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232 Third St. at 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
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|Doors Open
|Live Music by Bradford Reed powered by Pedal Power NYC! Audience members are encouraged to ride stationary bikes to power a musical performance.
|Reception in courtyard courtesy of Red Stripe and Bulleit
Bradford Reed (Brooklyn, NY)
Official Link: http://www.pencilina.com/
Bradford Reed never fails to entertain and inspire. This Brooklyn, NY based composer, performer and producer fights and tames the idiosyncrasies of the pencilina, an original instrument of his own design and construction. The pencilina is an electric ten stringed collision of the hammer dulcimer, slide guitar, koto and fretless bass with six pickups of varied types. It is struck with sticks, plucked and bowed, giving Reed an incredibly wide sonic palette. Many have enjoyed Reed's frequent street performances and club dates.
In additon to his solo work, Bradford plays the pencilina, drums and keyboards with King Missile III ("Detachable Penis" and "Jesus Was Way Cool") and produced Failure and The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (on Shimmy Disc/Instict Records) as well as Royal Lunch (Important Records). He also played the electric zither in the Blue Man Group's band in their lauded Off-Broadway show, Tubes for 8 years. Reed has appeared with his pencilina on MTV, USA Up All Night, Fox's Sound FX, The Tonight Show and has toured throughout the USA, Asia and Europe. Reed is also featured on Orbitones, Spoon Harps & Bellowphones, Ellipsis Arts' second experimental instruments compilation album which includes music by Tom Waits, Aphex Twin and John Cage.
Bradford Reed's live performance will be powered by Pedal Power NYC, an organization whose mission is to "sustain a celebration of our collective creativity and human energy through remarkable arts programming."


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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from your friends at Fat Quarter Shop! We wish you all the best in 2013! Do you have any sewing related New Years resolutions? We would love to know.
Posted by Fat Quarter Shop at 9:00 AM
9 comments:
- Stitched With Prayer said...
Absolutely I made a resolution this year for my quilting. After being away from it (except for the occasional small project), due to having several surgeries, I told my hubby that this year is going to be a SUPER productive quilting year for me. Last month I sent off two large quilts to my SIL in Oregon for the long-arm work, so that is two out of 7 UFO's taken care of. I also resolve to get my stash built up and organized. I'm sorely lacking in several colors and I have no Holiday fabrics to speak of, so as finances allow, I was to get some of those "holes" filled in. At least, that's the plan, LOL.
Happy New Year to all and big hugs all around...
- January 1, 2013 at 9:35 AM
- Stitched With Prayer said...
OOPS, meant to add that I have not yet been able to get quilts made for my daughters and my grandchildren (except for the oldest grandson, who surprised me by asking if I would send him a quilt I had made for his bed before he joined the Air Force.) I was so excited that he wanted it, that I realized it was time to get busy on quilts for the rest of them. Though I'm having a bit of trouble finding the right fabrics for my 13 year old and 19 year old grandsons. I want masculine, but not harsh...does that make sense? More hugs...
- January 1, 2013 at 9:41 AM
- Carrie P. said...
I am only working on UFOs this year. It is going to be hard but that is my resolution.
- January 1, 2013 at 10:02 AM
- downsizers said...
I'm with Carrie - finish up the many projects I have begun and not finished because I started something else. I want to make so many patterns and get all excited and start something beautiful and don't get the one I am presently working on completed. I must stop that!
- January 1, 2013 at 11:02 AM
- Sheila said...
I want to make more quilts :)
I enjoy your blog and shop. Please blog on.
- January 1, 2013 at 11:47 AM
- Rianne said...
My resolution; Get That Sewing Machine! No more worrying, no more what if (the fridge breaks down, the car breaks down, etc.), just Get That Sewing Machine!
- January 1, 2013 at 3:03 PM
- Catherine Whitacre said...
I'm going to schedule the organizational meeting of the BRAND NEW Shenandoah Valley Modern Quilt Guild. Check it out! http://shenvalmqg.blogspot.com/2012/12/now-forming-join-today-are-you-modern.html
- January 1, 2013 at 3:48 PM
- Vicky said...
I'm going to finish everything I start and not put it away to languish in the UFO closet! Think I can do that? LOL. Happy New Year, Kimberly, to you, your family and staff!
- January 1, 2013 at 7:08 PM
I resolve to finish all those UFO's around my sewing room. Also, love the Funky Monkey fabric. I have made two quilts with the fabric and ready to make the third!!!
- January 5, 2013 at 9:28 AM

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Mindi R. Richardson
Madison: Mindi R. Richardson, age 38, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, December 6, 2012. She was born on November 25, 1973 to Dale and Rhonda Hansen and grew up in Wausau before moving to Madison. After graduating from College she began working for Meriter Laboratories in the Microbiology department, where she worked for 13 years. She loved to travel and spend time with her family; she also loved to hike and was an avid reader.
She is survived by her husband, Shane; and son, Kaiden Richardson; her parents, Dale and Rhonda Hansen; sister, Jeni Alsaker; many aunts, uncles, cousins, and numerous friends.
Mindi was preceded in death by her paternal and maternal grandparents.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 2418 N. Sherman Avenue with Pastor Deborah Sammons officiating.
Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 5 p.m. until the time of service.
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On behalf of my teaching partner and myself, we would like to first thank you all for the accommodations you made for us, making it possible for us to attend today's game. Secondly, you guys have a well-oiled machine there. Everything was so nicely laid out and we were so well-prepared with what the day would bring thanks to your informative letter that came with the tickets. The pickup and distribution of the lunches was painless.
I just wanted to let you know that our students had a WONDERFUL time at the game yesterday. Everyone at the arena was kind, helpful & upbeat & we felt very taken care of. NONE of our students had ever attended a hockey game & only two had ever attended a professional sports game of any kind. They were all floored by the fun presentation, great music & interactivity of the workbook & generally fun atmosphere. I did not hear ONE complaint–from a group of 7th graders that is rare.


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Counseling offered following New York plane crash on Nov. 12
Posted November 12, 2001; 04:03 p.m.
assistance is available for members of the University community who might have been affected by the jet airliner crash in New York on Monday, Nov. 12.
Students may contact the Counseling Center for help at 258-3285. Faculty and staff can call the Employee Assistance Program for counseling help at 258-1875.
The International Center is also available to advise international students and visiting scholars. They may be reached at 258-5006.
At 9:17 a.m. on Nov. 12, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 carrying 255 people, crashed in the Rockaway section of Queens, a borough of New York City. It had left New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and was bound for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At least 16 people on the ground were injured in the crash as well.
Click here for current news updates from CNN .
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Obama warned that green-tech bets would produce a "colossal failure"
posted at 8:46 am on September 27, 2011 by Ed Morrissey
When the LA Times published this story late last night, it sounded as if they had discovered a smoking gun that tied Barack Obama directly to the decision to restructure the loan to Solyndra while being warned that the company was failing. The article instead reveals that Obama got personally briefed by his economic advisers on overall concerns about his plans to jump-start job creation in the green-tech sector through billions in loan guarantees. They warned, as one source told the reporters, that "a colossal failure" was completely predictable:
Long before the politically connected California solar firm Solyndra went bankrupt, President Obama was warned by his top economic advisors about the financial and political risks of the Energy Department loan guarantee program that boosted the company's rapid ascent.
