text: This coming Monday, the Baltimore City Council will vote on a bill that would require city businesses to charge a ten cent fee on all bags (paper or plastic) provided by retail establishments at point of sale. If passed, Baltimore City will join the ranks of Washington D.C. and Montgomery County in trying to use economic incentives to decrease litter and promote the use of reusable bags. These laws, which took effect in 2010 and 2012 respectively, have been successful in substantially reducing the number of single-use bags distributed at retail stores in those districts. In fact, bag pollution in DC neighborhoods has been reduced by more than two-thirds! Want to make this important environmental step a reality for Baltimore? Here's how YOU can help: Tell your Baltimore City Council member that you care about out city and our wildlife and you support council bill 13-0241. Make bringing reusable bags with you as you shop a routine! There is no denying that plastic bag pollution is a real problem in our city. Discarded bags are almost always visible -stuck in tree branches and floating along our harbor, streams and rivers. They can clog storm drain inlets and cause localized flooding and the city spends millions of dollars each year cleaning up bags and other litter. They are also often seen being used as building material in bird nests and pose a threat to aquatic predators that mistake them as food. Plastic pollution in our environment and waterways is well documented but its effects on wildlife are still being studied. In one recent study, more than 50 percent of the sea turtles stranded on a beach in Texas, in a two-year period, contained traces of debris in their digestive tract – 65 percent of those animals had ingested plastic bags. Our own Animal Rescue team has cared for animals that have ingested plastic bags, and while the deleterious effects of plastic digestion by animals may be obvious, the chronic effects of toxic chemicals found within these plastics and ingestion of degraded plastic (or microplastics) is just beginning to be characterized. Paper bags are also being included in this legislation because they too require a significant amount of resources to manufacture and ship and ignoring this would be counterproductive to the intent of the bill. It is important to remember that the intent of this bill is not to penalize our most vulnerable citizens by imposing another fee they will struggle to pay. In fact, there are several exemptions that take into account the type of purchases and participation in public assistance programs. We simply can no longer ignore the true cost of favoring single-use products like plastic and paper bags within the system. These items are not free. There is a cost for their resource extraction, manufacture and shipping. If they end up as litter, there is a cost to remove them from our waterways, city streets and storm drains – and when we aren't able to do that, there is a cost to wildlife. Tags: bag-bill, Conservation, national-aquarium-2, national-aquarium-experts, ocean-conservation, plastic-bags, plastic-pollution, thoughtful-thursday Categories: News Previous Post Next Post


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The puss caterpillar, or woolly slug, is the most poisonous caterpillar in the United States. Its poison is hidden in hollow spines among its hairs. This hairy caterpillar is found in the southern states, ranging west through most of Texas and north to Maryland and Missouri. It feeds on shade trees such as elm, oak, and sycamore. Puss caterpillars vary in size from 1.2 in. (32 mm) to 1.4 in. (36 mm).
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Many students were asked to deliver a speech on this occasion to share their thoughts and feelings on their favorite teacher and that's why we came up with some engineer day speech ideas, sample speeches, examples to be followed while preparing for your open public speech in both Hindi and English language. So whether you are student or teacher, you might wish your deliver a some impacted, motivational and inspirational words that can evaluate your love, appreciation and thankfulness. This is the place to check out some awesome collection of teacher's day speech, 5th Sept speech ideas in Hindi (हिंदी में इंजीनियर दिवस के लिए भाषण).
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Web interface defines new paradigm for life science data-sharing
A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan's flagship research institute. Through the powerful RIKEN Scientists' Networking System (SciNetS), the service provides a secure, flexible and light weight interface to millions of data records and their network of semantic relationships, ushering in a new era of collaboration, analysis and information-sharing for life science research and applied innovation.
Gene annotation, protein structure analysis, plant ontologies, transcriptomes - dramatic increases in the size, variety and complexity of data resources in the life sciences have accentuated the challenges of data analysis in the information age. Adding to these challenges, much of the data handled at each step of the research process is private, making integration with public data more difficult and hindering collaboration. Overcoming these challenges requires systems for securely integrating data resources and making their information widely available through a flexible interface.
The RIKEN Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE) division, Japan's leading research institute focusing on the integration and publication of life science research data, has now developed such an interface. Referred to as Semantic-JSON, the interface accesses a "virtual laboratory cloud centre" also developed at BASE named the Scientists' Networking System (SciNetS), which brings together, as of May 2011, a total of 192 public database projects both internal and external to RIKEN. SciNetS creates common ground for sharing life science data resources by linking these resources together in a network of semantic relationships based on standardized Semantic Web techniques.
Semantic-JSON provides a flexible interface to SciNetS on the web, enabling bioinformaticians to access specific data from across the SciNetS network using the programming languages and information tools they normally use in their research. The interface does so by defining a set of simple but relevant commands for accessing and searching SciNetS data and their semantic relationships, delivering results in the widely-used JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.
Already, RIKEN has successfully applied Semantic-JSON to a number of projects, including international data collaborations on mouse phenotypes, domestic integrated database projects, and the GenoCon International Rational Genome Design Contest. Looking ahead, RIKEN plans to use the interface to distribute life science data across its research centres and with international collaborators via the SciNetS project, broadening the life-sciences Semantic Web data universe and promising to achieve not just comprehensive understanding of various life phenomena, but also collaborative breakthroughs for medicine, industry and the environment.
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5 Seconds of Summer may be busy supporting One Direction on a worldwide tour and promoting their upcoming debut studio album, but they're not too busy to release a brand new song, 'Kiss Me Kiss Me.'
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Illinois' private lottery manager takes over operations Friday, with both the company and the state envisioning greatly increased sales and more money for state coffers.
Illinois' private lottery manager takes over operations Friday, with both the company and the state envisioning greatly increased sales and more money for state coffers.Although Northstar Lottery Group formally assumes the reins July 1, the transition to private management has been under way for some time. Regular players have seen new signage and the rollout of new games in recent weeks, but otherwise shouldn't notice a difference if they buy lottery tickets after the first of the month. Northstar management, though, said they are focusing on bringing new people to play the lottery, the occasional player to play more often and the former player to try again. "They will see there's a new energy, a new excitement, a new dynamic happening, which is really epitomized by a new logo which is much brighter, funner and more approachable," said Northstar CEO Connie Laverty O'Connor. "We're trying to make sure we will generate momentum that will generate more revenues." Top 10 in profits? Northstar is a consortium of three companies that held contracts with the lottery before the decision to privatize management, including Gtech, Energy BBDO and Scientific Games. Although the lottery will be privately managed, the state retains ownership and ultimate control over it. Northstar will be paid a flat management fee of $15 million a year. Above that, the company will get a percentage of lottery profits it produces above $650 million, said Mike Klemens, spokesman for the Department of Revenue. Lottery profit that is used to support education funding is the amount the state gets, after prize payouts and operating expenses. Over the next five years, O'Connor said, the company expects to increase those profits to between $750 million and $1 billion. The plan is to have Illinois place in the top 10 in profits among states that have lotteries. Right now, Illinois ranks 18th, O'Connor said. Exactly the point, said Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, a critic of the management deal.
