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The 23rd annual Street Fair will be held on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Main Street in Margaretville. Sponsored by the Central Catskills Chamber of Commerce, this event is free and family-friendly.
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Two Independent candidates in the Town of Andes filed petitions with the Delaware County Board of Elections by last Tuesday's deadline to have their names added to the ballot for November's election.
Denise Norris will be running on the Independent line for a seat on the Andes Town Board. She will be running against Republican incumbents Martin Liddle and Daniel Grommeck. The top two vote recipients will win election.
Margaretville – The 23rd annual Street Fair will be held on Saturday, Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Main Street in Margaretville. This popular summertime event features vendors offering quilted crafts and fabric items lovingly made, designer sterling silver jewelry, hard to find antiques and collectibles, ever popular country lawn decorations, wooden crafts, and much more.
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State police have arrested an Onteora High School employee and charged her with felony grand larceny and related charges, alleging that she stole over $9,000 that school groups accumulated by holding fund-raisers.
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Following the advice of Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) officials, the Shandaken Town Board agreed Monday to a settlement of a dispute with New York City over the assessed value of the Pine Hill waste treatment plant.
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A Kerhonkson man drowned in a tubing accident Sunday afternoon in the Esopus Creek in Phoenicia.
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JR Lawrence's vegetable garden in the back yard of his Swart Street, Margaretville home is a source of a variety of summer vegetables. Cucumbers, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, parsnips, beans, carrots, beets, peppers and squash all line the perimeter of his yard, interspersed with floral plants like dahlias and black-eyed Susans.
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About a month ago, Lawrence's six tomato plants fell victim to late blight, a disease of which plant pathologists have reported an outburst in the region this summer.
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Can an Industry Be Socially Responsible If Its Products Harm Consumers? The Case of Online Gambling
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Online gambling companies claim that they are ethical providers. They seem committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices that are aimed at preventing or minimising the harm associated with their activities. Our empirical research employed a sample of 209 university student online gamblers, who took part in an online survey. Our findings suggest that the extent of online problem gambling is substantial and that it adversely impacts on the gambler's mental and physical health, social relationships and academic performance. Online problem gambling seems to be related to the time spent on the Internet and gambling online, parental/peer gambling and binge drinking. As our findings show that there are harmful repercussions associated with online gambling, we argue that companies in this controversial sector cannot reach the higher level of CSR achieved by other industries. Nevertheless, they can gain legitimacy on the basis of their CSR engagement at a transactional level, and so, by meeting their legal and ethical commitments and behaving with transparency and fairness, the integrity of the company can be ensured. We also argue that current failures in the implementation and control of CSR policies, the reliance on revenue from problem gamblers' losses, and controversial marketing activities appear to constitute the main obstacles in the prevention or minimisation of harm related to online gambling. As online gambling companies must be responsible for the harm related to their activities, we suggest that CSR policies should be fully implemented, monitored and clearly reported; all forms of advertising should be reduced substantially; and unfair or misleading promotional techniques should be banned. The industry should not rely on revenue from problem gamblers, nor should their behaviour be reinforced by marketing activities (i.e. rewards). We realise, however, that it is unrealistic to expect the online gambling industry to prioritise harm prevention over revenue maximisation. Policy makers and regulators, therefore, would need to become involved if the actions suggested above are to be undertaken. CSR is paramount to minimise harm and provide a healthier user experience in this business sector, but it also poses marketing dilemmas. We support a global collaborative approach for the online gambling industry, as harm related to gambling is a public health issue.
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- Can an Industry Be Socially Responsible If Its Products Harm Consumers? The Case of Online Gambling
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Journal of Business Ethics
Volume 110, Issue 4 , pp 481-497
- Cover Date
- 2012-11-01
- 10.1007/s10551-012-1495-z
- Print ISSN
- 0167-4544
- Online ISSN
- 1573-0697
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Topics
- Keywords
- CSR in controversial industries
- CSR in online gambling
- CSR and gambling addiction
- Marketing activities in the online gambling industry
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Mirella Yani-de-Soriano (1)
- Uzma Javed (2)
- Shumaila Yousafzai (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, Wales, UK
- 2. Management Sciences Department, CIIT, Islamabad Campus, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan


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Focus on Economic Data
The Inflation Rate - March 2002
The seasonally adjusted rate of change in the consumer price index during the month of March 2002 was 0.3 percent (an increase of three-tenths of one percent). The rate of increase in the consumer price index over the past twelve months was 1.2 percent.