At a White House meeting in late October, Lawrence H. Summers, then director of the National Economic Council, and Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, expressed concerns that the selection process for federal loan guarantees wasn't rigorous enough and raised the risk that funds could be going to the wrong companies, including ones that didn't need the help.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu, also at the meeting, had a different view. Under pressure from Congress to speed up the loans, he wanted less scrutiny from the Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget, or OMB.
Nothing in the article suggests that Obama was personally briefed at the time about Solyndra's finances. Clearly, though, Summers and Geithner understood the financial and political risks associated with big loan guarantees for companies that couldn't compete on their own, and argued from the beginning that loan guarantees were the wrong way to incentivize growth. Chu wanted to have even less oversight on loan issuance, and his Energy Department pushed hard to eliminate Treasury and OMB reviews of the individual deals — even though the Energy Department very obviously lacks the expertise to properly analyze the financial stability of loan recipients.
So why is this story significant? First, it shows that Obama had been told about the possibilities of failure in this program but decided to continue with it anyway, a reckless decision, in retrospect at least. And, maybe not just in retrospect:
The program that funded Solyndra is set to expire at the end of the month, and the White House is pushing to provide more green-energy loan guarantees through other initiatives and keep the U.S. competitive globally. The Chinese government, the Energy Department says, last year committed $30 billion to solar-panel manufacturers.
Despite consistent opposition within his own economic team and the "colossal failure" of Solyndra, Obama wants to throw billions of dollars more into risky loan guarantees to the green-tech industry. That's not just reckless, it's nearly insane, politically and economically. We gave $38 billion to this same sector in the stimulus package, and that wasn't enough to make Solyndra competitive even after getting 3% of all the disbursed funds in that bloc.
Politicians don't pick winners and losers with taxpayer cash. They pick losers, because winners don't need subsidies in the first place. Government subsidies go to market losers in the hope that investment can turn them into winners, but that's almost always a bad bet — and in Solyndra's case, that was obvious from the start, which is why investor George Kaiser's connection to Obama as a fundraiser seems to have been the most important factor in getting that bet placed.
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January 27, 2012
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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State began the season with 17 consecutive wins but stumbled out of the SEC gates at Dudy Noble Field on Friday night.
Mason Katz homered twice, including a two-run shot in the 10th inning, as No. 7 LSU rallied past No. 13 MSU for a 6-4 win in the league opener for both teams.
MSU (18-3, 0-1 SEC) lost a 4-1 lead and couldn't get it back, hitting into four double plays and stranding 11 runners.
Katz hit his first homer, also a two-run job, in the sixth inning to cut MSU's lead to 4-3. In the 10th, he hammered a Will Cox offering well over the left-field wall.
"We served up their best hitter two mask-high pitches right down the middle of the plate, and that's really the difference in the ballgame," MSU coach John Cohen said.
LSU (17-1, 1-0) tied it 4-4 in the seventh thanks to a pair of walks, an error and two wild pitches by reliever Chad Girodo.
missed chances
MSU had its chances to pull back ahead but couldn't get the timely hits. In the seventh, Demarcus Henderson hit into a double play, and he did so again in the ninth. He hit into three twin killings total.
State loaded the bases in the eighth with two outs, but Hunter Renfroe, who hit a two-run home run in the first inning, struck out looking.
MSU went ahead 4-1 in the fifth with a two-out rally, notching four consecutive singles. Renfroe and Alex Detz each drove in a run.
Detz finished with three hits.
MSU starter Jacob Lindgren gave up a run in the fourth inning, then worked a quick fifth. Lindgren allowed three runs on five hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in 52⁄3 innings.
Reliever Joey Bourgeois (2-0) got the win.
Game 2 is today at 6 p.m. MSU sends Evan Mitchell (0-0, 2.30 ERA) to the mound to face LSU's Ryan Eades (3-0, 1.80 ERA)


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Description & Highlights
True 4 Keg Stainless Steel Direct Draw Beer Dispenser - Stainless Steel
Serve your customers cold, refreshing draft beer with the True 4 Keg Stainless Steel Direct Draw Beer Dispenser (TDD-4-S). This unit holds four (4) half-sized kegs and features two (2) direct draw beer taps for easy serving. This dispenser has three (3) doors with recessed handles, factory-installed locks, and magnetic door gaskets for easy opening and closing, so you won't have to worry about the door being shut all the way and letting the cold air out. The exterior is made of a durable stainless steel construction on the sides and front, and a matching aluminum back.
The interior includes a 300 series stainless steel floor with a 1/2" lip and galvanized steel walls. This helps to keep the beer further insulated and cold while also adding an extra layer of protection. The forced air refrigeration system keeps your beer cold between 33-38 degrees F, while the air vents on the sides of the refrigeration system allow for maximized air flow through the condenser, so you won't have to worry about your system overheating and breaking down. This unit is perfect for commercial use and is NSF approved for commercial applications.
Here's What's Included:Ships with the following: two (2) beer towers, drip tray, two (2) faucets, and two (2) faucet handles (kegs not included)
Cold Beer:The built-in magnetic gaskets keep the doors shut, allowing the air to stay sealed inside around the kegs
Beer Column:Cold air is filtered into the beer column to prevent too much foam from being dispensed
Commercially-Approved:The NSF approval allows this unit to be used for commercial applications
Please Note: True beer dispensers do NOT include the following hardware needed to connect your keg - CO2 tank, CO2 line, CO2 regulator, beer line, keg coupler.
- Model: TDD-4-STrue 4 Keg Stainless Steel Direct Draw Beer Dispenser
- Brand: TruePolyurethane-insulated cabinet
- Temperature range: 33-38 degrees F300 stainless steel floor
- Durable stainless steel cabinetNSF approved
- All stainless steel countertopInput voltage: 115 V/60 Hz
- 3" diameter stainless steel insulated beer columnsPower: 8.5 A
- Cold air directed into beer columns for less foamingWeight: 415 lbs
- Anodized aluminum rail on counterExterior Dimensions: 37" H x 90.38" W x 27.13" D
- Factory-installed locksInterior Dimensions: 25.78" H x 86" W x 22" D
- Warranty: 3 years; 5 years compressor
Exterior Dimensions:
- Height: 37"
- Width: 90.38"
- Depth: 27.13"
- Height: 25.78"
- Width: 86"
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Author of the New York Times bestselling book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Boundless Power of Compassion, Father Boyle has been nationally recognized with numerous awards, including his recent induction into the California Hall of Fame, for his humanitarian work. Most notably, in 1988 Father Boyle began a grassroots effort to address the escalating problems and unmet needs of at-risk and gang-involved youth in the barrio communities of East Los Angeles. Those efforts sparked the creation of Homeboy Industries, which today is the largest of its kind in the nation, emphasizing alternatives to gang involvement. The most distinctive feature of Homeboy Industries is its social enterprises, which offer job training for former gang members and at-risk youth.
On February 11 Father Boyle will share personal and inspiring stories from his 25 years of work with gang-involved youth, and discuss the environmental and social conditions that make young men and women gravitate towards gangs. A book signing will follow the event.
Tickets are available online at Arts & Lectures and are $10 for general admission, $5 for CSUSM employees and free for CSUSM students. All attendees must bring a printed ticket to the event.
