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My foot( arch mostly) is better. i think my heel was hurting cause i was taping too tight. for the next few days i will wear support hose and do some walking.
I was doing the Physical Therapy exercises this am ---and doing some yoga---i noticed that the lunges as part of the Sun Salutation were stressing my arch. Maybe that is what is keeping my foot from healing?
It would be funny if the gentle yoga classes i have been doing for the last 2 weeks keeps tweaking my foot. I don't do fast Vinyasa flow classes but what i do might still be too much. I'm getting a little crazy cause i haven't been to my Thurs. night restaurant. gig in over a month, i'm teaching very carefully, and then haven't been responding well to the PT exercises.
so what do you think?
of course i could have done isolation exercises but i've been too worried to do much.
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Actually, the plantar fasciitis issue is quite a paradox. Since the muscles in your leg are attached to the calcaneal tendon(Achilles tendon), and the calcaneal tendon is attached to the plantar fascia, anything that stretches the muscles in your low leg, which attach to the calcaneal tendon which is attached to the plantar fascia, will stretch the plantar fascia and aggravate plantar fasciitis. However as your PT would tell you, the condition will not heal without stretching.
If you haven't already been advised to, rest when you can feel it flaring up. I wouldn't drop the yoga, because ultimately it will help in the long run, but skip a class if you feel it's aggravating it- and don't be afraid to modify or abbreviate a pose if you feel strained. The irritation will not subside if you're on your feet for prolonged periods while they're inflamed. I'd also advise icing, which I'm sure your PT will already have mentioned. A good way to do this is to get a couple containers of frozen juice concentrate and roll them back and forth with your feet. Feel better quick!
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thanks, Vanillacherry---i have 2 short easy back care yoga dvds w/out much of the lunges---i think i'll do those for a week along w/ the PT stretches instead of doing my yoga classes.Taji-dancer
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Usability in Civic Life: Voting and Usability
2003 California Court Decision:
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On September 15, 2003, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and ordered the California gubernatorial recall election postponed.
The full decision, as well as a summary of the ruling and other court documents, are available from their web site:
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project v. Shelley, 03-56498
The full decision is some 66 pages long. It includes a fairly detailed history of the punchcard ballot, and is well worth the time to read it. Instead of attempting to summarize the issues, we have gone through the text and created this collection of direct quotations that touch on the issue of usability and the effectiveness of the election. Page numbers are provided to help you locate the clipping in the full decision.
Page 4
Unlike mechanical lever machines, the VotoMatic system does not have any built-in protection preventing the voter from casting more than one vote for a candidate or ballot measure. In that event, the software is designed not to count the vote at all.
Pages 4-5
The system is subject to mechanical problems. If the mechanical holder is not constructed properly, if its materials have deteriorated through use, if the punchcard has not been pre-scored properly, if the punchcard's manufactured dimensions are not within tolerances, the vote will either not be counted or will be counted incorrectly.
Page 8
The origins of the present controversy date to the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, when national attention was drawn to the eccentricities of voting by pre-scored punchcards.
Page 9
In the official decertification proclamation dated September 18, 2001, the Secretary of State stated:
"As I order this proclamation, I want to be very clear on two points. First, Votomatic and Pollstar voting systems are old technology and their use today can be seen as analogous to the use of typewriters – they worked well for many years but are now obsolete in the world of the personal computer. One of these systems was initially approved for use in 1965. Voters are entitled to have the infrastructure of democracy upgraded to reflect technological improvements to the voting process. Second, it is critically important that the transition to any new technologies be orderly and well thought out. A poorly planned rush to implement a new voting technology without providing adequate time for counties to purchase these systems, and to train their staff, pollworkers, and voters on the proper use of new equipment could easily result in great harm to the most fundamental right of the people, the right to vote."
Page 10
In a press release accompanying the proclamation, the Secretary of State stated that "[w]e cannot wait for a Florida-style election debacle to occur in California before we replace archaic voting systems."