In March, the core consumer price index, which excludes energy and food prices, increased by 0.1 percent.
Goals of the Case Study
The goals of the Inflation Case Studies are to provide teachers and students:
- access to easily understood, timely interpretations of monthly announcements of rate of change in prices in the U.S. economy;
- descriptions of major issues surrounding the data announcements;
- brief analyses of historical perspectives;
- questions and activities to use to reinforce and develop understanding of relevant concepts; and
- a list of publications and resources that may benefit classroom teachers and students interested in exploring inflation.
Data Trends
In March, the Consumer Price Index rose by 0.3 percent, slightly higher than the 0.2 percent increase in both January and February. In March, large increases in the prices indices of energy (3.8%), apparel (1.2%) and transportation (1.2%) caused the inflation rate to increase. The large increase in both the energy and transportation indices was due to rising gasoline prices in March. These increases were countered by decreases in the prices of education, communication and cigarettes.
The core rate of inflation represents the consumer price index without the influences of changes in the price indices for food and energy, which can fluctuate widely from month to month. While food and energy prices increased during March, the tobacco index declined, causing a deceleration in the core rate of inflation to 0.1 percent. This compares to a 0.2 percent increase in the core rate of inflation for January and 0.3 percent during February.
Figure 1 below shows recent inflation data reported for each month. Inflation increased in 1999 and 2000 when compared to1998, slowed throughout much of 2000, and then increased slightly at the beginning of 2001. If inflation is considered over the eight quarters of 2000 and 2001, the annual rates of change were 6.1, 2.6, 2.8, 2.1, 4.0, 3.7, 0.7 and -2.0 percent. The rate of inflation increased in January through May of 2001. Inflation has been decreasing since that point. During the fourth quarter, the price index actually decreased. What is really quite obvious from figure 1 is that the changes in inflation from month to month are much more dramatic from 1999 on, when compared to 1998. The increased volatility is primarily due to fluctuations in the prices of oil and food. The core rate of inflation (excluding food and energy) gives a much better idea of longer-term trends and that is why it is often featured in news reports. See figure 2.
Compared to the rates of inflation in the 1970s and much of the 1980s, the current rate of inflation is quite low. See figure 3 below. Few observers would describe the most recent rates as high and they are not, when compared to those of the past thirty years. Other observers would describe the current experience as no or zero inflation.
Definitions of Inflation and the Consumer Price Index
Inflation is a sustained increase in the overall level of prices. The most widely reported measurement of inflation is the consumer price index (CPI). The CPI measures the cost of a fixed basket of goods relative to the cost of that same basket of goods in a base (or previous) year. Changes in the price of this basket of goods approximate changes in the overall level of prices paid by consumers.
The seasonally adjusted consumer price index in March was 178.6. The price index was equal to 100 during the period from 1982 to 1984. The interpretation is that prices in market basket of goods purchased by the typical consumer increased from the 1982-1984 period to March 2002 by 78.6 percent.
Inflation is usually reported in newspapers and television news as percentage changes in the CPI on a monthly basis. For example, the CPI in March was 178.6, compared to 178.0 in February. The increase in prices from February to March was (178.6-178.0) / 178.0 = 0.0034 or a monthly inflation rate of .34 percent. It is reported to the nearest one-tenth of a percent, in this case, 0.3 percent. To convert this into an annual rate, you could simply multiply by 12. This approximates an annual inflation rate of (0.3)(12) = 3.6 percent. A slightly more accurate measurement of the annual inflation rate is to compound the monthly rate, or raise the monthly rate of increase, plus one, to the 12th power.
Month Price Level Monthly Inflation Rate Annual Inflation Rate
1.003412 = 0.0412
or 4.1%
Costs of Inflation
Understanding the costs of inflation is not an easy task. There are a variety of myths about inflation. There are debates among economists about some of the more serious problems caused by inflation. A number of exercises in National Council on Economic Education [EEL-link id='819' title='publications' ] , student workbooks, and textbooks should help students think about the consequences of inflation.
- High rates of inflation mean that people and business have to take steps to protect their financial assets from inflation. The resources and time used to do so could produce goods and services of value. Those goods and services given up are a true cost of inflation.
- High rates of inflation discourage businesses planning and investment as inflation makes the forecasting of prices and costs. As prices rise, people need more dollars to carry out their transactions. When more money is demanded, interest rates increase. Higher interest rates can cause investment spending to fall, as the cost of investing is higher. The unpredictability associated with fluctuating interest rates makes customers less likely to sign long-term contracts as well.
