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Sunday, July 03, 2011 03:12
Environment Ministry starts power-saving shift
Employees at Japan's Environment Ministry have started to work on Saturdays as part of the nation's energy saving measures.
The ministry is carrying out the weekend shift on a trial basis.
It is the 1st central government department to close for one day during the week and instead have most of its employees work on Saturdays, when power consumption is relatively low.
On Saturday morning, employees arrived at the ministry building in the government district in central Tokyo, which is quiet on weekends.
Fluorescent lights in the office have been turned off and have been replaced by LED desk lamps.
The ministry is also encouraging its staff to wear cooler, more casual clothes in line with the "super cool biz" campaign. ...
Sunday, July 03, 2011 03:12
Home electronics retailers work to save power
Home electronics retailers in Tokyo are doing their part to save electricity.
The government is requiring major corporate consumers in regions served by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power Company to cut power usage by 15 percent from last summer's peak.
This is in response to expected power shortages in the aftermath of the March 11th disaster. A home electronics retailer in Tokyo has turned off 70 percent of the 200 television sets on display on its 1st floor.
The switch-off comes at a time when more consumers are visiting the shop to buy new televisions, ahead of a changeover to digital broadcasting on July 24th.
The temperature in the store has also been set at 28 degrees Celsius, or 3 degrees higher than last year, and about 30 percent of the lighting has been turned off.
The deputy store manager says he wants to save power but not cause inconvenience to customers.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 07:56
TEPCO uses robot to clean No.3 reactor
For the second day in a row, a robot has been sent into one of the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
It checked radiation levels after a robot on Friday removed radioactive-contaminated dust and rubble from the No. 3 reactor building. The move was taken before nitrogen is injected into the reactor to prevent another of hydrogen explosion.
Tokyo Electric Power Company has already injected nitrogen into the containment vessels of the No. 1 and 2 reactors. It hopes to complete the injection of nitrogen into the No. 3 reactor by July 17th. But radiation levels in the No.3 reactor are still too high for workers to safely enter.
On Friday, TEPCO used a US-made robot to begin cleaning inside the building.
The robot removed contaminated dust and rubble near the entrance using a strong vacuum cleaner. A second robot on Saturday checked the radiation levels. Officials say the levels were lower than before the cleaning.
TEPCO is studying data obtained by the robot.
TEPCO improves circulation cooling system
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant says the reactor cooling system is now fully recycling its water.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said the system no longer requires fresh water input, and no contaminated water is being released.
Previously, the system required 2 to 3 tons of fresh water per hour.
Water recycling resumed on Saturday evening after being suspended while the plant's operator installed stronger piping to prevent leaks.
Tokyo Electric Power Company had switched off the plant's cooling system for a day and a half after a series of problems.
The operation started a week ago, but was twice halted because of leaks. A water-decontamination device in the system also had to be shut down due to human error.
TEPCO cited a lack of preparation due to the speed of installing the system, which consists of Japanese and foreign devices.
The utility has set a target of July 17th to complete the first stage of its plan to bring the facility under control.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 09:01
NTT DoCoMo starts energy-saving shifts
Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:00
Japan's business delegation visits Europe
... The delegation led by Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, will visit France, Germany, Britain, and Belgium during the 7-day tour.
In the wake of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, sentiment against nuclear power generation is growing in Europe. Germany, for example, decided to phase out its program. ...
Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:00
Kansai Electric suspends Himeji thermal plant
Kansai Electric Power Company has suspended use of a generator at its thermal power plant in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, due to mechanical problems, amid fear of power shortages this summer.
The company says it suspended operation of the No.5 unit of its Himeji Daini thermal plant on Saturday night. It says safety checks on Friday found a disconnected fuse in power-generating equipment.
The company blamed the problem on deterioration in diodes, a component that controls the flow of electricity. It stopped the operation of the unit to replace the deteriorated parts.
Kansai Electric plans to restart the unit late this month. Its suspension will cause a shortfall of 600,000 kilowatts of generating capacity.
The utility has been calling on households and companies to cut power use to deal with expected power shortages this summer.
Kansai Electric apologizes for the concern it has caused, and that it will do all it can to increase its supply capacity.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 12:58
Hose leaking water at Fukushima No.5 reactor
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says a hose has been leaking seawater used to cool the No.5 reactor, which is currently in a state of cold shutdown.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, is set to replace the hose, but will have to suspend the reactor's cooling function to do so. It says this will raise the water temperature, but the reactor will still remain in a state of cold shutdown.
TEPCO says workers patrolling around the No.5 reactor found a hose leaking water on Sunday morning around the outlet of a temporary pump sending seawater into the reactor's cooling system. The company says the polyvinyl chloride hose has a crack about 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide.
TEPCO stopped sending water at around 10 AM to replace the hose. The reactor's cooling system stopped 15 minutes later, meaning its cooling function was temporarily lost.
The water temperature inside the reactor was 43.1 degrees Celsius at 8 AM. TEPCO expects the temperature to rise 2.5 degrees per hour while the cooling function is halted.
The company says that if the replacement work finishes during the night and the cooling system is restarted, the water temperature will not exceed 100 degrees, the level needed to keep the reactor in a state of cold shutdown.
The No.5 reactor was hit by a pump failure on May 29th, when a delay in recovery briefly sent the water temperature to 94.8 degrees.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 16:58
New nuke minister inspects radiation monitoring
Japan's new nuclear crisis minister has inspected the monitoring of radiation levels in the evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Goshi Hosono on Sunday visited Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture, more than 30 kilometers northwest of the troubled plant.
Hosono, who assumed the new position just last week, was guided to see how the Science Ministry carries out the survey.
He saw the figure was 13.9 microsieverts per hour, far exceeding the legal limit forcing the evacuation of local residents.
He was told that the data are collected at one meter above ground level. He asked officials to keep as accurate a record as possible for the safety of the people.
Hosono said after the inspection that the collected data is also important to create a framework for finding ways to remove radioactive materials in the future.
He said he hopes the close monitoring will continue, adding that he wants to consider the possibility of having people return home as soon as possible.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 16:58
Cooling resumes at Fukushima No.5 reactor
The operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says cooling functions have resumed at the No.5 reactor.
On Sunday morning, Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, found seawater was leaking from a crack in a hose around the outlet of a temporary pump sending seawater into the reactor's cooling system.
The company says the polyvinyl chloride hose had a hole about 30 centimeters long and 7 centimeters wide.
The utility stopped sending water at about 10AM to replace the hose. The cooling system halted 15 minutes later and the reactor's cooling function was temporarily lost.
Following the replacement, the cooling system resumed operation 3-and-a half hours later.
The water temperature at the reactor rose by some 5 degrees Celsius to 47.7 degrees Celsius during the suspension. But the reactor is said to have remained in a state of cold shutdown.
TEPCO says the crack happened because the pleated flexible tube was constantly moved by tides and had come under hydraulic pressure.
The firm is considering preventive measures to avoid similar incidents in the future.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 23:21
Mobile phone firms promote disaster warning system
Japanese mobile phone firms are promoting a new warning system for natural disasters.