Page 12
If the Secretary of State had issued the certification a month and a half later than he did, as originally planned based on the date by which sufficient valid petition signatures needed to be filed, the recall election would have been held at the next regular election March 2, 2004. However, sufficient signatures were submitted before the deadline, motivating the Secretary of State to issue a certification earlier than originally planned. One day after the Secretary of State's certification, the California Lieutenant Governor scheduled the recall vote for October 7, 2003.
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"Voting is one of the most fundamental and cherished liberties in our democratic system of government." Burson v. Freeman, 504 U.S. 191, 214 (1992) (Kennedy, J., concurring). As the Supreme Court put it in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964): "The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government."
In this case, Plaintiffs allege that the fundamental right to have votes counted in the special recall election is infringed because the pre-scored punchcard voting systems used in some California counties are intractably afflicted with technologic dyscalculia. They claim that the propensity for error in these voting systems is at least two and a half times greater than for any other voting technology used in California. The effect is not trivial.
Pages 13-14
These counties [[using the old machines]] comprise 44% of the total electorate. They include the most populous county in the State and the county in which the state capitol is located.
Plaintiffs tendered evidence showing that 40,000 voters who cast ballots in these counties would not have their votes counted because of technological defects in the pre-scored punchcard voting system. It is perhaps ironic that the sitting governor could well cast a vote on his own recall that would not be tallied. Many candidates seeking to replace him would face a similar risk. Plaintiffs also allege that the affected counties contain a significantly higher percentage of minority voters than the other counties, causing a disproportionate disenfranchisement of minority voters.
Page 14
The first factor in a preliminary injunction analysis is the probability that the plaintiff will succeed on the merits. Under the continuum analysis of Clear Channel, the greater the demonstrated harm, the lesser the requirement of probability of success. Here, the district court assumed irreparable harm, and we agree with its assumption. As the district court properly observed, Plaintiffs will have no remedy for their claims following the election. The district court concluded that the Plaintiffs had no likelihood of success on the merits of their claims as a matter of substance, and further concluded that the claims were likely barred by the doctrines of res judicata and laches. We respectfully disagree and conclude that the district court erred in its legal analysis.
Page 15
In this case, Plaintiffs' Equal Protection Clause claim mirrors the one recently analyzed by the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000). As the Supreme Court held in that case: "Having once granted the right to vote on equal terms, the State may not, by later arbitrary and disparate treatment, value one person's vote over that of another." Id. at 104-05 (citing Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663, 665 (1966)). This holding was consistent with a long line of Supreme Court precedent holding that the right to vote includes the right to have one's vote counted.
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Plaintiffs argue that the use of defective voting systems creates a substantial risk that votes will not be counted. In addition, they claim that the use of defective voting systems in some counties and the employment of far more accurate voting systems in other counties denies equal protection of the laws by impermissibly diluting voting strength of the voters in counties using defective voting systems. In short, the weight given to votes in non-punchcard counties is greater than the weight given to votes in punchcard counties because a higher proportion of the votes from punchcard counties are thrown out. Thus, the effect of using punchcard voting systems in some, but not all, counties, is to discriminate on the basis of geographic residence.
Pages 20-21
No voting system is foolproof, of course, and the Constitution does not demand the use of the best available technology. However, what the Constitution does require is equal treatment of votes cast in a manner that comports with the Equal Protection Clause. Like the Supreme Court in Bush, "[t]he question before [us] is not whether local entities, in the exercise of their expertise, may develop different systems for implementing elections." 531 U.S. at 109. Rather, like the Supreme Court in Bush, we face a situation in which the United States Constitution requires "some assurance that the rudimentary requirements of equal treatment and fundamental fairness are satisfied." Id.
Pages 22-23
Roy G. Saltman, referenced earlier, who had produced the seminal work in this field in the 1970s and 1980s …
Mr. Saltman identified several problems inherent in the use of pre-scored punchcard systems, including:
The fact that voters rather than machines are responsible for removing the chad, leading to chads being incompletely separated from the punchcard, leaving the chad attached to the punchcard. During the counting process, these hanging chads may be pressed back into the card, altering the voters' intent.
- Chads intended not to be removed may be removed during the counting process due to excessive handling, action of the counting machine, or manipulation, altering the voter's intent.