- The adage "inflation hurts lenders and helps borrowers" only applies if inflation is not expected. For example, interest rates normally increase in response to anticipated inflation. As a result, the lenders receive higher interest payments, part of which is compensation for the decrease in the value of the money lent. Borrowers have to pay higher interest rates and lose any advantage they may have from repaying loans with money that is not worth as much as it was prior to the inflation.
- Inflation does reduce the purchasing power of money.
- Inflation does redistribute income. On average, individuals' incomes do increase as inflation increases. However, some peoples' wages go up faster than inflation. Other wages are slower to adjust. People on fixed incomes such as pensions or whose salaries are slow to adjust are negatively affected by unexpected inflation.
Causes of Inflation
Over short periods of time, inflation can be caused by a decrease in production or an increase in spending. Inflation resulting from an increase in aggregate demand or total spending is called demand-pull inflation. Increases in demand, particularly if production in the economy is near the full-employment level of real GDP, pull up prices. It is not just rising spending. If spending is increasing more rapidly than the capacity to produce, there will be upward pressure on prices.
Inflation can also be caused by increases in costs of major inputs used throughout the economy. This type of inflation is often described as cost-push inflation. Increases in costs push prices up. The most common recent examples are inflationary periods caused largely by increases in the price of oil. Or if employers and employees begin to expect inflation, costs and prices will begin to rise as a result.
Over longer periods of time, that is, over periods of many months or years, inflation is caused by growth in the supply of money that is above and beyond the growth in the demand for money.
Inflation, in the short run and when caused by changes in demand, has an inverse relationship with unemployment. If there are high levels of unemployment, then there is less, or at least a slower growth in, spending in the economy and the inflation is subdued. If there is low unemployment, then wages are increasing to attract workers to jobs and this creates upward pressure on prices, that is, inflation. That relationship disappears when inflation is primarily caused by increases in costs. Unemployment and inflation can then rise simultaneously.
Other Measures of Inflation
The GDP price index (sometimes referred to as the implicit price deflator). The GDP price index is an index of prices of all goods and services included in the gross domestic product. Thus the index is a measure that is broader than the consumer price index. The producer price index. This index measures prices at the wholesale or producer level. It can act as a leading indicator of inflation. If the prices producers are charging are increasing, it is likely that consumers will eventually be faced with higher prices for good they buy at retail stores.
A Market Basket of Goods and Services
The Consumer Price Index measures prices of goods and services in a market basket of goods and services that is intended to be representative of a typical consumer's purchases. The percentages that are currently used to describe the categories of goods and services that market basket are as follows.
|Food and beverages
|16 %
|6 %
|41 %
|3 %
|4 %
|3 %
|17 %
|Other goods and services
|4 %
|Medical care
|6 %
The Future of Inflation
The Federal Reserve's report on economic conditions across the country is released in the "Beige Book" (named for its beige cover) two weeks prior to each meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee. The following is an excerpt from the Beige Book released on March 6, 2002, in preparation for the FOMC meeting on March 19, 2002.
"A majority of Federal Reserve districts report some signs of improvement in economic conditions in January and early February. The Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and San Francisco districts note some pickup in activity, Chicago cites a more positive tone, and Kansas City and St. Louis say that economic activity is weak, but there are some bright spots. Cleveland indicates that although some positive signs continue to emerge, overall business conditions in the district have neither improved nor deteriorated compared with the end of last year. New York reports mixed signals, and Dallas notes continued weak activity.
"Most districts say that manufacturing activity is generally weak, but selected industries in some areas are showing more positive results. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas, Richmond, Kansas City, and San Francisco report modest improvements in retail sales recently compared with the end of last year. Retail results were more mixed in the other districts. Districts indicate that residential real estate markets are generally stronger than commercial markets. Reports on demand for bank loans are mixed across the districts. Warm, dry weather figures prominently in agricultural reports. Warm weather and the slow global economy have contributed to weaker energy demand.
"Labor markets continue to be slack in most districts, with many citing business contacts who have suspended bonuses, frozen wages, or skipped annual salary increases. However, contacts at temporary employment firms in several districts suggest employment is bottoming out, and new hires in selected occupations are said to be in short supply. While wage and price pressures are described as "subdued" to "largely nonexistent," business contacts in many districts mentioned rising health insurance costs.