NTT DOCOMO began offering free bulk e-mail services to municipalities this month so they can send tsunami warnings and evacuation advisories to residents.
It had charged a monthly payment of 21,000 yen, or about 260 dollars. But it decided to scrap the fee from this month as it expects the number of contracts with municipalities to increase from 80 to 300.
KDDI plans to offer a similar free service from next spring. A KDDI official said communications were disrupted after the March 11th disaster, but it hopes the e-mail warnings can reach everyone with a handset, including those who stay indoors and cannot hear messages from public address systems.
Sunday, July 03, 2011 23:21
Preparations underway for nitrogen injection
Preparations are underway to start injecting nitrogen into the Number 3 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant by July 17th.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the plant, had planned to start injecting nitrogen into the first 3 reactors by that date to prevent hydrogen explosions.
But high levels of radiation on the floor of the Number 3 reactor building, caused by contaminated dust spread by the previous explosion, have delayed the start of the work.
The utility started cleaning the floor with a robot on Friday, but radiation levels remained between 50 to 186 millisieverts per hour as of Saturday, although they fell at 9 of the 16 locations measured.
The company began covering the floor with steel sheets on Sunday to reduce the radiation levels by two-thirds.
The utility will investigate the piping to be used for the injection on Wednesday, and start connecting the pipes on Friday, so the injection can begin by July 17th, as scheduled.
Nuclear Crisis Minister Goshi Hosono said he wants to consider lifting the order to prepare for the emergency evacuation of certain areas after confirming that another hydrogen explosion will not occur.
All eyes are on whether the injection can be started as planned.
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Japan Times :
Power pinch may hit five utilities in winter
The industry ministry estimates that five utilities will be unable to meet between 4 and 20 percent of peak electricity demand from December to February if their nuclear reactors, currently shut down for regular inspections, do not resume operations.
Major firms start weekend shifts
Major companies begin operating on weekends to reduce demand for electricity use on weekdays in the face of possible power shortages this summer.
Apple exports to Taiwan fell to less than a ton in May
Antinuke stance within establishment slowly gathers steam
Murakami puts a bomb under his compatriots' atomic complacency
"The Japanese will someday outgrow their nuclear allergy." I've never forgotten futurologist and Cold War military strategist Herman Kahn saying this to me on his visit to Japan in 1969, when I was his guide and occasional interpreter.
The American author of the best-sellers "On Thermonuclear War" (1960) and "Thinking about the Unthinkable" (1962), Kahn believed that nuclear war was both probable and winnable.
He told me that "tolerable" levels of victims would be in the "ballpark" of the tens of millions. ...
... Haruki Murakami's brilliant speech on June 9 in Barcelona, Spain, delivered in acceptance of the International Catalunya Prize.
"This massive earthquake (on March 11) delivered a severe shock to practically all Japanese," he told his audience in Barcelona. "We think of ourselves as generally being used to earthquakes, but this one has thrown us for a loop. We feel helpless and even insecure about the future of the country. ... What brought about this disastrous situation? ...
Haiku about the Great East Japan Earthquake (10)
on the stone walls
Crane's Castle
Hidenori Hiruta
The castle is formally called Aizuwakamatsu Castle (会津若松城 , Aizuwakamatsu-jō) , but is usually Wakamatsu Castle (若松城, Wakamatsu-jō).
source : Akita International Haiku Network
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) —
Senior members of Japan's government have been involved in secret plans to break up the operator of the beleaguered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to reports.
The plan would see the nuclear operations of Tokyo Electric Power Co. come under government control, said Reuters, citing a report Sunday in a local paper.
The plan has been devised by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku, said Reuters, citing the Mainichi daily. The newspaper said its information was from unnamed sources.
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- When you sign on as a LifeCity member, your account manager will perform a holistic assessment with you about your organization. This is used as your baseline impact score, which puts you at a Stage of Development. This stage will be displayed on your Impact Directory Profile.
- Each April, you will fill out a survey that indicates your progress throughout the year. This, along with your baseline, will be entered into the Green Games competition. It will be graded based on overall impact and amount of progress your organization has made.
- This repeats each year, creating a chart of your impact over time.
- Through the assessment, you learn what you can do to increase your impact, productivity, and community relationships. You will set goals with your account manager, who will check in on them every quarter to help you achieve them.
- Your account manager will connect you to service providers within the network via email. LifeCity members give each other discounts to help offset the cost of new sustainability initiatives. Please make sure to respond to these emails, or let your account manager know if you can't.
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IFS launches new RCM Toolkit for cloud computing
A new reliability-centered maintenance tool from IFS is designed to deliver maintenance data through a cloud-based computing platform. IFS announced the launch of the tool at its global conference in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"The IFS RCM Toolkit is based on IFS's long experience in asset-intensive industries enabling our customers to secure asset safety, cost effectiveness, and uptime," IFS CTO Dan Matthews said. "The RCM Toolkit is available with the IFS Cloud in line with our strategy to enable customers to extend the capabilities of IFS Applications with applications in the cloud."
In a press release, the company said the tool "is targeted at any industry that implements complex or capital-intensive assets or is reliant on correctly functioning assets to provide an output. Typically, these will be complex, safety-critical assets. The solution is ideally suited for organizations in which maintenance is challenged by complex environmental factors."
"Our steel making facilities have very asset-intensive business models," said Tommy Massey, maintenance manager at Nucor Jewett Facility, one of the nation's largest recyclers. "Nucor has utilized IFS as a partner in several divisions now dating back eight years. We are very confident in IFS's demonstrated commitment and ability to help our teams be successful in this journey and now see the addition of the RCM Toolkit as a technology to help us execute our strategy. We plan to utilize the RCM Toolkit to improve our preventative and predictive maintenance practices and procedures."
The RCM Toolkit is based on the new Windows Azure platform. "The RCM Toolkit is a great example of how the Platform-as-a-Service capabilities of Windows Azure can be used to build cloud-based applications that are scalable and highly-available," said Kim Akers, General Manager within the Global ISV Group at Microsoft Corp.
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2005 Digital Cable Ready set sales to reach 3 million, says CEA
Three million Digital Cable Ready (DCR) sets will be sold factory-to-dealer in 2005, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The number builds on the installed base of more than 1 million sold last year.
More than 16 million DTV units have been sold since digital television's introduction, according to CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro.
Despite the growing sales, Shapiro pointed to a lack of consumer education on the part of broadcasters and cable system operators as an impediment to broader acceptance. He also called on the cable industry to promote Digital Cable Ready sets and the requisite CableCARD.
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Helpful Routines For A New Year
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 6, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: Jesus and his family went to the Passover Feast according to custom. It was a helpful routine and not an empty ritual for them. This talk offers four helpful routines for the Church: Praying, Eating, Worshipping and Serving Together (PEWS).
