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Current Convenings
Based on changing community needs, Common Ground gathers experts and decision makers around a variety of issues. For example:
- The Regional Consortium on Health Care Workforce is working to identify the new skills and educational opportunities needed over the next decade in health care.
- The Food and Health Connection aims to address the region's high level of food insecurity and poor nutrition amidst an abundance of fruit and vegetable farms.
- The Central Southern Tier Alliance provides high level health planning focused on Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties.
- The African American and Latino health coalitions and the Partnership for Access to Healthcare (PATH) bring together more than 50 stakeholders to set priorities and develop strategies for addressing health disparities.
- The Traffic Safety Public Education Campaign Working Group is focused on safety education around the city's new bike lanes and the rules of the road. The group includes representatives from transit and pedestrian organizations, Rochester and Monroe County government, the Rochester Police Department and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids.
Solid Results
Coming together as a community to set priorities has helped attract new investments in health care, improve care delivery and spur ongoing collaboration. Recent examples include:
- $75 million in grants from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to enhance the delivery of care. More than 30 government, health care and community leaders supported these award applications.
- A 29 percent reduction in 30-day readmissions through the Care Transitions Intervention partnership. The partnership, which grew from the 2020 Commission, helped people successfully transition into and out of care settings.
- The Southern Tier Collaborative Planning Process. This organization-led convening is bringing together community decision makers from Steuben, Chemung and Schuyler counties to assess local health needs and develop responses. The initiative is an outgrowth of the work of our Regional Commission on Community Health Improvement and other regional initiatives.
Initiatives - Convening - Articles Featured
Initiatives - Convening - Articles
Elmira study connects housing to poor health
July 29, 2019
Some older housing in Elmira presents a high risk of exposure to lead, mold and other environmental toxins linked to asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). That's according to a new study of health and housing in the city's poorer neighborhoods.
Summit to advance active transportation
April 22, 2019
The Active Transportation Summit, Ideas in Motion, on May 23 is a convening of professionals and activists from multiple sectors to advance transportation and recreation opportunites across the Finger Lakes region.
Conference focuses on violence as a public health issue
March 19, 2019
The Speak Life! Health Equity conference, hosted by the African American Health Coalition with the Latino Health Coalition, will explore violence and health equity among people of color.
Leading with conscience for four decades
March 26, 2018
Current and former colleagues celebrate the legacy of Lynn Varricchio, Common Ground Health's longest-serving employee who retires at the end of March.
New online resource helps providers address staffing needs
November 21, 2017
A new online library of workforce resources for local health care providers launched this month on our website. The library shares information on training, recruiting and retaining workers in the nine-county Finger Lakes region.
Southern Tier organizations join together to support a culture of health
September 22, 2017
Many of the health challenges confronting our region are so complex that no one organization can solve them alone. That's why the Southern Tier Alliance brings together top executives from many sectors to work on health improvement in Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties.
Grants to give region's health collaborations a lift
May 24, 2017
Making new connections is the goal of a new state grant that has been awarded to our region.
New video sheds light on food access challenges
April 13, 2017
Learn more about farming, health and their linkage through food access in this video, which was created for the Food, Farms and Health Symposium on April 11, 2017.
Symposium explores food scarcity amidst agricultural abundance
April 11, 2017
The Finger Lakes region is rich in fruit and vegetable farms. Yet in an area of agricultural abundance, 22 percent of the population goes without eating healthy, fresh food. That malnourishment has a profound impact on health outcomes.
Food, Farms and Health Symposium has been rescheduled
March 27, 2017
The Food, Farms and Health Symposium, which explores food scarcity amid agricultural abundance, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 11, at the New York Wine & Culinary Center.
Food, Farms and Health event set for Tuesday is postponed
March 13, 2017
The Food, Farms and Health Symposium scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, at the New York Wine & Culinary Center will be postponed until a later date due to forecasts of severe winter weather.
Region selected for national health initiative
December 12, 2016
The Finger Lakes region is one of only six areas across the country chosen to participate in ReThink Health Ventures, a health innovation project funded by the Fannie E. Rippel and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations.
Workforce consortium recommends priorities for skills development
July 15, 2016
Three tensions are emerging in local workforce needs: labor shortages and maldistribution; financial pressures related to wages and payment reform; and increasing pressure to train staff in existing and emerging roles and skills.
Aging expert calls for 'all hands on deck' to meet seniors' care needs
April 19, 2016
Recognizing that there will be too few geriatricians to meet the needs of our growing senior population, the medical community needs to train and make use of the talents all those who come into contact with seniors, including family caregivers and non-medical professionals, said renowned geriatrics expert Jennie Chin Hansen.
FLHSA launches health care workforce planning effort
January 19, 2016
The Regional Consortium on Health Care Workforce will kick off a one year planning process with presentations and discussion around new primary care models. The Jan. 28 meeting is free and open to the public.
FLHSA coalitions say shootings are a health crisis
August 21, 2015
FLHSA's African American and Latino health coalitions say recent homicides underscore the need to start treating gun violence and its shocking loss of life as a public health crisis.
Regional leaders chart new directions for improving community health
July 14, 2015
The Regional Commission on Community Health Improvement called for a focus on preventing chronic diseases like obesity and tobacco addiction and increased efforts to connect clinical, behavioral health and community-based services.


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Protein-rich buckwheat tahini pancakes = my new Sunday breakfast of choice. Love them. Most of us enjoy pancakes, and you may know by now that I LOVE pancakes. As do all Canadians! It's our favorite way to use maple syrup! ;-) And listen to this — they have no refined sugar. Cause they've got some mashed up banana for a little extra sweetness. Then there is the tahini… not only does it give these pancakes a protein kick (cause there's buckwheat and eggs in there too) but tahini is loaded with vitamins and minerals especially calcium, magnesium, and zinc. It's also high in vitamin E (good for glowing skin!) and a whole lot of B vitamins.
Buckwheat tahini pancakes are gluten-free
Despite the name, buckwheat flour is actually made from a seed, not wheat — it's a pseudocereal that is naturally gluten-free. Plus it's chockfull of good for you nutrients as well as fiber and protein. Plus there are lots of other whole food ingredients in these simple protein-packed pancakes. There's sweet bananas (the sweeter you like your pancakes, then the riper the banana should be) cinnamon spice, nutty tahini paste and unsweetened almond milk. Unsweetened soy milk is my second choice of plant-based milk, but it's usually reserved for my morning coffee. ;-)
Pancakes deserve toppings
I often stick to classic pancakes with maple syrup, but there are so many other great ways to top a plate of flap jacks. You can stack them and layer them with crunchy homemade granola between each layer, and then pour on the maple syrup. This makes a nice crunchy texture. Speaking of which, have you tried my dark chocolate granola recipe? It's delicious! Or there's my traditional granola recipe, a recipe that is well-loved in our home. Seriously, it gives you a reason never to buy granola or muesli again. Topping pancakes with fruit is always a great idea. Bananas and blueberries are two of my favorites. Then there is toasted coconut. Or simply a drizzle of honey and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. So good!
This recipe serves 2, but can easily be doubled. I get about 8 small pancakes out of a batch. When I say small, I mean three pancakes can easily fit in a large (28 cm) skillet.
For the tahini pancakes:
1/2 large ripe banana, mashed with a fork (65 g)
3 tablespoon tahini
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 pinch sea salt
2 large eggs
100-125 ml unsweetened almond milk (or other plant-based milk)
1/2 cup buckwheat flour (80 g)
1-2 teaspoon coconut oil for the skillet
To serve:
fruit of choice
shredded coconut, lightly toasted
maple syrup
1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the mashed banana, tahini, cinnamon, salt, eggs, and almond milk until combined. Add the buckwheat flour and mix until smooth.
NOTE: you may need to adjust the amount of almond milk depending on how thick the tahini is.
2. Heat the coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, using a tablespoon measure, spoon 2 tablespoons of batter into the skillet for each pancake. Cook until bubbles start break the surface of the pancake, then flip and cook until the other side is golden, about 1 more minute. Transfer finished pancakes to a plate and repeat with the remainder of the batter, adding more oil to pan as needed.
3. Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!
TIP: for best results, make sure the skillet is hot before starting to cook the buckwheat tahini pancakes.