"The only reason the state is going to a private manager was the Lottery Department under Revenue was not providing us a decent rate of return," Franks said. "If we had run the lottery like other states run them, Georgia or Massachusetts, we'd have $500 million or $2 billion more. Why not just hire the guys who run the Massachusetts lottery?"More instant games To increase profits, Northstar will focus on instant games where players buy tickets and scratch off emblems to see if they've won. Games like Lotto and Pick 3 and Pick 4 generate higher profit levels, but instant games generally account for more sales, O'Connor said. In Illinois, instant tickets account for about 53 percent of sales and 34 percent of profits, she said. In other states, instant tickets can account for 70 percent of sales and over half of profits, she said. "There is a great opportunity here for growth," she said. Northstar has already taken steps on that front, introducing a group of games in April where players can win guaranteed payments for life. For example, a $1 ticket could bring a winner $500 a week for life. "We have set instant-game revenue records over the last few months," O'Connor said. "We knew that players played games with million-dollar jackpots," said Jessica Powell, Northstar's vice president of marketing and advertising. "To some players, especially new players, they don't feel like they have a chance of winning that game. Win $500 a week for the rest of your life, that is a proposition that players can understand." Northstar is also restructuring some prizes to "put more money into meaningful prizes that the consumer will feel better about," O'Connor said. "Some prizes are all at the top or the bottom, but not much in the middle. When you have a prize structure that delivers $20 to $200, people feel like they are more special. It's more important to win those prizes, even if you don't win as often." More outlets, too Northstar plans to add hundreds of new outlets where people can purchase lottery tickets, anticipating that more outlets will lead to more sales. In the last three months, O'Connor said, more than 1,000 applications have been filed by businesses interested in selling lottery tickets. So far, more than 400 of those applications have been approved by the state. Recruiting retailers may be helped by a new agreement allowing them to be paid 1 percent of the price for cashing a winning ticket. Currently, retailers get a 5 percent commission on sales and 1 percent on prizes over $1,000, Klemens said. The new agreement covers prizes below that amount. O'Connor said Northstar is in talks with Walgreen's and CVS about selling lottery tickets on a trial basis. The biggest potential growth region for sales is suburban Chicago, she added, which is densely populated but where sales performance "is nowhere near where it should be." In Springfield, Northstar is leasing space in the 3200 block of Robbins Road for offices and a data center. O'Connor said the company has hired 70 employees, including five who used to work for the state. The agreement to hire a private manager stipulated that state employees working for the lottery when it was managed by the state would not lose their jobs. Klemens said about 80 state workers, primarily in the lottery sales force, are now under Northstar management. Another 30 employees who work in licensing and finance remain under state supervision, he said. Doug Finke can be reached at 788-1527.


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Ethnic Studies professor curates Filipino Centennial exhibit
SENTENARYO: 100 Years of Filipinos in Hawai'i and Beyond opens Sept. 30 at Bishop MuseumUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - In 1906, the first group of fifteen sakadas, or contract laborers, arrived in Hawai'i from the Philippines to work in Olaa sugar plantation on the island of Hawai'i. A century later, Filipinos have grown to become the third largest ethnic group in the islands. In partnership with the Filipino Centennial Celebration Commission, the Filipino American Historical Society of Hawai'i and the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, the Bishop Museum presents SENTENARYO: 100 Years of Filipinos in Hawai'i and Beyond. The exhibit opens on Saturday, September 30 and will be on display through November 26 in the Castle Memorial Building.
SENTENARYO, curated by Dr. Dean Alegado, professor and chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at UH Manoa, will feature the three waves of Filipino immigration: 1906 to 1934, workers recruited for the sugar and pineapple plantation; 1946 to the late 1950s, family members and workers brought in to help break the 1946 sugar strike; and 1965 to the present, those who followed after the 1965 U.S. immigration act allowing family reunification and entry of much needed professionals and technically-skilled workers.
Family and cultural traditions that exemplify Filipino values will be highlighted with photographs and artifacts from the community and the Bishop Museum collection and archives. The achievements and contributions by contemporary Filipino figures in creative and performing arts, politics, labor, health, military, sports and entrepreneurs are also included in the exhibit.
In conjunction with SENTENARYO, the Bishop Museum also features SINGGALOT (Ties That Bind) — Filipinos in America: From Colonial Subjects to Citizens. Also curated by Dr. Alegado, SINGGALOT explores the challenges and issued that confronted Filipinos in America and highlights some of their achievements. SINGGALOT was displayed at the D. Ripley Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. in May to August 2006.
With nearly 400,000 visitors each year, Bishop Museum serves as one of Hawai'i's top destinations, providing hands-on educational experiences to help residents and visitors appreciated and embrace Hawai'i's rich culture. By combining education, history, and culture, the Museum strives to fulfill its mission set with its founding in 1889, "to study, preserve and tell the stories of the cultures and natural history of Hawai'i and the Pacific." Located at 1525 Bernice Street, the Museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $14.95 for adults; $11.95 for youth 4-12 years, plus special rates for kama'aina, seniors and military; children under 4 years and Bishop Museum members are free. For information, call 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.
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LOVELAND — A local beer distributor has arranged an impressive photo opportunity in downtown Loveland: a visit of the Budweiser Clydesdales.
The iconic draft horse team and its red wagon will make deliveries around downtown Loveland the evening of Thursday, June 13.
The team will be hitched up in the Safeway parking lot, 860 N. Cleveland Ave., and drive around downtown from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., according to a press release from Loveland-based American Eagle Distributing Co.
They will head south on Cleveland Avenue to Fifth Street, go west to Railroad Avenue, south to Fourth Street, east to Lincoln Avenue and drive back north to Safeway, stopping at local businesses along the way to make deliveries.
The "hitch" of Clydesdales is based at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Fort Collins, but the horses spend most of the year traveling to promotional events. This reportedly is the horses' first visit to Loveland.
They also will make appearances in Greeley during the Greeley Stampede Proclamation Ride, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, June 14; and Old Town Fort Colllins, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, June 15, hitching up at Sports Authority, 425 S. College Ave.


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I just installed ubuntu from scratch.However plain installation does not include nvidia driver initself so I installed it from 'additional drivers' tool but it crash the ubuntu and take the resolution and Unity down. I looked at all the posts on Internet and come up no working solution. I install nvidia-current than remove , install nvidia-current-update than remove. I tried all the possibilities that are proposed on internet. Only working solution was removing all the nvidia related packages with
apt-get remove nvidia* then installing nouveau by
apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau. It takes all the things as usual but I guess without correct nvidia driver. Am I installing wrong driver or what? Wha might be the problem?