"Firms in most districts indicate that their purchase and selling prices are generally stable, but Dallas reports upward pressure on services prices and declining prices for chemicals and paper, while Cleveland notes an increase in spot market prices for steel."
The Beige Book report can be found at:
Between January and December 2001, the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee decided to lower the target federal funds rate eleven times, for a total decrease of 4.75% in the target federal funds rate. The discount rate was also lowered. At the most recent meetings on January 29/30 and on March 19, 2002, the Federal Reserve decided to leave the target federal funds rate unchanged. Below is an excerpt from the press announcement following the March 19, 2002 meeting.
"The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1-3/4 percent.
"The information that has become available since the last meeting of the Committee indicates that the economy, bolstered by a marked swing in inventory investment, is expanding at a significant pace. Nonetheless, the degree of the strengthening in final demand over coming quarters, an essential element in sustained economic expansion, is still uncertain.
"In these circumstances, although the stance of monetary policy is currently accommodative, the Committee believes that, for the foreseeable future, against the background of its long-run goals of price stability and sustainable economic growth and of the information currently available, the risks are balanced with respect to the prospects for both goals."
The original press release is available at:
An Exercise
There have been many news reports lately about the rising costs of college tuition. In 2000, the average cost of tuition at four-year private colleges was $16,233 compared to $17,123 in 2001. At four-year public institutions, the average tuition increased from $3,487 to $3,754. What was the rate of increase in tuition for public and private colleges? Did the real cost of tuition increase?
Case Study
- What are the key parts of the consumer price index and the Federal Reserve announcements?
- What are the relevant economic concepts?
- What are the policy options for the Federal Reserve?
- Analyze current conditions with regard to policy options.
- Based on the analysis and the goals, choose the correct economic policy.
Questions for Students
- Suppose the CPI was 160 for June 1999, and was 180 for June 2000. What is the corresponding annual rate of inflation?
- The base year of the CPI is 1982-1984. What has happened to prices since 1970 if the 1970 index was approximately 40 and if the current CPI were 160?
- If prices increase by five percent in a year, what effect does this have on the purchasing power of individuals in the economy?
- What are the costs of increased rates of inflation?
Calculate a consumer price index based on the following data. Calculate the indexes for the two years and determine the annual rate of inflation.
The market basket consists of three goods: tennis balls, movie tickets, and fast-food restaurant meals.
Quantity sold
Quantity sold
Tennis balls
$ .90
Movie tickets
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Marty Hurney's decade-plus-long tenure in Charlotte with the Carolina Panthers is over. Ron Rivera, Rob Chudzinski and the other coaches are now on notice: Win. Now. Or else.
That's a discussion for another time. Right now, there's a General Manager's post to fill – and with less than a week before the trade deadline, it would seem difficult for the Panthers to do any trading before then.
We've got $80 million in long-term contracts in an unproductive backfield. The players loved Hurney because he paid up the big bucks for guys that have played well in the past. Ask Ryan Kalil, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, Charles Johnson, and even Chris Godfrey about that one.
It would seem the team needs a "salary cap guru" of sorts as one part of the equation. With that backfield, the Panthers should be #1 in rushing in the NFL. They're in the middle of the pack, thanks mainly to Cam Newton. He's the team's leading rusher.
That alone should tell you something about the team's finances. The fact that Charles Johnson and Chris Godfrey have big long-term contracts and zero Pro Bowls between them also should.
There are rumblings all over the place about who the replacement may be. Mike Holmgren said just today that he's open to returning as a GM, but he might be overrated. Sure, he has a Super Bowl ring as a coach in his time with Green Bay, but he had a LOT of good teams that often underachieved.
Omar Khan of the Pittsburgh Steelers is an interesting name being bandied about. Just a few months ago, Khan was promoted to "Director of Football and Business Administration" and has been talked about in the past about a GM job, but nothing ever came of it. It would seem SOMEONE will take the leap, and the Steelers are known for drafting well over the years. Since Khan has been their chief contract negotiator for over a decade, the "Salary Cap Guru" would seem to fit him well and also into the Panthers' organizational needs, apparently.
Although he's not new to football and he has been talked about but never given the chance yet, it could be an ideal fit for the pair. The Panthers clearly need some reason and discipline with their contracts. I recall being surprised when BOTH DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart got franchise RB-type contracts while obviously splitting carries.
