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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On today's Sunrise Open House, a look at condos available on Hawaii Kai Drive. We found 8 actively listed for sale -1, 2, and 3 bedrooms.
Let's start with a 1 bedroom in Heritage House priced at $418,800. The listing remarks say it is the lowest priced 1 bedroom in Hawaii Kai. It has 1 bath and 706 square feet of living space along with a lanai. Maintenance fees are $435 a month. On the 5th floor, it has a garden and tree top views and a peek-a-boo view of the ocean and marina. Heritage House 1 bedroom for $418,800.
Now we visit the Mauna Luan for a listing with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 parking spots with more than 1300 square feet of living area. This condo has a new kitchen and bathrooms with granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, and travertine flooring. Maintenance fees are $778 per month. A Mauna Luan 2 bedroom listed for $609,000.
We could only find one 3 bedroom listed for sale on Hawaii Kai Drive and there are no pictures of the unit. It has 2 and a half baths, 2 parking, and storage. It's a townhouse in Plaza Hawaii Kai with more than 1500 square feet of living space and a lanai with more than 800 square feet. Maintenance fees are $1,060 a month. This 3 bedroom is offered at $620,000.
If you are dreaming of a new home, get out to an open house this weekend.
For more information, visit http://www.hicentral.com/openhouses.php
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Overnight Apple has given the iPad Mini a major update, the first in more than three years. Giving the ultra-compact iPad a big boost in performance and graphics, and a new Retina Display. But perhaps the biggest new addition – Support for Apple Pencil. Available for purchase in Australia at a starting price of A$599.
New iPad Mini
From the outside not much has changed over previous models, if anything at all. The 5th-generation iPad Mini remains the most compact, lightest, and portable iPad available. It still has its thin aluminium design with Touch ID, cameras front and back, and all-day battery life. However, it is what's inside that has changed dramatically.
Firstly, it now has the A12 Bionic chip, a significant step forward over the previous model. Providing 3x faster performance and a huge 9x better graphic. Important numbers for running the many Apps which are available on the App Store. Including Microsoft Office, Procreate, and later in the year – Adobe Photoshop for iPad.
Secondly, the Retina Display has been improved. While it still has a 7.9-inch display it now includes True Tone. A feature which allows the display to automatically adjust the cool/warm spectrum depending on the environment you're in. In addition, the wide colour is 25% brighter.
But the biggest change is support for Apple Pencil. For the first time, the Apple-designed Apple Pencil, a tool that was once exclusive to the iPad Pro range is compatible. The Apple Pencil is an optional accessory that allows you to do more creative and productive tasks on the iPad. Because it gives you more control and accuracy over your finger. For example, annotating in Microsoft Word, drawing in Procreate, or writing notes in the Notes app.
In Australia, the new iPad Mini is priced from A$599 with Wi-Fi. While Wi-Fi + Cellular models start from A$799. All models are available in three colours including Silver, Space Grey, and Gold. And two storage sizes, 64GB and 256GB.
All models can be purchased from Apple's online store starting today. With models due to arrive in stores next week. All purchases made from their online store include free fast shipping and 14-day free returns. Apple is also offering special pricing to University students and teachers with their Educational Pricing Offer.

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Cats get all the credit for rodent control in the barn, but when are goats going to get a little credit?
During a visit to trainer Kelly Rubley's Fair Hill barn this summer, I realized mouse prevention is a team effort. Yes, Pudgy the cat (a friendly fellow with a star-quality gray coat who comes bounding across roads and fields when his name is called) does his part. Much to his human's horror, he enjoys bringing bits of half-eaten mice or mouse innards into Rubley's office in the mornings. Horrifying, yes, but it's certainly evidence of his work ethic. That's part of why Rubley installed speed bumps on the dirt road in front of her barn, where Pudgy likes to wander over to the woods that surround the Fair Hill Training Center – the barn protectors need protecting, too.
But many people don't give the goats their due. In one corner of the barn is a miniature stall, complete with a window and open-front door, for Percy and Poncho. The half-brothers are Nubians, with distinctive Roman noses and floppy, freckled ears.
"He's supposed to be a mini," Rubley said, scratching Percy's back. "But um, something went wrong."
Rubley bought the pair a year ago, took them home in her car and raised them on bottles hoping they would be companions for a couple of stall-walking Thoroughbreds she had at the time.
"They don't like to be separated, so I've kind of now got two goat pets," she said. "I don't think a horse would want two."
After morning training, Percy and Poncho have the run of the barn. (They used to be allowed out all day, but took to leaving unwelcome gifts next to the grooms' brushes, so now they stay in until all equipment is put away.) One of Rubley's trainees, a mare named Indian Paint, prefers to eat her breakfast on the ground, and the goat brothers are all too happy to make sure not a grain is left behind for a roving mouse.
"They love her," Rubley laughed. "We have to put in another scoop for her after they're done, but that's ok."
Rubley's horses enjoy the luxuries of Fair Hill – grass gallops, plenty of space for hand-grazing and paddocks for daily turnout. She tried to give Percy and Poncho the same high-class treatment, but they were not interested.
"I put them in the paddocks and they just let themselves out. Before I get back in the barn they're out again," she said. "Wouldn't they enjoy turnout? But no, they stand there and scream. I'd put them out with my pony and he'd get so mad because they wouldn't shut up. He runs at them, and they shut up for about five minutes, and they have to do it all over again."
Instead, Percy and Poncho get their free ranging inside the barn, which they seem to prefer. As goats are wont to do, they will go for sudden, bouncing sprints around the aisles and were delighted to discover the hay Rubley has stored in the back barn. They've developed a game out of climbing the hay stack and leaping down, which has proven a desensitizing exercise for the horses stalled nearby.
Don't worry – they're just checking the stack for mice.
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This paper examines aspects of the policy environment and market characteristics of Mexico's pharmaceutical sector, and assesses the degree to which Mexico has achieved certain policy goals. This paper questions the effectiveness of the maximum price regulation. It notes that retail prices for pharmaceuticals are relatively high, although proximity to the United States may have some influence. Although not wholly successful in containing overall drug expenditures, the federal government can claim some measure of success for the public sector market. A high reliance on out-of-pocket spending brings into question the sustainability of financing pharmaceuticals in Mexico. It also contributes to greater inequality, although a new health insurance scheme, the Seguro Popular, is addressing the latter with some success as it endeavours to provide coverage for the half of Mexico's population without health insurance. Finally, the paper acknowledges the government.s efforts in improving efficiency of expenditures and quality of care through new bioequivalency requirements for generics. However, an unintended side-effect of the loss of low cost, non-bioequivalent drugs may be higher average prices for pharmaceuticals.


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Neurology and psychiatry are related in more than one methods. Your child's physician or mental health supplier may advocate that your baby take certain medicines — akin to stimulants, antidepressants, anti-anxiousness medicines, antipsychotics or mood stabilizers — to deal with his or her mental well being situation.