Special Exhibit at the CSUSM Arts Gallery
In addition to the lecture, during the month of February the CSUSM Art Gallery will feature the vibrant works of renowned Chicano muralist and artist Fabian "Spade" Debora, who shares roots with Homeboy Industries. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The CSUSM Art Gallery is located at 1080 San Marcos Blvd., Suite 185, in Old California Restaurant Row and open Fridays and Saturdays from 5 to 8 p.m.
"Tattoos on the Heart"
Talk by Father Boyle
Monday, Feb. 11, 2013
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Family: Phasianidae, Pheasants and Grouse view all from this family
Description 17-18" (43-45.5 cm). Chicken-like ground bird with strong vertical bars of dark brown and buff-white in a zebralike pattern over the mantle, flanks, and underparts. Tail short, rounded, and dark brown, inconspicuously barred with buff in females. Male has elongated feathers, called pinnae, erected to form earlike structures, as well as a bright orange, deepening to red near the head, air sac on either side of neck, inflating during displays.
Endangered Status Attwater's Prairie-Chicken, a subspecies of the Greater Prairie-Chicken, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in Texas. Once found from the Atlantic Coast west to Wyoming, the Greater Prairie-Chicken has been exterminated from much of this vast range, thanks to the destruction of the undisturbed prairies on which it breeds. The East Coast subspecies, known as the Heath Hen, is extinct. Attwater's, the form inhabiting the prairies along the Texas Gulf coast, may follow its eastern relative into extinction in a few years. The Attwater National Wildlife Refuge, in Eagle Lake, Texas, has been established to protect this rare bird.
Habitat Prairie grasslands.
Range Gulf coast of Texas.
Voice During display male utters a far-carrying coo sound, "old muldoon," lasting about a second and distinctly 3-parted; also cackles and whines. Female usually silent.
Discussion During display, male erects earlike pinnae, engorges the yellow combs above the eyes, and inflates the bright orange to red neck sacs. This display occurs only on traditional display grounds, called leks, usually at dawn. The bird's takeoff is explosive, and in flight it exhibits white wing linings and a profile almost identical to that of the Sharp-tailed Grouse. Attwater's is isolated from other populations of Greater Prairie-Chickens, which occur much farther northward.


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Art of Effortless Living, April 5
Posted April 4, 2001; 01:59 p.m.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev will present "The Art of Effortless Living," on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in McCosh 10 Auditorium. Vasudev, a recent delegate to the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit, is the founder and teacher of a unique form of yoga, which combines the ancient spiritual traditions of the east with the modern vision of the west.
The talk is sponsored by the Princeton University Hindu Students Council and the Isha Foundation. For more information on this event and others sponsored by the Hindu Students Council visit www.princeton.edu/~hindu or for more information about the Isha Foundation visit ishafoundation.org .
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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Monday, May 9, 2011
Ideas for a New City
So far, the city of tomorrow looks a lot like college life in the Pacific Northwest. It also looks a lot like hipster and brownstone Brooklyn. Which is to say there will be a big emphasis on bicycling, artisanal everything, knitting, gardening, kombucha, and making "no-food processor pesto with park-foraged dandelion and rooftop-grown arugula."
One idea was to make smoothies with a blender powered by a bicycle. Another idea was to turn the subway into a green market complete with amenities like aromatherapy, massage chairs, free wi-fi, and baby-friendly breast-feeding stations.
Much of the Festival of Ideas was given over to foodism, with "Food Tarot" readings and food porn--literally, in one case, as a "peep booth" peeped onto a computer monitor showing videos of cooking food. As usual, tons of people waited in lines for Brooklyn-branded beverages and other edibles.
A popsicle artisan was shaving a big block of ice to make icees flavored with Bartlett pear and other syrups. Passersby marveled aloud at what they seemed to think was a rare and antiquated craft. Of course, on any warm day on the Lower East Side, plenty of local men and women push their carts through the streets, loaded with syrup bottles and big blocks of ice they shave by hand. They don't display antique ice hooks, though, and none of their flavors include basil.
But the idea that most grabbed my attention was Tentstop, "an urban, portable campground facility for NYC." Turning the city into a big campground, Tentstop imagines people sleeping in tents in Central Park and on the streets, sitting around handmade fires, swimming in Dumpsters, and "foraging" at local bodegas. This was once simply called "Homelessness."
"New York Is a Friendly Town" said a sign on the wall of one tent, reminding me of the "Wisco Nice" phenomenon that is sweeping the city. The entire Festival of Ideas, in fact, was very nice. Very friendly and nice, filled with well-meaning, good people. How can you be critical of gardens and bicycles? They're so nice.
The question is: How urban are they?
Urban Disorientation Game
This was the Festival of Ideas for a New City, and yet nothing really brought the idea of a city to mind. I thought instead of forests, suburban backyards, small town picnics, college campuses with vast greens, rocking chairs on front porches, apple-picking farms--all very nice things. Good things. Things one might take a day, or a whole weekend, outside of the city to enjoy. But are these the reasons we live in New York?
See also:
Gated New York
Suburbanization of New York
Wisco Nice
The Joneses Are Here
57 comments:
- Mykola ( Mick) Dementiuk said...
Makes you want to throw up.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Bryan said...
Teri Tynes & I met up for lobster rolls at the fair. (Brooklyn-branded or not, I won't refuse a lobster roll.) We talked abt the artisanal this and thatness and how the foodists can be annoying, but one thing we did appreciate (at least I'll speak for myself in saying so) was seeing community-based groups, including organizations designed to protest lower income housing or to preserve neighborhood history, scattered among the arts and crafts. I especially liked the orientation toward neighborhood storytelling/history from Travelgoat, Broadcastr, and Story Corps.
Personally, I don't mind the idea of rooftop gardens and easier biking in the city. I even like Kombucha. It agree that it can get a little oppressive if the new New York is all you have at your disposal, but I'll take artisanal foodstuffs over another Chase ATM outpost or a Duane Reade any day.
I missed the bike-powered smoothies, though. Oy. Were they the same people who had the bike-powered sewing machines and wool all over the ground?
- May 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM
- Bryan said...
p.s. I thought you might appreciate this particular idea -- thought of you when I posted it.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:42 AM
"This town needs an enema!"
- May 9, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- EV Grieve said...
I hope the city of the future includes a decent place for take-out Chinese on my block. And a laundromat.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- City Of Strangers said...
Damn. I was kicking myself for missing this now I'm glad I didn't go. In fact, I'm glad that the one afternoon I went into Manhattan INTENDING to go, I got sidetracked by my favorite dive bar which, after reading this, was a much more worthwhile experience.
This artisanal thing . . . they're popping up all over Bed-stuy and it's great and everything,I used to be a cook, I like quality food - but what's remarkable is how most make almost no attempt to cater to the non-gentrifying class. A curious trend . . .
- May 9, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
Bryan, you bring up my favorite old false dichotomy, that our choices are only artisanal or Duane Reade--which is to say, either high-end independents or mega-chains. we must have other choices--which is what, i think, those community preservation groups are fighting for. and it was good to see them at the fair.
the bike-powered smoothie people and the piles of wool people were different--but there was a lot of that going around. kind of Burning Mannish?
- May 9, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Bryan said...
Oops: "designed to protest lower income housing"
protest s/b protect. Ouch.
Shorter version of my comment above: Artisanal foodies vs hedgefund managers -- which would you rather have move into your building?
- May 9, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
that's a little like the old game "fork in the eye." would you rather eat glass or...
- May 9, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Bryan said...