I was flabbergasted when the team went out and spent even more cap money on Mike Tolbert, of the vanishing fullback species, to add to the backfield. That's THREE different runners with big money deals. If you look at the salary cap numbers, you might think the Panthers run the old "Wishbone" offense, no?
No, they don't.
Bill Cowher's name has also been thrown around on the "wish list," and although he shied away from Miami when he could have been their Head Coach for 2012, he kept his name out of the hat. One other thing – he lives in North Carolina.
You see, the thing about hiring a new GM is that the GM generally wants to bring his "own people" in. And win or lose, that's bad news for Rivera. Rivera has yet to prove he's worthy of being a Head Coach, but one thing IS certain: he's no dummy. He gets it.
The chair he's sitting in is warming up very, very fast as well.
From my chair here – and granted, I'm an armchair guy just like most of you are – I could easily see Khan being brought in to better manage the salary cap. It's been in a shambles for years and it seems like every time Hurney got a little wiggle room, he'd give an oversized contract out.
Chris Godfrey….guaranteed almost $13 million? Chris Godfrey???
Follow me now…if Khan is brought in, he's the carrot. The Panthers are the stick. Cowher would be the prize, and when you look at the circumstances, that might just be enough to get Cowher off the bench and back into the game.
Unless Rivera somehow manages at _least_ and 8-8 season, he may indeed get the quick hook. I've seen the movie before, many times. It rarely has a happy ending for the embattled coach.


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Two golf courses and a retreat center have been proposed in Medora, North Dakota. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Foundation has been eyeing a site for the project about four miles south of Medora in the Badlands along the Little Missouri River. The foundation hopes to increase tourism in the area with the facility.
The Medora City Council has been asked to contribute seven years of its ½-percent sales tax to the project. The tax was initiated last year with the intention of providing a two-year, $100,000 contribution to the proposed Cowboy Hall of Fame building in downtown Medora. In order to fund the golf courses, the tax would have to be extended.
Randy Hatzenbuhler, president of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Foundation, presented the $10-million project to the city council. He will not receive a reply from the city until public meetings address the proposal.
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"If you think the mobile device market is fragmented and difficult for the enterprise market to write to now, wait until the market comes to the foreground and you have not only different platforms by different vendors, but also more varied devices," Shimmin said. "Unlike a mobile phone that just tries to be a blank slate, wearable devices are often built to provide a very specific set of services -- not to be all things but to be one thing or a couple of things."
Shimmin predicted the mobile device landscape will quickly become incredibly complex and a burden for software developers. There will be classes of applications tailored to specific use cases, not just wearable device manufacturers.
"For a company like Salesforce to come out and say they are going to simplify this by building a set of SDKs for as many of these as they can handle is pretty special," Shimmin said. "It's also an interesting way to take the platform forward and to prove to the marketplace that Force.com is much more than just a great place to host CRM apps by small ISVs."
Salesforce Wear Developer Pack is available now and is included with all user licenses of Salesforce CRM and the Salesforce Platform.
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Seeding Mermaids (Sembrando Sereias) - Tunga/ Costa Brava, Rio de Janeiro, 1987
Shadow Play - Vito Acconci, 1970
(from "Three Relationship Studies: Manipulations, Imitations, Shadow Play")
In this three-part exercise, Acconci explores the dynamics of the artist's interaction with or manipulation of an other. Each study involves a form of mirroring. In Shadow-Play, Acconci spars with his own shadow image, aggressively confronting himself as other. In Imitations, Acconci attempts to mirror another man's gestures and actions. In Manipulations, Acconci — seen by the viewer in a mirror — faces a nude woman and directs the movements of her hands over her body through his own hand motions.


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A storm system west of Indiana has caused more flood warnings throughout the already devastated state.
The National Weather Service said the system could drop from 1 to 3 inches of rain Monday.
Gov. Mitch Daniels' spokeswoman said Daniels already has given 23 of Indiana's 92 counties disaster declarations.
As much as 11 inches of rain swamped the state Saturday, flooding homes, threatening dams and closing several roads and highways. The flooding killed at least one person, a man who drowned in his vehicle in Bartholomew County about 50 miles south of Indianapolis.


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i tought this was cute
hit guy in head with tennis ball. get his number.
Last ep of 90210. Need to really catch up on it.


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If you haven't yet read this week's edition of The Austin Chronicle – and seen the amazing front page photo/rendering – please check it out at once here! Stupendous reporting by Senior News Editor, Michael King, of breaking news regarding a multi-billion dollar plan to build a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium in the middle of Lady Bird Lake, coupled with the new Light Rail line running straight through the center of the stadium as the train crosses the river.