Luke 2: 41-52
Midnight mass – Church on Christmas Day – Presents all opened before 6am – No presents until after Christmas lunch – Turkey with all the trimmings – A family walk in the afternoon – A football match on Boxing Day – Turkey sandwiches for a week – New Year resolutions – A special diet during lent – A special time and a place to pray – A family get together for Mother's Day.
What family customs do you have? What family routines are you thinking of? Are they empty rituals or are they helpful routines?
This week's reading from the Bible is 12 years after the birth of Jesus. So if you are a fan of Doctor Who – travelling in time – then since Christmas two weeks ago we have travelled 12 years into the future. Mary is no longer a teenager; and although I have no proof Joseph is perhaps starting to go a little grey on top.
The family are on holiday together. They have travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Festival 'according to the custom' (v42). Jesus is aged 12 and the family has made its customary trip to the Feast. It was part of their family routine to do so (2:41-42). However, they did not just do it because it was an expected tradition for the 'Holy Family' to visit Jerusalem! It was a custom associated with being Jewish. It was to do with being a part of the community; it was an Annual remembrance of the time when God (Yahweh) rescued The Nation from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12).
As I've studied this event in the life of Jesus I've been challenged. Are my customs empty rituals or are they helpful routines? For Jesus and his family the Feast of Passover was no empty ritual. It was a helpful, meaningful routine. When we come to Church is it a helpful routine or is it an empty ritual? Jesus shared bread and wine and said, "Do this and remember me"!
Remembering Jesus as I receive bread and wine is a wonderful, healing, helpful routine!
For many people in our community the Christingle Services were a very helpful routine on Christmas Eve. About 550 people came through our doors, many of them for the first time, and several people told me that it helps them to remember what Christmas is really all about; and if that is what it does for people then it's no empty ritual it's a helpful routine!
For Jesus at the age of 12 being at the Passover Festival was a very helpful annual routine to be in; and it led to a deep desire within him to ask questions and to search his heart. I wonder if he had any inkling that 21 years later – again at Passover – the sacrificial lambs would be joined be The Sacrificial Lamb; and that He himself (Jesus) would be that sacrificial lamb.
Later we learn that Jesus developed another helpful routine. It was his custom (6: 12) to regularly withdraw from public ministry to pray. In Luke 21:37-38 we read that in the days leading up to Passover when Jesus was 33, he spent the days teaching at the Temple, and evenings were spent on the Mount of Olives – the place where Jesus prayed before his arrest a few days later (22:39).
We heard in our Bible reading that when he was 12 Mary and Joseph searched for Jesus until they found him in the Temple. He was getting to know God better and when they returned home "Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men" (2:52).
What helpful routines do you have for getting to know God better? What helpful routines do we have for getting to know one another better? What helpful routines do we have for serving our community together? Good News! We've got several!
At the start of this New Year God is calling us to remember and practice the helpful routines of our faith; and if you are here this morning and you are not really sure about your faith then I would like to encourage you to believe that God wants you to know Jesus better this year; and he wants us to make Jesus better known.
God is calling us to remember and practice the routines of our faith; and there are four things we can do this year in order to help us:
• Praying Together: We won't all be able to make all of them, but there are five opportunities this week for prayer. Monday 9am for 45 mins, Monday from 8pm, Friday after school & from 8pm also; then 4pm Saturday afternoon. Acts 2:42 describes the first Church like this: "They devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching, the fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer."
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SFX Magazine Interview
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for SFX magazine recently. SFX boasts an impressive readership(myself among the number) and is regarded as "the world's number one science fiction and fantasy magazine". The interview can be found on p96 and 97 of Issue 225. The issue went on sale yesterday. Click here to check out what else is in the issue. I'm particularly impressed that my name is included in the same sentence as Ray Bradbury's!
I was thrilled at the opportunity and a big thanks goes out to Guy Haley for making it possible. His site Haley's Comment can be found on the side bar and is well worth a perusal. If you have this month's SFX, then check out the interview. If you haven't - it's still waiting for you at the newsagents! In the meantime, you can check out other interviews I've done here.
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- Jonathan Green said...
I'm in this month's issue too - I wrote the Book Club piece about The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. ;-)
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- Bellarius said...
Congratulations to you, I've not bothered with SFX for a while due to bad editing and fact checking but I might pick this one up if it's got some good interviews.
I hope this promotion helps you get more attention in Black Library sales.
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Have you disappeared off the face of the earth mr sanders? Or are we just enjoying an extended school holiday? ;)
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A bunch of people have asked how Whole 30 is going and how I'm doing….a few have assumed my silence means I failed. LOL. I'm happy to say I did not fail! I did cheat a bit – but I did not fail. I lost 16 pounds in 30 days – which is pretty phenomenal!
Overall it was pretty amazing. I had no idea how few veggies I was eating….or how much processed crap I was eating! I also didn't realize how often I turned to carbs for cravings, bad days or boredom. Carbs are my consolation blanket. I can't say I'm completely over my cravings for cupcakes – but I can say I will never go back to a gluten filled diet. Ever!
I focused on the healthiest options possible every day – and I found ways to make veggies work for my life. I don't have time in the morning to roast vegetables and pack lunch. Hell most nights I end up working later than I should and packing lunch becomes a "shoulda done" before bed (a post for another day). So instead I go to Whole Foods Saturday or Sunday and I roast veggies for the week then bag them up individually. Yes, I do realize tupperware would be more ecologically friendly – but I end up not washing it, forgetting it at work or in my car and wasting money. Plastic bags, for the win!
Some of the veggies I simply cannot live without: raw peppers with olive tapende or just plain -YUM! Spaghetti squash with pesto – oh em gee – SO good! Seriously, an awesome substitute for pasta. No it doesn't *taste* like pasta – it tastes like squash – but it LOOKS just like pasta! Perfect. Oh and of course, cauliflower- especially purple (which they had at Whole Foods and was all the rage this week in my lunch). Love cauliflower!
So how did I cheat? I had dairy – both cheese (yum) and half and half in my coffee. Oh and I had coffee. I'm sorry, I can't live in a world without coffee. I know the book tells you that's crap – but it's not. The caffeine withdrawals were awful. I couldn't function one day because I was in the midst of carb flu and without coffee. If anyone decides to do this experiment – make sure you're not traveling….or in back to back meetings. 🙂 I will also add that detoxing off a processed food laden diet is horrible, I was nauseous, I was dizzy, my thoughts were jumbled but I also was weak. I got muscle cramps places I never get cramps when exercising – and I was sleeping horribly.
Most importantly – I don't WANT to give up coffee. I have one Venti iced coffee with cream daily. That's it. I'm not drinking it all day long and I'm not willing to live without it. Some things are worth fighting for! 😉
So what will my May challenge be? More of the same, with a twist. May I'm back to traveling – Phoenix, LA, Dallas and maybe a local trip down to CT. I need to be ON m game. No gluten. Lots of veggies, lots of lean protein, fruits. Oh and lots of moving.