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Judith Williams has worked as a costume designer for nearly twenty years. Her film work includes: A Thousand Times Goodnight, directed by Erik Poppe, Stella Days, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, and Milo, directed by Berend and Roel Boorsma.
She designed the IFTA award winning short Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill, directed by Anthony Byrne. And was nominated for an IFTA for costume design on Short Order, also directed by Anthony Byrne. Her most recent work has been on Traders, directed by Peter Murphy and Rachel Moriarty, and My Name is Emily, directed by Simon Fitzmaurice.
Her television work includes: Wild Decembers written by Edna O'Brien, directed by Anthony Byrne, School Run, a drama for TV3, directed by Neasa Hardiman, Damage, a television drama directed by Aisling Walsh and Smalltown, directed by Gerard Barrett. Most recent work was a 3 part BBC drama Paula, directed by Alex Holmes


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A galaxy of stars joined music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins today at the O2 Silver Clef Awards at Grosvenor House Hotel in London, to celebrate some of the biggest artists in music. Over 1,000 guests attended the charity's annual fund raising event to honour winners Lionel Richie, Jess Glynne, Florence Welch, Olly Murs, Massive Attack, Craig David, Hozier, Patti Smith, Jeff Lynne and André Rieu, and One Direction, the only winners to be selected by public vote.
Source: Lionel Richie, Jess Glynne, Florence Welch and Olly Murs take home O2 Silver Clef Awards – Music-News.com


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As part of support for Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation Programme (Himalica), a hands-on training on sustainable land management and vegetable production was organized for strengthening vegetable value chains in Barshong gewog (block) in Bhutan from 29 June to 2 July 2015. A total of 43 individuals participated in the training.
The training mainly focused on soil and land management, organic farming, and vegetable production. Participants were given hands-on training on how to make organic manure and organic pesticide to promote organic farming in the sites. Similarly, participants also learnt how to make an A-frame and prepare contour hedgerows and check-dams to control erosion and protect soil fertility.
After the training, participants were given saplings of different kinds of fodder trees and grass to plant in their own villages with the supervision of agriculture extension officers. Discussions with key informants on water availability and management of water was conducted to design intervention for water accessibility for vegetable farming. Similarly, interview with local vegetable collectors and traders was conducted to understand difficulties in transportation and marketing in order to feed in value chain analysis of vegetables in Barshong Village.
The communities will immediately start land management to control soil erosion and water management before they do plantation in their field. Participants said that the training was timely and practical.
The training was conducted under overall guidance and supervision of Pema Chofil, Chief District Agriculture Officer of Tsirang District, who is also the local coordinator for the Himalica initiative. ICIMOD's Sundar Kumar Rai and Anu Joshi Shrestha facilitated the training.


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News -
Man airlifted after crashing Landcruiser into tree
A 21 year old Brisbane man who reportedly ran his Landcruiser off the road and into a tree has been airlifted by the Sunshine Coast based RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter.
The single vehicle accident occurred north of Kilcoy on the Murgon-Kilcoy road with no other occupants in the car.
CareFlight met the Queensland Ambulance Service at the Kilcoy Showgrounds around 2:30pm and immediately flew the patient to the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
He was treated for multi-trauma injuries and travelled in a stable condition.


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Hi, I am Sharni, owner of the Nappy Shoppe. Nappy Shoppe was started with my making my own inserts. And it has since evolved into making my own diaper accessory product line that employs 4 other girls to help me do it. I stock a lot of brands, but I love the fact that when someone buys a product made in my store, it helps to keep several families in my community fed!
If you have the ability to sew, you can make your own diapers. Although I found that if you walk into your local Joanns and ask them for hemp fabric, they will look at you like you are smoking its close relative! So for many of you, the better diaper making resources will need to be found on line. Those local to the Dallas Fort Worth area, can get them from my store in Allen Texas.
There are many free patterns out there to make cloth diapers, but I found a couple of great patterns that really worked for me, and I now sell them because I know that the average sewer will find these patterns easy to follow.
The first is the Jalie diaper pattern. For the price, I think it is great value as it has 4 different kind of diapers that you can make on it. A cover, a fitted, an all in one and a pocket. Here is my son Braden wearing the first pocket I made from this pattern. This pocket was so good, it worked at night on him!
All that pocket took was some PUL, Microchamois, elastic and Aplix. It was very affordable to make. I already had inserts from other diapers, but you could easily buy absorbent fabrics to make your own inserts.
Another great line of patterns is the Little Comet Tail Patterns. I have made several of these and they have fitteds, trainers, covers, diapers and more.
Common Materials
PUL - The common waterproof yet breathable outer layer for diapers, trainers, wet bags and more. Can be tricky to sew with (see my tips below). I believe some fabric stores have started stocking it, but it can still be tough to find locally, so your best source is going to be on line.
Microchamois or microfleece - The stay dry inner layer. Be careful when choosing your fleeces as some fleeces actually are a water proof barrier, and make great diaper covers instead. For instance polar fleeces make great diaper covers.
Aplix/Hook and Loop - The regular velcro brand is going to be too stiff for diapers. I personally have not found this kind at my local big box sewing supplies store. I was only ever able to find it online. I stock by the yard and tabs that I had die cut.
Snaps - There are two common methods for applying resin snaps. A snap press which is a heavy iron press. I have two of these in my store because we apply a lot of snaps, so the cost made sense for us. Snap pliers are great for those who only apply snaps casually. They take up far less room too. Snaps typically used for diapers are size 20 and come in a wide array of colours.
Absorbent fabrics - Cotton, hemp, bamboo and microfiber are common choices. You can pick up microfiber cleaning cloths at walmart. It is rather thin, but it can work. Cotton towels and receiving blankets can be cut up for inserts etc. Organic cottons, hemp and bamboo are easier found on line. Whenever I have sufficient I offer it up for DIY in limited supplies, but another great source is Natures Fabrics.
Elastics - Regular elastic will work. I like polybraid myself, but your pattern may call for a different kind. In generally this is the easiest material to be found in a sewing supply store.
FOE - Fold Over Elastic - This elastic is a binding and elastic combined. It is nice and soft against babies skin. There are some great youtube videos out there on how to apply FOE.
So if you sew, give diaper sewing a try. It can be a lot of fun :)
This picture is newborn Rylan at 5 pounds wearing a pocket diaper made from the Jalie pattern.
- Be sure when making cloth diapers to use polyester thread and not cotton thread. Cotton thread will wick moisture.
- Use a finer needle on PUL like an 11 so that you make as small a hole as possible in the PUL.
- Run your diaper through the dryer after making it, to help seal up the holes.
- When sewing on PUL, try to put the shiny side down towards the Feed Dogs of your machine. The shiny side will stick to the foot of your sewing machine. If you have no choice but to sew with the shiny side up, use a walking foot or a teflon foot. If you have neither of those available, laying tissue over the top of the PUL will help and you can tear it away afterwards.


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To make your eyes stay healthy and be able to see something obvious and clear to both near and far distances should do the following:
1. Watching television Never Too Close
A safe distance to watch TV I think it was 2 feet for tv size 14 inches. For a wider screen automatically greater distance. Watching a movie screen should also take the back seat.
2. Work / Play Computer Never Too Old
Get used to the time of the move in front of a computer screen. For example, every 15 or 30 minutes once rested look that far away for five to ten minutes so that the eyes are not always in a state of tension due to see a screen with a very close distance.
3. Playing Video Games Not Too Close
Children nowadays many are indifferent to the health of the eye. This can be seen by many who play ps / playstation or other similar games vido close to the tv screen. Better get used to scold children who play too close. The distance is similar to point number 1 above.
4. Reading Books
Safe distance reading is 30 cm. If it is too close to make eye strain and result in long-term nearsightedness. Reading books is also not allowed while sleeping. Lighting was also to be quite such a bright neon lights. Thus, the eyes will remain intact.
5. Avoid Dust And Pollution
For those of you who often move on the highway like a motorcycle, police, police cepek, thugs, minivan drivers, couriers, etc. should use eye protection such as goggles and helmets the glass. Avoid dust entering the eye because it can make the eyes get infected and make the eyes become cataracts.
6. Eat Nutritious Food, filamentous and Vitamins A
Eyes need intake of nutritious substances and vitamins are sufficient in order to maintain the condition of keeping fit. Make it a habit to eat fibrous foods and have adequate nutrients. You can also take supplements or vitamin A-containing food are eperti carrots, avocado, tomato, papaya, and others.
Keep your eye health so that you do not suffer because they have to wear glasses constantly. With healthy eyes you have plenty of opportunities to penetrate medical tests that require your eyes healthy. Call your doctor whenever you have a problem with the eyes. Good luck.