ZOMG – Topfer Theatre at ZACH Theatre Brings Austin Theatre Back to the Forefront of Austin Culture
I was lucky enough to be invited to a personal tour of ZACH Theatre's new mainstage, The Topfer (pronounced top-fur) Theatre earlier this week. This theatre allows ZACH to truly make the jump from a small professional theatre to premiere regional theatre by providing a new, state of the art performance facility as part of downtown Austin's already growing culture and arts scene. Downtown Austin needs a real regional theatre, and this structure and the excitement it will bring to the theatre and arts community is a huge step in the right direction.
Per an article in the Austin Chronicle (link) – ZACH Theatre had been contemplating building a third theatre in its complex as early at 1985, when they held over some funds from that year's bond election to help fund building a third theatre. In 2000, the economy stalled, putting the project on hold, but, through a kick-start of funding of $10 million through the 2006 City of Austin bond election, and then fueled by direct private donation – the project was revived in 2007. Overall, it's a $22 million project, and they still need to raise about $2 million for completion.
The ZACH Theatre compound falls within the Zilker Neighborhood Association, but it is easily accessible to downtown Austin condos and homes and, really, feels like a part of downtown to many. I was told the ZNA was supportive the variances Zach Scott needed to build the Topfer Theatre.
As a college Theatre Major and all around theatre nerd, I was soooooo impressed with the Topfer Theatre and Kuykendall Stage.
Some tidbits:
- Celebrated Austin actress Karen Kuykendall has her ashes kept under the stage, isn't that crazy?! (What's even crazier is that there are no "r"s in "Kuykendall"!)
- The Topfer Theatre has a LEED Silver Certification
- Over 70 new parking spots have been added to the ZACH Theatre compound
- 40 new trees were added to the lot, as well
- The AC and other mechanical components of the theatre have a separate foundation from the stage – this is to minimize any possibility of noise and rumbling during performances.
- The theatre's design is taken from the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago (the house is a little narrower)
- The theatre house seats ~420
- The theatre was designed by the same architects who did The W – Andersson-Wise Architects
For more incredible pictures and theatre fun facts – check out Bryan Kosarek's Gay in Austin Texas Blog.
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Additionally, here are some condominiums in Downtown Austin that are near the theatre – to learn more about these individual buildings, visit their pages:
Underground: Let's Walk The Waller Creek Tunnel (VIDEO)
As a member of the now defunct Waller Creek Citizens Advisory Committee and a past resident at the Sabine condos with a view directly over the excavation site, I've seen planning for Waller Creek evolve over the years.
Earlier this week, Matt Parkerson in Council Member Riley's office, invited me to join them on a tour of the tunnel. I jumped at the opportunity.
The logistics of mining under a city is fascinating. The tunnel diameter tapers wide from 20 feet to 26 feet in diameter as it approaches the outlet at Lady Bird Lake. The pace of progress is about 15 feet per day. Dump trucks make somewhere around 75 trips per day.
We entered the tunnel between 4th and 5th Streets. Once inside the tunnel we walked to the end of their progress, currently, just below Iron Works BBQ.
Once the mining is complete, the exposed limestone will be coated with concrete. Cost to construct the tunnel: $105 million.
If you've ever seen Discovery Channel special on how NYC subways were bored, know this is not like that. There is no giant spinning disc cutting through the earth. Compared to Manhattan granite, this Texas limestone cuts like butter. Like an old dot matrix printer, the boring head cuts away limestone with each back and forth pass.
As an aside: everybody on the tour was thinking the same thing. Why couldn't we do this for a subway? Well, we can. One of the contractors shared (off-camera) that Austin's limestone is [actually] perfectly suited for mining a subway tunnel and wondered why the city has not pursued that with more enthusiasm. The length of Waller Creek tunnel is roughly the same length to get from I-35 to Lamar Blvd. An identical tunnel for similar cost could support a subway to traverse east-west through downtown.
Thanks to Council Member Riley and his staff for the invitation!
Pic Of The Week – Downtown Austin At Dusk
Fishing Pier Coming to Lady Bird Lake in Rainey Street, Downtown Austin
The focus is on inclusion. That's what Nicole Harmon of Core Health Foundation, a non-profit spin-off of Core Health (a for-profit facility focusing on rehabilitation of those suffering with brain injuries), tells me. The project is a fishing pier, located on the northern shore of Lady Bird Lake, just south of the Holiday Inn off I-35 in the Rainey Street District. The project has been in the works for over 8-years, but was officially approved in 2010, and construction is expected to be complete in 2013. And while the driver and primary purpose of this project is for [Read more...]
