be limited, according to Fitch Ratings. The overall costs could go over $3 billion, but insurance will most likely cover most of BP's costs.
All new offshore oil projects have been put on hold by the White House until safeguards to prevent oil rig explosions can be put in place.


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The perfect combination of spices create this delicious Carribean-inspired dish. Chicken is simmered with butternut squash, mushrooms and tomatoes in a creamy coconut curry.
Very easy, and tasty! Substituted squash with carrots since I had them. No mushrooms. Next time going to use chicken thighs, and may throw it in the slow cooker. - 06 Dec 2014
Very easy, very tasty, a nice change in flavours compared to the curries of the East. Have to admit I did not use mushrooms(never felt that curry and mushrooms mix), also as usual I had coriander in the fridge, so used it as a garnish. - 15 Mar 2013
Made it healthier. Change chicken for Quorn meat substitute. Has chicken-like qualities, especially the shear. - 20 Mar 2011


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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Ocean Renewable Energy: Fresh or False Start?. Carolyn Elefant, Esq. Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, Wash. DC www.his.com/israel/loce 202-297-6100 Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition www.oceanrenewable.com. Overview. The OTEC Act of 1980: A False Start
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Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition
OTEC Act of 1980: False Start Fresh or False Start?
Not yet ready for prime time technology
Overly complex licensing regime
Declining oil prices
Small government administration
Energy Policy Act of 2005
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Senate Version of Energy Policy Act: Fresh or False Start?
Contained PTC (production tax credit) of 1.9 cents/kwh for wave, tidal and current technologies in oceans, lakes and rivers
Final Version of the Energy Policy Act
No PTC for ocean
PTC only extended through 2007 when first ocean projects come on line so no real financial benefits from PTCWhat's Missing?
State Submerged Lands Fresh or False Start?
Up to 3 miles from shore
Up to 10 miles off TX and FL Gulf coast
Up through Canadian border on Great Lakes
Federal Submerged Lands
3 to 200 miles from shore
Federally controlled marine sanctuariesSummary
Former Legislation Fresh or False Start?
Secretary DOI can lease OCS only for "oil and gas" but not for renewables
Companies like Cape Wind can get a permit to use OCS from Corps of Engineers under Section 4(e) of OCSLA
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Authorizes DOI to lease OCS for alternative energy development and other non-oil and gas usesOCS Regulation
False Start Fresh or False Start?
Failure to take advantage of appropriated funds to advance technology
Implementation of complex and costly regulation on OCS
Hyping of projects and deals with no substance behind them
Fresh Start
Work with agencies and congressional delegation to use funds allocated (use them or lose them)
Fight for PTC and additional benefits to secure equal footing with other renewables
Ensure that OCS regulations encourage, not hinder, offshore renewable development
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When people with a family history of colorectal cancer develop the disease, their tumors often carry a molecular sign that the cancer could be life-threatening and may require aggressive treatment, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report in a new study.
The finding, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, draws on data from studies that have tracked the health of tens of thousands of people over several decades. It suggests that colorectal cancer patients could one day have their tumor tissue tested for the molecular sign, and, if necessary, receive more powerful therapies and a familial cancer-risk assessment for their relatives. It further suggests that such patients' relatives could be eligible for more frequent colonoscopies to catch the disease at the earliest possible stage.
Unlike other abnormalities that raise the risk of colon cancer in some families, the newly discovered sign is not linked to a gene mutation that can be inherited from one's parents or grandparents. It appears in DNA segments that are thought to have entered the human genome millennia ago, possibly through infection by retroviruses. These sections, known as long interspersed nucleotide element 1 (LINE-1), are sprinkled throughout the human genome and make up about 17 percent of our DNA. Normally, LINE-1 doesn't cause much trouble, because it's blanketed by methyl groups (packets of one carbon atom bound to three hydrogen atoms).
In the current study, researchers led by Dana-Farber's Shuji Ogino, MD, PhD, MS, and Charles Fuchs, MD, MPH, found that for many colorectal cancer patients with a family history of the disease, the LINE-1 in their tumor cells was nearly bare of methyl groups (a condition known as hypomethylation).
"Previous studies have suggested that some colorectal cancers exhibit an instability of the epigenome, the cell's system for controlling when genes are active," says Ogino, the paper's first author. "One of the signs of this deficiency, it was proposed, is hypomethylation of LINE-1. We wanted to find whether a family history of colorectal cancer creates a higher risk of such hypomethylation."
Fuchs is the paper's senior author.
In contrast to a small, previous study, which suggested that LINE-1 hypomethylated colorectal cancers cluster in certain families, the new study took a large-scale "prospective" approach to gain more definitive insights. Investigators used data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study – which follow the health of tens of thousands of people for decades – to see if participants who had a family history of colorectal cancer tended to develop colorectal cancer with low-level methylation of LINE-1.
"We found that, compared to individuals without a family history of colorectal cancer, people who had first-degree relatives affected with the disease indeed had a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer with hypomethylated LINE-1," Ogino says. "Because this variety of colorectal cancer can quickly become dangerous, testing colorectal cancer patients for tumor LINE-1 hypomethylation may offer a valuable way of identifying those in greatest need of aggressive treatment. Such testing could also help identify patients whose relatives may be at increased risk for the aggressive form of the disease. Further study is needed to determine how this type of testing can be used in a clinical setting."
In addition to Ogino and Fuchs, the paper's co-authors are Reiko Nishihara, PhD, Paul Lochhead, MBChB, MRCP, Yu Imamura, MD, PhD, Aya Kuchiba, PhD, Teppei Morikawa, MD, PhD, Mai Yamauchi, PhD, Xiaoyun Liao, MD, PhD, Zhi Rong Qian, MD, PhD, Ruifang Sun, MB, Kaori Sato, MS, and Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, of Dana-Farber; Molin Wang, PhD, Donna Spiegelman, ScD, Eva S. Schernhammer, MD, DrPH, and Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD, of the Harvard School of Public Health and BWH; Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, of BWH and Massachusetts General Hospital; and Gregory J. Kirkner, MPH, of BWH.
The study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (P01 CA87969, P01 CA55075, P50 CA127003, R01 CA151993, and R01 CA137178), the Bennett Family Fund for Targeted Therapies Research, and the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance.