But only one of those groups would be likely to share if they had surplus produce from the week's CSA share.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Teri Tynes said...
Yes, Bryan and I stood on the corner of Rivington and Chrystie and talked about the meaning of all this. I found several ideas at the festival I liked, and yes, much of them had to do with green markets, green bodegas (there are projects to cater to non-gentrifiers in underserved areas), green mapping, etc. And the performance art. Love all that.
As someone who went to college in the 1970s and an idealistic hopeful progressive -still am, I identify with and want to hug all these young ones and their artisanal products, no matter what they look like or what part of the country they come from. Tired of asphalt, I'm ready to plant seeds with them.
- May 9, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Bowery Boogie said...
My first impression was also that of a Brooklyn takeover. Was nice to see the affordable housing advocates and BAN on the Bowery.
And had the same reaction to the ice shavers. One need only walk a few blocks east to find the old men and their carts. A fraction of the cost, too.
- May 9, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Ken Mac said...
I'm with Grieve, and add to that a locksmith, bookstore, and someone who sharpens knives.
I like food, but foodies are a self centered look-at-me lot.
- May 9, 2011 at 10:03 AM
"Artisanal foodies vs hedgefund managers -- which would you rather have move into your building?"
Q: Where would you rather live -- Asheville or Singapore? A: Neither, if I wanted to live in either, I'd move there.
- May 9, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- maximum bob said...
Moonbat Central...nauseating...
I'm with Mick...
- May 9, 2011 at 11:16 AM
I didn't see much of the street fair, but I caught the lecture of Jaron Lanier in Cooper Union which was pretty fantastic (he's basically an anti-facebook, crowdsourcing, twitter-fragmentary-thinking etc...author, but criticizing from within the tech community). I think that the theme of the architecture lectures (the keynote was by Koolhaas) was preservation, which is pretty sympatico with a lot of the sentiment on this blog...granted when I went to the New Amsterdam market last weekend and saw a mustachioed hipster shaving a block of ice I wanted to punt him into the river. Nevertheless, I don't think this festival was all bad in the least.
- May 9, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Erika said...
Stop trying to turn NYC into Portland, please. I enjoy escaping into the countryside from NYC sometimes, but I like the clear boundaries -- the city is a bustling, URBAN place full of concrete and grime, but it's also full of smart, interesting, refreshingly opinionated people, different cultures, museums, and amazing amounts of history. It's VERY different from the countryside and it should stay that way.
- May 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Mykola sums up my feelings perfectly on this one.
I really think the suburbanization of Manhattan has gotten way out of hand.
- May 9, 2011 at 1:14 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
i'm sorry i missed the Lanier talk, would've liked to hear that.
a festival not "all bad," for sure. if we see it as what it purports to be, a vision of New York's future, then we see there's just not much "New York" in that future, and a whole lot of Portland, Oregon.
again, why come to the city, why live in the city, if you prefer the town and country life? this is a brick wall i can't stop hitting.
- May 9, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Bryan said...
This isn't a suburbanization issue. It's not like these folks want to bring in the Olive Garden. We need more specific ways to talk about it than that.
- May 9, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
Bryan, can you write a book about this? or get one of your academic friends to write it? there is something distinctly anti-urban in this stuff, but it resists critique very well, because how does one decry "good" things like bicycles and green plants? and yet there has to be a way to critique it, from a pro-city stance.
most likely, the way to go about it is by talking about class--this stuff is largely classist. it says, in essence, that the educated and moneyed elites know what's best for everyone.
anyway, i know there's a fly in this ointment, i just can't put my finger on it quite.
- May 9, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Richard Bensam said...
So you're saying the dream of the 90s is alive in the New York of the future?
- May 9, 2011 at 3:08 PM
The way I look at it is even though there isn't anything inherently evil with wanting a bigger lane so you can ride your bike comfortably, or wanting to grow healthy greens on some rooftop in North Brooklyn, these things are symptomatic of the gentrification that has watered down the character of so many neighborhoods. There is a desperate need for attention that comes with so much of this, that makes the effort come off as superficial.
When I was a little kid, my grandfather grew tomatos and string beans on a little strip of land on the side of his house in Manhattan Beach. Other neighbors grew different things, and they would just trade these with each other. They never thought to call attention to themselves or create an identity out of it.
In 2011, when the gentrificationers plant something, it immediately gets placed on their blog, and flyers are put up in the local $6 soy latte emporium, where they take great pains to mention over and over about how they are supporting 'local farmers markets, etc etc', and they bask in a self-identification as an 'urban farmer'.
When I was growing up, there were always a good amount of people relocating to NYC from other places - the difference was that they mostly seemed to just want to assimilate into their new surroundings, and their addition was a plus - they are just as much New Yorkers as me in my book. It now seems that the current wave wants to come here to use NYC as a coffee table conversation piece.
Unfortunately, I think I've just done nothing but prove that Jeremiah is correct - it is hard to put your finger on. Hopefully readers smarter than myself can at least understand what I'm trying to say.
- May 9, 2011 at 3:13 PM
- esquared said...
it's not the suburbanization of nyc (as bryan has mentioned); it's the artisanalization and the anti-urbanization/ anti-grittization of a city, namely nyc
also, most of the ideas presented, e.g. the aromatherapy, the artisanal food and beverages (for example a 12oz. glass of chai tea full of ice were selling for $5 at the fair), kombucha, etc., should they come into fruition,(and as much as admire that there were organizations designed to protest lower income housing), the low-income and the average nyer won't be able to afford these organic products or services; these will only be affordable by the trust-funders and the yuppies
so, if i were living paycheck to paycheck, and when it comes to feeding myself or my family, and the it's a choice between a $8.99/pound artisanal salad/food at Whole Foods vs. >$5 meal at a KFC or Burger King or any other chain food store, i'm sorry to say that i'll have to choose the latter
i think some of the ideas at the festival were great, but unless they are affordable to the most nyers, and without them being just another fad thing for the sheeples and yunnies to consume, they'll remain just an idea.
- May 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Marty Wombacher said...
"One idea was to make smoothies with a blender powered by a bicycle. Another idea was to turn the subway into a green market complete with amenities like aromatherapy, massage chairs, free wi-fi, and baby-friendly breast-feeding stations."
Excuse me, I have to go throw up now. I had a salad for lunch, so at least it'll be green.
- May 9, 2011 at 3:32 PM
i think JN is bothered w/the same thing i am. that there is little balance, & the ethnic & immigrant & small business places are leaving. besides us getting a better deal (like the ices) these people earn a living this way. & NYC has hunrads of cultures which make it NY! & most important, we are losing PRACTICAL everyday businesses like tailor locksmith shoe repair laundry. is that it JN? i myself love fresh markets on the street. roof gardens are beautiful. but i have no interest or patience for trendy silly overpriced pretentious stuff. (& having it take the place or real life)- whether its some $40 pilates class, $80 "spa" pedicures, $20 soaps, made in the rain forest by indigenous tribal oppressed- please...... if its "that" OR a burger king, i will take "that". but those limited options kill NYC. someone mentioned ashville?? thats the place where older hippy types live? these people are so NOT new york. they hate new york, & people like me. i knew them in boston in the 70s & 80s. i knew them in the late 60s when i spent 2 days in berkeley, they have younger versions now. p.s. as for this bike lane bullshit, well i don't like all those neon & generic signs. i rode a bike in NYC/boston from 1971 up to 2003. i never needed a lane.