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Baseball Simulation App Hits One Out of the Park
Nov 19, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Out of the Park Baseball by Out of the Park Developments is available for US$19.99.
With the Major League Baseball season over, some fans of the American national pastime have started to suffer from withdrawal symptoms. Others are hashing over the past season and mulling the next in Hot Stove Leagues. Out Of The Park baseball should bring a smile to both these groups of diamond followers.
The baseball simulation game, available in the Mac App Store for a limited time for $19.99, lets a baseball fan experience the game from outside the lines -- as commissioner of baseball, as the general manager of a team, or as field general in the dugout.
The depth of OOTP 14 is staggering. That's a terrific feature for baseball fanatics. Unfortunately, it can be daunting to fans with a milder affection for the game.
Major league players from 1871 to 2013 are included in the game. You can stage contests between MLB teams for the 2013 season, historic teams and fictional teams.
You can create not only "Field of Dreams" teams, but also entire baseball worlds -- anything from a simple eight-team league of your own to leagues in multiple countries. Virtual worlds are included too, as you can join online leagues and compete with human players across the ether.
From Dugout to GM's Box
While some baseball simulations limit themselves to letting fans experience the game at the dugout level, OOTP also allows a player to run a team in the "Money Ball" echelon.
As general manager of an OOTP team, you can draft players, trade them, place them on waivers, and review scouting reports. You can manage a team's finances, as well as negotiate contracts.
If that end of the game isn't your bag of peanuts, you can don a virtual uniform and manage your team at the field level. You can set up lineups, manage pitches and make in-game decisions.
Having a wealth of baseball information in a game like OOTP gives the software some rich detail. It also requires a lot of processing chops. The developers recommend a Mac with an Intel Core Duo processor running at 2 GHz and 1 GB of memory, but I found the game's performance dragging from time to time on a machine that met those requirements.
Some Sweat Required
Many apps in the Mac App Store are so intuitive you don't need to consult any sort of documentation or invest any sweat equity to learn how to use them. That's not the case with OOTP. Checking out the online manual is almost essential in this game.
Trying to set up a simple major league game for teams from the 2013 season was less than straightforward. First, you have to set up a manager and select a team mode -- commissioner mode, GM-only, or cannot be fired.
Then you assign a team. Teams can be from the major or minor leagues. After your skipper gets a team, the game will perform a scouting report and give you advice about your roster.
I assigned my fictional manager the Atlanta Braves. The scouting report I received said my owner thought I had a weakness at catcher. Since I had an all-star catcher on the roster, I found that bit of advice dubious.
Eventually, I got a game started, and it was quite entertaining. A graphic of the home team's ballpark is displayed with labels of the players in the field. There's even ballpark sounds for atmosphere and play-by-play scrolling text beneath the ballpark pane.
When you're on defense, you can control infield and outfield positioning and pitching actions, like throwing to first with a runner on base or pitching around batters. When at bat, you can have a batter take a pitch, bunt or swing away.
If you love baseball, OOTP will be a fascinating dive into all aspects of the game from the field to the front office -- but it isn't an intuitive walk around the ballpark.
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Wunderlist by 6Wunderkinder is available for free.
Just as scribblers seem to be eternally searching for just the right notepad to capture memorable tidbits floating through their perceptions on any given day, time managers perpetually seek a perfect app for keeping tabs on what needs to be done.
Wunderlist is a popular free To-Do app found in the Mac App Store that deploys a dimension other apps -- notably SimpleNote -- have adopted to make them more relevant to current times. It supports To-Do items across devices via a cloud service.
A drawback of many To-Do programs is they're limited to the device they're installed on. If you're in front of the same device all the time, that's not such a big deal. If you're moving from desktop to tablet to phone during your waking hours, it can be a hassle keeping all your important tasks synchronized.
Wunderlist will do that for you on an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android, Kindle and the Web -- and it does it in an attractive-looking interface. The latest version of the app fixed some bugs and reduced its demands on a device's battery and processor.
In addition to the free version, Wunderlist has a Pro edition that supports sharing features, like conversations, assignments, comments and file attachments, for $4.99 a month.


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Cool! You finally have the appropriate PaK 43 model (the old one was a reskinned 17 pdr, right?)!
Normandy '44: European Theater combines a higher level of realism with a more elaborate doctrine system, which incorporates almost 50 different military units that took part in the period of Jun-Sept 1944. This spectrum ranges from divisions of free Polish and French units serving under the main allied armies to volunteers from the Eastern Front that served in the German Wehrmacht. This is only a small portion of the doctrine variety however, as we feature numerous well known units of all factions as well. The mod also features numerous new abilities and custom made units each with a completely revamped size and structure. Between custom made units and structures with historically correct skins, Normandy '44 offers over 150 NEW UNITS, making for an almost endless variety of different scenarios and unit actions. Combined these factors provide for an experience unlike any other mod for CoH!
Cool! You finally have the appropriate PaK 43 model (the old one was a reskinned 17 pdr, right?)!
nice :)
Can I play the Campaigns with this mod?
OMG .... that is all
My favourite gun! :)
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(a) The State Fire Commission shall appoint a State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal serves at the will and pleasure of the commission and is exempt from coverage under the classified civil service system.
(b) The State Fire Marshal shall have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited four-year college or university, or equivalent experience as determined by the commission, and six years of full-time or part-time equivalent paid or volunteer experience in fire prevention or fire safety including two years in a supervisory capacity in fire prevention and fire safety.
(c) The State Fire Marshal, within policy established by the State Fire Commission, shall have all responsibility for the implementation of fire safety programs in this state designated to minimize fire hazards and disaster and loss of life and property from these causes. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the establishment and enforcement of fire safety practices throughout the state, preventive inspection and correction activities, coordination of fire safety programs with volunteer and paid fire departments and critical analysis and evaluation of West Virginia's fire loss statistics for determination of problems and solutions.
(d) The State Fire Marshal may employ such technical, clerical, stenographic and other personnel and fix their compensation and may incur such expenses as may be necessary in the performance of the duties of his or her office within the appropriation therefor. Employees of the Fire Marshal's office shall be members of the state civil service system and all appointments of the office shall be a part of the classified service under the civil service system.
Further, any individual who is employed to conduct criminal investigations or who may become actively involved in matters of a criminal nature shall first be required to pass a civil service examination testing his or her competency and proficiency in the law of arrest, search and seizure and other criminal procedures relating to the powers granted to the State Fire Marshal pursuant to the provisions of this article.
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Here's a grim topic. But don't click away just yet because
it's an important one.