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Construction begins on final phase of Woodneath Farms
Information provided by Hunt Midwest
Construction has begun on Links IV, the final phase of Woodneath Farms, one of the Northland's most distinguished new home communities.
Sherri Cole, longtime community manager and ReeceNichols real estate agent, anticipates that these homesites, once available, will sell quickly.
"We've been keeping a list for months of those interested in building a home in Woodneath Farms. This next phase is going to be beautiful and people are realizing that time is running out to buy a new home in this community."
Links IV will extend NE 89th Street further west along Shoal Creek Golf Course, then turn north and connect to existing N Booth Avenue. The phase will include 58 homesites, with just 17 sites backing to the goal course and a select few offering western facing views of the course from their front yard.
Plat maps of the new phase are available on the Woodneath Farms' website or in the community information center located at 8608 NE 90th Street.
"We anticipate to have homesites available for reservation by early to mid-Fall and those interested in receiving construction and pricing updates are encouraged to join our contact list," said Cole.
Developed by Hunt Midwest, Woodneath Farms has long been a destination community with rolling hills and larger home sites offering picturesque views of farmland, the Shoal Creek Golf Course and, in some cases, the skyline of downtown Kansas City. Its prime Northland location on Flintlock Road just north of Missouri 152 makes for a quick commute to business districts, shopping and entertainment areas and many of the city's popular attractions.
Woodneath Farms residents have a Kansas City address while students attend schools within the highly-acclaimed Liberty School District.
"Many of our residents chose Woodneath Farms as it allowed them to meet residency requirements set forth by their employers and send their children to excellent schools," explains Cole.
Woodneath Farms offers residents a selection of high-end amenities designed with families in mind including a competition-size swimming pool, lake and fountain, walking trails, playground, nature areas, tennis court, picnic pavilion, recreation area, generous landscaping and brick entrance monument. Mid-Continent Public Library's state-of-the-art Woodneath branch and Shoal Creek Elementary are situated on either side of the community's Flintlock Road entrance, adding additional conveniences within walking distance.
"When you drive into Woodneath Farms, you know you're somewhere special," said Cole. "The combination of location, amenities and overall sense of community has made this award-winning neighborhood the perfect place for hundreds of families to call home."
In addition to the new phase, a limited number of available inventory homes and homesites can be found within two distinct areas of Woodneath Farms - The Links and The Highlands.
Situated on the west end of the community, The Links offers premium homesites and homes from the upper $300,000s. A team of builders selected by Hunt Midwest include Aspen Homes, Klopfenstine Construction, McFarland Custom Builders, Olympus Custom Homes, SAB Homes and Summit Custom Homes.
Further north is The Highlands, with homes and homesites sprawled amongst rolling hills and open greenspace. Three award-winning builders provide a collection of homes starting in the mid $300,000s and include Brookeview Homes, Cardinal Crest Homes and Olympus Custom Homes.
Furnished model homes and inventory homes are open to tour Tuesday through Sunday and on Mondays by appointment.
Woodneath Farms is marketed exclusively by ReeceNichols. Other Hunt Midwest communities include Northgate Village, The Reserve at Riverstone, Running Horse, Benson Place, Staley Hills, Eagle Creek and Timber Trails.
Woodneath Farms
Prices: Starting in the mid $300,000s
Location: 8608 NE 90th St.
Directions: Interstate 35 north to Missouri 152 west. Go ½ mile and turn north onto Northeast Flintlock Road, then one mile to the community entrance.
Hours: Open Tuesday 1 – 6pm, Wednesday – Sunday 12 – 6pm and Monday by appointment.
Contact: Sherri Cole or Tricia Vulje at 816.781.7925


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City needs 'room to breathe,' architect says
Kim Sung-woo's project at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale calls for a thoughtful approach to the Sewoon Sangga redevelopment plans
Published : May 21, 2019 - 18:00
Updated : May 22, 2019 - 09:30
From the northern side of this mega-structure you get a view that spans from the mountain Bugaksan to the Confucian shrine Jongmyo. There is also a clear view of Namsan Tower from the southern side.
The western side offers a skyline that connects Euljiro 1-ga with the gates Gwanghwamun and Namdaemun, while clusters of low-rise traditional markets can be seen to the east.
A picture of pedestrian decks in Sewoon Sangga (Courtesy of the architect)
A view from Sewoon Sangga rooftop (Courtesy of the architect)
But these views could all be gone sooner or later if the site is not properly redeveloped, said architect Kim Sung-woo, voicing the need to preserve what some view as one of Seoul's landmarks.
At the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018 -- within the Korean Pavilion, titled "Spectres of the State Avant-garde" -- Kim presented his research project "The City of Radical Shift," in which he looked into the history of the structure and issues surrounding its redevelopment.
"This is perhaps the last chance that the Sewoon Sangga offers us, and we should not blow it," Kim said of the imminent development pressures imposed on the area.
The Sewoon Sangga and the neighborhood around it are remnants of Seoul's rapid postwar development.
The Sewoon Sangga construction project was proposed by the Korea Engineering Consultants Corporation -- led by acclaimed artist Kim Swoo-geun -- and the arcade was built in 1967. At the time, the postwar structure was to be a landmark for the eight zones around it -- an area spanning from Jongmyo to Namsan. It was supposed to be a catalyst for the transformation of the city center into a thriving place.
At first, Sewoon Sangga and the nearby Euljiro area were surrounded by tens of thousands of small industrial and electronics shops. But expectations for the neighborhood were soon dashed.
Development projects planned for the blocks around the complex were delayed with the departure of the tenants of its residential units, located on the upper floors, following the development boom in the Gangnam area in southern Seoul. It also took a drastic hit after the development of the Yongsan Electronics Market in 1987, when many electronics shops relocated.
The region subsequently deteriorated, and the aging buildings became eyesores -- yet also potentially lucrative spaces that many wanted to redevelop.
But it was a big challenge to initiate a large-scale construction project as there were simply too many owners to reach an agreement.
"The Sewoon Sangga, which was supposed to boost development in the region, ironically became a sort of safeguard that limited development for the last 50 years," Kim said.
The complexity of the symbiotic network of numerous urban industrial agents in and around the complex was a major factor in holding development back, Kim added.
Discussions about the redevelopment of the region have continued to this day, having gained momentum in the early 2000s when the Seoul Metropolitan Government initiated the 2003 Cheonggye Stream restoration project.
In 2009, the Hyundai Sangga, the first building in the Sewoon Sangga complex, was torn down. A master plan was conceived to redevelop the neighborhood, but the plan lost momentum when the global financial crisis hit.
It was in 2014 that the redevelopment discussion gained new impetus. That year, the government revised the plan to preserve the Sewoon Sangga and to split the nearby eight sections into 171 units for redevelopment. The sections quickly attracted investors.
Kim said the development process should be approached very carefully as there is no going back. Since the government has decided to preserve the Sewoon Sangga, redevelopment plans have to be consistent with that aim.
"The Seoul government has to come up with restriction measures for the area around the Sewoon Sangga. Once done, it is irrevocable," Kim said.
An installation from architect Kim Sung-woo's "City of Radical Shift" is shown at the homecoming exhibition of The Korean Pavillion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018. (Shim Woo-hyun / The Korea Herald)
A picture from architect Kim Sung-woo's project "City of Radical Shift" (Courtesy of the architect)
Kim's project calls for an alternative development strategy.
In his project, Kim proposes that planners ensure a good view of different areas of the city from the rooftop of the Sewoon Sangga complex, saying the arcade could easily be trapped within a mass of high-rise buildings if they fail to control private-sector development.
Local governments here can turn down redevelopment proposals if they negatively affect the look of a neighborhood, or if they obstruct the view of another property owner.
Kim also suggested a floor area ratio of 650 percent for the redeveloped space. (The floor area ratio refers to the ratio of a building's total floor area to the area of the land on which it is built.) That generous figure would give the neighborhood "room to breathe," he said. Kim added that the Dutch design firm KCAP used a 650 percent floor area ratio in its redevelopment plan for Zone 4 of the area, which city planners judged successful both in terms of feasibility and harmony with the scenic beauty of the nearby heritage site Jongmyo.
"Even if the redevelopment takes place, it has to consider the network of the city, how it is connected. The zone 5-1 makes up the most important area because it works as a bridgehead that connects nearby commercial areas to the Dongdaemun area. If high-rise buildings cover up the zone, it will disrupt the flow," Kim said.
But the Seoul government is running out of time, Kim says.
In January this year, it decided to put off the development process for Zone 3 for another year. It said it would reassess the overall redevelopment and possibly come up with urban plans that would satisfy both goals: development and preservation.
"The government only has seven months left, but it's still too short," architect Kim said. "Yes, it is important to minimize losses to existing business owners in the region. But at the same time, the government has to spend time to come up with a philosophy and detailed alternatives that will guide development in other zones down the road."
Protecting the aging buildings and infrastructure just for the sake of preserving them is meaningless, according to the architect. He said the area needs to be turned into a place that is sustainable, a place people will actually want to visit. New resources are needed in combination with proper redevelopment plans to reinvigorate the site, he continued.
Kim's work is currently on display at the homecoming exhibition of The Korean Pavilion, which focused on an archive of four key state projects developed by the government-established Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. during Korea's industrialization and modernization phase in the 1960s. It also introduces seven research-based artworks by artists and architects.
The exhibition runs through May 26 at the Arko Art Center in Jongno, central Seoul.
By Shim Woo-hyun (email@example.com)
Michelin reveals new starred restaurants in Seoul
Nov 14, 2019