- Unlike other systems, there is no mechanism to prevent overvoting (i.e., voting for more than one candidate or more than the allotted number of candidates).
- Voters are unable to examine the ballot for accuracy before leaving the polling place.
- Manual examination of pre-scored punchcard ballots to determine the voter's intent is highly subjective. For example, manual counters are forced to determine whether a pinprick point on a chad demonstrated an intent to register a vote.
- The defects in the pre-scored punchcard voting system are fundamental and cannot be fixed by engineering or management alterations
The experience of the presidential election in Florida in 2000 supports Mr. Saltman's conclusions.
Pages 23-24
In addition, the use of some mechanical guides, such as the one designed for the now infamous "butterfly" ballot, have proven confusing to the voter. Disabled and visually impaired voters have particular difficulty in using the technology. All of this demonstrates that pre-scored punchcard systems are more prone to human error than other certified systems. And errors may not be treated equally. The Supreme Court commented on one aspect of this problem in Bush, observing that under the pre-scored punchcard voting system:
[t]he citizen whose ballot was not read by a machine because he failed to vote for a candidate in a way readable by a machine may still have his vote counted in a manual recount; on the other hand, the citizen who marks two candidates in a way discernible by the machine will not have the same opportunity to have his vote count, even if a manual examination of the ballot would reveal the requisite indicia of intent. Furthermore, the citizen who marks two candidates, only one of which is discernible by the machine, will have his vote counted even though it should have been read as an invalid ballot.
Page 25
Independent research confirms the error difference between pre-scored punchcard systems and others in use. The July 2001 Report of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project ("Caltech-MIT Report") studied the residual vote rates of different voting systems from 1988-2000 in the entire country, and found that punchcards lose significantly more votes than optically scanned paper ballots.
Page 26
The district court discounted the impact of voting systems on the special election, relying in part on the Secretary of State's attestation that he would "be undertaking extensive voter education efforts that could have the effect of lowering the residual rate in the upcoming election." However, Plaintiffs effectively countered this unsupported assertion with statistical evidence showing that voter education was ineffective in counteracting the error rates inherent in the use of prescored punchcard voting systems.
… Further, as we shall discuss later, the Secretary of State has already missed statutory deadlines for submitting educational information to voters concerning the initiatives on the ballot
Page 27
Intervenor Costa argues that every voting system is prone to some errors and that we need to allow some "play in the joints." If there were equal "play in the joints," this argument would have more force. However, a long line of studies establishes that the difference of error rates between pre-scored punchcard voting systems is of statistical significance at the highest level, even accounting for other factors.
Page 56
[[following a long section on the scheduling of elections]]:
Thus, public interest strongly favors holding the recall election during the general election in March 2004 to avoid an equal protection violation. The California Constitution already permits up to a six month delay to advance the State's interest in efficiency and convenience; the requested injunction would result in only a seven and a half month delay to cure a substantial constitutional violation. As the Supreme Court put it in Bush: "The press of time does not diminish the constitutional concern. A desire for speed is not a general excuse for ignoring equal protection guarantees." 531 U.S. at 108.
Pages 56-57
The State has an interest in holding a fair election – one trusted by the candidates and the voters to yield an accurate and unbiased result. The high error rate associated with the decertified machines to be used by 44 percent of the voters in October would undermine the public's confidence in the outcome of the election. The margin of victory could well be less than the margin of error in the use of punchcard technology. This would not be the case in an election held in March 2004, when all the obsolete machines will have been totally withdrawn from use. Avoiding an election that promises to dilute the votes of any particular community – let alone communities with a disproportionately high concentration of minority voters – firmly promotes the public interest in a fair election.
Page 57
There are also some unique pragmatic problems associated with this election that may be alleviated by a short postponement. For example, because of the short timetable established for this election, approximately a quarter of California's polling places – 5,000 of 20,000 – will not be ready for use and voters will be forced to vote at a different polling place. This has the potential of creating substantial voter confusion on election day. Further, the sheer number of gubernatorial candidates — there are currently 135 names on the October 2003 ballot — will make operation of the plastic guide substantially more cumbersome to use, potentially compounding the inherent problems in its use.