Let's talk the No. 1 killer in the United States and the top
cause of death at a Scouting event. You can't prevent it with a helmet or
personal flotation device. But you can learn to use a device that will save the
life of another adult in your pack, troop, crew, or ship. If we have your interest, read on.
If you instinctively placed your hand over your heart,
you've got it: heart disease and cardiac arrest. And the device is an
Automated External Defibrillator (AED).
Scouting's health and safety guru Richard Bourlon tells it
straight: By teaching your boys to perform CPR and use an AED, you're training
them to save your life.
Think about taking that rocky hike up the Tooth of Time. Wouldn't
you feel safer knowing the eight boys in your crew know CPR if you start having
chest pains? Yep. A no-brainer.
Still, Bourlon says the most effective lifesaver is an AED.
On average in the U.S., you have just a 6 percent chance of making it to the
hospital alive after cardiac arrest. A shock from an AED can increase that number to
90 percent. But each minute of
delay in administering the shock from an AED decreases your probability of
survival by 10 percent.
The BSA has partnered with Cardiac Science to bring units, district, and councils its Powerheart AED (pictured above) at a discounted rate of $1,249. Also, Phillips Medical is offering discounts for Scouts to make its HeartStart OnSite AED (pictured below) just $1,211. Scouters are taking notice, too.
Many Cub Scout packs and Boy Scout troops have begun raising
money to install AEDs at their meeting sites. Several troops have installed the
units in their troop trailer. And 58 percent of BSA councils have deployed AEDs
at council camps, and that number is rising.
Several Eagle projects have been aimed at heart health,
including one boy who built boxes for AEDs and secured the units from Phillips
Medical to deliver to his community. Another boy trained local middle-school
students in CPR using the American Heart Association's Family & Friends CPR Anytime program.
And speaking of Eagle Scouts, the Eagle-required First Aid
merit badge offers additional motivation to get your boys talking about AEDs.
Requirement No. 3c states: "Explain the use of an automated external
Start promoting this lifesaving method with your unit. And
the next time you take a trip, bring along an AED. Oh, and some boys who know
how to use it.
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After our hike at Santa Elena Canyon we continued our drive, first easterly, then, northerly along Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. Best description, besides the ongoing huge and vast:
Shapes, its all about the shapes.
Below is one I can identify, Cerro Castellan, that fabulous structure to the left of the photo:
Almost like waves on the ocean, waves of sand and stone, pushed there by forces of nature and geology. Look close you can see the waves cresting.
OK, this one is for my RVing friends, this is a campground. Yep, flooding thanks to irrigation. I have no idea why the are irrigating a campground, but there ya go. This is the Cottonwood campground. Nice if you have a very small camping unit and do not require power. Plenty of water around tho - -
In one area there was a lot of white, pure white, stone, almost looking like snow:
Lots of white stuff:
No idea what this is called, or if it even had a name. Framed by brown ocotillo.
The two peaks on the far right are called Mule Ears Peaks, they top off at 3881 feet!
It is all about the shapes - - oh, and the textures - -
We all agreed this looked like a circus tent, real name, sorry, have no idea.
It was a long and wonderful day. The next day will be our last in Big Bend, and unbeknownst to us, we saved the hike we all enjoyed the most till last. Who knew??


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Doug Casey & SV sit down to talk freedom and wealth:
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Doug Casey & SV sit down to talk freedom and wealth:
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Silver Vigilante sits down at Libertopia 2012 to discuss the wonders of the world with John Rafanello. John is a former space electronics engineer who initially worked with the American Space Team developing the guidance system of the Saturn S-IV-B Moon rocket. His passion for discovering exactly how and why things worked led him into a lifetime study of ways to assist individuals and organizations to define and achieve worthwhile and previously unachievable objectives.
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Silver Vigilante sits down with the Bruce Lee of the court room at Libertopia 2012. Presenting the one and only Marc J. Victor. If you don't know Marc, chances are you have not indulged in cigarettes and beer with his marketing flare: lighters and bottle openers. In the court room, nobody f*cks with Marc Victor without getting downloaded with an onslaught of liberty legalese. Marc just recently got a woman acquitted of having 83 pounds of marijuana on him.
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Tonight at Libertopia there will be a Guy Fawkes party. Rumor has it the Guy Fawkes mask will be the only attire required! Woo hoo!!! Okay, so maybe not. But, as a voluntaryist festival-convention, maybe that will end up being the case. Wouldn't we all be fascinated to see a standoff between testeroned-out, steroid taking boots-and-triggers (read: police officers) taking on a euphoric crowd of anarchists.
OK, so sure the movement wouldn't take some flack on the evening news, and also some of the participants would have their homes raided by thugs with machine guns and badges, but life is for living, not living uptight.
But, in the USA it can become difficult to live life without uptightness. After all, people are now having their homes invaded and their belief systems persecuted.
People are also doing whatever they can for shelter.
Just this past week a man tried to rob a bank of $1 in an attempt to go to federal prison.
He obviously wasn't too insane, and knew just trying to get one measly dollar from the teller would land him in federal prison.
Such is life in the USA.
But not this weekend at Libertopia! Stay tuned for interviews all weekend, starting tomorrow!
Are you excited for Libertopia or what? If you're not, that's probably because you've never been, and boy are you missing out. This is the week of voluntaryism! For a whole four days participants will live in a voluntaryist paradise, hearing speeches from some of the most stalwart and learned in the movement. This year, we will be hearing from individuals like Angela Keaton, Doug Casey and David Friedman.
One of the biggest missions of Libertopia is to spread voluntaryism through the land. We are countering in an active manner the misunderstandings of mainstream journalists, as I highlight below:
Stumbling in drunken misunderstanding, journalists often misuse the term "anarchy" to describe the international economic system. Yes, the authors recognize that the way things are is a state of lawlessness. They then err by using the term anarchy as a synonym for lawlessness. This is totally unfounded and does not accurately describe anarchy. I guess Anarchy 101 at their University was filled before they could enroll.
In one recent article, called "Anarchy in the Financial Markets," anarchy and lawlessness are considered equals. Anarchy was the best way that the author could describe how the economy works, using the term to mean lawlessness. A big part of this anarchy in the banking industry stemmed from greed, according to the author. This anarchy based in greed led to " a bunch of highly dishonest salesman who shield themselves behind a veil of professionalism to dupe and seduce customers into believing their products are good and their processes are strong, secure and fair." Read the rest of this page »
There's no doubt that Libertopia 2012 is coming at just the right time. The world seems to be worsening at rates not seen since 2009. Even the IMF has warned the US that it is heading for too much austerity too quickly as the debt ceiling debate returns to Washington. Who knows why the IMF – an institution foremost in instituting "structural adjustments" and "shock therapy" to "Third World countries – is warning against the US's plunge towards joining the periphery nations in poverty. A conflation of the historical "First" and "Third" worlds seems to be steering the planet head-on into a new "Gray" World. This ain't no "second" world. This is just beyond what most people in the second half of the twentieth century thought possible. And they are all the more unprepared for it. Read the rest of this page »
That moment for which we have waited all year is upon us: Libertopia 2012! My name is Silver Vigilante, and I will be your host here this week at the Libertopia blog. You can find my in-depth analysis of the global financial crisis, precious metals and bitcoin at my website, where I detail in a news-journal style some of the pertinent events and stories of each day. I also write at Dollar Vigilante, where we teach the value of and possibilities for expatriation and offer passport and expatriation services. Both the Dollar Vigilante and I will be speaking, partying and organizing at this year's Libertopia, so come join us!