Virtual Flyover Of The 3rd & Brazos Apartment High Rise
Not much info has been released about the design of Riverside Resources'
20 16-story apartment building under construction at 3rd & Brazos (in the newly monikered Railyard District).
The video below is a virtual flyover of the building, and provides more insight into the design. (update: the video settings have been changed to private)
Coming Soon: The Changing Face Of The Railyard District
Let it be known as the Railyard District, that part of downtown Austin, south of 5th Street and sandwiched between Congress Ave and the Austin Convention Center. You could straddle the convention center and include the area east, around Moonshine, too.
It's an interesting mix of conventioneers and locals, both feeding on chicken and waffles at Max's Wine Dive.
For decades, the district has been anchored by the Railyard condos, and recently flanked by the Four Seasons. Soon, these will not be the only full time residences.
In the past couple of years we've seen improvements and new businesses open in the neighborhood, including AF1 Racing, Vince Young Steakhouse, Hank's Garage (which is gone), and Skinny's Ballroom.
Walking around a post-SXSW absent is the hyper-pedestrianism of the past 10 days, and I observe a "coming soon" sign. I see more as I keep walking. In one lap around the Railyard district, I counted nine businesses or projects "coming soon"!
What's COMING SOON to the Railyard District? [Read more...]
How cool it is to live downtown?
This picture captures so much of the vibrancy of our growing downtown. The photographer, friend David Gottlieb, has one of the best vantage points in the city: Spring condos.
The influx of people for SXSW – traffic be damned – reminds me of what a 24/7 vibrant city looks and feels like. And, we're getting there. Checkout an even cooler picture…


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Beau Scott
- Date of Birth: 15-05-1984
- Height: 185
- Weight: 99
- Position: Second Row, Centre
- Rep. Honours: NSW State of Origin (2014), Test Australia (2011), NSW Origin (2010-2012), Four Nations (2011), Country Origin (2009, 2012)
- Junior Clubs: Picton Magpies
- Previous Clubs: Cronulla (2005-2006), St George (2007-2012)
- FG Debut: Cronulla Sharks v Melbourne Storm, Round 22 2005
- Club Debut: Newcastle Knights v West Tigers, Round 1 2013
Birthplace: Camden
With a never-say-die attitude and bone-crunching defence, Beau proved an inspired signing in his first season at the Club last year.
An Australian and NSW Origin representative, he is a real leader who influences his teammates on and off the field. Known for his versatility, Beau can switch between second row and centre. He overcame a groin injury to return against his former Club in Round 13.
The former premiership-winning Dragons forward was restricted to just 16 games last year due to injury, but returned to contribute solidly in the second half of the season.
Beau's wife Amelia gave birth to the couple's second child, Noah, during the 2013 season.


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At the Movies with The Rubber Chickens: #HereSC Video Review
It has been a while since our last movie review, just shy of two years to be precise. And to be fair this isn't really a movie review, it's a review of a "pump up" video for the 2014 Gamecock football season. But you're hooked now, so you might as well keep reading.
In the new #HereSC video (we'll get to that hashtag in a moment), the thing that immediately jumps out at me, again, is the stodgy old voiceover guy who should be doing yearly recap videos for the Green Bay Packers. He was used in the 2012 "It's Great to Be a Gamecock" video, and also is the voice of the stadium in the Saturday pre-game video among other appearances.
While I didn't like his voice in 2012, the choice is even more odd this time around because the video is backed by a junkyard blues soundtrack (h/t @JorgeBrosada) and a script that touts USC as blue-collar underdogs who scratch and claw for everything we get. If that's who we are, then how about a v/o man with at least a hint of a southern accent? Somebody we can relate to?
Or how about really think outside the box and (gasp) hire a WOMAN to do the voice. Radical, I know.
The script is once again penned, at least in part, by Andy Demetra. It has his fingerprints all over it, trying to hit a home run with every sentence instead of subtly building to a crescendo and having one message-reinforcing home run line.
"We believe that a blue-collar and a garnet heart can take you places you never thought possible."
A nominee for the most Andy Demetra line ever. That's saying a lot. And while being blue-collar is probably a source of pride in South Carolina, it's a little limiting to our fan base, don't you think?