Although the whole prevalence of mental well being and substance use problems does not show a direct relationship to suicide charges (as shown within the chart above), there are notable hyperlinks between particular varieties of psychological well being issues and suicide.
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A blogger I read found herself wondering why she is knitting herself mittens since she hates mittens and lives in the southern US. I understand the question was rhetorical. I don't understand questioning knitting motives. Even so, I was grateful to spend a moment thinking about why I knit.
Knitting transports us to a place where errors can be fixed and will never show, to places where effort yields beauty, where "when I'm finished with my row" is a reasonable measure of time. I love that place. That's enough for me.
I've been having some serious stress in my life lately, and knitting is a refuge. Every knitting project makes me a better knitter, and eats away at myriad life stressors. I think I would knit picture frame cozies (or doggie chew toys) if those were the only knitting option left to me.
I have no babies, but make occassional baby things. Not even as gifts. I've made a couple and later sold them at the LYS just because I had the urge to make baby things. I've made useless (but adorable) miniatures, single mittens while writing patterns, and sweaters for decidedly unchilly stuffed animals (not for kids, my own).
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Keystone Symposia, Berlin – October 17-20
October 1, 2018
CDD will attend Keystone Symposia's 21st-Century Drug Discovery and Development for Global Health (S3)
Don't miss the presentation by CDD power user Elizabeth Winzeler on the second day of the symposium:
10:10—12:00, Thursday October 18th
Elizabeth A. Winzeler, University of California, San Diego
Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Discovery of Chemoprotective Drugs and Targets for Malaria
Mariana Vaschetto and Renate Baker will be delegates to this event in Berlin. The conference is part of the Keystone Symposia Global Health Series, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Contact us here if you would like to schedule a meeting with Mariana or Renate to discuss your informatics platform, [email protected]
Date: October 17th-20th, 2018
Location: Hotel Palace Berlin | Berlin, Germany
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A breathtaking long winding drive with 1.64 acres of manicured grounds andsurrounded by granite countertops. Adjacent reveals a private open breakfast room highlighting an extensive built-in window seat that leads to a quaint screened porch. With scenic backyard views the lavish first floor master suite is an exclusive retreat with separate walk-in closets, whirlpool pedestal tub, and a steam shower. Upstairs you will find a spacious family living area, media room, separate home office, and 3 additional bedrooms. Step outside to a heated pool surrounded by an oasis of plush landscaping, formal circular gardens, and breathtaking views of the Nicklaus Marsh Course and Howe Creek. This elegant home will be appreciated by anyone seeking the ultimate package in classic detail and refined living.
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After all this snow and cold weather, you may be turning your sights toward spring. Our team here at Lawn Plus LLC doesn't blame you. These Ohio winters can often seem to last forever. If you're like us, you're already dreaming about green grass, the warm sun shining through open windows, and leaving those bulky coats behind.
As you begin to think spring, our team encourages you to consider your residential lawn care. Do you have a plan for the coming year? Do you know how to best care for grasses that are regional to the Dayton, OH, area? Was taking care of your lawn just too much work last year? You have much to consider, so as you think it through, be sure also to contemplate a lawn-care contract from Lawn Plus. Here's what a contract can do for you.
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Kingy and Drisky talk about the Amiga's attempt to release a console with the CD32. It may have been a short lived system, but it had a great line up of games for the system. So come and listen as we take you through the best games for the system with our A to Z. So give the system a try and reach out to us on Facebook or Twitter (@RgdsPocast).
Show Notes: Drakan (PC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKYuc1_SAqc Files to update game :http://www.drakan.eu Virtual Boy Emulator for Oculus Rify - VBJin (VR) https://github.com/braindx/vbjin-ovr
Retro Game Challenge - DS https://youtu.be/8N_WzbvLakg Retro Game Challenge 2 - Fan Translation https://nicoblog.org/nds-roms/center-cx-2-english/
CD32 Advert Games Covered: Alien Breed Tower - Assault Big 6 Chaos Engine D/Gen Emerald Mine Fire and Ice Guardian Hero Quest 2 IK+ James Pond 2 : Robocod Kid Chaos Lotus Trilogy Myth (Retro Gamer Issue 120 making of) Naughty Ones Out to Lunch (inc Picture) Project X Quik The Thunder Rabbit Road Kill Simon The Sorceror Trolls Ultimate Body Blows Virtual Light Worms Zool 2 Honourable mentions: Arabian Night Banshee International Sensible Soccer Morph Lamborghini American Challenge
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What is it?
The long-awaited diesel version of Subaru's soft-roader, set to dramatically broaden its appeal.
Until now, the Forester's considerable charms have always been tempered by its petrol-only choice of powerplants, but the arrival of Subaru's flat-four turbodiesel should dramatically improve its appeal.
Despite using the same powerplant as the diesel Legacy, the diesel Forester is rated at 147bhp, 3bhp less than its bigger sister.
Apparently – and ironically – the Forester's gaping bonnet scoop doesn't let air flow as freely as the more subtle vent on the Legacy.
Underneath the Forester shares its platform and four-wheel drive system with the Impreza, which means struts at the front and a multi-link for the rear.
What's it like?
Decent to drive, if a bit bland to look at. Critically, the diesel engine brings some much-needed zip to the Forester's mid-range performance – and also adds a pleasing compression-ignition take on the familiar Boxer 'thrum'.


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The occasion is a representative summer event at Everland. This summer, the amusement park has adopted a new version of Splash Parade, where people to splash in the hot summer sun. The evening hours include a fireworks display and a spectacular 3D mapping show. The park has also created a new theme garden, where visitors can engage in a variety of activities in the summer.
[Jack's Splash Parade] Splash Parade, the highlight of this summer's festival, has new characters like Jack the tiger and Donna the desert fox as friends of Lenny and Lara, who are representative characters of Everland. Jack's Splash Parade will entertain visitors with refreshing streams of water shot from six floats and 40 water cannons. Rainwear and water guns are sold at stores on premise.
[Kolleen Park's Jukebox Season 3 & Atlantis Adventure] "Kolleen Park's Jukebox" is a multimedia fireworks show held every summer with music selected and directed by Musical Director Kolleen Park. Last year and the year preceding it, the event was held using musical scores used in films and musicals. The concept of this year's show is dances of the world. A multimedia fireworks show is held with features that include film images, lighting, and fireworks arranged with familiar genres of dance music like tango, twist, and belly dance. Water cannons and searchlights are used for special effects. Visitors can go up the stage and dance with professional dancers during the "dance time" in the middle of the performances.
At the Roman Temple Stage of the Four Seasons Garden, "Atlantis Adventure", which is a large-scale 3D projection mapping show, is held prior to "Kolleen Park's Jukebox". The exquisite projection mapping images made on a Roman Temple that measures 70 meters by 23 meters displays dazzling 3D images of an undersea adventure looking for the imaginary island of Atlantis.