Thankfully I have a little challenge to keep me motivated! Stef Sweeney is hosting a Bikini Buddy Challenge (thank god no ACTUAL bikinis are required – I'm a LONG way from there) and I signed up with my girl Layne. We are team Cantaloop Cuties – inspired by our favorite 90's song ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U
The rules are super simple:
1) Pair up with a buddy.
2) Arrange a time to meet with me (before/after class, etc) to get your beginning measurements taken.
3) Pay $10 each – $5 registration fee; $5 to go into the Winners Pot.
4) For the next 6 weeks, get your booty into gear!! Stay on top of your working out/being active, eating healthy, drinking water, etc.
5) At the end of the 6 weeks, measurements will be taken again. The team with the most inches/body fat lost WINS ALL THE MONEY FROM THE WINNERS POT!!!!


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Every male in the Aztec civilization received military training. The most feared fighters on the battlefields were eagle warriors and jaguar warriors. This title explores the history of these fierce warriors, the tools and tactics they used in battle, and what ultimately led to their downfall.
For over 200 years, the British redcoats were the most feared infantry on Earth. The discipline with which they fought was enough to defeat almost any foe. Readers will learn about the history, training, and weapons that made them such effective soldiers.
Comanche warriors were skilled horsemen who used speed and skill to execute raids in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pioneers feared them, and the United States Army did not want to fight them. Students will read about the history of these Native American warriors, the reasons they fought, and what led to their decline.
In medieval times, knights could dominate any battlefield. Armed with swords, shields, spears, and lances, they rode their horses into battle and struck fear into their enemies. Readers will discover the tactics, weapons, and tools of knight warfare and why knights remain some of historys greatest warriors.
Using shadows and darkness to their advantage, ninja were skilled assassins, spies, and warriors in feudal Japan. They used a variety of weapons and tools to complete many kinds of missions. Students will learn about the history, training, and techniques that made ninja deadly warriors.
The samurai were the warrior class of feudal Japan for hundreds of years. They led other soldiers to war on the battlefield, and their weapons and armor made them formidable opponents. Readers will learn the history of the samurai, their weapons and fighting styles, and what ultimately led to their decline.
Wealthy ancient Romans got their kicks at the arena, where convicted criminals, slaves, and prisoners of war were pitted against each other in physical combat. The contenders were called gladiators, and they fought until they found relief in victory, mercy, or death. Readers will be fascinated by the gladiators life in training and battle.


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Brad Harman of Texas was named winner of Bruce's Custom Covers custom-fitted aircraft cover awarded to a Gateway To Oshkosh Fly-in participant.
Gateway To Oshkosh (GTO) is an annual event and home to more than 65 aircraft during AirVenture Oshkosh. Participants fly in, park their aircraft and stay in nearby Stevens Point, Wisconsin. In addition to transportation to/from AirVenture, GTO offers daily events and brings together pilots and fans of flying.
In its 11th year, GTO is organized by the Cessna Owner Organization and Piper Owner Society. The two groups represent owner/operators of single and light twin engine aircraft of their respective manufacturer. Bruce's Custom Covers chose to donate a custom-fitted aircraft canopy cover to show aircraft owners of this type the many benefits of covering an aircraft, company officials said.
"My boys wanted to attend Oshkosh," Harman said. "I had done the North 40 [AirVenture general aviation camping area] and really enjoyed it. We were meeting some folks flying commercial and [getting there] was problematic and I wasn't sure about three boys in a tent in 100° weather anyway. The GTO seemed like a good option. It ended up being fantastic, convenient, great people, food, and cold drinks. The Saturday and Sunday in Steven's Point was as much fun as Oshkosh itself. You get to know several aviators, just like being in the North 40, but don't have to cook or stay in a tent. The kids get to swim in a pool at night and we had wonderful dinners! The prize, a Bruce's Custom Cover was a fantastic bonus. I was considering buying one at the show. My [Piper PA-23] Aztec is always hangared so it is painful to see it sitting out in the sun and rain; the cover will be the Aztec's home away from home."
Bruce's Custom Covers and Aircraft Covers offers protective covering systems for aircraft of all types.
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FLORENCE, NJ – There is a widely unknown problem in schools all over America: a stigma among many children who are eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Rather than face the peer pressure of receiving breakfast or lunch through this federal program, many choose to remain hungry.
To help eliminate the practice, Amazon has partnered with Share our Strength's "No Kid Hungry" campaign. Amazon's funding will support access to healthy breakfasts to more than 29,000 students across America, equal to 3.1 million breakfasts.
One grateful recipient of the program is Roebling Elementary School in Florence, where students were welcomed Friday by about 20 local Amazon employees, on hand to discuss the importance of nutrition, as part of the company's national "Rise & Smile" campaign.
Last month, Amazon donated two meal carts, which serve both hot and cold meals, to the school.
Now, when students get off the bus and enter the gym at 8 a.m., they are welcomed by delicious aromas from a cart brimming with hot and cold foods, as well as plenty of fruit.
Students eligible for free or reduced lunch can help themselves to items on the cart with their friends, with no indication of who is participating in the hunger relief program and who is paying full price. Another station is at the front entrance of the school, for students who walk or are dropped off. Payment for breakfasts are on an electronic account, which parents/guardians fund on an ongoing basis.
Amazon hopes this program will help solve the problem for the school of 448 students, of which 138 are eligible for free meals, and another 19 can receive meals at a reduced price, under guidelines the federal government sets.
Roebling Elementary rolls out the carts beginning 7:45 a.m. when the first students arrive. There are plenty of options, from French toast sticks to pancakes to other fan favorites that encourage kids to take the time for breakfast before the homeroom bell rings at 8:20 a.m., said Gail Wolsh, the school's nutrition director.
"Before we had these carts, we didn't have the ability to provide a hot breakfast to these children," she said. "It was very sad. Every child deserves a hot breakfast."
The grades K-3 school on Hornberger Avenue is one of 100 schools selected for a grant, being distributed nationally to elementary schools within areas where Amazon employees live. The Roebling school is about two miles from Amazon's fulfillment center in Florence.
The Florence fulfillment center is eager to support the community, with "Amazonians" participating in the local parade, donating time to the local food bank and providing materials for the local women's shelter. Amazon works to be on hand for local needs, such as when the Florence Township Memorial High School needed new graphing calculators for a science classroom.
"We are a very large building in a very small, tight-knit community," said Dan Moore, general manager of the Florence fulfillment center, who was on hand for the "Breakfast Bananza" on Friday at Roebling Elementary. "We view it as our obligation to make a positive impact on the community. Today is an ideal example of how and why Amazon gives back."
Laura Hatch, Director of National Partnerships for the "No Kid Hungry" campaign, said Share Our Strength was honored to play a major role in the Amazon program. She visited three classrooms with the Amazon team on Friday, distributing bananas and applauding, as Moore coordinated nutrition trivia contests with the children in second and third grades.
"Students who start their day with breakfast are more focused and ready to learn," Hatch said.
Christopher Butler, principal of Roebling Elementary School, said it was great to have a corporate partner like Amazon take an active role in the school, noting many of the children's parents are Amazon employees.