- May 9, 2011 at 3:55 PM
It's not so much that I have a problem with the Festival. I just wish that it did not take place on the street where I live. It just invites the attention of outsider developers & real estate crud and gives the local property owners big money ideas. I hate it that the very organization that purports to help artists is the very one who is driving the local artists who've lived here for decades out of the area we loved when no one else did.
- May 9, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Tricia said...
I'm sooo tired of hearing the word "artisanal" and it's being used for everything under the sun! At first, didn't it refer to cheese?
- May 9, 2011 at 5:37 PM
The thought of breast feeding my baby on the subway makes me want to hurl.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
lsr, yes, balance is key. this feels like aggressive takeover by a monoculture--and not just the fest, but a decade of this stuff building and building.
Tricia and Anon, if we combined your two comments, we could have a subway where people are making artisanal human breastmilk cheese. how about that? not so farfetched, considering it's been done, except not on the subway. yet.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:40 PM
- Joe said...
I don't get it. What could possibly be wrong with adding a little of the "college life in the Pacific Northwest", an area of the country associated with a period in people's lives in which people are hungry for knowledge and a culture based in community, anti-establishment viewpoints, education, respect for the environment, self-reflection, healthy living and things that must
make "Mick" "want to throw up" like independent film-making, hobbies based in solitary activity and creativity, and poetry.
I was at the NYC ARTS Digital Media Booth all day, encouraging people to use NYC ARTS to take advantage of the 1400+ arts groups in their
city, because I believe in the power of culture. Jeremiah, I agree with you that New York--and
this entire country as many people would like to think of it--is vanishing. But it's not banishing
because Creative Good is hosting an alternative Think Tank or the Laundromat Project wants
people in the Bronx to have exposure to art while they're doing their laundry. It's because we live in a society where everyone from Christian conservatives to Bed Stuy hipsters either love or hate something or someone, and there's little in-between. Instead of ripping apart this city you call home with time spent on posting comments like "this city needs an enema", in an effort to make yourself look like some clever marginalized, under-appreciated non-conformist (i.e., "cool"), may i suggest looking closely at the work presented by the hundreds of people who spent their weekends--and lives, for that matter--presenting their ideas for how to bring you a better quality of life.
Is it possible I could get you to engage in a respectful, productive dialogue? I personally think that this city and country are f(*&ed without the perspectives of artists and the cultural institutions which connect them to the rest of us. do you agree? Does that even register, or is the music in your idealized dive bar distraction too alluring? If you're so brill, have all the answers and find shame in the habits of college students in the Pacific Northwest, put down the bowl (or pass it to me), knock the chip off your shoulder and listen to your neighbors a little more
closely before you stand in judgment of the only type of thinking that will save us from nasty, scary things like Fox News, suicide bombers and international chaos.
- May 9, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Bryan said...
I'll say again, too, b/c I think it got lost in the shuffle: I really had a great day at the fair. But I think I avoided most of what you chose to highlight. I went to some galleries, ate a lobster roll, talked to some creative people, admired the historical walking tours produced by Story Corps, Broadcastr, and Travelgoat. LEHSP was there too. I really liked the people I met a the Travelgoat booth. Their Time Traveler's Guide to the Bowery was pretty cool, I thought. I like it when I meet people who dig the same history I do.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM
@Joe, Wow, that was ahh real passionate. What ticked you off? A few marginalized people on a blog with fewer resources than you complaining about the overwhelming arrogance enveloping this city. The whole "artisanal" thing is corny and overdone. Your anti-establishmnent views very one dimensional and misplaced. Many people in this city were anti-establishment long before many of you sub-urban ice shaving settlers came along and not to mention hella people with limited resources were creating powerful art all over the place without the need to announce "hey, this is art, you need this." Joe, you're the one who is not listening. Many people born and raised in this city like myself do not want or need your education or to look at art while I do laundry (I am from the South Bronx, BTW) – as if the Bronx is devoid of beauty and art that it needs a load of arrogance and entitlement in the guise of goodwill to show people in the Bronx what art looks like. You have no idea of the creative, resourceful shoulders you stand on because New York has been so over-developed that it's turned from brown (and I mean all shades of that) to green. You want to help me get a better quality of life? Go back to the suburbs but before that pay my rent.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- Bryan said...
Part of the problem here is defining "hipster." This Guardian piece on williamsburg is interesting in that regard:
Here hipsters are the ones who hate Duane Reade moving in. But their solution is artisanal this and that.
I don't think anti-industrial or locally grown/produced food is necessarily anti-urban: people have had community gardens and grown shit on fire escapes and run CSAs for a long time in NY. Most of those things actually foster community. (I like belonging to the Stanton St CSA.) The problem has to do with the hypercommodification of the local. Community gardens were probably pioneered by hipster/hippie newcomers, but they also seem to have been more inclusive than high-end luxury artisanal stuff tends to be. I have no problem with someone wanting to be a butcher. Just don't price out the old-school butcher. Isn't there room for the old-school and the new Turks to meet and meet the needs of a broad range of neighbors?
Here's an idea for the new city: Why not offer 50% discounts at Whole Foods and the Greenmarkets to people in section 8 housing? And bring back Guss's Pickles?
- May 9, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
what is "brill"?
- May 9, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
"If the whole country feels like Portland these days, it's because there has been an Oregon-ization of America."
- May 9, 2011 at 10:10 PM
joe: we dont a "college town" boston is a college town. anon 8:53pm is correct. we dont need you. we want to be left alone. let the people who use that laundry in the bronx decorate it the way THEY want. get it???? but yes things change. i didnt go to the fair, maybe some of it was good. in boston they did those similar "art" things. kind of school-ish. i prefered the sprayed graffiti art (tags) that the B boys & breakers rappers put on the walls. in roxburry, mission hill etc. this derived naturally from self expression, boston hood city life. these people were doing amazing creative stuff w/music/dance. there is too much childish pretentious in your face stuff these days. like do what you do & get on w/it. leave the laundry alone. as JAZ said, theres a "desperate need for attention". & no i dont go to dive bars, dont like dirt/grime, & dont like some of the comments here either.
- May 9, 2011 at 11:05 PM
well, i moved from pdx in 1995 after only 2 years. got as far as rust belt town, then not that long ago made it here. way back then i did not like the pdx feeling. plus it's very white. at least i know i'm not imagining things. and i grew up working class and moved here tooth and nail in ways that people used to. no school, no trust fund, no parents, no network no nada. very little money saved and on the seat of my pants b/c i wanted to be in an interesting city that i was not going to colonize. i don't understand how this pdx'ing of this city is happening. i moved away from there to get away from it. but i could only afford to live way out in queens near the long island border because that's where you can afford to live now. a nowhere land between urban and the suburban you wanted to move away from. there's no way to really do it any more. hour long commutes still technically in the city and periously close to the suburb you want to move away from. it's horrible the luxification WTFification it is. we will all be squeezed between the "cool" boroughs and Long Island until it evaporates.
- May 9, 2011 at 11:06 PM
- Zach said...