[Ever Blooming Summer, a garden full of summer flowers] This summer, Everland has created four new themed gardens with a wide variety of summer flowers under the concept of Ever Blooming Summer. The themed gardens, including Nymph, Summer Wave, Summer Container, and Proposal, extend from the front entrance to Rose Garden under the theme of love. They display over 35,000 summer flowers of over 100 varieties, including lilies, hydrangeas, and water lilies. There are also places for throwing coins into a well-wishing fountain as well as a photo zone for couples.
One of the major nighttime attractions is "Starlight Nymph's Secret Garden Season 2" in the Rose Garden. This particular attraction was inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The enchanting atmosphere created with the use of many different kinds of lighting and LED decorations received rave reviews last year. This year, the size of the area has expanded two-fold and over 50 love-themed illustrations are displayed in a newly opened outdoor gallery.
*Everland has reset its hours from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm during the Summer Splash Festival. It will remain open between 10:00 am to 11:00 pm during the summer holidays (i.e., mid-July to mid-August).
Event Period: June 19th - August 30th
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Internship and Service Learning Seminar
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This course guides students from a sociological and organizational perspective and helps students in the design, execution and evaluation of their individual field work. Theoretical and methodological discussions complement students' personal service experience in the Chilean cultural context. Special emphasis is placed on the analytical and comparative perspective between the Latin American reality and that of the United States. The objective of the course is to promote student acquisition and strength of professional and social skills through a service project. Through the service projects, students gain knowledge of the national reality of Latin America with a focus on poverty as a social phenomenon.
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
- learn and analyze UNDP's Human Development vision.
- learn and analyze the poverty phenomena in Chile Na Latin America.
- learn and analyze government and private sector responses to poverty issues in Chile.
- describe and analyze the assigned organization.
- design, implement and evaluate a work plan.
- identify new learnings based on the students' field experience.
Theoretical content is be discussed through collective construction of conceptual maps, with guided conversation that focuses on student exchange of knowledge, abilities, experiences, doubts and reflections. Class discussions focus on student reflection of cultural and professional understanding through their placement work. Students submit reports throughout the semester on their field work experience. The internship professor supervisor routinely visits each student's organization and maintains in contact with the respective coordinators throughout the semester.
- Participation - 15%
- Quizzes - 15%
- Written exam - 20%
- Supervisor evaluation - 25%
- Final report on field work - 25%
1. Service Learning and Internship: An intercultural service experience.
1.1 Student expectations.
1.2 What is a service learning project? What is an internship project?
1.3 Tools for field work: observation/reflection on the organization, the job search, and development of a work plan.
1.4 Personal/professional development: Social abilities.
2. Organizational Context
2.1 Definition, types and components of an organization.
2.2 Organizational culture.
2.3 Service Learning organizations: Organizational mission and group objectives.
3. Work Methods According to Target Groups
3.1 Vulnerable groups: Children, young adults, women, handicapped, senior citizens and the indigenous populations.
3.2 Clients: The perspective of consumer rights
4. View of the Social Reality in Chile and Latin America
4.1 Quality of life: Indicators.
4.2 Human development: Dimensions.
4.3 Poverty: A social phenomenon.
5. The Response to Poverty
5.1 Role of the state: Social politics.
5.2 Role of the private sector.
6. Citizenship
6.1 Concept.
6.2 Historical course of citizenship.
6.3 Current situation in Chile.
- Marcel, Mario. "Veinte puntos clave del debate sobre la Pobreza". Mensaje Nº 561, August 2007.
- Olavarra, Mauricio. "Pobreza, Crecimiento Económico y Políticas Sociales". Editorial Universitaria, 2005. Perrone, Reynaldo and Martine Nanninni. "Violencia y abusos sexuales en la familia" Editorial Paidos, 1997.
- Rodriguez, Dario. "Gestión Organizacional. Elementos para su estudio". Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile, 2001.
- Sojo, Carlos. "La noción de ciudadanía en el debate latinoamericano". CEPAL Nº 76, April 2002. Tercer Estudio de Maltrato Infantil, UNICEF, 2006.
- Report on human development, PNUD 2006.
- "Panorama Social en América Latina 2007". CEPAL, 2007.
- Maslow, Abraham. "La personalidad Creadora". Editorial Kairos. Barcelona, 1982. Capítulo 2, "La creatividad".
- Munoz, Monica and Carmen Reyes. "Una mirada al interior de la familia", Universidad Católica, 1997.
- Ocampo, Jose Antonio. "Ciudadanía, igualdad y cohesión social: La ecuación pendiente".CEPAL, 2000.
- Robbins, Stephen. "Comportamiento Organizacional". Prentice Hall, México, 1999


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Neatly partitioned meats and cheeses appeal to me on an aesthetic level.
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this video is entitled "your family is asleep and you're playing minecraft on a cool 2012 summer night" and that's exactly what it sounds like.
i can't go back to that time even if i wanted to, but i can still remember it. and it's a nice thing to remember.
mood, -?
current mood: wistful and nostalgic, almost to the point of tears, remembering the good times i had playing minecraft in 2011 or whenever the fuck it was
don't know what it is. i thought i'd give the soundtrack a listen and it transported me back.
i don't want to go back to then. i absolutely don't... but i wish it was easier to recapture that feeling of discovery and joy that i felt back then. staying up all night and exploring that digital world..it was nice. it felt pure. and real.
whats up i have a new project!!
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is a youtube tv website that only cues videos that never had their filenames changed out of the camera
they've got a vibe and i love watching them, maybe you will too:
(also great for obliterating youtube's watch data profile on you)
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Okay, this artist is amazing. Their name is Jerobeam Fenderson, and they make music that, when fed into an oscilloscope, draws its own imagery
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Sunday, January 1, 2017
There was an excellent faux-documentary about a fictional serial killer that came out in 2007 called The Poughkeepsie Tapes. There was a brief segment in that movie where they showed the killer hiding out in a couple's house while they walked around and went about their business, only to kill them later when they least expected it. It was a terrifying scene, and one that seems to have been stretched into a full length movie with Hangman. However, this movie is a found footage movie, and one of the better examples of what the genre is capable of. Definitely one to keep an eye out for.
I've talked about this at length before in several other movie reviews. Found footage is only effective so long as the set up maintains its plausibility throughout the movie. Lots of movies in the genre have main characters holding a camera, and they continue to film for reasons that seem increasingly absurd as the movie goes on. At best, the audience must suspend their disbelief, at worst, it breaks the immersion of the medium. Hangman, however, sets up an eerily plausible concept, as we follow around a serial killer who records his exploits via camcorder and hidden cameras set up in his victims' homes.