"We know how important breakfast is to student academic performance," Butler said. "These carts are a great way for all our kids to `grab and go' a healthy meal. We are very thankful to Amazon, which is vested in this school and this community."


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Perez wins US art contest, 2017
Datu Bago-awardee and UP Mindanao Asst. Prof. Teody Boylie "Bong" Perez (Dept. of Humanities) once again won an international art contest organized in the USA.
In an announcement made recently by contest organizer Colored Pencil Magazine, Prof. Perez was selected as Winner in the Advanced Category of the March Art Challenge by the magazine which is based in North Carolina, USA.
The CPM Art Challenge-Advance Category is an international competition open to artists who have been working with colored pencils as an art medium for over 2 years. The organizers provided a photograph which the contestants render by hand using the medium of the colored pencil. The photo used in the March contest is "Bridle on the Post".
The winning work of Prof. Perez will appear in the June 2017 issue of Colored Pencil Magazine.


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I've already lost interest in this diversion, so back to painting! But first I will quickly run through my favourite games for the XBOX 360. I like real time strategy games on PC so for 360 I mostly play cooperative shooters. I really feel that playing with a friend is the most fun on an X360 and I wish there were more co-op games, I have been lucky to have played a lot with my ex-girlfriend and my brother. These are the games I have played and liked, mostly co-ops with a couple strays.
Gears of War
Excellently done Co-Op campaign and a good cover system make this a fun game to play with a friend. Chainsawing Locust in half is always a good time as well.
Not my favourite and would be downright boring if played solo in my opinion. It does have great visuals and driving the warthog with one person shooting can lead to some "discussions" with your partner.
Mass Effect
This in my opinion is the alternative to Co-Op the fact that you feel like you are a character in an epic movie. Mass Effect and its sequels are so engrossing that they are fun to play solo.
Also has excellent visuals and an open but interesting storyline. I had fun but didn't play it much beyond the main storyline.
This is probably my favourite game for the 360. I really like the RPG shooter style where you both develop your character as well as collecting more and better guns. This is a great game to play Co-Op the rpg interface is light enough that it doesn't slow the game down and it's fun competing for kills. My only complaint is the cartoony style, if this game looked like Mass Effect it would be almost flawless.
Honourable Mention
Rainbow 6: Vegas 2
Again a well done co-op campaign, but while rappelling in through windows is fun it starts to get repetitive.


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The End of an Historical Era Looms on Railroad Avenue
By Stephen Siegel
Falls Church Times Staff
May 28, 2013
One hundred and forty-eight years ago, the U.S. Civil War had just concluded after four shockingly bloody years, and Falls Church City, which had been occupied by both sides at various times, was just a small, rural town.
It would be a gross understatement to say much has changed since then, as the town that was then a part of Fairfax County later became an independent city and developed into the prosperous urban suburb that it is today. But over on Railroad Avenue, a short, one-lane wide cul-de-sac near the Fairfax border, three vacant lots provide a bridge to that earlier rural era.
The land, totaling 1.3 acres, is still owned today by the same family that purchased it in August 1865, just four months after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.
Even more remarkable, the family that took title to the land so long ago is African-American. They purchased it when, for a variety of reasons, including the persistent racial discrimination of the era, it was difficult for black families to become landowners.
However, the family's ownership, and the era it represents, appears to be drawing to a close. The family has put the land up for sale, and a builder has signed a contract to purchase the lots and build as many as three single family homes on the site, which fronts the Washington & Old Dominion Trail across from the city's Property Yard.
The deal could still fall apart. The builder is investigating how many new houses the zoning code would allow, city officials say. The parcel is big enough for three homes, but one of the three subdivided lots has the shape of a long, narrow triangle, so the builder has asked city officials to determine just how many houses can be constructed there before deciding if he will close on the purchase.
Yet even if the builder ultimately walks away, it would seem that with the high demand for land here, the family will sell it to a builder sooner rather than later, ending the long run of continuous ownership that began in such a radically different time.
In 1865, all of the land along Railroad Avenue, from its beginning at Fowler Street to its end a short distance to the north, was owned by Lewis and Sarah Sewall, who also owned several hundred additional acres on the Fairfax side of Fowler, records maintained at the Fairfax County Historical Records Library show.
The Sewall legacy lives on today: one of the streets just outside the City limits is still called Sewell Avenue, albeit with a different spelling. They lived in a house on South West Street, according to Falls Church by Fence and Fireside, a 1964 book published by what was then called the Falls Church Public Library and whose cost was underwritten by the Falls Church City Council.
The Sewall family was a prominent one during that era; Sarah Sewall was born Sarah West, into a family that did the original survey for, and owned much of the early land in, the city of Alexandria, according to a variety of sources, including the Alexandria Historical Society's newsletter, The Alexandria Chronicle.
The West family also had earlier owned 300 acres in and around what is today Falls Church City's South West Street, and the street is probably named for the family, local historians say. John West bequeathed the family's land to three of his children, including 100 acres to Sarah West, and she and her husband Lewis later acquired additional land in the area.
In 1860, the Sewalls owned more than 250 acres, plat maps of the era show, and their holdings extended roughly from today's Shreve Road to Timber Lane, and from Parker Street to Fairwood Lane.
The first ever Catholic mass in Falls Church was held at the family home on West, and their land housed the original St. James Church, which in 1902 moved to its current location on Park Avenue.
Their land also was used for a cemetery, now the St. James Cemetery, located at West and Fowler, and both Lewis and Sarah, along with many other family members, are buried there, the Falls Church Times has learned.
The Sewalls' Railroad Avenue property fronted the railroad tracks for what was then known as the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire train line and later was renamed the Washington & Old Dominion line. The tracks were built shortly before the Civil War and were damaged during the conflict.
For the sum of $75, the Sewalls agreed in 1865 to sell their Railroad land to an African American woman named Lucinda Gaskins, according to the Fairfax Deed Book of that era. It is not known why they opted to sell, and it may have been somewhat unusual, but not unprecedented, for a prominent white family to sell land to a black family at that time, local historians say.
It doesn't appear that the Sewalls would have been sympathetic to the plight of African Americans in Virginia at that time or to the anti-slavery cause. Lewis Sewall voted for Virginia's secession from the Union prior to the Civil War, and two of his children fought for the Confederacy during the war, according to demographic information about Fairfax County compiled by Edith Moore Sprouse in 1996.
Additionally, the Sewalls owned at least three slaves as of 1850, according to research conducted by Fairfax historian Maddy McCoy, who created and maintains a body of information on the topic called the Virginia Slavery Inventory Database.
It is theoretically possible that Ms. Gaskins was one of the Sewalls' three slaves, but that cannot be determined from the available records, which are far from complete, Ms. McCoy said.
Ms. Gaskins was born around 1830, married Charles Gaskins in 1848, and had six children, according to genealogy research prepared by Ms. McCoy for the Falls Church Times.