It's not worth picking fights with these kids. They cling to tripe sub-cultures they read about in magazines because their desperate souls don't have a choice. To be able to live and work in Manhattan you have to be either a.) corrupt b.) in some sort of subsidized or rent control arrangement or c.) hopelessly indoctrinated. I'm sorry to point this out but you don't move to Manhattan anymore to take on the system. So they're here because their employers are here and because of the value added effect of clustering. But the absurdity of foot pedal blenders aside, the neophytes are actually doing you and I a great service. By choosing to live in cities instead of suburbs as their parents did they are reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses being released into the atmosphere by a great deal. On average New Yorkers contribute 7.1 metric tons per capita of heat trapping gases to the earth's atmosphere annually where the average American contributes 24.5 metric tons. (David Owen The Green Metropolis, pp 8-9) Manhattanites contribute even less because of the inherent efficiencies of living vertically in small spaces and without cars. The lack of cars is really the key here. So, while you may not have a problem with rising sea levels encroaching on the island's coastline and reclaiming posh areas like Battery Park City, you'll see Sty Town go as well. And you'll probably get breast milk squirted in your eye at least once because you'll be forced to live among the lactaters. And then you'll vomit on the baby. And then you'll go to jail. So PLEASE, stop sneering at people who belong right where they are, living in cities, earning a livelihood like everybody else. Notions of what it means to behave and live in a city are besides the point. Nobody's gonna care about the Mars Bar when Earth is underwater. You may chose to live in another city which is a little less annoying and but much less beneficial to humanity.
A suggestion to fellow readers: Why not concentrate your energy solely on the documentation and preservation of the cultural capital which you and your neighbors accumulated from the period of the mid to late 20th century rather than mourning its loss? It may be time to stop thinking about demise and start thinking about legacy. They kids may even thank you one day.
- May 10, 2011 at 1:22 AM
- Zach said...
I just want to add that I love this blog and what it represents. I've never had the actual pleasure of experiencing a small fraction of the times, places, attitudes or events this site documents so well; although I've been doing it vicariously for years as a captivated reader. As phony as it sounds I can't even begin to feel your loss. Best regards, Zach
- May 10, 2011 at 1:37 AM
- Uncle Waltie said...
Love that picture of those blindfolded kids playing the "Urban Disorientation Game". Hehehe....I remember getting disoriented without blindfolds during certain Happy Hours.
- May 10, 2011 at 3:59 AM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
Anon 11:06, when you say, "i don't understand how this pdx'ing of this city is happening. i moved away from there to get away from it," that's the crux, and i can't understand it either.
people who emigrated to NYC used to come in flight, to escape what they left behind--whether it was political oppression in another country or personal oppression in small-town America. now this has changed, rapidly and massively, as young people come with the INTENTION of recreating their hometowns in the city. colonization is the right word. there is something imperialistic about all of this.
witness Little Wisco:
will the East Village soon be dubbed Little Portland?
- May 10, 2011 at 7:44 AM
- Bryan said...
WTFification is my new favorite neologism!
The Portlandification problem is separate from the Dubaification, and organic kim-chee vendors are a different beast than Varvatos. I'm not trying to set up more false dichotomies or choices btwn evils (sorry, JM, for asking you to eat glass or poke a fork in your eye) but I do think it's worth noting that the former would probably preserve existing structures rather than build new steel & glass monstrosities and I'd rather have people brewing Kombucha than building bombs.
Maybe there's some room for compromise here? I'd like to see the return-to-earthers who want to take up traditional trades as a means of personal or spiritual fulfillment do so by apprenticing with old-timers--the old-school barbers, butchers, cobblers, repair shops that still exist. Is it possible to convince the entrepreneurial hipsters that neighborhoods already have existing social structures worth protecting, rather than replicating in boutique form?
- May 10, 2011 at 7:58 AM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
Kombucha or bombs? Bryan, with that false choice, you bring us one step closer to Godwin's Law, which states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches."
now, if only someone would use the sentence, "I don't want my neighborhood taken over by Kombucha Nazis."
and your suggestion about hipsters protecting existing social structures is a good one. is it possible?
- May 10, 2011 at 8:22 AM
...your suggestion about hipsters protecting existing social structures is a good one. is it possible?
Even if we recognize that the hipster/artisanal crowd is not the class enemy, my answer to this question is "no." And my answer is based not upon a premeditated dislike of these kids -- that's not something I'll go into here -- but a cool assessment of politico-economic dynamics.
Hipster artisan business are purposively design-intensive, customized-ingredient businesses... obviously. To be profitable, they have to charge premium prices. Their customer base necessarily consists, at least in great part, of the monied bobos who follow in their train -- and eventually push the hipster artisans out of the neighborhoods they initially "reclaimed" (sic). It's all part of the same well-documented gentrification cycle that's been going on in NYC for 30-40 years. We can't fairly blame the hipster artisans for it -- they didn't invent it. But they are perpetuators of it, if lower-rung perpetuators -- however benign (or narcissistic!) their intentions.
- May 10, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Bryan said...
I can't help it. The problem is I secretly like Kombucha. And I usually do like hipsters more than stockbrokers. I also am skeptical about claims to authenticity, whether they come from the artisanal side or from those who want to preserve their own particular sense of place and past.
I do appreciate you pushing me to think outside the false choices, though.
Is it possible to help hipsters assimilate into their neighborhoods? My guess is it happened in the 70s and 80s to some small degree at least. It usually happens by making friends with your shoe guy or finding out where the old people go for a sandwich.
Have you ever seen this "How to Live in a City" film? I love the footage of old guys playing Bocce where the Whole Foods now is.
It has a weird sense of "us" and "them," with them being immigrants or anyone with discernible ethnicity. But the gist is that people need to appreciate cities for aspects are intrinsically urban:
- May 10, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Jill said...
If this represents the present/future, then maybe what we saw at that festival, all in one place, is a new definition of "urban." It's a real cultural shift in what people living here in the city are thinking about and spending their money on (presumably).
As NY gets whiter and whiter, and richer and richer, the market will find new ways to spend money, and it is now beyond necessities - those seem to be covered quite well. So what do we do with our extra money? We find little flavors of deliciousness to get excited about. It's like truffle hunting 24/7.
If we remember such a festival 30 years ago, what did it look like? My mind's eye sees organizations trying to integrate and educate recent immigrants, feed the hungry, house the poor, expose kids to art, plant urban gardens, promote heathy exercise (Jane Fonda tapes!), reduce blood pressure, maybe sell some literary or political magazines.
It feels, by the nature of this festival, and by the new culture that is sprouting around us, that we have mostly solved the issues of what we always thought of as an urban culture. I am pretty sure it's not true, but it sure feels that way.
I would like to see some real statistics on this issue--has NY truly entered a phase where all problems are solved, so we can now waste our time and money on very expensive micro-greens and fancy ass pickles and other things that define the new white urban culture crave?
Have we truly kicked out the poverty, moved them along to somewhere else (upstate?) so that we can get on with our single minded business of spending our money on things we don't need?
Also, is this is happening in Philadelphia and Baltmore too? Have they lost their urban edge?
This festival raises way more questions than it answers.
- May 10, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
"Their customer base necessarily consists, at least in great part, of the monied bobos who follow in their train"
"maybe what we saw at that festival, all in one place, is a new definition of 'urban.'"
great points. the definition of urban, according to many (most?) of this fest's participants, is definitely different than what it recently meant and what it means to me and many others.
the customers follow the products and vice versa. through supply and demand--for fancy pickles and cardamom-infused chocolates, luxury goods--this demographic is changing the city into something previously considered un-citylike. remember that Bloomberg sees the city as a luxury product in itself.
those of us who want to live in a city that looks and feels and functions like the cities we've known all our lives are SOL.