Pages 61-62
[[ Discussing the initiatives that have been placed on the ballot]]
The Secretary of State's action in placing the propositions on the special election ballot caused elections officials to violate these provisions of state law. Elections officials began mailing ballot pamphlets 33 days before the election, which was clearly not within the period prescribed by the Election Code. The Secretary of State provided a copy of the ballot pamphlet to the printer only 37 days prior to the election rather than the required 80 days. The public was permitted to examine the pamphlet only 57 days prior to the election, rather than the required 100 days. If the effect of voter education is as significant as the Secretary of State claims, this delay could have a profound effect on the outcome of the initiative votes.
Page 63
In sum, in assessing the public interest, the balance falls heavily in favor of postponing the election for a few months. The choice between holding a hurried, constitutionally infirm election and one held a short time later that assures voters that the "rudimentary requirements of equal treatment and fundamental fairness are satisfied" is clear. See Bush, 531 U.S. at 109. These issues are better resolved prophylactically than by bitter, post-election litigation over the legitimacy of the election, particularly where the margin of voting machine error may well exceed the margin of victory. The Supreme Court's admonition in Bush bears re-quoting: The press of time does not diminish the constitutional concern. A desire for speed is not a general excuse for ignoring equal protection guarantees. Id. at 108.
In addition to the public interest factors we have discussed, we would be remiss if we did not observe that this is a critical time in our nation's history when we are attempting to persuade the people of other nations of the value of free and open elections. Thus, we are especially mindful of the need to demonstrate our commitment to elections held fairly, free of chaos, with each citizen assured that his or her vote will be counted, and with each vote entitled to equal weight. A short postponement of the election will accomplish those aims and reinforce our national commitment to democracy.
Page 65
The Secretary of State is enjoined from conducting an election on any issue on October 7, 2003. In view of the pendency of the election, we direct the Clerk of Court to issue the mandate forthwith, but stay our order for seven (7) days to allow the parties to seek further relief from this decision, if they so desire.


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E-book sales in France amounted to 1.8% of total book sales last year, or €54m (£48.9m) excluding applications and licences, according to Antoine Gallimard, president of the French Booksellers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition) and c.e.o. of Editions Gallimard.
Although online sales of e-books rose by some 40% year-on-year in 2010, they still represented only about a third of the 1.8%, Gallimard told the SNE general assembly yesterday. The other two-thirds were made up of physical forms of distribution, such as CD-Roms and USB keys. If applications and licence revenues are added, SNE figures show that e-books held 2.5% of the book market last year.
"There is a real gap between the fascination for digitisation and its commercial reality," said Gallimard. "It is difficult to distinguish between credible promising for the opening and growth of our markets and fantasies that this new technological age can generate . . . the people who are getting rich today are the tablet vendors."
With overall retail sales of €4.6bn excluding VAT, books remained the leading cultural industry, significantly ahead of music and cinema, Gallimard said. Publishers' net revenues remained stable at €2.8bn, although they dropped by 2.7% taking account of inflation despite a 6% rise in the number of titles published.
The book industry is holding up better than is generally believed, Gallimard added. Strong sales increases were reported for contemporary fiction, drama, poetry, historical novels, essays and art books.
Referring to the next Paris Book Fair, to be held 16th to 19th March, he said that Japan would be the country of honour and Moscow would be the city of honour.
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The Mixtape King
For SLAM 104′s cover story, we re-watched Vince Carter's amazing dunks with the man himself.
Yesterday we introduced The Vince Tape, an incredible mix of Mr. Carter's best dunks with some amazingly random footage spliced in there for good measure. The video was originally given to us by a friend of SLAM, and it served as the inspiration for VC's feature in SLAM 104 (February '07), when Ryan Jones sat down with the small forward and the two watched all of Carter's craziest throwdowns. In case you missed it, the newly-uploaded tape is below, and beneath that is SLAM 104′s cover story in its entirety. Sorry, Frédéric.—Ed.
words Ryan Jones / portraits Pier Nicola D'Amico
The billboards are scattered throughout the Garden State, roadside reminders to potential ticket buyers that the New Jersey Nets have plenty of good seats available for the 2006-07 season. The presentation is simple but effective: an action shot of a prominent Nets player accompanied by a short, attention-grabbing statement. Vince Carter's billboard features him airborne, cocked and loaded, frozen in time a half-second away from another highlight.