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Audio Arts Cassettes - Michael Archer & William Furlong
ARCHER (Michael) & FURLONG (William) (Editors). Audio Arts in association with Artscribe. Issues & Debates Contemporary Art in Europe. Interviews & Comment from Nice, Cologne, Berlin, Leipzig, Dublin, London. Vol. 11 Numbers 3 & 4, Vols. 13 Number 4 & 14 Number 1. First editions. 2 x 90 minute cassettes, & 2 x 1 of 60 minutes, with decorative folded card inserts in the original two-part clear plastic boxes. London, Audio Arts, 1991 & 1994. All boxes a trifle scratched, inserts and cassettes near fine, unplayed by this cataloguer. Rare in both institutions and in commerce, we can only find examples in the Audio Arts archive, Tate Britain. The first cassette features interviews with artists, critics and dealers including Philippe Parreno, Liam Gillick, Boris Groys, Karsten Schubert, Maureen Paley. The other two include interviews with Joseph Kosuth, Mrinalinee Mukherjee, T.S. Enkhjin, Mona Hatoum & Susan Hiller, Janine Antoni, Marcus Raetz, Towards '97 Report from Hong Kong respectively. An innovative audio cassette magazine established by Bill Furlong in 1973 for publishing curators' interviews, sound performances and sound art.
Furlong chose the cassette format because it is easy to post but he also considered it to be a "sculptural object" in itself. (While the Artists Chatted, He Taped, The New York Times, 28 April 2010).


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Ali Zafar Wedding
Before getting in the sphere of showbiz he was engaged with a woman whose name is Ayesha Fazil, Ayesha includes a paternal relation with illustrious screen land star Aamir Khan. when a protracted relation with Ayesha Fazil he got married although monotheism manner within the year of 2009. The ceremony was command in Lahore and by the grace of Supreme Being he became father on March 2010 of a baby boy. The family of Ali chooses a reputation of Azaan Zafar for his kid.


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A person wants to throw an object from the top of a tower $9,0m$ high towards a target which is $3,5m$ far from the place where the person is launching the object. Suppose that this object is thrown horizontally.
What I want to find out is:
- What initial speed does the object need to have in order to hit the target?
- What is the acceleration of the object one moment before it touches the ground?
I suppose that the answer to the second question is simply $9,81m/s^2$, but I am not sure about it because it looks so simple :D
As far as the first question is concerned, I was thinking about using the formula $y_{MAX} = \frac{v_0^2 + sin^2\theta}{2g}$, with $y_{MAX}$ being $3,5m$ and $\theta$ being $45°$, but the result in this case would be extremely unrealistic ^^
Am I going in the right direction (in both questions)?


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the power of simple compliments/
I'm typing this from the window seat as I fly back home to Nashville from Boston, where I just attended and spoke at the fabulous MEDA annual eating disorders conference.
I am gradually feeling more confident about this whole speaking thing, and left feeling reenergized about eating disorder recovery —excited to dig deeper into some of the topics that were presented and share about them here.
I had pretty limited time to tour Boston for the first time, since it was a short trip and much of my time was well-occupied with the conference (not to mention that the hotel was in a 'burb about a 20-minute Uber ride from the city). Still, I had a lovely few hours exploring the city this morning.
In the Back Bay, I stumbled upon The Fairy Shop — anyone who knows me well would say "that's definitely a Val thing." The guy inside told me I looked like a real fairy, which is probably one of the best appearance-related compliments I could get ;) and he agreed with my father-in-law's assessment that I should be cast in the next LOTR film. Ha!
I have to share the poster I bought there — hilarious.
Anyway, one of my favorite moments was—believe it or not—in the TSA security line at Boston Logan airport this afternoon. When I got close to the people who scan your ID and boarding pass, I heard one of them (an early 20's TSA agent) give a genuine, enthusiastic compliment to a customer about his glasses. Glasses guy grinned widely as he thanked him. Then, the lady behind him was complimented on her beautiful sweater. I was up next, and he said, "You hair is looking lovely today. [Scanning my ID] And Valerie — great name. You should thank your parents." (Hey, thanks Mom & Dad.)
As I continued on into the next phase of security, he just kept going with each traveler. The girl behind me noticed too, and laughed, saying, "Most entertaining security guy ever!" I was laughing, smiling, and truthfully, fighting back tears as I listened him continue to compliment each person who came up to his station. I couldn't always hear exactly what the compliment was, but I knew it happened every time — I'd look back and see another person thanking him and smiling.
A cynical younger me might have brushed it off, thinking, "Whatever, he's just trying to pass the time, and he doesn't mean any of that stuff, he's just trying to be nice because that's his job. He especially doesn't mean it because he's complimenting everyone, so I'm sure a lot of them are BS."
I certainly still have a cynical (well, perhaps just more "realist") side... and even though so much of what I hear in my professional work is about the atrocities of humans hurting each other, as I get older I seem to gain more faith in (and love for) humanity, rather than less.
As I heard that young man offer compliments to each of these strangers that he encountered, this is what was going through my mind:
"I wish you could know the power of the loving words you're sharing. I wish I could tell you how much those words touched me at the core — far deeper than the seemingly surface-level compliments, to an acknowledgment of our shared humanity. A humble recognition of the love that we can have for each other, even as complete strangers. You have no idea of the gift that you're giving with these simple words."
The funny thing about this statement is that I wrote it before I came across the Hafiz quote (that I ended up using as the image for this post) a few minutes ago, while window shopping for UU stuff on Etsy, and don't think I'd ever seen it before.
Freaking synchronicity.
I came across a post by writer Alexandra Franzen a few months back called "It all matters." (I highly recommend reading it.) In short, a male hairstylist was engaging and kind with a female customer who came in one evening with plans he had no idea about. She had planned to kill herself that night, and wanted to look nice at her funeral. But because of his kindness, something shifted enough in her to drive herself to the hospital that night instead. As Alexandra so eloquently wrote about this,
Your words, your actions, your art projects, your efforts, every small, tender, beautiful thing that you put forth into the world matters so much. So much more than you may realize. Every single day, as you go about your work, you have no idea whose life you could be impacting for the better — often, in ways you can't even imagine.
I know compliments can get a bad rap — we shouldn't need external validation, blahblahblah. But I believe that, especially between strangers, a simple compliment is like a hug, a wink at our common humanity and our desire to connect despite the many forces pulling us in opposing directions in today's world.
Perhaps I'll try to send this to Boston Logan TSA to see if they can get it to that young man. I want him—and everyone like him who offers kindness, simple compassionate words and gestures to strangers— to know how noticed and appreciated their efforts are.


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What are the available kinds of garage door construction?
Garage doors are constructed in several ways. The least expensive and simplest type of construction includes a panel of steel or just a single sheet that makes the door. Steel doors also vary in thickness. It ranges from 20 to 27 gauge.
How are the pre-finished doors cleaned?
Remove any mildew, chalk, or dirt by using a mild detergent mixed with warm water. After this, rinse and let it dry completely. You can also apply car wax if preferred. Never use a pressure washer in cleaning your doors.
How is the wood garage doors cleaned?
Schedule a yearly cleaning of your wooden garage doors in order to prevent or just prolong its wear and tear. Same as the pre-finished doors, clean it with a mild detergent mixed with warm water and remove any mildew, chalk, or dirt.
How often should I acquire service assistance?
You can schedule an annual service on your garage door in order to ensure that it is working properly. However, if your doors are undergoing a lot of noises, you probably need to inquire service assistance everytime it gives this initial warning.
Can I paint my pre-finished garage doors?
Yes, you can. However, before painting it with the desired color, see to it that you performed a good cleaning process on the doors. Make sure to remove every dust particles off them. Also, you need to remove the surface wax to prevent the flaking and peeling of your paint.
How do I know that the garage door springs are properly balanced?
Just disengage the operator and open the door halfway. Although you may experience a slight drifting, the doors are properly aligned if it falls properly. If it opens and drops on its own, the springs should be realigned by garage door professionals.
How can I open the doors by hand?
Just pull down the release cord in order to open your garage doors. Keep in mind that you should always take caution when opening it, especially when the doors are not fully closed since it would tend to slam down when the release cord is pulled.
Can I replace only one section of the door?
Yes. However, it would still depend on the type of door and damage you have. There are garage doors that do not allow partial replacement, especially when there is a major damage to the doors. You can contact your garage door service provider to provide you with details of the replacement.
Can I repair the garage door springs on my own?
Yes, but only when you have minor spring problems. If you seem to have a major problem, never attempt to repair or replace the springs. Garage door torsion springs can easily break during the repair process, especially when rusted and broken.
Why is my opener transmitter not working?
Check your push button or wall console if it is set on 'Lock' mode. If yes, just simply hold the button to change the setting. If the problem still persists, try checking the battery. Replace it when needed. Keep in mind not to change the coding switches when you are replacing the battery.