PS: thanks, Bryan, for the video link--watching it out now. the bocce players remind me of my grandfather.
- May 10, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Leave me and The City the fuck alone.
- May 11, 2011 at 2:06 AM
- everettsville said...
This is probably the most enaging and incisive comment thread I've seen in ~2 years of reading this blog regularly. We're trying to get to the heart of this cultural/economic shift that seems to be happening and what it all means.
Here's my on-the-one hand, then on-the-other-hand take (which could be totally off because I have no insider knowledge of this subculture):
Positive - These kids/people/artisans/hipters/whatever are in active rebellion against the faceless, soul-destroying, mega-corporate suburban environments in which they were raised in the 90s and 00s. They're desperate for an alternative to a life spent walking through parking lots, standing in line at Old Navy and dining at Olive Garden. They've earned their college degrees in marketing/advertising/design both as a means of economic survival and as a conscious ALTERNATIVE to becoming investment bankers.
Negative - Because they were born too late, they've never known the traditional urban lifestyles that many of us have known and wish to retain and so there's no way that they can promote or embody those lifestyles. Simply living in Brooklyn instead of [insert nightmare American suburb here] is a victory in itself. As for the preciousness and the look-at-me aspect of their endeavors...I don't know...I think it may have something to do with Facebook or the overall prevalence of conspicuous self-promotion in our culture in general. They've absorbed it from childhood on.
Anon @9:22 said it very well in regards to the economic angle.
- May 11, 2011 at 3:47 AM
It seems like the speaking and art events around the neighborhood were the real bread and butter of this festival, the street fair was just icing on the cake. Events at Theater for a New City, Abrons Art Center, The New Museum, forums on preservation, sustainability, the effect of new networks on community: all this seems to be about opening the conversation. Bobo initiative or not, judging from the list of participating organizations, it looks like a lot of different neighborhood group were invited to bring something to this event. It seems like that is exactly what this blog is often asking for.
As far as the artisanal thing goes, I think the idea is that if everyone got on board with csas, community gardening, local production, the costs could be much lower and it could truly be a sustainable model. It's good that people see it as a political issue, and advocate for moving in that direction. The problem is that we're nowhere near that reality and some of these "advocates," who can afford to buy local, etc now, get a holier-than-thou attitude and don't realize that their politically (possibly even morally, ethically) correct habits are only possible because of their economic privilege. You end up with a lot of well-intentioned snobs.
- May 11, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- Erik said...
The problems that everyone complain about with this fair are mostly much larger than these kids. They're trying to fight a system that is larger than them.
From reading the comments, the problems that they were addressing AND many of the complaints in the comments come down to income and wealth inequality, mass consumerism, and industrial food.
These three things taken together are a horribly complicated picture, but really represent the reality of American life today, and New York City focuses these problems even more. It's no surprise that the response from these kids is mostly non-coherent, and in many cases, just silly. But they are trying. Idealistic youth.
The $9 salad at Whole Foods IS much better for you than the $5 KFC bucker, and in the LONG term that type of lifestyle is cheaper, but who can afford to live that way when wages are so bad for the average person?
What about buying healthy food and cooking for your family at home? That's the best compromise to get health and lower cost. Who has the time, when a corporate job requires 8am - 7pm hours and "always on" accessibility and when a low-wage job pays so little that you need three of them.
What about our entire food budget? Our grandparents spent 30% of their income on food and we spend around 10% yet we complain. Part of it is that we spend so much on housing, thanks to the bankers and their games, and in NYC it's a double-whammy because all of the new hosing is upper-end trying to attract those same people so no one builds simple and affordable anymore.
And even after all that is done we are convinced that we cannot afford to spend any more on things like food because we need to many things. We have become a culture purely of quantity and not quality, of price, not of value. Madison Ave. tells us that we need stuff and then we go out and buy it.
Don't even get me started on healthcare costs and our national refusal to talk rationally about them, but at least that's a problem that in no way originates in NYC.
Bottom line: these kids are salmon swimming upstream against a strong current. Kudos to them for sensing that something is wrong. I can't blame them for finding the wrong solutions, although there are elements.
- May 11, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Zach said...
Bump this thread? Much enjoying the responses. Like to reiterate my position: Political economy trumps culture until we say otherwise..
- May 11, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Jeremiah Moss said...
Rem Koolhaas, the keynote speaker for this festival, is calling for a "Landmarks Destruction Commission," says the Observer. Said Koolhaas, "some kind of charter of destruction is needed."
Read the whole piece:
- May 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- Jill said...
There was an article this week that said that farmers markets are actually cheaper than nearby supermarkets. I wonder if that's true in NY. It doesn't seem so to me.
- May 11, 2011 at 11:28 PM
- Erik said...
@ Jill,
It depends on the item and the time of year.
Meat (all kinds), eggs, and dairy are always more expensive at the farmers market in NYC, but you also are not getting the same product.
The animal-based products are raised, slaughtered, butchered, and processed under better conditions than even the "best" products at most supermarkets.
With beef it makes a big difference; it can actually have the health profile or wild salmon is raised and fed a certain way. Supermarkets do not sell any such products, while the farmers markets sell them exclusively.
For produce, its about timing and availability. At farmers markets, since everything is seasonal, that drives the pricing. In early March there was one vendor at Union Square who had leafy greens such as spinach and kale weeks ahead of anyone else (they put canopies over some of their growing fields to create a greenhouse affect to accelerate the growth, and were located in a place that avoided a lot of the heaviest snowfall this winter). For those 6 weeks they had great spinach, but it was expensive. As others brought spinach in, their price fell and eventually they all reached parity below the supermarket price.
I now want to follow this up with a trip to Union Square followed by a 1:1 trip to Whole Foods. It would be interesting.
- May 12, 2011 at 8:21 AM
Interesting discussion. NYC is not what it used to be and it's never going to revert back to that golden time when you first moved here. I think a lot of people have trouble accepting that fact.
- May 14, 2011 at 12:44 AM


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Up until now, I've been using the names of cards from Magic: the Gathering. This system isn't ideal, however, since I no longer play the game. I'm not too keen on calling my systems "desktop", "server", and "laptop"; that just seems too... unimaginative, kinda like naming a dog "Dog".[1]
An ideal naming scheme would be imaginative, but still give some idea of each machine's intended function. I'll be damned if I can find a decent one.
[1] If I ever get another cat, though, I'm naming it "Neko".
Overall it's going well, sorta.go
I completely bombed a discrete math test today (3 Nov), though. At least the prof allows us to drop a test.
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The diabetes epidemic in Europe is still unknown by too many people. Raising awareness amongst all stakeholders involved, from policy makers to healthcare professionals and including people with diabetes and those at risk, is key to make a real change on diabetes.
Diabetes prevention, management and care, encouraging research and drive change at policy level: here are the messages of the awareness campaigns led by IDF Europe.
While our Members play a vital role in raising awareness on diabetes at national level, IDF Europe uses different channels to raise awareness on diabetes at pan-European level. Our awareness-raising activities include:
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Speaking Event: Update on Syria
Long time Iranian-American activist, Mazda Majidi, will discuss the various forces and interests involved in the conflict in Syria, their agenda, role, and backers. He will also address the situation faced by ordinary Syrians. Majidi has written many articles on the Middle East, including Syria. Majidi is active with the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation.