The movie opens effectively right into the thick of things as the 'hangman' killer is stalking a victim around in her house. In any other movie, the opening credits would've immediately followed this scene but there simply are none in Hangman. The movie clips along like it's a series of videos in a playlist. No credits, no music, but somehow the movie oozes the eeriest atmosphere. Maybe it's because the entire movie is basically from the killer's point of view. From 'go' we're following him around, seeing what he sees, and in a surreal sense there's the feeling of being complicit in his actions.
I read in a review snippet here, by John Squires that, watching this movie, "you get the sense that you're watching something you should not be-" and he's right. Hangman is an exceptionally uncomfortable movie throughout. While by most it's probably going to be unceremoniously heaped on the direct-to-video pile without so much as a second thought, I'm here to say that if you've got a fondness for this genre, you owe it to yourself to watch Hangman. It's really well made and it gets under the skin with ease. I've said it for years to anyone that would listen, good horror is not defined by how effective your jump scares are. The scariest things are often the threats you can see coming, quietly, slowly, and inevitably.
Hangman is like that, it's quiet, slow, and inevitable but from beginning to end, there's a palpable and ever-present sense of dread. Even when the family that the killer is watching, is just having fun and being a typical family, you're still watching them through the killer's cameras. It's an inescapable unease that pervades every single film. Unfortunately, this gauntlet of sickness and perverse creepiness becomes exhausting as the runtime begins to drag. This would make for an excellent 30 minute short film, but the fact it feels like 2 hours at an anemic 80 minutes is kind of telling.
There's some peripheral inconsistencies but most of the perceived plot holes that the internet has complained about are easily explained away. Overall, the movie is surprisingly solid and well made, delivering in full on it's concept and premise. It made me question why I watched it, as it was more of an exercise in dread and uneasiness than anything resembling entertainment- but I knew what I was getting myself into. I just didn't expect it to be so effective. Kudos to the filmmakers and the cast. Hangman isn't great- but it is really good. A small distinction that is almost irrelevant at this point.
Reviewed by Joseph Sheldahl at 3:20 PM
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PROPOSITION 112 Endorsed by
Endorse the Initiative
Yes! I/we support the Colorado Rising for Health & Safety statewide statutory ballot initiative to establish buffer zones of 2,500 feet between fracking operations and occupied buildings (e.g. homes, schools, hospitals) and areas of special concern (e.g. playgrounds and water sources). Please list me/us as an endorser.
Statements of Support
"Fracking operations are invading urban areas of Colorado. When fracking operations are around our homes, schools, parks, and other vulnerable areas, all of us are in danger of the hazards of these operations. Being a native Coloradan, it is my obligation to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and the environment. I support Colorado Rising and its ballot initiative because we deserve, our children deserve a clean, safe and healthy environment."
– Joe Salazar, State Representative & candidate for Colorado Attorney General
"The Firestone tragedy was the latest incident to prove dangerous oil and gas wells have no business near family's homes and schools. Colorado Rising for Health and Safety is a common sense safeguard that puts protecting people over profit."
– Matt Jones, Colorado State Senator & Candidate for Boulder County Commissioner
"I support this ballot measure because it puts Coloradans' health and safety first. Since the oil and gas industry currently controls important parts of the state government and will do anything to avoid change, it is essential the people of Colorado make their voice heard."
– Mike Foote, Colorado House District 12 Representative
"My Constituents have fought since 2012 to protect our neighborhoods and schools from heavy industrial activities. Since we've made little progress at the Capitol, I hope the People of Colorado can support this Initiative to give every community the peace of mind that health and safety is our first priority."
– Johnathan Singer, Colorado House District 11 Representative
"I heartily endorse Proposition 112, and as a state legislator, I have direct experience with the oil and gas issue. We have a chance this year to get real results with Prop 112. I live in Boulder County and I'm a member of the local Citizens' Climate Lobby, and most of the local residents I speak to have real concerns about the health and safety impacts of fracking near homes or schools. Any notion that this industrial activity trumps peoples' rights to health and safety runs contrary to my values, and we need Prop 112's setbacks to protect Colorado families, including kids, from the impacts."
– Edie Hooton, Colorado House District 10 Representative
"As a local elected official, my top priority is working to protect the health, safety and welfare of my constituents – which is why I am supporting this ballot initiative. The fatal explosion in Firestone was a tragic reminder that oil and gas drilling is a dangerous industrial activity that shouldn't be allowed anywhere near homes and schools. Requiring larger setbacks is a public safety no-brainer. Neighborhoods are for families, not for fracking!"
– Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
"I support this ballot measure because a 2,500 foot setback requirement from occupied structures from oil and gas operations would be a very valuable tool in our tool box as we work to protect the health and safety of our citizens."
– Deb Gardner, Boulder County Commissioner
"Given oil & gas operators are exempt from many federal laws and the COGCC exists only to rubber-stamp their activities, it is the duty of the people to rally in opposition to the onslaught of this industrial activity in our neighborhoods and on the environment. This measure is a meaningful step forward to protect the health and safety of the people of Colorado and the legacy we leave our children."
– Christiaan van Woudenberg, Erie Trustee, Editor-in-Chief, Erie Protectors.
"As City Councilor, middle school principal and mother it is my responsibility to fight for the health and safety of our constituents, my students and my own family. The Safer Setbacks Initiative would be a huge step in the right direction—preventing hazardous fracking near homes and schools and sending a clear message that neighborhoods are NOT the place for industrial operations."
– Chelsea Behanna, Lafayette City Councilor.
"Oil and gas development does not belong in our neighborhoods, period. If the state will not allow us local municipal leaders to protect our communities just as we do with every other industrial activity, we must support initiatives like this ballot measure. We have continually tried to change state law, but with the current influence the oil and gas industry holds over our state legislature and COGCC, all common sense regulations are rejected. 2,500 foot setbacks are a no-brainer and a critical step in fighting back."
– Jamie Harkins, Lafayette City Councilor.
"The Oil and Gas Threat Map produced by Earthworks has defined a threat radius within 1/2 mile of active oil and gas wells, compressors and processors impacting public health. Coloradans who live, play and work within the threat radius have cause for concern including elevated cancer and respiratory health risks. In Colorado there are nearly 250,000 people and 140 daycares and schools within this half mile area. A 2,500 setback is a common sense regulation to better protect those living near this heavy industrial activity."
– Christine Berg, Lafayette City Mayor.
"It's time to put the well-being of the many ahead of profits for the few. Colorado Rising's 2500-foot setback protects children, families and communities from an aggressive extraction industry that shows little interest in the health of our people, land, water or air. I stand with those who have come together to protect us from the hazards of fracking and oil and gas development. And when I got to Washington DC, I'll carry this message to Congress so that our concerns will be heard and acted upon."
– Mark Williams, candidate for Representative, 2nd Congressional District of Colorado
"Public safety and environmental protection should be the first and highest priorities of our government. As a Colorado state legislator, I'll put the needs of our community ahead of special interests."