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Waitangi Day.
'A day of hostility'.
'A day of conflict'.
…And a day where a 'few grumpy Māori ruin it for the rest of us'.
For the New Zealand media, these ways of emoting around the day are business as usual. You know how it goes: How will the day be ruined this year? Will the prime minister be allowed to attend and speak? Why can't it just be a day of celebration? When will they get over it and move on?
With plenty of palpable anti-Māori sentiment available in the public (read: Pākehā) domain, these familiar feelings are effortlessly reproduced in numerous ways, year in year out. In 2017, newly appointed PM Bill English is positioned as actively following suit.
Certainly, the media standard story holds that Waitangi Day is obviously a bad occasion, and we (read: Pākehā) are justifiably sick and tired of it. Indeed, for many it may seem as though these feelings are natural expressions of how most people are affected by Waitangi Day. Our research, however, contends that particular ways of feeling and being are matters of practice.
If we accept that the mainstream media play a key role informing the public in matters of cultural and national significance, then we may also accept that they play a central role in the ongoing formation and maintenance of relations among Māori, Pākehā and others. If so, this is problematic. The mainstream media has long been criticised as a site where Pākehā ways of knowing, seeing and feeling are privileged, whilst Māori perspectives are marginalised. As a result, the ways particular events are framed becomes very one sided – as if the media were viewing the world through a settler/colonial lens.
From this standpoint, the ways some people feel about Waitangi Day are not the result of natural and obvious worldly truths, but are picked up over time from canonical affective patterns modelled through media and other colonial practices. Moreover, when such institutions repeatedly reproduce these very routine ways of feeling about Waitangi Day, then possible alternative ways of feeling are more likely to recede into the background and potentially fade away altogether.
Make no mistake, these mediated emotional practices are highly beneficial for Pākehā. In a colonial context where power and privilege remain with the coloniser, it is advantageous that the range of feelings available for readers to engage with primarily involve simplified decontexualised narratives interwoven with strong emotional stances circulating around Māori as 'the problem'. This allows for Pākehā to avoid having to go through the process of troubling introspection.
In order to foster a more equitable and inclusive bi-culturalism, popular journalism needs to actively deploy a wider range of emotional experiences for readers to grapple with. For example, how might situating protest action within the context of Treaty breaches look like? Would then deeming them 'irrational' remain a viable approach? Perhaps, in this instance, Pākehā anger and frustration might then go on to be constructed as 'absurd'. What about modelling grief as a justified and understandable response to historical trauma? Or how about exploring the emotional processes involved around of Māori and Pākehā working together on related issues?
Certainly, there are many emotional possibilities. Currently, however, the very narrow ways in which feelings are deployed around the day ensures debate is limited, and readers are left uninformed. Productive engagement with bi-culturalism requires a broader and deeper approach to reporting issues Waitangi Day raises. Here, the stage will be set such that we may then be able to begin coming to terms with our conflicting histories, emotions, discourses and identities.
For further reading see Alex's article 'Hostility Won't Deter Me, Says PM': The Print Media, the Production of Affect and Waitangi Day.


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Take up arms against an invading army in this remake of an acclaimed RPG, only on the New Nintendo 3DS™ XL system. Explore vast landscapes and beat down foes in battles that blend real time action with RPG strategy. Exclusive features make the Xenoblade Chronicles™ 3D game the ultimate way to learn the truth behind the mythical sword, the Monado.
Due to the processing power and additional buttons of the New Nintendo 3DS XL, you can experience this epic RPG portably. Command your party or quickly jump between locations by pressing the new ZL & ZR buttons and look all around the game's beautiful environments using the C-Stick. These features perfectly round out an already outstanding adventure comprised of intense combat and intriguing storytelling. British voice actors and gorgeous art direction lend the story an authentic fantasy feel, while the customizable moves of your characters and chainable combos keep you on the edge of your seat.
- Explore the classic Wii™ RPG game Xenoblade Chronicles portably—on the New Nintendo 3DS XL system
- Take on the Mechon army and learn the truth behind the Monado blade
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Since Congress started wrestling with stricter gun control laws early this year, school officials around the country have been on edge about how to handle threats of violence from students. There have been a lot of draconian responses in the last few months. In one case, an eighth-grader in West Virginia was suspended and arrested for refusing to remove an NRA T-shirt. In another, two 6-year-olds in Maryland were suspended for pointing their fingers like guns.
Congressman Steve Stockman, noted AR-15 raffler and Ted Nugent BFF, has written a bill that threatens to defund schools that punish students for "harmless expressions of childhood play," which include drawing pictures of guns, "vocalizing imaginary firearms or munitions" or possessing a toy gun less than two inches long. Also, "brandishing a pastry or other food which is partially consumed in such a way that the remnant resembles a gun" would be OK.
See also: Congressman Steve Stockman's New Slogan: "If Babies Had Guns, They Wouldn't Be Aborted" Steve Stockman, L.A. Filmmaker, Can't Stop Getting Mistaken For Steve Stockman, Crazy Congressman
The pastry reference is a nod to another Maryland boy, 8-year-old Josh Welch, who nibbled a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun and in March and got suspended for it. Welch was apparently trying to make it into a mountain shape, but it's a good early lesson for any artist on what it's like dealing with critics.
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According to the bill these punishments accomplish nothing beyond teaching students to "be afraid of inanimate objects that are shaped like guns." And the broad wording of "pastry or other food" also protects kids who prefer Toaster Strudels, which is refreshing in this era of hardline partisanship.


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I've written recently about how hard it is to discover good podcasts for kids and families, partially pinning the blame on iTunes, whose "Kids & Family" section approaches kids and families as not only the target audience but also the subject area, which leads to including a lot of parenting podcasts in the mix. Stitcher is the same, though at least they're willing to retitle the category a little more accurately as "Parenting, Family, & Kids" (probably in that order).
As a result, I want to try to create a "kids and family"-only chart of top-rated (audio) podcasts. Now, I've done the chart-viewing thing before for kids music myself, and frankly, doing it every week was not only taxing, it didn't produce much useful information. Sort of like watching your 18-month-old: hard to notice change week to week, but easier to do so month to month. I should also note that these charts, particularly the iTunes one, are pretty opaque, and it's not entirely clear what they're measuring. It's sort of like trying to chart the growth of that 18-month-old by looking at their Duplo block constructions. But it's better than nothing, and I'm hopeful that by combining (and equally weighting) the iTunes and Stitcher charts, I'll come up with something moderately useful.
(Other technical matters: results compiled from Top 100 podcasts on iTunes and Stitcher "kids and family" charts as noted above on Friday, April 15, 2016. Podcasts that appear on both charts rank higher than podcasts appearing on only one chart. Your mileage may vary. Charts not valid in New Hampshire and the District of Columbia. Take all of this with the large grain of salt it so richly deserves.)
Here goes...
1. Brains On
2. Storynory
3. (tie) Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
3. (tie) Stories Podcast
5. Story Pirates
6. Story Time
7. The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast
8. Family Folk Tales
9. (tie) Sparkle Stories
9. (tie) Activated Stories
Others (alphabetical): 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales, Barefoot Books Podcast, Biddy the Duck's Bedtime Stories, The Children's Corner, Classics For Kids, The Cramazingly Indcredifun Sugarcrash Kids Podcast, Gather 'Round Kids, Little Stories for Tiny People, The Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl, Spare the Rock Spoil the Child, The Story Home, That Story Show