Later on in the week, expect pertinent interviews with as many personalities as I can possibly apprehend (in a peaceful manner) in between drinks, smokes, lectures and riveting discussions. Until then, I will present some of the individuals speaking at this year's Libertopia, and detail the products, services and worldviews they offer.
First up, let's take a look at what Trace Mayer is doing over at How To Vanish. Last year, Bill Rounds of How to Vanish spoke at Libertopia regarding the importance of privacy in a world where nanotechnology is enabling states to gather information on individuals 24-7. As I wrote at Silver Vigilante recently in an article called "One Nation Under…Surveillance"
In just the last five years, since around the time of the banking collapse, the US Department of Homeland Security has distributed more than $50 million in federal grants to law-enforcement agencies, from the biggest metropolitan areas in the country to the most rural communities, for automated license-plate recognition systems. In 2010, a survey showed that more than one-third of large US police agencies are utilizing automated plate-reading systems. There is a lot of information captured via the technology. WSJ received two years- worth of plate information from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department in California. From September 10, 2010 to August 27, 2012, the sheriff's cameras captured 6 million license plates scans. The sheriff's deployed 49 camera-ready vehicles, and scanned approximately 2 million unique plates. The average plate in the database was scanned three times over the two-year period. Less than 1% of plates were tracked extensively – hundreds of times, and occasionally thousands.


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Join me as I weave together my passion for writing and my love of all things Jane Austen. Please also look for me on Facebook.
Prayer & Praise: a Jane Austen Devotional
The Ladies of Rosings Park
Leap of Faith
Leap of Hope
Miss Georgiana Darcy of Pemberley
The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen
The Darcys of Pemberley
Mr. Collins's Last Supper
For Myself Alone
Return to Longbourn
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Cafe, Restaurants A green oasis where everyone can eat. Gluten free, raw and vegetarian. Read more
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Restaurants, Take Away We focus on beer from craft breweries worldwide, and pizzas baked on sourdough. With high-quality raw materials, we welcome you to the table. Read more
Stores, Cafe, Coffeebar A hidden pearl next to Östersund's central bus station on Hamngatan 19. Here you will find our Specialty CoffeeBar, Artisan Roastery and Coffee Boutique. The CoffeeBar has many ... Read more
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
A Console MMO
But I wonder what that game will look like, what will make it work? Will it be entirely voice-comm based? After all, Mass Effect is a console game, and The Old Republic is very similar.
I think the key element that needs to be worked out is multiple players in the same household. For computer MMOs, every player has their own computer. But that usually isn't the case with console games. Would the MMO have some sort of co-op mode, where if two players are in the same area, they appear on the same screen? And then seamlessly split screen if they split up?
I have no idea how it would work. But I'm sure there are game companies working on it, and it will be interesting to see what they come up with.
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I wonder when we will get the first truly successful console MMO.ReplyDelete
May 16th, 2002. The day FFXI was released on the PS2 in Japan, and regardless of it's flaws it's remained a powerhouse MMO ever since.
Given the number of times I've mentioned FFXI in response to your "Maybe an MMO should do this..." posts, maybe you should go and actually check it out.
- Anonymous9:26 PM, February 25, 2012
With the thing about multiple players in the same household, I wonder when we'll start seeing more MMOs on mobile devices.ReplyDelete
I'm not so sure I'm ready for an MMO on a mobile device. Having an MMO on a tablet or a smartphone could easily mean that you have to gyrate around and do things in order to get your avatar to do something, and that would look kind of weird on a bus or in an office.ReplyDelete
FFXI does not match my mark for "truly successful". 200k-300k players is decent, but not in the same league as WoW.ReplyDelete
I honestly believe that a console MMO has the potential for a few million players.
FFXI has ~500k subscribers, which puts it in the upper quintille of MMOs. Also, it's been in operation for longer then almost all of the current "successful" ones; the only MMOs that have run for at least as long as FFXI are Runescape, Everquest, and Ultima Online. By longetivity alone, it's successful.ReplyDelete
Doing a quick search, for the sake of argument, if we take the numbers seen at http://mmodata.blogspot.com/ to be accurate, the NEXT closest game is Aion at 3 mil (which I find highly suspect), followed by TOR at 1.7 mil, then Runescape and both Lineages. Going below 1 mil, you have Second Life (~800k), then EVE (~300k), and then FFXI (~300k). This puts FFXI as one of the top 10 largest MMOs in the world. By subscription numbers alone, it's successful.
Trying to compare anything to WoW by a straight subscriber base is not even trying to be fair; you're looking to fail them. There is literally no other game that has been in the same park for years. A normal MMO considers themselves super successful to even have 500k, let alone a million. What kind of criteria are you honestly trying to use, here? Because according to the numbers, and your statement, WoW has been the only successful MMO ever.
I used to play FFXI when it first hit the US, and have dabbled in it on and off.
It's a game I've always tried to hard to like and enjoy but always end up leaving it in frustration. It has a lot of good in it, but is very very weighed down by very very old and creaky engine/UI, and some of it's more recent "modernization" elements really didn't sit right with me. Field Manuals where nice, making small groups able to XP at a decent rate was amazing, but letting full alliance do FoV/Abby pages was just silly in my mind >.<
There will apparently be a console version of Guild Wars 2. And Diablo 3, if you want to count that as an MMO (I wouldn't).ReplyDelete
But, yes, FFXI has been out forever, for a given value of success. I doubt it's very successful in the US/EU - which is probably what you're referring to - but if that is the case, I'd suggest adding in that specification.
Um, may be this counts too:ReplyDelete
- UFTimmy4:32 AM, February 26, 2012
I am not much of a console gamer, but it's my understanding that not many console games offer split screen anymore.ReplyDelete
On success, as others point out FFXI was successful, very much so even if it's now on the decline. I know that I would still unhesitatingly call it one of the best MMOs I've ever played.ReplyDelete
As for console MMOs coming down the pipe, there is GW2 and DUST 514. I don't know that either one will even remotely come close to what you term successful however. To me, the big holdup is paying the subscrirption fee. GW2 should have an advantage here, however I just don't see it doing as well in that market.