– Michael Kiley, candidate for Representative, Colorado House District 4
"Our legislature, at its best, is designed to protect kids and families, schools, and neighborhoods. And one of my campaign priorities is to "unstack the deck," meaning that we need to prioritize people over profits. I drive a car, I heat my house. I understand our energy needs. But there is a place for oil and gas development and that's not in our backyards. We place boundaries on all kinds of activities–carrying guns and buying alcohol, for example. This is just another, and one that places a common sense boundary around the places where people need and expect to be safe."
– Amy Beatie, candidate for Representative, Colorado House District 4
"The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has abdicated its duty to protect citizens from the dangerous and toxic process of fracking. With substantial scientific evidence showing human health harm within 2500', this ballot measure is an avenue for us to begin to protect ourselves, while we work to ban fracking altogether."
– Theresa Stets, candidate for representative, Colorado House District 12
"My commitment to protecting the environment and my concern for public health and citizen safety as a licensed Health Care professional make me a proud endorser of Initiative 97."
– Sonya Jaquez Lewis, candidate for representative, Colorado House District 12
"The Colorado Rising setback initiative is a critical measure that will help Colorado change course from its current direction of environmental destruction, the sacrifice of public health, and as a major contributor to global climate change. It is a long overdue measure that will begin to turn the tide and assists all front line communities to preserve some degree of basic protections against oil and gas drilling."
-Cliff Willmeng, Candidate for Boulder County Commissioner
"Conservation is at the heart of the Republican Party and conserving our resources should also be a part of that vision. As the landscape of our oil and gas development changes, and we responsibly evolve with renewable energy, our now dense population should not be subjected to industrialized fracking so close to homes, schools, and water sources."
– Eric Rutherford, candidate for representative, Colorado House District 33
"For the last three years I've actively stood against the Oil Industry's encroachment on our communities, only to witness the stranglehold Big Oil has on our State. Initiative 97 gives the people a tool to protect themselves and their wellbeing against Industry takeover and keeps industrial uses out of our backyards. I fully support Initiative 97."
– Josh Zygielbaum Thornton City Councilman & Candidate for Adams County Clerk and Recorder
"For too long we have seen elected officials put the profits of corporations over the health, safety and regard of regular people. We must stand up for our communities and our planet if we want a future for ourselves and our children. Oil and gas profit from our communities, we must require them to do so safely, which is why I am endorsing the 2500 foot setback. No amount of profit is more important than lives."
– Colleen Zahradnicek Candidate for Denver City Council, District 4
"I support initiative 97 because health. Because kids. Because heavy industrial operations near homes disproportionately affects low income and people of color. Because taking a stand against the most powerful industry in the world. Because change never happens if you don't challenge the status quo."
– Nicole Johnston Aurora City Councilwoman
"I ran for office to protect the health and safety of my community. The current antiquated state laws do not adequately regulate large-scale drilling in densely populated areas. Since the State and the COGCC have prioritized the interests of the oil and gas industry and prevented local control, we the people are exercising our right to protect our families."
– Guyleen Castriotta Broomfield City Councilwoman
"I proudly support fracking setbacks because our lives depend on clean air, soil, and water."
– Martha Lugo Candidate for Aurora City Council
"I support Proposition 112 because I know from my own experience that the oilfield as an industry is not concerned with the wellbeing of its employees and is much less concerned with the health of the public. I first worked on the oil rigs running casing in the Permian Basin. Then later unloaded trailers full of empty sacks that had contained materials used to make drilling fluid. I would breathe in these powders while unloading these trailers at the landfill. I would ask for protective gear but was not provided it regularly. I started noticing that I produced a lot more phlegm. My lungs always felt full of mucus and I was always coughing it up. These are symptoms that I still have to this day."
– Miguel Ceballos-Ruiz Candidate for Denver City Council
"I support prop 112 because it puts the health and safety of our communities before corporate profits."
– Steve Zorn Candidate for Congressional District 7
"Countries around the world, and states around America, have banned fracking because of its health and environmental impacts. This ballot initiative merely asks for some common-sense guidelines. It's hard to imagine that anyone really thinks we should be fracking so close to playgrounds, homes and schools."
– Bill McKibben, Author and Founder of 350.org
"I've always viewed my home in Colorado as a very safe place to grow up, until recently. Fracked gas explosions, polluted air and ever increasing climate change linked wildfires have turned the front page of the paper into a report on local disasters. Colorado Rising is doing everything possible to make sure Colorado is a safe and beautiful place for kids to grow up. I am proud to stand alongside these brave grassroots leaders as we work for a green job economy with fresh air, clean water and economic opportunity for all."
– Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Earth Guardians Youth Director
"Common sense legislation is needed to protect the health and safety of Colorado residents and to protect Colorado's environment for future generations."
– Suzanne Cabral, nurse, mother and leader with North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy. Learn more about her fight to protect her family and community from fracking.
"Colorado Rising for Health and Safety is a common-sense measure that will prioritize the well-being of Coloradoans. If you believe that fracking operations should not be placed next to our homes and schools — and the very reservoirs that hold our drinking water — you'll want to support this initiative."
– Jennifer Dulles, with Broomfield CAN
"The people of Longmont have made it clear that we don't want fracking in our community. Without an outright ban, we must do everything we can to stop the oil and gas industry in its tracks. Setbacks represent a common sense barrier to keeping the harmful effects of fracking away from those most vulnerable. We stand with Colorado Rising on this important initiative."
– Abby Driscoll, Chair of the Board of Directors, Sustainable Resilient Longmont
"I believe that most Coloradans will agree that oil and gas industrial activity should not be alongside the places we live, work, play and go to school. Most people I know would put their health and safety and the welfare of others ahead of anything else, including economic interests."
– Emma Bray, Founder of Kids Against Fracking
"As a Colorado farmer, I am concerned about the effects of a changing climate and the stress our local ecosystems and resources are under. Our most precious resource, water, is getting pumped into the ground and removed from the natural hydrological cycle in order to extract more fossil fuels that will lead to more climate uncertainty. Seems like a negative feedback loop to me. Time to invest in our carbon-sequestering farmers, our soils, and clean energy projects. I've seen the dangers of off-gas events from fracking operations first hand, seen another farming family's blood tests showing exposure, seen the unacceptable statistics for spills contaminating soil and water. 2,500 ft setback is the LEAST we can do to try to protect the civil liberties of Coloradans."
– Mark Guttridge, Ollin Farms
"Fracking is a dangerous and polluting industrial process, and as such should not take place anywhere near the places people live, go to school, play, or obtain their water. Additionally, methane leakage rates during the extraction and transportation processes negate any advantage that natural gas has over coal for power generation in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. Colorado needs to wean itself off fossil fuels entirely by mid-century, and the Colorado Rising initiative to establish 2,500 foot buffer zones around new oil and gas wells is a great place to start."