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'Hair': Theatre Charlotte's freak flag flies
Forget the nudity for a minute. Think of the songs that blanketed the airwaves in the late 1960s: "Easy to Be Hard," "Let the Sunshine In," "The Age of Aquarius," "Good Morning Starshine." Or the ubiquitous title song of "Hair," rendered with shampooed innocence by the Cowsills or assaultive zeal by the original cast of "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical."
Sure, reviews of the 1968 Broadway opening all noted the moment near the end of Act 1 where some cast members doffed their clothes. But that wasn't why "Hair" ran four years on Broadway, sold 3 million copies of its original cast album and opened the door to such rock musicals as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Grease" and "The Rocky Horror Show."
Director Ron Law knows the iconic moment is the first image people get if he mentions Theatre Charlotte's production.
"We were at IKEA Saturday morning for a random act of culture by the Arts & Science Council," he said. "We did flash-mob performances of 'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In' in the mattress section" – very apt for a musical about free love – "the food court and the checkout. A clerk asked where the song was from. We told him, and he said, "Oh yeah, naked hippies.' "
Though the fabled moment will take place, audiences are likelier to be startled by the songs "Colored Spade" – where Hud, a militant African-American, runs through racial epithets about blacks – or "Black Boys"/"White Boys," where singers celebrate the touch and taste of members of racial groups other than their own.
"The show pokes holes through all sorts of stereotypes: gender, racism, sexism," he said. "There's a song about the environment, with all the actors coughing at the end because the air is impure. Have we solved the problem of pollution yet?
"Claude (who doesn't want to go to Vietnam) tells his draft board he's a 'faggot,' because that's the worst thing you can be called in this setting. That's still an issue."
Law had to explain to his cast, all of whom were born after the original show closed, how a draft board worked. (Some had seen the 2009 Broadway version, which won a Tony for best musical revival.) He was uniquely positioned to do so: He entered Kent State University during the Summer of Love in 1967 and left just after the Ohio National Guard killed four students on campus in May 1970, an act often described as the end of the '60s.
"I remember the album being passed around dorm rooms," he said. "When I was a kid, a hit song from a musical was 'I Could Have Danced All Night,' something (older people) listened to. Now the hit songs were rock songs my friends listened to at gatherings."
Though Law calls this "a rock revue," he says the musical has more to it than music. The dialogue refers to Shakespeare and other authors, and the characters all have back stories: Costumer Jamey Varnadore made cast members invent those for themselves before assigning them clothing.
Or a lack of it. There will indeed be a brief, dark moment where the garb comes off, according to the actors' dispositions.
"They're singing about freedom, and the most freeing thing you can do is to take your clothes off," said Law. "There's nothing really sexy about it at all."


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"Zoloft, therapy help anxious children
CHICAGO - A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in the young, the biggest study of its kind found.
Them and their fucking "anxiety" disorders! Makes you wonder how humanity has survived so long, huh?
The research also offers comfort to parents worried about putting their children on powerful drugs - therapy alone did a lot of good, too. Combining the drug sertraline, available as a generic and under the brand name Zoloft, with therapy worked best.
Sertraline is among antidepressants that have been linked with suicidal thoughts and behavior in children with depression. In this study, only a handful of the more than 200 children using it had suicide-related thoughts and there were no suicide attempts, said Dr. John Walkup, lead author of the government-funded research."
They just lost me right there!! I think ONE THOUGHT of suicide from a kid is one TOO MANY!!
This isn't about the health of our kids; this is about DRUG INDUSTRY PROFITS!!!


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In my previous post, part one of building a business, we examined a restaurateur who had visualized a new approach to home delivery. In that example there was scant mention of building a model for profitability prior to implementing that vision. Such an approach was not problematic in the example since we were dealing with an existing business where low risk experiments such as the one described can in fact be used as the basis for building a profitability model. The same can be true of entirely new businesses, provided that the level of investment to perform the first experiment is manageable. In fact, it is generally preferable to test a vision under real-life circumstances in order to ensure that the idea not only resonates but that people are willing to pay an adequate amount for the product or service. Let's use an example of an individual who decides to start an online store for selling sunglasses. This individual has a vision for selling a product that not only blocks harmful UVA and UVB rays, but also believes eye wear should block more light from the top and sides of the frames and designs a product accordingly. Given the ease of offering such products for sale on the Internet, this individual launches an informative website and a supporting store on Amazon along with a blog explaining the virtues of their product. The cost for all of these components is very modest, totaling only several hundred dollars ($300 for our example). The larger investment is in the individual's time as well as in an initial production run of the envisioned sunglasses. Let's say the initial production run for 1,000 pairs of glasses costs $5,000 – $5.00 per pair. If the fledgling business owner subsequently spends $4,000 promoting and eventually selling all 1000 units then the profit is $700 excluding the value of the individuals time. This is a great start, as the initial experiment has demonstrated demand for the product, a willingness of buyers to pay a certain price, and a level of profitability. At this point it is possible to build a model reflecting the experienced costs and revenue expected as selling efforts continued. It may also be beneficial for the seller to experiment with different price points to determine if profit margin is being left on the table.
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Pipe freshly installed and ready to rake and cover
Every homeowner or business wants a green, beautiful lawn. It shows that you take pride in your property and projects a positive image to all who enter it. If you are thinking about installing a lawn sprinkler but concerned about what the construction project might do to your landscape. Rest assured…
The techniques used by RR Irrigation in Middlesex, NJ can install a lawn sprinkler and in less than a week, you won't even know they were there. In fact, a customer of RR irrigation recently hired them to install a lawn sprinkler so that their property would look impeccable for an upcoming family event—their daughter's outdoor wedding. After installation of the lawn sprinkler, the father of the bride drove up the driveway and was expecting a bit of a mess. He was surprised to see the installation technician was there waiting…ready to explain how the system runs.
The process of installation is accomplished by RR's expert technicians by using a special plowing technique that barely disrupts the soil. Then, the soil is raked out and tamped down, reveling a very small slit that is completely covered over in a week or two. The plowing pipe also leaves the soil profile in place by not mixing the deeper sub soil in with the topsoil, something that often happens in open trenching and with a lack of expertise.
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It may not be a surprise am a comic book nerd. Comics are not normally something i talk about on a Mental Health blog, but sometimes i find a beautifully simple message over the often complex and strange story's of comics. Comics are often well aware of the troubles of the world and sometimes you will find story's directly trying to promote Mental Health. For example, Captain America: A little Help, was written to raise suicide awareness. A story where Captain America is unaware he even inspired a boy to seek help and not commit suicide. The story even ends with the Suicide prevention help hotline.
What really made me wish to write this post however was X-Men Legacy's 300 issue. A stand alone story with a powerful message that made me think. The story is about a young woman who wished to join the x-men just because she did not wish to be the oddest one in the room. The girl had no powers however she scared from chemical burns that cover nearly half her face. A victim of bullying, chemicals thrown on her burning her and scaring her for life, her attacker only got six months in jail before being let out and back on the football team. In comic book style she is trapped in the mansions defense systems treating her as an intruder. The only one that can help her is a mutant named ForgetMeNot. A mutant no one ever know existed, because his powers will erase his existence from any memory, electrical or biological, the movement they take there eyes off him.
So we have a young girl who only wants to blend in, and not be the one stared at, and a man who only ever wanted to be remembered and noticed. While i wont go over the whole story, ForgetMeNot shares a bit of the life he lived and the simple truths hes learned over the time. He takes her place in the mansions trap, sharing with her very beautiful words.
"You're ready. That's what matters. Ready to go be you, and not give a damn about who stares or doesn't."
"The way the world sees you isn't nearly as important as the way you see it. And the things you do to make it better. Big or small, kid, it all adds up. A Legacy's worth more then the person who leaves it. You're Beautiful. Go do something Incredible." -ForgetMeNot
In the end she walks away, forgetting it all even happened the moment she takes her eyes off him. However she may not remember him, she does not forget his lesson, she does not remember who taught her but she did not forget.