- Anonymous6:01 AM, February 26, 2012
The main reason why there hasn't been a huge console MMO is that there isn't a platform that hosts a good enough controller to offer the same ease of use that a keyboard does. You would at least need for them to have a number/letters pad to type out things and would need a touch interface for moving a mouse around.ReplyDelete
I think the biggest problem I see with a console MMO is lack of easy content updating. with computer based games, you have virtually unlimited space for updating, multiple patches, especially content patches. for consoles? people would have to update their harddrives big time and it would have to bi relatively limited, becasue there's only so much space DLC's can take up on consoles. not only that - with x-box at least new games seem to require at least 2 disks to play. and that's single player. can you imagine having to swap disks, every time you are trying to travel to a new area?ReplyDelete
I think, there would have to be a new and improved console, before we see a big scale console MMO show up for it.
I think Diablo 3 for the console will be the first 'real' step into multi player RPG. From that, alot of boxes on the MMORPG checklist can be ticked off. They're doing some interesting stuff with the Kinect as well which might be the way that the keyboard requirement of MMORPGs will be solved.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:14 AM, February 26, 2012
Phantasy Star Online was my first MMO. I played it on the gamecube with a keyboard plug in.ReplyDelete
I do think that PC's fit MMOs a lot better rather than Nintendo consoles, because of online support (websites, voice chat software).
I disagree with that, because both the 360 and the PS3 come with MASSIVE hard drives. DCUO, for example, had no problems with being a game that independently patches and gets DLC, instead of dealing with PSN. The only hassle comes with the 360, because Microsoft has a standing policy that because really old 360s didn't have a hard drive, you can't design a game that REQUIRES the HD. That said, I think the 360 version of FFXI was able to ignore this requirement.
I mean, honestly. Even WoW at this point is a little under 30 gigs with EVERYTHING installed. The smallest PS3 you can buy now is 130 gigs, with 250 being the one that's really being pushed. The smallest 360 is 4 gigs, but they market that as the non-gamer's version, saying that you should get the 250 gig one instead (and also offer HD upgrades). FFXI is about 8 gigs, everything said, because it was designed for systems with much smaller drives. So, there's certainly ways to manage the disk space and patches on a console MMO.
I vote ffxi too. Still playing that. The trouble with MMOs and consoles is the interface/control system. If it's not designed for a gamepad first, a gamepad is liable to be a big disadvantage. In the same way ffxi on the pc is a lot easier with a gamepad.ReplyDelete
You know what is funny, if you'd have make this post 20 years ago people would've called it a MUD. Because console equals text-based in that era, and it was the first thing I was thinking about. Nothing beats smartphone 3G + SSH + screen + Nethack. Not MMO, single player heaven. And challenging.ReplyDelete


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After a few months of being inexcusably dormant, I wish you a Happy New Year! I have made a vow to bless this space at least once a week. Between my food blog (which pays the bills) my fashion blog (which keeps me sane) and this one (what started it all), I'm finding excitement in finding my jovial voice again.
New York is that one place in the world where all cultures, ethnicities and religions converge. Ask anyone for any cuisine and you're bound to be directed to a fabulously delicious spot. Looking for a mosque, a cathedral or a synagogue? Walk a few blocks in any direction and go pray. It's the mecca of art, fashion, food, finance and travel. If you've not been to New York, then you've not seen the world.
I'm speaking of Manhattan, specifically. It's the dirtiest yet fanciest place in the globe--proverbially speaking, that is. Beauty is no doubt in the eye of the beholder, but when you consider that you can be entertained on every corner and learn useful and poignant bits of information every day by simply entering a bodega or speaking to a talented homeless, how can that not be classified as a beautiful place!
Last weekend, right after Christmas, my parents and sis drove from DC to see the tree at 30 Rock and be amused by all the pedestrian traffic. Somehow the mess works. Somehow the mass of people doesn't get in your way and you continue to trek as you find your way to your next haute spot. We had 8 hours to blow. In NY time, that's about an hour.
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We started in the East Village. This is when my iPhone comes in sooo handy. Scoutmob led us to a highly-rated Sicilian joint, nestled in the middle of a brown-from-NYE-guck street. The place was fantastic and so I'll give it a formidable review on my food blog.
|Me & Leon in East Village
After a quick tryst with a close friend from Atlanta who just happened to be in the city, we made our way to Times Square. That place never ceases to amaze me. It's madness. Utter madness. It's so overwhelming to the point of hysteria. The tourists can be so damn annoying, but I suppose we were too for the day. Dad walks in a circle and screams "I LOVE NEW YORK!" Really, dad? Really? I wasn't too far off. As if I'd never been before, I stood right smack in the middle of the main intersection and just stared at all the blaring lights. Then we got giddy and watched ourselves in front of the colossal camera above Forever 21. That was silly, but totally apropos.
|We're right in the top middle of the screen!
|Mom, sis and I at Times Square
|A drive-by shot from the car
We continued up one of the theater district streets and contemplated purchasing tickets right then and there for an 8 pm show. Unbeknownst to my parents, sis and I had gifted them tickets to Driving Miss Daisy for yesterday's show. So we played it off and kept it movin'. You know, I've only been to a broadway show once--The Lion King--and it was all it was cracked up to be. Now I just need to find a way to make it to Mama Mia. And Les Misérables. And Rent. And Driving Miss Daisy, of course.
|Can't wait to see this!
|Or this!
|This one was fantastic
I will become a theatre fiend. A connoisseur and a well-spoken bougie attendee. I see myself falling into that lifestyle. You know, the skinny black cigarette, the sexy French martini and a fabulous pair of Louboutins.
Yes. Clearly in my foreseeable future.
|Caricature of mom! So lovely!
|A book about a sexy café in Paris. Bought this to seal the deal on my move there.
Pictures, cheap-o but fabulous bookstore gem of a find, caricature of my mom and a slight drizzle later, we ended up at Rockefeller.
|Rockefeller signage
Yes, we were complete tourists--again-- but the flashing lights and fighting for a posing spot was worth watching the annual snowflake light show Saks Fifth Avenue does. We anxiously waited 30 minutes. In the rain. For this:
|Saks Fifth Avenue snowflake light show
|The Snowflake and the Bubble
Not as great as years past, but definitely creative. Ultimately, sis and I agreed that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Some things just don't need alterations. I loved the bubble effect, but the absent Carol of the Bells took away from the otherwise lovely show.
We blew kisses at the tree, hugged white angles blowing silent trumpet notes, took pictures of my adorable parents and said bye-bye NY!
The drive back to DC was priceless. It was cold and wet; some traffic due to serious rubber-neckers meddling in an accident happening in the opposite direction of the Jersey Turnpike; and mom and dad singing songs from their early courtship in Cuba--singing, laughing, and reminiscing.
I tried to sleep. Walking in 5.5" shoes will wear you out.