– Kevin Cross, Convener, Fort Collins Sustainability Group
"Save EPA endorses this ballot initiative primarily because the oil and gas industry is a significant source of emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 25 times that of carbon dioxide. It also is the largest industrial source of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a group of chemicals that contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone (smog). Exposure to ozone is linked to a wide range of health effects, including aggravated asthma, increased emergency room visits and hospital admissions, and premature death. In addition, many VOCs are toxic to humans."
– Jeff Hart, Save EPA co-founder
"Our children are precious and vulnerable, and it is absolutely clear after a leak mere feet from an elementary school playground in Erie, that we must protect them. We cannot continue to risk their health and safety, after all the only party who benefits is the oil and gas industry."
– Patricia Nelson, parent, Bella Romero Academy in Greeley
"The League of Oil and Gas Impacted Coloradans supports Initiative 97, in support of local communities, requiring a 2,500 foot setback for new oil and gas operations from homes, schools, and playgrounds. It is time for oil and gas operators to stop brazenly pushing the limits and turning neighborhoods and school zones into heavy industrial zones. Without a willingness from our elected representatives at the state level to lead and bring about pragmatic changes to oil and gas policies, the Colorado Rising Initiative provides the reasonable course of action."
"LOGIC is proud to stand with our member groups Together Against Neighborhood Drilling (TAND); Citizens for Healthy Communities (CHC); Front Range Residents for Environment, Safety, and Health (FRRESH); and Broomfield Clean Air and Water (BCAW) in supporting Initiative 97."
"For the past 21 years, IPS has been designing and installing renewable technologies including grid-tie,remote off-grid, battery back up, micro-grids, and small wind. Our work has taken us to remote locations as far as Kabul, Afghanistan and in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Point is, there's no question that we have enough renewable energy technology and boots on the ground know-how to transform our energy economy away from fossil fuels and all of its environmental impacts TODAY. It's not a question of "when the technology improves" therefore involving any leaps of faith-no excuses-it's simply a matter of political will and, where it is lacking, individual might."
– Yolanda Duperret, General Manager, Independent Power Systems
"There has been a dramatic shift from small, singular vertical drilling sites in predominantly remote agricultural locations to industrial scale multi-well, multi-pad facilities near neighborhoods, schools and sometimes in tax payer funded open space. These industrial scale facilities have a cumulative impact on property values, quality of life, transportation, emergency preparedness and response, and most importantly public health and safety. Studies that show the dangerous impacts of these sites on surrounding populations, the environment and wildlife continue to emerge, especially as spills and safety breaches increase.
ACCDAN fully supports the ballot initiative proposed by Colorado Rising. Large scale oil and gas operations do not belong in our neighborhoods or near our schools."
"Slow Food USA and its chapters' mission is to create a dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We envision a world in which all people can eat food that is good for them, good for the people who grow it and good for the planet: good, clean and fair food for all. Our farmers' commitment to quality and the stewardship of clean soil, water and air are crucial to consumers and their perception and choice to buy good and clean food. The potential for soil, air and water contamination as a result of oil and gas development could destroy our Valley's farms' ability to market their products as organic and safe."
Jim Brett
Leader, Slow Food Western Slope
"The impacts associated with oil and gas development to irrigation water, soil, domestic water, recreation, air quality, noise and light pollution, traffic, wildlife, community, contiguous farmland and viewshed threaten the livelihoods of Valley Organic Growers Association member farms. VOGA members would bear a severe financial burden and loss of their costumer base when oil and gas drilling and construction activity result in environmental damage."
Emily Hartnett
President, Valley Organic Growers Association
"I strongly endorse this ballot initiative to increase the setback buffer zone because as a healthcare professional it is clear to me that chronic long-term low level toxic exposures to volatile organic compounds in the air nearby to active fracked gas extraction sites is a real and regular occurrence. This happens throughout the lifetime of the well from the onset of drilling, through the active fracking stage, and then continues until the well is plugged, if ever. Children and pregnant mothers are most at the risk of the undesirable health effects of these exposures. There are many studies from across the United States documenting that this occurs, often intermittently, and is potentially more severe in nature the closer to oil and gas production one lives, works, plays, recreates, or goes to school. Current regulations and practices in the oil/gas extractive process simply do not provide acceptable certainty that leakage or venting of volatile organic compounds into the ambient air at the well site can be prevented at a level that protects us. This initiative provides a step forward in reducing the potential for exposures of children to the hazardous air toxics related to oil/gas production."
– Larry A. Moore, MD
"I support the proposed ballot initiative to increase set-backs for "fracking." My background is that of a Chemical Engineer graduate, with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering, and an MSPH [Public Health], and a Board Certification in Preventive Medicine -so I have a long-standing interest in health and population risks (epidemiology).
Let me speak plainly: I believe that fracking is bad for our health—it remains to be seen exactly how bad. Finkel and Law (2011) said that "73%" of the fracking chemicals had risks for "skin, eye, …respiratory distress, including asthma, gastrointestinal and liver disease, brain… harm, cancers," and negative reproductive effects. In 2017 another study by Currie et al cited poor outcomes to babies born to mothers living within 3 km of fracking sites. The worst effects are for < 1 km (what we call "dose-response", strengthening confidence in the truth of the finding), with 29,000 babies per year born to women living so close to a site. Greater set-backs are a step in the right direction."
– Anne Hazelton, MD, MSPH
"Fracking not only poses a risk to our surface and below-ground water and to the structure of the earth itself, as shown by the striking increase in earthquakes in fracking areas, but also to the health of those who live or work in places where fracking is done. The emission of methane, a far more important cause of warming than carbon dioxide, and its associated volatile, toxic organic compounds released during the fracking process comprise serious short- and long-term health risks. A study done by the Colorado School of Public Health in 2012 showed clearly that residents living less that a half-mile from a fracking site were at greater risk for negative neurological, respiratory, hematological, and developmental effects. There also is an increased risk of cancer attributed to the release of benzene from the drilling process. All of these risks increase with the time of exposure. A drilling setback of 2500 feet from homes and businesses is a very sensible measure and is supported by medical and scientific investigations. Proposition 112 is good preventive medicine, good public health, good pediatric health, and in the best interest of all Coloradans who wish to preserve our environment and our healthy style of living."
– J. Joseph Marr, MD
"Fracking is clearly harmful to human health and the health of our planet. Physician groups including the American Medical Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility warn about the health and environmental dangers of fracking — and of fossil fuels in general. Global warming is the greatest health threat of the 21st century. For survival of the human race and a livable planet, we must move beyond fossil fuels — now. Vote "yes" on Proposition 112."