Ms. McCoy's research shows the Sewalls owned a 17-year-old female slave in 1850, who could be a match for Ms. Gaskins, but there aren't sufficient records to determine that, she said. However, emancipated slaves, sometimes purchased land from, and lived adjacent to, their former owners, local historians say.
Ms. Gaskins died before 1890, although the exact date is not known. In her will, which was executed in 1897, Ms. Gaskins left the land to three of her children and one grandchild. The two lots closest to Fowler Street were given to her oldest child, Elizabeth Collins, who was born in 1851, while the next lot went to another daughter, Jane Finney.
The lot north of that was deeded to McCready Gaskins, who appears to have been Lucinda and Charles' oldest son, having been born in 1856, while the one still north of that went to Lewis Lee Gaskins, another son, who was born in 1870.
The last lot, which is the triangular shaped one, was willed to Lucinda and Charles' granddaughter, Harriett Ann Gaskins, who was born in 1874, because her mother, Drusilla, had died by that time, Ms. McCoy's research shows.
Some of the lots were sold out of the family some time ago, but the lots willed to Lewis Lee and Harriett Ann Gaskins remain in the family today. Lewis Lee Gaskins' lot was subdivided at some point into two equal lots, and it is those two, plus Harriett Ann Gaskins' triangular lot, that are for sale now.
Lewis Lee Gaskins died around 1915, and City records show his lot (the one that was subsequently subdivided) passed to two other members of the family.
Rosa Tinner, who was the daughter of William Rector and Harriett Ann Gaskins, according to Ms. McCoy's research, took possession of the northern half of the lot at some unknown point; her name is still in the City records for the lot. Born in 1894 as Rosa Rector, she acquired the famous Tinner name by marrying Melvin Tinner in Falls Church in 1925.
The name is famous in Falls Church because the Tinner family gave its name to the City's historically black Tinner Hill neighborhood, which sits on both sides of South Washington Street in the City, and in Fairfax County, at the junction of Tinner Hill Road adjacent to Elevation Burger.
Activists in the Tinner Hill neighborhood fought a racial segregation ordinance approved by the Falls Church Town Council in 1915, and were instrumental in founding the first rural branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) around the same time, according to the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation.
Some of those activists were Joseph Tinner, who bought land in the area in the 1880s, and E.B. Henderson, the husband of Mary Ellen Henderson, for whom Falls Church City's middle school is named.
The southern half of Lewis Lee Gaskins' lot at some point passed into ownership of a William Rector, but it's not clear if that is Rosa Tinner's father, or another family member with the same name; she had a brother named William H. Rector, born in 1900, and a nephew, William N. Rector, born in 1928, Ms. McCoy's research shows.
William H. Rector also had seven other children, including Mary Frances Rector, who was born in 1930. Ms. McCoy's research shows that she married Joseph Whitney in 1950. And it is her married name, Mary Whitney, that still is on the Railroad Avenue property tax bills today.
Ms. Whitney is 83 years old and lives in south Arlington's historically black Nauck neighborhood near Shirlington. And, in a sad twist, Ms. Whitney's son, Lewis, lives today in a camper on the Railroad Avenue parcel, apparently without running water. It was Lewis who first tipped the Times to the fact that his family had owned the land since shortly after the Civil War.
Lewis' home in a camper without any modern infrastructure (although he has a generator to provide heat) presents quite a contrast from the rest of the neighborhood; a home next door to Lewis at 1002 Railroad (built on land once owned by Lewis' family) is under contract with a listing price of $998,000.
There is not known to be any criminal activity on the parcel, but the lot is zoned for single family homes and not for recreational vehicles or mobile homes. City officials have received some complaints, including from real estate agents, that have asked that the zoning code be enforced and Lewis and his camper be removed, the Falls Church Times has learned.
Asked about the city's position on this unusual situation, spokeswoman Susan Finarelli confirmed that the city has received complaints, and she issued this statement to the Times:
"The City is aware of the person living on the land off of Railroad Avenue. The person, to the City's knowledge, is a relative of the landowner and an American war veteran. Because of these reasons, the City has been working with the family to find a compassionate resolution to the issue. With that land on the market for sale, a resolution seems to be coming soon."
Indeed, it does seem as though the end of an era is upon us. When that day comes, it isn't clear what will happen to Lewis, or where he will go.
But what is pretty clear is that he will be the last of six generations — that began with his great great great grandmother Lucinda 148 years ago — to call the 1000 block of Railroad Avenue in Falls Church City their home.
By Stephen Siegel
May 28, 2013


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"Mary Beth Keane is one of those gifted young writers who helps me believe — still! — in the power of literature."
Isn't it strange that you find a book totally heartbreaking, but it fills you with so many emotions that you want to share it with others? That is why I write about " Fever", a novel by American writer Mary Beth Keane, based on the true story of Mary Mallon, who emigrated from Ireland at the end of the 19th century, in the hope of a better life in New York.
Mary, known as " Typhoid Mary", is a strong, courageous and hard-working young woman, with a talent for cooking. She gradually becomes a cook for the wealthy families of New York. She also falls in love with Alfred, her only true loveand they live together though unmarried.
What could be the beginning of a " success story" turns into a tragedy, as Mary is a healthy carrier of typhoid fever, which kills many of the members of these families, mothers, children and babies. And Alfred is a lost soul, drinking all her money and miserable with depression.
When the authorities identify her, Mary is sent to North Brother Island for further medical examinations, and will stay there for three years, fighting for freedom. When at last she is released, Alfred has gone to another woman, and she is no longer allowed to work as a cook.
Alfred comes back to her, more miserable than ever, and once again she has to fight to find jobs. But there is no alternative for her and she accepts to cook for a hospital under a false identity. But death strikes back…
It is a very strong novel, powerful picture of New York as well, and the portrait of a woman who never stops fighting…but who has no way to escape tragedy. I really loved it, and am sure some of you will love it too.
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Ari and Galen tied for 4th place in the first annual FOTATA (Friends of the Akhal-Teke Award) and Shannon, the organizer, sent us some lovely halters as prizes. I really wanted the first place prize (Gorgeous, hand-painted plate), but Amrita Ibold certainly deserved it this past year. We'll see if we can start a real horse race for first place this year. I have big plans, but we'll see what really happens. I know that several other Teke people have big plans too, so I suspect I'll have to do lots of competing to even be in the running! That is ok though, as the more we get these fabulous horses out there, the better.
I'll upload some photos of Ari and Galen posing in their halters.
Thanks Shannon!


text: Brian sent me this bedroom while helping me research ideas for my playroom at the Oakwood Showhouse this past spring. I admit, this room kicks my room's butt. However, with only about a month to work on my space, design, build and install the castle, I still think I did a pretty good job!


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Melania Trump's Golden Penthouse
As far as ostentatious New York penthouses go, this may Trump them all.
A tip of the hat to Curbed.com for directing us to Refinery29.com's exclusive photos of the mind-blowingly lavish digs of Melania Trump, The Donald's vivacious, smoking-hot wife, who has appeared on the cover of magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair and Elle.