The message? "See It Live. Pray You Taped It." Never mind that nobody "tapes" anything anymore; the point is clear enough. And the point, obviously, is that Vince remains one of those rare NBA players capable of posterizing sucker MCs (mediocre centers) on a nightly basis. The point is that, on a good night, Vince alone is worth the price of admission. And the point, of which the Nets marketing guys are thoughtful enough to remind us, is that you'd be smart to set the DVR before you leave for the arena. You never know when Vincent Lamar Carter might do something worth watching over and over again.
Which brings us to The Vince Tape.
Long before we actually saw one of these billboards somewhere off the New Jersey Turnpike a few months back, the idea of watching and re-watching classic Vince Carter highlights is something we at SLAM were excessively familiar with. I'll spare the details here (you can check my editor's letter for those), but thanks to a friend in the TV industry, we have for years been in possession of what must be the coolest five-minute compilation of VC highlights ever assembled. Essentially, it's a greatest-hits package of his first two NBA seasons, 38 of the dunks that led us, a few years back, to name him the Greatest Dunker of All Time, running concurrently for a little less than 300 seconds, and it is truly, relentlessly, dope.
Before last season, for whatever reason, it hadn't occurred to us to mention The Vince Tape to Vince himself. When we finally did, he was intrigued; apparently, he was almost as in awe of that mind-blowing, unprecedented run of unceasing highlights as we were. So we playfully struck a deal: Make time for a cover shoot, and we'll sit down and watch it together. He was with it, and a few months later, there we were.
And here we are. Vince Carter has been accused of being moody, and our experiences with him over the years haven't necessarily disproved that allegation. Maybe a better way to put it is that, sometimes, with the media at least, Vince just needs time to get warmed up. Early signs upon our arrival at the Nets practice facility on this Monday afternoon are that this could be one of those days.
It's just a week into preseason camp, and as SLAM arrives at the gym, the Nets are still finishing their midday session. There's Vince on the court, comfortably throwing up 30-footers and cracking jokes with his teammates. This bodes well. Then practice ends, and after disappearing in the locker room for about 20 minutes, he emerges in the team's new alternate red uniform and makes his way back across the court. I say what's up, get a quick nod in return and walk with Vince toward where our photog is set up. I'm hoping to find him in a good mood.
"Hey, I'm not gonna do a lot of jumping around or anything," he announces without prompting. "My fuckin' ribs are killing me." Yeah, this bodes well.
As it turns out, Vince does indeed have bruised ribs, which have been bothering him throughout the first week of training camp and will keep him out of the Nets' preseason opener a few days later. But then, as hoped, he does start to warm up, half-shimmying to the hip-hop and R&B mix bumping out of our photographer's stereo. Hearing the Timbaland beat behind Justin Timberlake's single, I test his mood by suggesting a cover line: "Vince Carter—Bringing Sexy Back."
He glares. "Hell no." But then, finally, a grin. And it's all good.
The photo shoot rolls on, first through a few minutes of portrait shots, and then, about 30 minutes later, out onto the practice court for some half-speed take-offs and landings, including the shot you see on our cover. In between, we grab a couple of chairs in front of the computer monitor, a freshly dubbed DVD spinning in the Mac at our side. There are some of the usual questions we'd ask any perennial All-Star in an interview like this. Mostly, though, we watch and reminisce. For his part, Vince needs little prompting as he offers the play-by-play. "I remember 'em all," he says.
Vince Carter is not quite 30 years old. This, his ninth NBA season, is also an option year in his contract. Given that, and his health (he played 79 games last season, the second highest total of his career) and his '05-06 averages of 24.2 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 4.3 apg, this season has the potential to be one of his best ever. He rounds out one of the flyest (literally and figuratively) trios in the League, and with a supporting cast that should be stronger than last year, the Nets have a shot at going even further than last season's Eastern Conference semifinals. There's a lot to look forward to. But, with Vince, we still can't help dwelling on the past. So, here it is. Come fly with VC.