– George Bohmfalk, MD., retired neurosurgeon, Carbondale
– Steve Hessl, MD., retired occupational medicine physician, Carbondale
– Leslie Fuller, DO., retired anesthesiologist, Glenwood Springs
– Greg Feinsinger, MD., retired family physician, Carbondale
"I endorse Proposition 112. Our health and safety must be protected. There are ample studies to show that proximity to fracking sites present unacceptable health risks, especially to vulnerable people such as women of child-bearing age, the unborn, infants, children, and those with pulmonary and neurological illnesses. We must vote for this setback as a long-overdue step toward moving away from fossil fuel burning."
– Ellen Lewis, MD., psychiatrist, Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, Diplomate the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association.
"Fracking poisons our bodies. Period. The harm is well documented and frightening. Prop 112 is our one and final opportunity to save ourselves and our children from disease."
– Charley Cropley, ND. Naturopathic Behavioral Medicine
"As a Clinical Psychologist, I am concerned about the emotional trauma that people experience when they fear that they are unsafe in their neighborhoods. The incessant noise, the smell, the pollution, the flaring and the frequent explosions would cause most residents, including children, to worry that they might be harmed by these industrial gas and oil installations. Health studies indicate that emotional and physical trauma and illness increases exponentially among those who lives next to drill sites in their backyards. Children should not have to play on school playgrounds in the shadow of this industry."
– Diana Bray, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist
"I support Prop 112. Setbacks of at least 2500 feet are needed to protect our citizens and children from exposure to the toxins released into air by fracking wells."
– Julie Carpenter, MD Family Practice
"I support Prop 112. Research at our Colorado School of Public Health and other respected institutions point to increased risk for birth defects, acute lymphocytic leukemia, extremely low birth weight babies, and new or increased negative respiratory effects for those living in proximity to concentrations of oil and gas wells. In the case of accidents and fires (and we know they happen) current setbacks are too close to protect people from explosions, radiant heat, toxic gas clouds and air pollution. Prop 112 will protect our most vulnerable individuals and will save lives."
– Barbara Donachy, MPH
"I work in a busy Pediatric Clinic where we take care of children from newborns to 18 year olds. We also advocate for children in our society. It is well known that children are more vulnerable to the effects of environmental toxins than adults. Placing oil and gas operations near playgrounds, soccer fields, schools and neighborhoods may threaten children's health by increasing exposure to: air pollution from gas emissions, potential water contamination. noise pollution, potential for accidents, leaks, explosions, social disruption by changing local environment. Are jobs really more important than our children's health? I support Prop 112- Safer Setbacks for Fracking."
– Margaret DeKoven, PA in Evergreen, CO
"As a health care professional on the front lines in the fight against cancer, I am alarmed, and outraged, at the particularly toxic nature of the entire fracking process; the so-called 'natural gas' revolution literally poisons our air, land, and water – and then our bodies – with nearly zero chemical disclosure requirements. Proposition 112 ensures a basic – minimal – buffer zone for our safety from some of the harshest industrial chemicals out there. Seriously – think about it: the chemicals routinely used, and in the waste products, of the fracking process are known carcinogens, neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors and other highly toxic compounds – such as benzene, methane, cadmium… Do you really want to give the billionaire oil and gas industry carte blanche to do this right near your home? Your children's schools? Vote Yes on proposition 112."
– Don Lieber, Surgical Technologist
"My background includes experience in the R&D of Molecular Diagnostic assays for various cancers. Cancer is a very complicated disease that can require a multiple of different types of "environmental assaults" and many years to fully develop. My fear is that we are only at the tip of the iceberg with respect to a more complete awareness of the harmful effects that fracking is causing to our health. We need to support Proposition 112 to the fullest."
– Edward N. Granados, PhD, Biological Chemist
"The science is clear – hydraulic fracturing is a dangerous practice that has no place in our playgrounds and backyards. Reasonable setbacks to safeguard our communities are badly needed to protect Colorado's children, clean air, and drinking water."
Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity
"Our Revolution Boulder is proud to endorse Proposed Initiative #97. This statewide ballot measure will require a safe, scientifically-sound buffer of 2,500 feet between new industrial oil and gas wells and any occupied structures such as homes, neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals. The commonsense measure is a critical step to thwarting fracking in Boulder County and throughout the state. Our Revolution Boulder urges all who are concerned about the environment to support Proposed Initiative #97."
– Our Revolution Boulder
"The Colorado Rising initiative is an opportunity for us as local residents to step up, support the environment and the public health of our community. More than that, it is our responsibility to lead by example, saying no to projects that harm the places where we live, work, and play. The science speaks for itself. With our communal support, we can and must do our best to preserve Colorado's natural beauty and safeguard the health and well-being of its communities for generations to come. As an Investment Adviser who takes particular interest in sustainable and socially responsible investments, I am struck daily by the impact we can make with each decision in all aspects of our lives. I fully support initiative 112 and hope you will add your voice too. ."
– David McMillan Co-Founder, Caledonia Wealth Management
"The WILD Foundation supports this ballot measure which seeks to protect our communities as well as our environment, which all life depends on. Fracking is a dangerous, destructive practice that does not belong anywhere near our homes, schools, or any other types of occupied buildings."
– Melanie Hill Wild Foundation
"The League of Women Voters or Colorado support Proposition #112. This proposal will establish a commonsense buffer zone between new oil and gas development and homes, schools, playgrounds and drinking water sources. The distance of 2,500 feet, almost 1⁄2 mile, aligns with evacuation zones used by first responders and a growing body of peer-reviewed studies that show an increased risk of negative health impacts within 1⁄2 mile, including elevated cancer risk, respiratory problems, birth defects and low birth weight. This proposal will update Colorado's regulations to address new technologies and the scale of current drilling to protect our health, safety and quality of life with the inevitable harms and associated with hydraulic fracturing near neighborhoods and our water."
– League of Women Voters of Colorado
"Without Proposition 112, Colorado will destroy its already dwindling water supplies just as we need that water most. Colorado's youth has no choice but to endorse 112 because, without this amendment, our future will continue to be thrown away. Keep Colorado Green says no to fracking in our communities and yes to a greener, cleaner, brighter future."
– Matthew Barad, Founder of Keep Colorado Green
"Drilling for oil and gas and burning it to power our cars and homes creates pollution that threatens our health and fuels climate change. Oil and gas extraction also contaminates our water and land when it spills. Technological advances mean we no longer have to choose between powering our lives and protecting our health. We should transition away from fossil fuels and Proposition 112 moves us down that path by eliminating new oil and gas drilling in the areas closest to people, our parks, and our waterways."
– Danny Katz, State Director, CoPIRG


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The three politicians are joining a cross-party campaign for a new Act of Union Bill, which would increase the powers of each nation in a move its backers hope would strengthen the case for remaining in the UK.
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Study No. 8 · Rizzoli Bookstore · Farewell, old friend.