A former design and architecture major, Melania Trump (pictured at left) was probably no stranger to opulent interiors even before she married real estate's King Midas in 2005. We've speculated in the past about what she and her husband might do to the White House, which was already valued at more than $200 million in January, if he actually followed through with a presidential run -- and made the cut. The makeover would, no doubt, feature a lot of gold. Trump is crazy about the stuff. In fact, he accepted gold as a deposit for an apartment in one of his towers this year.
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Now back to the apartment: It's located in one of her husband's many humbly-named luxury residential buildings -- the Trump Palace of Manhattan's Upper East Side -- and (surprise, surprise) it oozes opulence. Gold covers the walls and ceilings. There is a fountain in the sitting room. Basically, everything is oppressively garish. Melania herself reportedly embodies none of the place's pomp, however.
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Students, teachers knitting for Shelter House
They've gotten together since last fall, these teachers and students, to work together to help someone else. They've learned how to knit, chatted and had fun. And by the time they're done next month, they expect to have at least four patchwork blankets ready to give to the Shelter House in Willmar.
It all started with math teacher Trisha Pendill reading about the Warm Up America Foundation. The organization of volunteers makes handmade afghan blankets, clothing and accessories to help those in need.
Pendill and several other teachers got together last summer to knit, and they talked about the idea. A grant from Pact 4 paid for yarn, needles and snacks, and they were on the way to a knitting club at Willmar Junior High.
Pendill and her friends chose to make blankets for the Shelter House. It takes 35 blocks 7-by-9 inches to make one blanket.
On Tuesday this week, six girls came to Room 109 after school and settled in at a table with their yarn and needles. Most were doing a straight knitting stitch. A couple of them had just learned how to purl and were trying it out.
A few teachers sitting nearby noticed that the girls all sat together. "Now that they know how, they don't have to sit with us anymore," said teacher Crystal DeVore with a smile.
The number of students has fluctuated with the sports seasons. More than a dozen students have participated since the group started, and it's been a mixture of girls and boys.
"We've had some real faithful ones," said teacher Darcy Michener.
DeVore participated in the group so she could learn how to knit. Most of the students learned to knit at the club, although seventh-grader Tami Frederickson had knitted before.
Mary Goulson, an eighth-grader, had crocheted before. It was hard to get used to knitting, but she got the hang of it, she said.
The experienced knitters were always available to help out if someone encountered a problem. Teacher Sue Thell has spent the past few weeks finishing blocks that had been left behind by students when their spring sports seasons began.
The students said they like the multi-colored blankets that are already finished. Two are displayed in a glass case near the Junior High office.
"I think they're cool," Mary said. "Since we started this year, it's amazing what we've gotten done."
The blankets are colorful, with each block unique.
Pendill takes the variety of blocks and crochets them together with cream-colored yarn. There's no real color scheme to follow in the blankets.
"We threw them on the table and moved them around until they looked good," she said.
The girls who were there on Tuesday have been some of the most faithful ones, their teachers said.
What kept them coming back? "It's something to do that's kind of fun, and you get to be with friends," said Taylor Frost, an eighth-grader.
"And eat snacks," added Anne DeVries, a seventh-grader.
Alexa Rieck, an eighth-grader, had another answer. "You get to help people that maybe don't have blankets of their own," she said.
May 12 will be the last day for the knitting club this school year. A representative from the Shelter House will visit them that day and tell the students a bit about the programs and the people who will receive their blankets. They'll also have a pizza party.
Jodi Loseth, one of the faculty members involved in the project, said they achieved the three goals they had in mind when they started the knitting club.
"We wanted to teach a skill, we wanted to do something good, and we wanted socialization," and Loseth said she considers it a success.


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Legislators passed a bill this week that would make it illegal for prison inmates to have a Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking account.
The bill gained momentum earlier this year after news reports found roughly a dozen inmates in South Carolina were on those sites. Rep. Wendell Gilliard (D-Charleston) said inmates are able to access the internet through phones that are smuggled into the prisons.
By virtue of modern day technology, our inmates, while incarcerated… now have a means of freedom that, in a sense, they do not deserve.
Gilliard said he was concerned inmates could use the sites to send out coded messages. Under the bill, any violators face 30 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. That would include anyone on the outside who maintained an account in the inmate's name. The legislation passed by a 92-6 vote Wednesday.
There were a few lawmakers who questioned why a law was even necessary, since sites like Facebook have rules already in place. Rep. Todd Rutherford (D-Richland) said legislators were rushing the bill through without considering any negative effects it might have.
This bill did not go through committee. It has not been through subcommittee. We had no hearings on it and… if we pass this bill, we're going to get sued. The ACLU and others have already said they're going to sue us over it.
The bill now heads to the Senate.


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Mayor Ras J. Baraka is holding a press conference Monday morning to announce a lawsuit against the owner of Garden Spire, alleging uninhabitable conditions at the two residential towers on First Street.
The suit, filed July 14 in Essex County Superior Court against First King Properties of Kearny, seeks the appointment of a receiver and a court order declaring the buildings uninhabitable and ordering the evacuation and relocation of the tenants of the property, at the expense of the landlord. The complex has more than 800 apartments.
"After numerous inspections by code enforcement, fire, health and engineering inspections , it has been determined by the public officer of the City of Newark that the property has been determined unfit for the human habitation; rat infested unsanitary stairwells, evidence of urine and human feces, poor/inadequate ventilation creating sever mold in units," according to the complaint.
"Defective radiators, deteriorated stand pipes, damaged window guards, excessive garbage/bulk visual and active illegal drug activities which promotes a dangerous to health or life and is likely cause of sickness among the occupant which creates a public nuisance," the suit states.
The suit claims the property has been cited for at least 60 prior violations.
But Evelyn Conception, the tenant president of Garden Spires, said the apartments addressed in the lawsuit are not reflective of the entire building and the families living in those apartments.
"Some apartments are beautiful and well maintained," said Conception, who has been a resident of Garden Spires for more than 20 years and has watched the building deteriorate with the changing dynamics of the neighborhood. "Residents love their apartments and love their city. We represent those who are not drug dealers or vandals but hard working people.
Conception said she previously invited Baraka to visit the Community Building that she and other residents personally cleaned and decorated.
"We asked him to attend a meet and greet to discuss issues and have dialogue with some of the law abiding residents who want to improve the building," Conception said. "We have also been in talks with management to discuss a variety of matters in regards to a massive improvement project."
Conception said many tenants refuse to open their doors to maintenance personnel, exterminators, and official inspectors.
"We are also dealing with individuals who are not tenants of our building who reside in our building unlawfully," she said. "Newark police are called repeatedly about the persistent loitering in and around the buildings."
Conception said most tenants want to work with management to improve conditions and make the necessary changes to make those improvements happen.
The suit was filed by the Newark-based firm Eric S. Pennington PC.


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sam's rad summer: vancouver island
Most of my adventure involved food as I spent most of my time doing homework and scanning 100+ family photos for a special project I was working on. I hope you enjoy a glimpse into my rad summer (and don't get too hungry!).