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Playing off the movie "The Artist," which won Best Picture at The Oscars Sunday, Raising Red Action Fund produced a parody trailer for "The Con Artist," a movie starring President Barack Obama and nominated for "Worst Picture." The Daily Caller
While watching this video the black & white production, visual effects, fill footage, music, and title cards reminded me of another era in history. The appearance of the Hindenberg aflame only enhanced the feel of the era -- that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Careful consideration led me to the conclusion that Barack Obama is, indeed, the heir to FDR.
As the video points out, Barack Obama's campaign website proudly proclaimed in 2008, "I will restore fiscal discipline" to Washington. In April 2008, he announced "I will reduce the price of oil." In February 2009, he claimed "I will cut the deficit by half."
Since his election, gas prices have skyrocketed, from a $2.07 nationwide average in November 2008 to $3.70 a gallon today. The national debt has exploded, reaching $15 trillion from $10.6 trillion in January 2009. And millions of Americans are suffering, not just from broken hearts, but from his broken promises.
Yet as Jack Cafferty is quoted, "Obama hasn't even made a token effort to keep his campaign promises."
The resemblance to Franklin Delano Roosevelt is uncanny. As we discussed in The Great Depression of 1920, economist Marriner Eccles had this to say about FDR's first election campaign. 1
"given later developments, the campaign speeches often read like a giant misprint, in which Roosevelt and Hoover speak each other's lines. Roosevelt denounced Hoover's failures to restore prosperity or even halt the downward slide, and he ridiculed Hoover's huge deficits. Roosevelt campaigned on the Democratic platform advocating "immediate and drastic reductions of all public expenditures," "abolishing useless commissions and offices, consolidating departments and bureaus, and eliminating extravagances" and for a "sound currency to be maintained at all hazards."Campaigning on fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction, then throwing both out the window once he assumed office? That's pretty conclusive evidence that Barack Obama is FDR's political heir.
...and that's all I have to say about that.
1 It's worthy of note that this was not some sour grapes analysis of the Roosevelt campaign by his political opponents. Marriner Eccles was Chairman of the Federal Reserve under President Roosevelt, an architect of the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and a Bretton Woods negotiator involved in the creation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.


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Do you work best with the pressure of the last minute riding your back? Does the stress of an assignment's due date haunt you, but you somehow still always choose a nap over work? Are you more likely to clean your entire room than start that assignment that's due tomorrow?
Yep, we know that feeling all too well. Sometimes, we're feeling really crazy and even promise ourselves that we're finally going to break our bad procrastination habits and commit to a productive semester. But, you know what? Life gets busy and we always end up falling back into old routines.
So, what's a student to do? You may think you hold the title as The World's Most Dedicated Procrastinator, but there are things even you can do to get your work done in a timely manner. Yes, you! So why don't you read through this guide, give these tips a try, and see if you find your long-awaited cure!
1. Head to the library RIGHT from class.
So, you know how at the start of your day you tell yourself you're going to designate 'x' amount of time for studying, but then after class you head back to your dorm and just find a million other things you would rather do? Even though you know how important school is, it's really hard convincing yourself that studying should have priority once you have so many more tempting options in front of you. The best way to get past that obstacle? Avoid it altogether!
After class, head right to the campus library. The trick is to go there right away as if it's part of your schedule instead of swinging by your dorm first. Let's be honest, once you get back to your place, all the excuses start rolling in:
I'm already home – I don't feel like going back out to the library again. My bed is so comfortable – I can maybe take a 10 minute nap before I start my work. I was just in class all day – I can at least watch a half hour of TV before I start my work.
So while your mind is still in learning-mode from class, make a detour toward the library where you'll experience less distraction and it'll be more difficult to form excuses.
2. Write to-do lists.
As simple and silly as a to-do list may sound, there's a reason why so many people swear by them. This isn't necessarily even about remembering what you have to do. It's more of a visual representation of what you are or aren't accomplishing.
Make a large to-do list and place it in a highly visible location that you'll see every single day. Right by your beside is the perfect spot for dorm rooms. When you procrastinate, you'll be reminded of your incomplete assignments every night before bed and every morning after you wake. Trust us, it's not fun trying to fall asleep after seeing the same assignment on your list constantly nagging at you every day, especially when the due date is soon approaching! You'll sleep much better at night when the last thing you see before bed is a list of completed tasks all crossed off.
3. Prepare your study area.
When you find yourself making little excuses to procrastinate, what do those excuses involve? Some of the most common excuses include things like being too hungry, not having enough energy, or getting distracted by social media and other sites. Beat yourself to these excuses by preparing your work area ahead of time. How should you do this?
For starters, prepare a snack and grab a cup of your go-to caffeine fix. Your snack should be something big enough to keep you satisfied while you study, but something mess-free and small enough to pick at while working. If you focus better with music, grab your headphones and set up your playlist. Distracted by social media? Try using an app that temporarily blocks your favorite pages. Strict Workflow for Google Chrome is a popular app that enforces a repeated 25 minute work period with a 5 minute break.
What else typically distracts you while you work? Identify which of those things you can prepare for ahead of time, then get to work!
4. Reward yourself.
We're not kidding when we say defeating procrastination is a hard task. You deserve a reward if you're able to conquer it once and for all!
Come up with a reward system that works best for you. It can be anything from rewarding in intervals (i.e. 30 minutes of studying = 10 minutes on Twitter) to one big reward (i.e. If I finish the assignment by Wednesday, I get to buy that new pair of shoes I wanted).
I mean, a little incentive never hurt anybody!
Were any of these tips helpful for you? Share your feedback, tips and questions below in the comments or on Twitter!