Is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her proud monuments, until there will be nothing left of all her history and beauty to inspire our children? If they are not inspired by the past of our city, where will they find the strength to fight for her future? —Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (written during her triumphant fight to save Grand Central Terminal)
At The Librarian HQ our hearts feel heavy over the closing of Midtown's Rizzoli bookstore, due to loss of lease. Soon to be demolished by the greedy developers, LeFrak, the gorgeous building with the famous arched-window facade will be replaced with a "luxury apartment tower". Here's hoping the tenants are frequently visited by ghosts of drunk literary figures. There's word that the enormous public outcry (over 16,000 people have signed a petition to save it) has persuaded New York's Preservation Commission to allow an emergency appeal, that could designate the interior with landmark status (they've already lost the battle to save the exterior). If LeFrak lets the wrecking ball swing, with it flies their souls.
Along with the sadness of imagining New York City with one-less classic literary clubhouse, I'm also filled with weepy childhood nostalgia, remembering all the times my parents took my sister and me there to buy paper-dolls, Choose Your Own Adventure books, and Duran Duran fan mags. Always our favorite stop between hot chocolate at Bergdorf's and carriage rides in Central Park (though I'm against them now), those early Rizzoli experiences instilled in me a deep love of bookstores. But this one was always more magical and sophisticated than other shops; with Brahms on the stereo, ladies in fur coats with arms full of decor tomes, and golden seashell bookshelves. For many Manhattanites, and the countless authors that have hosted parties here, it's a sacred sanctuary. And how many other bookstores are lit by chandelier? Losing it will be a heartbreak.
Originally designed by Randolph Almiroty, 31 W. 57th Street resides on what's known as Piano Row, due to a cluster of piano dealers located on that block in the early 20th century. Sohmer Piano Co. moved into the building in 1919, and was one of the New York's most glamorous showrooms, specializing in fancy grand pianos and Victrola records. A rare surviving example of NY Neo-Classical commercial design, Almiroty took inspiration from ancient Roman monuments, Italian Renaissance frescoes, and the English interiors of architect Robert Adam, giving New York something uniquely ornate. Its pièce de résistance is the vaulted cream-plasterwork ceiling, featuring grotesques of birds, flowers, shells, hippocamps, maidens dancing to lyres, cherubs and chimeras. Hanging from the dreamy motif-laden ceiling is a massive bronze chandelier featuring Hercules fighting the lion. If the architectural aspects aren't enough to make you swoon, the store was featured in Woody Allen's classic film, Manhattan, and Falling in Love, with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep.
We visited the Rizzoli bookshop for a sad final adieu last weekend, after attending the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, when we took these photos. How could anyone even consider demolishing a place this special? My dream is that a hotel chain like the Ace would offer to buy it from LeFrak, save the facade and interior, and turn it into a hotel with a bookstore in the lobby. Wouldn't that be perfect?
But all is not lost . . . Rizzoli is currently moving into a new location (to be announced soon). So an independent bookshop survives, and that is awesome news. The battle now is to save the building itself, in memory of its two legendary tenants . . . one that encouraged the art of music, and one that promoted the luxury of reading.
Visit Save Rizzoli to read more about the building's fascinating history, and the fight to preserve it. Be sure to sign the petition, as there's always hope. There will be a rally outside the store TODAY. More info HERE.
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A fascinated Daniel Perkins walked on the King Center stage and stared at empty chairs.
There was no show being performed, no audience, no applause — yet the young man with Autism felt a jolt.
Because for Perkins, the theater represents his happy place.
"As soon as you are up on that stage, it doesn't matter who you are. People don't care what you look like, people don't care if you have disabilities or things like that," said the 21-year-old college student with Autism and Asperger syndrome, a developmental disorder that affects social interaction and nonverbal communication. "I really like theater because it lets me express myself the way I would like to express myself without having to worry what other people think."
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WWII veteran turns 100, recalls her years of service
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A pioneering Women's Army Auxiliary Corps volunteer turned 100 on July 20, clinging to her bed railing as she recounted her time as a typist behind the American World War II effort.
Anne Butler, who grew up in America and Poland, has just her memory and several colorless portraits to remind her of the years she spent stationed in old New York City offices. She typed her way through World War II, donating her time to make some, any, helpful impact.
She joined the Army at the war's beginning and left after its violent end.
During WWII, over 150,000 American women joined the Women's Army Corps (WACs), initially formed as the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, according to a U.S. Army Center of Military History publication. Those women were the first, after nurses, to serve formally within U.S. Army ranks, and many took on repetitive, detailed tasks that freed up more men for combat.
Butler said she never desired to go to the front lines herself, because she didn't think that was her place. Still, when war broke out and Butler inquired about volunteering to help in some capacity, she was told there was no position for her.
"They said no, no, you don't even belong in this," Butler recalled.
In her early 20s, wide-eyed and ready to work as hard as anyone else, she declared that, in fact, there would be a spot for her.
"I'll make one," she responded. "I came here to volunteer and, by golly, I'm gonna do it," she said.
Butler said she was finally stationed with a small group a couple of blocks down from New York's Collingwood hotel, in what looked like an old post office. WAC volunteers filled that hotel, four to a room. Men guarded the women, some of whom, including Butler, did "secret" work, she said.
Butler recalled few specifics about her "secret" work but said she took any assignment that crossed her path. Those mostly involved typing; she was high-school educated and studied business and secretarial work before the war began.
Although Butler was supposed to keep her work confidential, she said she "kind of told everybody." The caveat, she said, was that she never really knew exactly she was doing.
When Butler first volunteered, she worried about that uncertainty. So, she moseyed across the street to Macy's and made a purchase.
"I didn't know what I was supposed to do," Butler said. "I decided that I better get a nice-looking hat to wear."
She soon learned the Armygreen hat she picked out was reserved for officers' use.
Butler said she never really knew what was expected of her. Before she joined the Army, she might have joined a convent, since she grew up around nuns and went through the Catholic school system.
Her excitement about rallying around the flag and helping as much as she could overrode that. There was another reason Butler said she joined the Army, which was to travel. Butler wanted to see India; she had not seen much of the world and had a schoolmate stationed there.
"That was so selfish, wasn't it?" Butler wondered. "I joined the service to go to India."
Butler didn't make it to India, bound to a woman's clerical assignments in the post-office-like building where she balanced higher-ups' instructions.
She remembered one sergeant whose commands resembled lectures as he urged the "girls" to stay true to their Army roots and stay out of trouble, mainly with men.
"Everything was secret those days," Butler said, "especially the men."
Men were not allowed in the women's metropolitan hotel, but Butler said they snuck them in anyway, hiding them on the second floor. They all were a "tight military squad," she said, playing tricks on guards and marching to and from work, all in good spirits.
"It was the funniest thing," she said, revealing a rosy smile.
Butler said otherwise, there was little ruckus among her group, and that the only trouble came from traveling women who made military pay while she did not.
When the war ended and Butler left the Army, after rejecting a discharge deal to accompany war brides coming to America, she married Timothy Butler, an Army man coming back from Italy. They moved into a Jacksonville home in 1950.