We started our trip in Horseshoe Bay. I'd been wanting to go to this cute new restaurant, Olive and Anchor, and now was the perfect time. We decided to share the Crispy Cod Po'boy Sandwich. It was delicious (and look at that salad!).
Because their dessert menu looked irresistible we also decided to share their Brandy-raisin bread pudding. It was DELICIOUS, as you can probably see.
When we arrived, we did some grocery shopping at the local Safeway. My sister didn't put her produce into plastic bags (as is our habit) even though I told her that it probably isn't common practice over there. Sure enough, at the checkout, they bagged each of the fruits individually. Oh well!
The next day we went to the Comox Valley Farmer's Market. They had a sweet little band playing while we were there. It was a great market!
At the market I found the most amazing gingerbread cookie. A neon squid! How could I resist. He was tasty, too.
We also bought this enormous tomato. It was so big that it cost $3!
On our way home, I spotted this guy. I can't decide if this is the best or worst summer job.
Finally back in Vancouver after a great trip that was much too short, my sister and I indulged in a summer favourite, rocket popsicles and a walk to Kits Beach.
Hopefully Vancouver will continue to have blissful summer weather!
Thank you so much for sharing, Sam. I'm glad you showed us so much food! That's my idea of an awesome vacation. Be sure to stop by Sam's blog and say hi and check out her great Etsy shop, too! I've featured one of her items in my Friday Favourites before and can't wait to get my hands on one of her awesome leather pouches!
5 comments:
That squid cookie looks amazing! How could you pass that up!? There is a bakery here that has been making unicorn cookies lately. I like the creative shapes.ReplyDelete
I know you warned me but now I am hungry! Glad to got to squeeze in a few wonderful moments during the summer.ReplyDelete
onelonelyapricot: I love the looks of that squid cookie, too! My favourite cookie cutter is a lobster. A unicorn sounds pretty great, too. I can see a lot of potential with candy glitter!ReplyDelete
Brandi: Aren't Sam's pictures awesome? Everyone I talked to about this post wanted a rocket pop after they read it. I did, too!
Thanks for the great post, Sam!
Sam, that tomato is epic!! Oh my goodness. That's also the most awesome gingerbread cookie I've ever seen.ReplyDelete
you've just reminded me about the mass benefits of a get-away like this. Vancouver Island is like another world, you can feel far away from it all and it only takes a few hours to return when you want to. best ever!ReplyDelete
bring on that food too, it is just d-vine! glad you got to take a break before finishing up the diplomz. rocket pop cheers, Sam's pics are off the hook awesome. ♥
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Sure they looked cute sitting all together on the porch, but this is far closer to reality. How am I going to manage another little short person?
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Little Creatures
Sure they looked cute sitting all together on the porch, but this is far closer to reality. How am I going to manage another little short person?
8 comments:
- Kelsey said...
Oh my gosh his face is priceless!
- June 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM
- Roberta S said...
On the porch was nice. But this? This is good times.
- June 4, 2008 at 6:15 PM
- skinnydan said...
How will you manage? Barely - same as the rest of us. You'll cry, you'll pray, you'll try, you'll laugh with actual hysteria.
And when they grow up to be decent, kind, honorable human beings (as your other children appear to be), you get to sit back and congratulate yourself for not killing them before they made it all the way.
And then you pay them back for sticking your car keys into an outlet (I actually did this as a kid & shorted out a toaster) by interfering with their child raising.
- June 5, 2008 at 1:38 AM
- Melissa said...
I only have two kids and often wonder how it will be to have three, but you are four going on five. Right?
Taking trips in the car must be wild. I admire you. You can do it.
Baby slings are always great and one less short person to watch. They can just hang out on you while the others are walking or in a stroller. Cute picture by the way.
- June 5, 2008 at 9:16 AM
- Jordana said...
Melissa, I couldn't live without my sling(s). They definitely are helpful for keeping my hands on other little ones. Still, it is going to be crazy for a while around here.
- June 5, 2008 at 9:44 AM
- skinnydan said...
What's it been until now? :)
- June 6, 2008 at 2:17 AM
- Jordana said...
Listen wise guy, why I oughta...
Okay, it is always crazy, but somehow one adapts to crazy and comes to accept it as the new normal.
- June 6, 2008 at 2:44 AM
- diane said...
Isn't that what the older siblings are for? Can oldest boy be talked/bribed into keeping a handle on his younger brother when you are out? Oldest seems to be quite responsible. The girls can stick together under your supervision, with the newest in the sling.
"Okay, it is always crazy, but somehow one adapts to crazy and comes to accept it as the new normal." Heh. How true.
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She laid out a sheet of paper between us, and told me, "This is how you draw the sun." She took a yellow crayon, bumblebee-fuzz-yellow, deli-mustard-bright-yellow, yellow-Plain-Yellow, and colored in a quarter-circle at the top left corner of the page. She set the yellow crayon down and surveyed her work. Satisfied, she continued.
"This is how you draw the sky." She picked up a blue crayon, cornflower-bluebell-blue, blue-Plain-Blue, and colored a stripe, about the width of a finger, across the top of the page, from the lonesome sun in the one corner to the opposite side.
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When I was ten years old, I took a painting class that met outdoors at a nearby Japanese garden. I was painting trees in watercolor, as I had been instructed by the teacher. Brown trunks, green leaves, black shadows. I was rather proud of my finished piece, until the teacher came to stand behind me, and commented, "That's good, but you should use some other colors for the trees."
His comment stunned me. I hardly knew what to make of it at first. Trees were green. It was quite clear to see from all the birches and oaks and spruces around me. Why would I use any other color for the trees? But then I decided to take his advice literally. I tore off the page of green and brown trees that I had been so pleased with a moment earlier, and dove into a new painting.
This time I used every color except green and brown. Arching purple boughs were topped by foliage with an exploding profusion of colors, and long royal-indigo shadows pooled along the curve of the path that wended through this odd-colored grove. When I finished and surveyed the mad kaleidescope results, the original green and brown version seemed rather drab and listless by comparison.
The teacher smiled at the picture this time. It wasn't until years later that it occurred to me that maybe a rainbow candyland of a landscape was not his intention when he had offered the advice. Perhaps he was trying to draw my attention to the rich variety of colors to be seen in shadow and reflection beyond the flatness of surface. Or maybe he was encouraging me to see what wasn't there in the trees in front of me. Who knows what he was trying to instill into a ten year old?
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THE GREAT AMERICAN GOD-OUT encourages all people--people of faith and those who are godless--to join in acknowledgment and celebration of 'a day without god.'
This year THE GREAT AMERICAN GOD-OUT! (GAGO) will be marked by a YouTube video to be uploaded on November 12th, 2009.
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2. Be cashless for one day and do not exchange any currency stamped with "In God We Trust." Write personal checks or use debit/credit cards for purchases. Ask yourself whether "God" should be included in economic gains and losses and stamped on economic tokens. Discuss your views with friends, family, church members or experts in the field.
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