Raptors v. Sixers—Scramble at the free-throw line. Vince comes up with it, moving hard toward the basket before anyone else seems to know he's even got the rock. Theo Ratliff stands under the rim like a statue, and he might as well be. Vince elevates in a blur, two-footed…two-handed. Theo doesn't even have time to jump. (Slamadamonth, SLAM 40)
SLAM: That was on Theo, right?
VC: Yeah. Loose ball, the ball comes out, and I just took one or two dribbles and took off.
SLAM: It that instinctive?
VC: Yeah, just, attack the rim—to hell with waitin' on people.
Raptors v. Spurs—Chucky Brown's got Vince one-on-one, 18 feet from the basket. And then Chucky gets got. A quick ball fake gets Brown moving, followed by a nasty left-to-right crossover that leaves him helpless. David Robinson steps in, a half-step too late.
SLAM: When you're going up against a shot-blocker of this caliber—
VC: Well, I know DRob was over there, but I figured if I take Chucky one way and just go for it—if he blocks me, he blocks me, if not…I think what caught him off guard is that, by the time I crossed over, I didn't take another dribble—just go and jump. He couldn't get there in time.
SLAM: It reminds me of the one you had on Zo last season. Going up against guys who are known as shot blockers, seeing them in that split second or so, does that give you a little adrenaline burst, a little something extra?
VC: It's not really a game plan, but you have to know how you can attack different guys. For instance, Tim Duncan, he'll meet you at the rim. Zo comes to you.
SLAM: That's what was crazy about the one on Zo—he usually overpowers guys.
VC: Yeah, I had to hit him first—and of course jump high enough to where if he hits me, my arms are long enough that I can still get there.
SLAM: That one ranks up there with the most memorable you've had?
VC: Oh, that was probably the best one ever for me, just 'cause of who he is. He's erased a lot of people's dunks.
SLAM: Is he the kind of guy where you can bring that up after the game?
VC: [Laughs] I don't know if you want to bring that one up with Zo.
Raptors v. Kings—Charles Oakley drives and leaves a nice little bounce pass for Vince, who finishes his baseline run with a pull-back two-hander high above Vlade Divac.
SLAM: Vlade knew to get out of the way.
VC: Yeah, definitely.
SLAM: Are there certain guys who you know are not gonna try and challenge you?
VC: Yeah, some guys you know. Then there's some guys where you know you gotta attack the rim because they're gonna try and block it regardless. I attack, just in case.
SLAM: Have you ever been blocked by a guy you didn't think could block you?
VC: Actually, Stackhouse has blocked my dunk a couple times.
SLAM: Really? You should've known, that's a Carolina guy.
VC: Every now and then he'll just surprise you. Sometimes guys just time it right. And then a lot of times they time it wrong.
SLAM: And those are the guys who end up on posters.
VC: Yeah.
Raptors v. Heat—Jackie Christie's husband leads a four-on-one break, with Vince and Tracy McGrady running side-by-side on the wing. Doug floats a lob, which T-Mac briefly thinks is for him until Vince soars above and hammers it, essentially dunking all over his cousin and grinning as he comes off the rim.
SLAM: The look on your face is classic. How often have you dunked on teammates?
VC: Nah, not many…but whenever you have somebody like Tracy, RJ, guys who get down the floor, we're all running to get lobs. He just didn't know I was there.
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Rich d'Rich says:
Istanbul? That's a good 100 miles from the nearest international border (with Greece). Has been since 1352.
Antinous / Moderator says:
Any city on international waters is a border city.
CH says:
Um, no…. that would be a port city. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_town)
The text above says "cities divided by international borders". Istanbul is of course part in Europe and part in Asia… but I wouldn't call it divided. I would think of towns like Tornio/Haparanda, with one town on the Finnish side and the other on the Swedish.
Antinous / Moderator says:
But any city on international waters is inevitably subject to being treated as a border crossing because water, unlike land, is virtually all traversable.
retepslluerb says:
Yet they are not *divided*. A devided city – a divided anything – must have parts in area a and area b – if it's doesn't, it's not divided. Under a strict interpretation, it also has to be actually the *same* city (or at least started out as one city).Istanbul doesn't fulfill these requierements at all.