They went to the show last night and called promptly at 9:30 to report it was stellar. Now it's our turn. I'm thinking I'll have to sell a pair or two of my less-favorite shoes to experience Broadway the way I know how.
I have a sweet life.
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We've been through this before: Talk show mainstay gets ready to step down, setting off a replacement scramble, a shifting of the TV landscape and general hand wringing and prognostication.
But Oprah Winfrey's plans to leave her daytime show in 2011 after a quarter-century run can't be easily likened to this year's game of late-night talk show shuffleboard.
Her emotional announcement marked the most significant moment in the talk show game since Johnny Carson left "The Tonight Show" in 1992 after 30 years of monologues and interviews.
In some respects, her decision carries even more profound implications.
If pioneering Phil Donahue was Steve Allen of the daytime talk shows, then Winfrey was the Carson. Like Carson, she took a genre and re-invented it in her own image, creating a connection with the audience both indelible and almost mystical.
Carson largely disappeared from public life after leaving the show, perhaps knowing he could never top himself, and wanting to avoid tarnishing the image he created over three decades. He left secure in the knowledge that TV and "The Tonight Show" would go on without him, even if Jay Leno took his throne instead of Carson's preferred heir, David Letterman.
It's unclear who will succeed Winfrey in key daytime slots around the country – maybe Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz, both of whom she helped turn into brand names. But in many ways, it doesn't matter – it's not just that Winfrey is irreplaceable. She's leaving at a time when TV's very future is in flux, amid shrinking network audiences and the Internet explosion.
Unlike Carson, Winfrey is in the broadcasting game for keeps, with plans to start her own cable outfit, the Oprah Winfrey Network. She's wagering that the future of TV is in niche-driven cable – not at the syndication/big network level that's served as her platform for superstardom.
It's never a good idea to bet against Winfrey, whose net worth Forbes puts at $2.3 billion and who rarely makes a misstep. As New York Times media columnist David Carr notes, Winfrey's "gut intuition, about knowing when to say no and when it is time to go, is worth studying at every business graduate school in the country."
The lessons may only just be beginning.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Gallup Poll: 58% of Republicans Are Young Earth Creationists
Gallup polls on Americans' attitudes toward the scientific theory of evolution haven't changed much in 30 years, and their latest poll continues this depressing non-trend: In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins.
That's right — according to Gallup, 46% of the American public are hard core young Earth creationists who believe the Earth was poofed into existence in its present form about 10,000 years ago.
And for Republicans, of course, the numbers are even worse; 58% of Republicans are young Earth creationists.
America, we have a problem.
Most Americans are not scientists, of course, and cannot be expected to understand all of the latest evidence and competing viewpoints on the development of the human species. Still, it would be hard to dispute that most scientists who study humans agree that the species evolved over millions of years, and that relatively few scientists believe that humans began in their current form only 10,000 years ago without the benefit of evolution. Thus, almost half of Americans today hold a belief, at least as measured by this question wording, that is at odds with the preponderance of the scientific literature.


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As promised I'm giving away 5 brand new Filofax Diaries to 5 lucky readers! A while ago I did a little style challenge alongside Filofax, Styling up a outfit inspired by one of the diaries. I picked a bright pink one and paired it with neon nails and a neon jumper! I was the winner of the challenge as I got the most "likes" on Facebook, so I was given 5 filofax's to giveaway to you guys! I have three pink and two blue to giveaway. They all come with a variety of inserts and are from June 2012 onwards! All you need to do is enter via the Rafflecopter forms under the cut, make sure you enter the right form for the one you want to win, or if you aren't fussy go ahead and enter both! Good luck!
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Originally posted in The Vacaville Reporter: As often sited, public speaking is the most common fear. People have anxiety attacks when they think of making a speech to an audience, large or small. When I became Executive Director of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, I had to learn to speak before groups to help us build the community of support that is necessary to our work. The fact I have become as comfortable as I am when I speak to people about the Food Bank's work is because I believe so strongly in what we do.
When I try to persuade people to join us in our work I am not selling them a vision, I am offering them an opportunity to make a difference. I believe that people understand there is no reason in a society as rich as ours that anyone should be hungry. With so much evidence of the need for hunger relief and stories we hear in the lines of our distributions, we see the problem often. We also know there is a solution.
It is my job to share the stories of our clients and explain to as many people as possible how they can help. I speak to faith communities, service clubs, schools, and businesses. I have talked to people in office suites and in factories. In my experience, if people understand that they can help by volunteering and giving food or money, they are happy to do so. Our task at the Food Bank is to reach out to those who can help so they understand how that can make a difference.
One of the ways we reached out to our supporters was organizing a wine and food event at GV Cellars in Fairfield on August 3. G V Cellars provided their space and provided a great deal on wine because they believe in our mission. MagPies Catering also went above and beyond with the delicious food they provided at a reduced cost. Westbound 80 performed classic rock music, and also donated to the cause. Not only did this event help us generate revenue to support our work, but, as importantly, it helped us connect with the people who make our work possible.
The Community Produce Program truck was set up at the event to show how much fresh produce their donation can provide. A display showing the huge amount of healthy food we are able to purchase with $100 surprised and delighted guest. When people understand how the Food Bank works, and understand how effective we are with their donations, I believe they will continue to help us feed those in need in our community. It is my job to help people understand, so please, invite me to your next club meeting, service group or class. Either through Facebook, Twitter, or face-to-face, we will continue to tell our story so people understand how they can help.


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The plan will transform more than six acres of underutilized land on the Lower East Side into vibrant, mixed-use space.
Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn today announced the historic passage of the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan, which will transform more than six acres of underutilized land on the Lower East Side into vibrant, mixed-use space in one of New York's most dynamic, diverse and historic neighborhoods.
Unanimously approved by both the City Council and Manhattan's Community Board 3, the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan grew out of an unprecedented level of grassroots community leadership, consensus building, and partnership with the City. The guidelines for the plan were forged over the past four years, with monthly meetings led by the Community Board, in coordination with a team of representatives from the Bloomberg administration, in order to come to a consensus on this historic plan.
As a result of this extensive collaboration, sites that have largely sat vacant for more than four decades will finally be reintegrated into the vital, urban fabric of the Lower East Side. Located along Delancey and Essex Streets, the nine sites will be transformed into 1.65 million square feet of permanently affordable and market-rate housing, commercial space, and new open space, with the potential for a school and other community space. The development will create approximately 1,000 permanent jobs and 5,000 construction jobs.
"Seward Park has long had the potential to bring new jobs, new housing and new retail options to one of New York City's most vibrant neighborhoods," said Mayor Bloomberg. "Today we know that that potential will be realized. After nearly half a century of sitting dormant, this piece of real estate – some of the most valuable underdeveloped land anywhere – will finally be transformed. Thanks to an historic and unprecedented community planning process, the plan that is moving directly reflects the input of residents, community members and other stakeholders."