"If it ain't swayin', we ain't playin'."
"Here, when we fall we dust ourselves off and get back up. That hasn't happened very often."
It hasn't? Was the person who wrote this born in 2010?
"Here, we have the Head Ball Coach, and you don't."
Y'all know I love the HBC, but who are we talking to? Florida? Are we taunting Florida? Maybe we're taunting Vandy. Or Kentucky, I don't know.
"Here, they said it couldn't be done. But guess what, we're doing it."
Finally, at the 1:20 mark, we get a decent line.
All I'm asking is for somebody to write like a human being, not a cliche'-spouting robot.
The clips and images are fine, but two years after the first "It's Great to Be a Gamecock" video the vignettes and muted colors are getting a little tiresome. It's time for video editors to learn what most decent photographers and photo editors finally figured out: step away from the "apply filter" button.
Finally, the new hashtag: #HereSC.
At first glance there's not much wrong with it, but eventually you have to actually SAY it, whether it's in your head or out loud. Everybody I've shown the hashtag to, without prompting, says "wow, sounds a lot like 'heresy'".
I don't know what #HereSC sounding like heresy even means, but it's not good. As a matter of fact, it's terrible that the idea even made it into serious discussion.
As a guy who has spent 20+ years as a marketer, I'm probably a little harder on the athletic department's efforts to promote our programs than most would be. I tend to notice things others might not give a second thought, which is probably a good thing for our marketing department.
Think I'll soothe my disappointment by taking a #GamecockSelfie.
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Lots of good points. Particularly agree on two things.
1. Attempted HRs with every sentence – This sounds like it was written by a committee of message board posters (and not the reasonable ones) who chose the best sentences from each of their submissions and smattered them together.
2. For what is supposed to be (and is mind you) THE institution of higher learning for our state, isn't the whole blue collar, dust bowl bit a little bit of a reach? We're a university, if you graduate you really shouldn't be working a blue collar job.
Anyway, I've found a lot of our PR things like this wanting. GABA had good piece about Sandstorm being the central theme to our new SEC network commercial which I also find a bit annoying.


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Leah Fonda Preiss, left, was killed in a Rollinsford car accident on July 20. Matthew Tsopas, of Somersworth, has been charged in the crash.
The Stratham man was driving on Roberts Road in Rollinsford when, he said, a car came racing up behind him.
Fearing the driver was impaired, Myers dialed 911 and gave the operator a detailed account of everything he saw.
"If people see some behavior like this, call and maybe you can stop a person before they destroy a lot of lives," Myers said Thursday.
On the day of the deadly accident, Myers had just left a shop he operates in Rollinsford for his business, StrathamWood Studios, when he said a car approached him from behind on Roberts Road at a high rate of speed.
"I was looking in the mirror and I could see he was swerving," said Myers, who worried that Tsopas would try to pass and hit a vehicle in the opposite direction.
"I just wanted to see which way he was going and wanted to relay that to police. I hoped they would pull him over before something happened," Myers said.
Myers said the crash happened about 200 feet in front of him.
"He went into the left-hand lane. It was nearly head-on. Their car spun around and ended up in my travel lane," Myers recalled.
"He is walking down Old Mill Lane … in his underwear. This guy is obviously drunk," Myers told a dispatcher in the 911 call.
Dover fire and rescue personnel were on their way to another call when they approached the accident scene.
At the time of the crash, Myers didn't know that the victims were newlyweds.
"I didn't even know they were from out of state. I just knew there were two people in a car who were seriously hurt," he said. "It's heartbreaking. I've had the whole range of emotions … angry, sad," he said.
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Keene riots a focus of gubernatorial debate
Preventing riots: What should Keene do?
- Whom do you think bears the brunt of the blame for the mayhem this weekend in Keene?
- KSC students
- 37%
- KSC administration
- 2%
- Police
- 6%
- Visitors from out of town
- 18%
- A combination of any/all of the above
- 37%
- Total Votes: 2483


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Look who showed up in my mailbox!
I can't think of anyone who deserves this more than her.
In all truth, though there are several runners in my life who inspire me, Adrian is the sole reason I ever believed I could do a half. Her amazing journey to fitness destroyed all preconceived notions I had about my own abilities, and gave me the courage to shoot for the stars. Maybe I would have gotten there eventually, but discovering her blog gave me the jolt that I needed to push myself.
Congrats, lady!
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