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Coach Chip Clymer feels that is a thing of the past, and is looking forward to the 2002 season with a solid group of seniors, and some young veterans in the rugged Skyland Conference Raritan Division.<<BR>
Last year, the Vikes finished at 11-10 with five losses by one run, and three losses in the team's final four games. But, this year coach Clymer feels he has the ingredients for a pretty decent season.
"Last year we were so young, and sometimes that was a problem, but that youth of last year is a year older and wiser, and I think we can be competitive in a very tough league," said Clymer. "There are no easy games, and every time out you have to be ready to play. Last year when we got great pitching we didn't hit, and when we hit the ball our pitching let us down. I think this year the two will come together, and we are looking for a good year."
Leading the way is senior team leader Justin Squashic in centerfield and hitting out of the three hole. Last year Squashic pounded the ball around for a .356 average with four doubles, five triples, four homers and 20 RBI, and Clymer feels he is ready to up those figures in 2002.
"I am really proud of Justin, the way he works at this game," said Clymer. "He is our leader by his dedication and his ability. He has taken the role of leader, and the kids look to him. He is a class act on and off the field."
Seniors Kellen Galbraith, Darren Horn and Jason Liebler are also leaders by example. Galbraith hit .342 last year and was slated to be the catcher this season, but Clymer needed his bat in the outfield, and that's where he will be for the team.
"Kellen is one of those kids that any coach would love to have, not only his versatility, but his attitude," Clymer pointed out. "He just asks what he can do to make our team better, and goes out and does it."
Horn had an off-year in 2001, but Clymer said his outfielder is back on track in 2002.
"Darren struggled a bit last year, on the field and off, but he has made a commitment to this team and I think is going to be a huge plus for us," the coach said. "He has really been super in pre-season."
Liebler will pitch and play some outfield for the Vikes, and is another one of those good influences on the team according to Clymer.
"Jason is another one of those class acts, and will do anything to help this team," his coach noted. "He is going to be doing a lot of things for us this season." A host of juniors lettered as sophomores, and they are all a year older and better, with lefties Tyler Freedman and Matt Kamine alternating at first base and on the mound.
Freedman went 5-1 as a sophomore, and was honorable mention All-Skyland and also hit .307 with six RBI. Kamine was 2-1 last year and so far is the number one pitcher for the Vikes this season.
"Freedman has been bothered by an elbow problem, and we are bringing him along slowly, not rushing anything," Clymer said. "But, Kamine has looked very good in pre-season and he is right now our number one starter."
Junior Dave Hoffman moved from the outfield to shortstop, and will lead off for the Vikes this year. He got off to a slow start last season, hit just .244, but Clymer said he will much more productive in 2002.
Cody Kroner got bigger and stronger, and last year as a soph hit two huge homers and drove in 14 runs. He will start at third and Clymer said that he is another that he is banking on bettering those figures this time around.
Junior righty Tom Bleck is being counted upon to give the Vikes some quality innings on the mound according to the coach, and also fill in at some outfield spots as well.
The battle for the second base spot is a three-way affair with juniors Dave Cardamone and Ryan Oppenheimer, and soph Richie Heycock. "The best guy in pre-season will win the job," said Clymer. "All have pluses, and all are capable, but the guy that wins the job is the guy that plays the best."
The catcher battle is up with junior Brian Komoraski and soph Eric Kuchova, with both showing positive signs in pre- season. Clymer said that so far it is a dead-heat, but time will tell with a few more scrimmages left.
"Pitching in pre-season has been good, and coach (Sparky) Mattson said that it is 2-3 steps above where we normally are this time of year," Clymer said. "And, we have hit the ball pretty well, with Squashic and Hoffman stinging the ball. But, I told the team that everyone has to contribute, everyone has to step up this season for us to be in the hunt.
"It will not be easy, but if we stay healthy and we keep working, this could be a nice season for us," the coach added. "We need to get off to a good start, but we open with one of the best in our league in Somerville. So, what better way to begin."
VIKE VIBES _ Clymer is assisted on the varsity level by pitching coach Sparky Mattson. The Vikings open their season on Tuesday, April 2 at home with Somerville in an 11 a.m. start because of spring recess…two days later the Vikes are at Belvidere for an 11 a.m. game, with the team's first home game on April 9 with Delaware Valley.
"The league is loaded with Somerville, Montgomery, DelVal, and Hackettstown always solid, and teams like Belvidere, South Hunterdon and North Warren pesky with some good kids," said Clymer. "Our goal is to play our best game each game, and to play great defense behind our pitching, and to get our bats working. There are no easy games in our league, so we have to battle every time out."


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