CH says:
Yes, I did see your point… but that's not how it counts. And to get technical… no city is on international waters (yes, I got what you meant, but that is a big technicality, really). Is any tiny town on a shore line a border city or even a port city… nope…. or at least growing up in such a city I sure never felt like it was a border city like it would have felt if the border were "just over there". Are cities with international airports border cities? And as any town can be accessed by an UFO, I guess that makes them all pan-galactic border cities.
Oh… duh! I forgot the most classic example of a city divided by borders! Berlin! I bet one could make some really nice and poignant things with pre-divided, divided, and post-divided images.
Tim Maly says:
In April, the Turkish Prime Minister proposed splitting the city in two (along the continental divide). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/18/istanbul-split-turkish-prime-minister
Countries change. Borders move.
yragentman says:
Sault Ste. Marie, established in 1668 at the outlet of Lake Superior as a trading post for trappers and explorers portaging around the rapids.Split into two cities, Michigan and Ontario, in by the Boundary Waters treaty in 1812.The Michigan side was a robust city through World War II, but over reliance on a Strategic Air Command airbase led to a shrinking employment base and prospect.Meanwhile, on the Canadian side major steel and paper industry made for long term growth until the 1980s when international competition undermined profitability.
Daen de Leon says:
The Denmark/Germany border has some fun examples … consider the wonderfully named villages of Rosenkranz or Fehle, which span the border.
Eugene B says:
Little known Nicosia can be considered a city divided by a border. Northern Cyprus was invaded by the Turks in the 70′s, and half of Nicosia (Cypriot capital) is still held by them. This is a very big subject for locals, as the Turks are still using their might to 'bully' the legal southern government which is now drilling for oil off the southern coast.
Erik van Tilborg says:
a nice border town example could be Baarle in the netherlands, that is divided by Belgian enclaves:
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Eeek! I should have said "this week," NOT "next week."The show opens THIS Wednesday. I just defended my thesis in addition to pulling my contribution to this project together, so I'm a bit scattered. Apologies!


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Elizabethtown The sale of the Horace Nye Nursing Home to the Bronx-based Centers for Specialty Care (CSC) was delayed again last week as the parties continued to negotiate a resolution to an issue involving the septic system and sewage pits as a result of the detection of some contaminants, county attorney Daniel Manning told lawmakers at their full board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6.
Manning said the facility's septic tank drains into 13 seepage pits ranging in volume from 2,500 to 5,000 gallons. Sometimes solid sediments go into the pits and collect, he explained, and CSC needs assurance that the groundwater hasn't been contaminated by these sediments, most of which are medical byproducts.
The county is currently discussing what needs to be done and the options for moving forward. A resolution was passed at the meeting Feb. 6 setting aside $75,000 from the sale proceeds to pump out the pits if necessary, said Manning, something that officials hope can be done after the closing.
The board delegated County Manager Daniel Palmer and Chairman Randall Douglas the authority to determine what the county will agree to expend, but not exceed, $75,000.
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This marks the third time the sale has been delayed. The most recent closing date was set for Friday, Jan. 31.
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'Over the last 50 years, the way that the courts have defined family has changed dramatically. Following the criteria that the House of Lords set out in Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association [2001] 1 A.C. 27, Polyamorous units and "families of choice" should now be legally recognised Critically discuss.
In the last fifty years the courts definition of family has changed significantly. This process has been slow and progressive in nature, evolving from a restrictive narrow definition of family, to recognition of diversity within the family arena. Thus Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association 1 was herald a successful expansion to the definitional boundary of family membership, by formulating a 'functional judicial interpretation'2 for the purposes of the Rent Act 1977. Through this the courts took into consideration the position of a same sex couple and reasonably constituted them as family. However, if now we were to apply the criteria set by the House of Lords in the above case to consider whether "families of choice" i.e. self identified network grouping of friends and lovers3, 'polyamorous units' 'all forms of multi- partner relationships'4 should now be legally recognised, undoubtedly it would prove to be a contentious issue for the courts,
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