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- Storage virtualization will take center stage. Vendors will need to work together, and there will be efforts to develop standards to avoid a "virtual-chaos."
- In IP Storage, iSCSI will lead the pack in acceptance. There will be growing pains for iSCSI due to interoperability issues and complexity of security technologies. However, iSCSI will continue to grow on a steady pace due its strong fundamentals, i.e. moving storage traffic over IP networks.
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should our story end
with this aftermath music,
my broken french?
heal her,
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i want to be brave,
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the courage we need,
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and no more will i count the dead,
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i want to be brave,
i don't think i'll love again....
the dark is so deep,
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safe yet?
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At age 85, this legendary rock climber still pushes the edge of adventure
On the edge of a cliff across from the world's most recognizable chunk of granite, a crowd gathers around 85-year-old George Whitmore.
Word has spread among tourists at Yosemite National Park that this slender, bearded man in the wide-brimmed straw hat was part of the most famous rock climb in history: the first ascent of El Capitan, rising more than 3,000 majestic feet above Yosemite Valley. Whitmore, Warren Harding and Wayne Merry reached its summit as the sun rose on Nov. 12, 1958 – more than a decade before mankind reached the moon.
The difficult and enormous climb, blazed in the early days of rock climbing, is the stuff of legend. For more than half a century, the Nose route they pioneered has served as a mecca for the best climbers from around the world.
One of those climbers, Hans Florine, describes the 1958 ascent as having been "like a journey to the center of the Earth."
"They didn't know whether to bring three jugs of red wine or 100," Florine says. "It was 100 times the adventure than when we go to do it."
As Whitmore fields questions about the climb from Taft Point, a group of couples from Florida stand in awe.
"The only mountain we climbed was a sand dune," says one of the men, "and it was pretty easy."
When they realize Whitmore is 85, the awe mixes with concern. The only thing keeping us from certain death at Taft Point is a metal railing Whitmore leans over.
"You're not really there until you lean over the railing," Whitmore says with a sly smile. "That makes it official."
The Florida couples eventually head back, but not without giving a word of caution.
"Take care of yourself," says the sand-dune climber, "and stay off them big mountains."
"That's how you take care of yourself!" Whitmore exclaims. "That's the best way."
At 85 he's lost none of his boldness.
His spirit – the heart of this tale – also made him an influential conservationist who led the charge in protecting huge swaths of the Sierra Nevada, his greatest legacy, but more on that later.
Another group of admirers stop Whitmore down the trail. He's quick-witted and -footed, hopping happily across creeks and fallen logs.
"You inspire me," says one woman. "I will think of you while I struggle for air."
"Keep at it. Do it," Whitmore replies. "I struggle for air, too. Keep struggling. Stop saying 'no.' Say 'yes.' "
Choosing challenge
I said yes and no to Whitmore, who lives in Fresno, earlier this year after he shared this proposal, which roughly sums up all his favorite kinds of journeys: Let's go off trail in Yosemite up a steep mountainside strewn with loose rocks and across an exposed ledge with a vertical drop-off, then up a narrow gully and across another ledge to reach the summit of Grizzly Peak! (To be fair, he sold it a bit better than that.)
I was, naturally, all in at first – and then I wasn't. There wasn't a fear of getting hurt or lost, just my conscience constantly reminding me that Whitmore is 85. Eighty-five! What if, despite his enduring strength and stamina, he lost his balance and fell? I would have no part in the death of a national treasure.
He asked me to join him after he read a column I wrote about hiking with Rangasamy "Sekaran" Gnanasekaran of Fresno, who regularly does 40-plus-mile day hikes. Whitmore imagined he finally found someone as fearless as himself to scale Grizzly Peak with him.
He isn't looking for help, just someone to share the way with. Grizzly Peak is dear to him and he wants to pass it on. He first found his route up the mountain, named after his favorite creature, as a young man. On a more personal level, he wants to know if he can do it again. It's been decades since he made the trek.
He's spent his life pushing the limits of possible, skirting a moving line that separates pioneering from recklessness. He's always trying to exist in this place.
But how do you find it? And how do you make sure you aren't pushing it too far?
With a smile, Whitmore says simply: "You wing it."
He loves all kinds of challenges. He recently sent me a text while plumbing a sink at a rental property he owns. I tell him he shouldn't have to fix sinks at his age, and he assures me that "fixing sinks keeps me young, trying to figure out solutions to problems."
Still, his problems of choice continue to be mountains – big ones.
Why choose extreme mountain climbing over some safer endeavor?
"I didn't have Albert Einstein's brain," Whitmore says with a laugh. "I couldn't invent a new system of mathematics. He did what he was good at and I did what I was good at. I think that's what people tend to do. They tend to enjoy the things they are good at."
Whitmore may not have Einstein's brain, but his is still a sharp and ingenious one.
He was working as a Fresno pharmacist during the El Cap climb, and he and a friend designed, new larger pitons – anchor points that climbers clip ropes into for protection in the event of a fall – that Whitmore manufactured to help the team move past troubling offwidth cracks, which are too large to jam a fist into and too small to fit inside.
Whitmore prefers mountains he can scale alone, if need be, with little or no gear, but it would be his adventure tied to a rope on the vertical face of El Cap that would cement his place in the history books.
The climber
He first saw rock climbers – a rowdy bunch leaping over a pile of burning tires for fun – as a UC San Francisco pharmacy student on a Sierra Club outing in Pinnacles National Park (then Pinnacles National Monument). He was intrigued by how these people didn't seem to "fit the mold."
As fate would have it, he soon moved into a house with a couple of climbers and through them started exploring the vertical world in 1953. His training, in reality, started in childhood, hanging from ropes rigged in his garage for fun. He had better balance and coordination than other kids, although he was perceived as a "physical weakling." His junior high school coach lamented that he didn't have any muscles, and his dad didn't take him on his fishing and camping trips.
Despite all that, Whitmore would eventually find himself on the most famous rock-climbing team ever.
Its leader was Harding, who Whitmore first met after the guy strolled into Yosemite's Camp 4 with a young woman. Whitmore and his buddies eyed her "greasy friend" with an "unsavory appearance" suspiciously, but their view changed once they realized he could climb.
"We hit it off because he was not into rules, either, and was basically a rebel and someone who believed in doing things his way," Whitmore says.
Whitmore also believes in selflessness.
"I've gone down in the books as having been the Sherpa who hauled loads while the heroes did the climbing," he says with a laugh, "but actually I was on the climbing rope part of the time pushing the high point, and in fact, I would have been up there pushing the high point more except Wayne couldn't handle the hauling."
Harding and Merry climbed new sections while Whitmore and Richard Calderwood of Sanger – who turned back shortly before they reached the summit – focused on hauling supplies up and down the ropes.
"I think of him as being more on the quiet, thoughtful side," Calderwood says of Whitmore, "more contemplative."
Whitmore joined the climb in September 1958 after others had dropped out. He was previously an aeromedical evacuation officer in the Air Force, and then off on a climbing trip in the Andes of Peru.
Since Harding launched the expedition on Independence Day 1957, progress had been steady but slow. The men juggled climbing with work and school in an era before professional climbing and had to work around an edict forbidding climbing from Memorial Day to Labor Day in Yosemite after rangers claimed their climbing was causing traffic jams due to all the fascinated tourists. Time was also lost going up and down ropes to and from sections of the rock they hadn't climbed yet until the team resolved in November of 1958 that all this had drug on long enough. As Harding put it, they would stay on the wall "until we finish it, or it finishes us."
The final epic all-night push to the summit to ensure storms didn't turn them back was made possible after Whitmore brought up a fresh supply of anchoring bolts.
The first ascent of El Cap inspired climbers everywhere to rethink climbs they previously imagined to be impossible and paved the way for other amazing feats on the gigantic granite monolith, such as last year's grueling Dawn Wall climb, which attracted international attention, and a record-breaking speed climb of the Nose route, completed in a staggering 2 hours, 23 minutes and 46 seconds by Florine and Alex Honnold in 2012.
Whitmore's adventures continue to astound, such as when he scaled Cathedral Peak 10 years ago with his friend Bridget Kerr.
"We had people stopping us there and asking, 'Oh my God, are you John Muir!?' " she recalls. "We got a real laugh out of that. He's old, but not that old."
The conservationist
Whitmore's expeditions help him champion wilderness.
He has served in a number of leadership positions for the Sierra Club's Tehipite Chapter in Fresno, including chairman, and led local lobbying for the California Wilderness Act of 1984. The massive expanse protected as a result of the act includes the Ansel Adams, Dinkey Lakes and Monarch wildernesses, along with major additions to the John Muir Wilderness. The protections also prevented a proposed highway over Minaret Summit. In the 1970s, he was heavily involved in the creation of the Kaiser Wilderness and Mineral King.
Former U.S. Rep. Richard Lehman of Fresno says Whitmore knows the Sierra "better than anybody" and is a "go-to person" for information about the mountain range.
"There's really two kinds of environmentalists or conservationists," Lehman says. "There are those that are intellectual about it … and then there are people that actually go out and experience it and know the land. That's George."
Whitmore's extensive Sierra knowledge also helped him woo his wife, Nancy, after they met during a Sierra Club trip he was leading in the mid-1970s.
"I was really impressed with his mind, when someone has great intelligence – and he was obviously not going to be a 300-pounder," Nancy adds with a laugh.
Whitmore continues to review environmental documents and park plans thoroughly, and is a regular at meetings organized to gather public comments.
"He's not afraid to dig in and keep asking questions," Kerr says, "even if it makes whoever is putting the plan together uncomfortable. … He definitely helped the park (Yosemite) improve their plans through his astuteness with details."
And he does it with a smile.
"George, he's not a combative person at all," Kerr says. "He's very calm and polite, but he just sticks with something if he believes in it."
His never-ending adventures are part of his commitment to protecting wild places.
"You want people doing these things," Whitmore says, "because otherwise, eventually, it'll be lost to somebody who wants to use it for something else."
On top of the world
The size of his favorite adventures have changed over the years, but not the scope of every challenge.
A handful of years ago, Whitmore dug up a boulder to help return a stream to a cabin he built in the remote wilderness of British Columbia, an accomplishment that made him feel as victorious as when he reached the top of El Cap at age 27. He emailed a photo of himself standing on the rock with a great caption: "Feeling on top of the world, triumphant, happy because I have achieved the impossible."
I love it just as much as a Fresno Bee photo of Whitmore, Harding and Merry rejoicing on top of El Cap in 1958 – a favorite image that I pinned to the door of my room when I was in college.
It's hard to say what exactly I see in the triumphant trio, but it's some swirl of joy, strength, adventure, rebelliousness, camaraderie and freedom – above all, freedom, of the most exuberant kind. I tip my hat to this freedom and "my boys" every time I see the image.
Whitmore says he wants to die "with his boots on" – a sentiment that worried me at first when I contemplated his Grizzly Peak proposal – but I know now that he has no death wish. There are too many mountains he still wants to climb.
At Taft Point, we sit on a boulder together as we eat lunch and bask in the beauty.
Whitmore talks about an obituary for a decorated British pilot who flew scores of military missions during World War II, and how the man said he loved flying so much that he felt he and the airplane became one.
"He was truly free because he went beyond the fear of death."
Across Yosemite Valley, El Capitan is aglow in sunshine. Whitmore looks totally at peace as he tells me that he's always been known for late returns.
Carmen George: 559-441-6386, @CarmenGeorge


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In 2009, Sylvanie Williams Elementary was a failing school. In the four years the school has been under the leadership of New Orleans College Prep (NOCP) and Principal Heidi Campbell Melancon, the school has jumped two letter grades, including two consecutive years designated as a Top Gains School.
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An active leader in the school and community, Mr. Kleban serves on numerous tasks forces and committees and is a regular fixture at Orleans Parish School Board and state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meetings. His leadership in the legislature and schools is matched only by NOCP's demonstrated commitment to community, said Ms. Roemer Shirley.
As part of NOCP's dedication to engage and give back to the neighborhood, NOCP launched an innovative partnership four years ago with Liberty's Kitchen, a local non-profit organization that works to transform the lives of at-risk youth in a culinary setting. NOCP and Liberty's Kitchen worked together to launch a school food service program that serves healthy, fresh meals to NOCP students every day. The program has dramatically improved our students' health and well-being.
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