"I'm thrilled that with today's Council action, we have allowed for the redevelopment of nine predominantly vacant parcels of city land on the Lower East side of Manhattan," said City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn. "This project has been more than 45 years in the making, and I thank Council Member Chin for all of her hard work and for negotiating on behalf of the community to get the best deal possible."
The key details of the final approved plan include the following:
* Allows for up to 1.65 million square feet of total development
* Provides for 1,000 units of housing, with 50% of the units permanently affordable for low, moderate, and middle income households, as well as seniors
* Delineates a 60/40 mix of residential and commercial space
* Allocates 15,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space
* Reserves land for a potential new school should it become needed
* Creates approximately 1,000 permanent jobs and 5,000 construction jobs
* Allows for expansion and relocation of the Essex Street Market, to the site on the southeast corner of Delancey and Essex, to accommodate current and new vendors in a more efficient facility, potentially doubling the number of small businesses currently at the market
"Today's vote to approve development on the SPURA site is forty years in the making," Council Member Margaret Chin said. "This is a victory for the Lower East Side and for the City of New York. This development will aid under-housed, low-income individuals in our community by providing significant opportunities for affordable housing both on and off the SPURA site. In addition, it will bring new commercial amenities to a neighborhood that is in need of more daytime foot traffic, tech start-ups, and small business incubators. I am confident that the SPURA development will reinvigorate the surrounding neighborhood while creating much needed affordable housing in our community. I want to thank Mayor Bloomberg, EDC and HPD for listening to the needs of our community and for their continued commitment to working with the Lower East Side community as this process moves forward."
"The Lower East Side Community, along with its elected officials have been working tirelessly toward developing a balanced development plan for SPURA," Gigi Li, Chair, Community Board 3, said. "Today's vote proves that when a variety of stakeholders work together and hold each other accountable, anything is possible."
"Mayor Bloomberg is committed to bringing jobs, private investment and affordable housing to neighborhoods all throughout the City, and the Seward Park Development Plan is the latest example of the Administration's efforts to grow the economy," Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel said. "This development plan will activate more than six acres of the Lower East Side with housing, commercial space and badly-needed open space that will benefit the surrounding communities for decades to come."
"The approval of the Seward Park redevelopment plan is a major achievement in the history of the Lower East Side and the entire City," said New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky. "With this plan, an already vibrant community will be enhanced with the creation of world-class amenities, new job opportunities, and additional economic activity. Congratulations to everyone, in particular the representatives and members of the local community, whose hard work and clear vision have led to this great moment."
"This is an important step forward. We have made the most of this opportunity to work with the community –the residents who will be most affected by this development – to create a comprehensive plan that will benefit New York City for generations to come," said HPD Commissioner Mat Wambua. "It has taken 45 years to get to this point: this is remarkable in and of itself, but more remarkable is that this is a plan for the ages, hammered out by the people. I thank everyone who has had a hand in this, and particularly the planning and development staff at HPD who worked side-by-side with colleagues and community to iron out differences and create this unparalleled opportunity for planned growth and renewal."
"This is a historic day for our Lower East Side community. After a thorough, open and fair process, a true consensus was reached for the future of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. "The plan approved by the City Council today is one that is responsive to the needs of all stakeholders and is the culmination of years of hard work and community input. I look forward to seeing this project move forward and to the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in the rich, diverse history of the Lower East Side. I want to commend Council Member Margaret Chin; Councilmember Rosie Mendez; Community Board 3 Chair Gigi Li; former Community Board 3 Chair Dominic Berg, whose tireless work on this issue contributed so much to the success we are celebrating today; and to everyone in our community who made their voices heard."
"Today's approval of the Seward Park Mixed Used Development Plan is not only a great victory for affordable housing advocates, but also a true testament to the power of community based planning. I am pleased that the project will now not only include permanent affordable housing, but has the potential to provide a new public school. It may have taken 45 years, but we finally got it right."
"I applaud this sensible, balanced plan for the future of Manhattan's bustling Lower East Side," said Congress Member Carolyn Maloney. "The proposal includes an appropriate mix of affordable and middle income housing, commercial development, and desperately needed new public open space, and signals a new day for one of our great city's historic neighborhoods."
"The Lower East Side has long been one of our City's most vibrant neighborhoods and this plan will only further improve the area," said Congress Member Nydia Velazquez.
"I'm so glad that after all these years, we've been able to move SPURA forward with a truly community-driven process," said Senator Daniel Squadron. "From new affordable housing that is so critical to the continued vibrancy and diversity of the Lower East Side, to multi-use development that will provide community use and bring new businesses into our neighborhood, we've worked long and hard to reach this point. Councilmember Chin, Speaker Silver, Borough President Stringer, and CB3 deserve great credit for helping make today a reality, and I'd like to personally thank Dominic Pisciotta, David McWater, and the late Mary Spink for their leadership."
Five of the sites included in the plan were acquired as part of a 1965 federal urban renewal plan that called for commercial and housing development, with demolition of the sites beginning in 1967. While portions of the plan were implemented, five sites remained undeveloped and have been used largely for surface parking. Several attempts were made to develop the sites over the years, but proposals ultimately failed to move forward due to lack of consensus on the best use of the sites. The original Seward Park Extension Urban Renewal Plan expired in 2005, 40 years after its adoption. Additionally City-owned sites in the vicinity incorporated into the new plan include the Essex Street Market and related market buildings.
The City will now move forward with a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking developers for the sites, which is expected to be issued jointly by NYCEDC and HPD in early 2013. Prior to releasing the RFP, the City will meet with a Task Force designated by the Community Board, continuing the partnership with the local stakeholders during the RFP process.
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JaVale McGee invited 10 Twitter followers to a free lunch with him at Chipotle yesterday. And in typically JaVale fashion, the invitation was well-intentioned, but poorly thought out, producing a hilarious result. Given just five minutes notice, only one fan made it to Chipotle: Andy Mathisen, who doesn't even list the Nuggets among his fan allegiances in his Twitter bio.
Mathisen took to Twitter to thank McGee, "one of his favorite Nuggets," for the free lunch. Maybe had McGee had just given him the other nine burritos, Mathisen would have called McGee his favorite Nugget.
UPDATE (3:46 p.m.): McGee's learned from his mistake and is now offering another 10 free lunches (and himself a chance at redemption), this time with an hour's notice. If you're in Denver, head to the Noodles & Company next to the now-infamous Chipotle on 16th.


text: Love speaks for itself. It is ecumenical. We all need it - without it we are empty. It's the language that speaks across all boundaries and lasts eternally. And this great African rhythm based arrangement fits easily into both church and school. Love simply works! Related scripture: 1st Corinthians 13:13


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