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Thank you for adding Illinois to the list of states. We'll try to add some news from the Southern end.
It's finally feeling like Fall here now, the shotgun deer season will start in just a few days and deer are very active. We're seeing lots of scrapes and unfortunately, dead deer scattered on roadsides all over. I've seen a few big bucks on our land and several more along the roadways.
I look forward to hearing from other folks about their seasons and wish all good luck in the hunt.


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Follow the footsteps of the ancestors, walking through history and the Bible to discover the holy land.
Jerusalem: Start the day with a visit to the Tower of David Museum dedicated to the history of Jerusalem from its founding to modern times with remains said to go back to Hasmonean times.
Continue to the Jewish Quarter to visit the Broad Wall, a 2,700-year-old fortification built by King Hezekiah to save Jerusalem from the Assyrians. You can also visit the Ariel - First Temple period museum and the nearby Israelite Tower, Herodian Mansions and Burnt House, the latter two sites tell the story of this area at the time of the Second Temple.
The Jewish Quarter was home to European and Sephardic Jews during the centuries under Ottoman rule, a story told by the quarter's Four Sephardic Synagogues and the Menahem Zion Synagogue.
Descend from the Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall, the last remnant of the Herodian Temple Mount. While at the Western Wall, arrange your schedule to join a public tour of the Western Wall Tunnels by enquiring at the Western Wall Heritage Foundation (www.english.thekotel.org).
In the Southern Wall Archaeological Park, you can walk the original two thousand-year-old street and climb the ancient steps. At the Davidson Visitors Center, in the basement of an eighth-century-CE palace, make arrangements to see its virtual-reconstruction, high-definition interactive model.
End the day exploring the City of David, with remains going back to the days of the biblical king who made Jerusalem the capital of the Tribes of Israel. See the new visitors' center; walk through Warren's Shaft, the Water Fortress where King Solomon was crowned, and through the waters of Hezekiah's Tunnel or the adjacent "dry route."
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"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
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Everyone's friend is No One's friend
Someday your life will flash before your eyes. It's your responsibility to make sure it's worth watching!
I have respect for people who put their butts on the line, and I know you do too. I was going to ask Sandy the Dandy if he was spitting on vets and calling them baby killers, but I don't think I could have any lower opinion of his likes anyway.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
I have never put my line of work on the forum. Mainly for privacy reasons. I don't talk job, money, investments or any of that type of thing on forums. So you can search me, and call me unemployed as well, but you would be just as full of $hite then as you usually are.
Bill Davis
Seriously people.
You sound just like the daycare kids at my church.
You guys go from one thread after another and belittle each other.
Stop it already. You sound ridiculous.
Never confuse activity with success.
"Ummmmmmm Isn't a word." Judge Judy
I've been told I put my head up people's butts for a living. I've been told to go do the same.
I never made fun of anyone for what they do. But if he's going to attack me FOR working, then I can say what I feel in reply to his NOT working.
You don't have a problem with the things he said, but what I said? That's laughable! Think about it.
If he doesn't want me talking about his lack of work, then maybe he should keep his mouth shut about what I do. I didn't bring it up anyway. HE did.
Now I don't care and I'm not whining. Let him bring it on. Just don't cry when it comes back at him! I've heard of being able to dish it out, but not take it, but this is ridiculous.
I have a damn good job that I'm proud of. I worked very hard to earn the privelege to operate on people. And I take pride in being the best surgeon I can, and earning the reputation I have. There is NO need to attack what I do like he has. Do you condone such behavior? Do you? Where is your referee's hat when insults and derogatory comments are coming my way?
Please, no need to answer. I know the answer full and well. I'm just asking to point out your hypocrisy, and let you think about it.
And also to mention, if you're going to bust on someone for what they do for a living, you might want to do it from a position of being employed yourself. I don't know, and I don't CARE what sandy's situation is. If he behaves in person like he does here, I don't suspect he'll ever hold a job. I know I'd show him the door the first time he popped off like he does here.
That's all I'm saying on this.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!


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I can answer any questions about SDA theology.
I have studied deeply the doctines of the Seventh-Day Adventist faith, testing each one against the Bible. I wish to share these truths with others, that all may be brought into the fullness of light that God has given to His church.
Over the past 8 years of my life I have proven over and over again that the Seventh-Day Adventist truth, remains Gods truth.
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Wishbone and the Illustrated Classics series have gotten me through every conversation I've ever had about Dickens, Treasure Island, The Anarchist's Cookbook, and Our Bodies, Ourselves.
-- Randall Munroe
Similarly, XKCD and The Daily Mash get me through every conversation I ever have about ... pretty much anything really.
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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 350, October 13, 2006
Iceberg Software Upgrades
On October 4th, the compilers on iceberg were upgraded to the latest versions.
Below are some notable new features available in the compilers:
XL Fortran 10.1.0.1
With the upgrade to version 10.1, the IBM compiler now recognizes the suffix of a file to determine which Fortran standard to use during compilation.
In the past, the
flag was required to have the XL Fortran compilers recognize .f90 as a valid Fortran 90 file, etc.
% mpxlf90_r hello_fortran.f90 -o hello_fortran ** mympi === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-510 Compilation successful for file hello_fortran.f90.
The new compilers also recognize .F90 as a file which should be passed through the C preprocessor before compilation.
% mpxlf90_r -WF,-DSHOW hello_fortran.F90 -o hello_fortran ** mympi === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-510 Compilation successful for file hello_fortran.F90.
In the past, this would have required a cryptic set of qsuffix sub-options (i.e.
Recognized suffixes now include: .f,.f77,.f90,.f95,.F,.F77 .F90, and .F95
XL Fortran 10 also includes:
- OpenMP 2.5 API support.
- new scalar and vector functions in the MASS library.
- support for some parts of the Fortran 2003 standard
For more details see: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/fortran/xlfortran/features/aix/xlf-aix.html
The upgraded XL C/C++ also includes:
- OpenMP 2.5 API support.
- new scalar and vector functions in the MASS library.
- Some support for gcc compiler flags to make it easier to port codes written for gcc.
For more details see: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/caix/features/
Java for Fortran Programmers: Part IV
[[ Thanks to Lee Higbie of ARSC for this tutorial. ]]
The topic today is: - HelloBill, a simple Java GUI program
Here is the full text of HelloBill.java. The line numbers are not part of the code but were inserted here to facilitate discussing the code. I have deleted most blank lines to keep the length low in the newsletter. Also, in a text newsletter, the best way to describe a program appears to be with embedded comments and notes about specific lines at the end. That's where mine are.
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/**Gussied up HelloWorld. * *(C) Lee Higbie&Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, 2006 *higbie at arsc dot eduwww.arsc.edu *This program may be copied and modified provided this notice is *preserved . */ import java.awt.*;// all the windowing stuff like Buttons import java.awt.event.*;// for mouse click and window listeners public class HelloBill extends Frame implements ActionListener, WindowListener { // The next two lines declare two class variables.These are // available to all HelloBIll objects--all instances of the class static Stringtitle= "Hi Bill";// static for use in main Button disposeBtn = new Button("Exit"); /**@paramargs the command line args, an array of Strings */ public static void main (String [] args) {// appl entry point if (args.length > 0) { System.out.println ("Hello "+ args[0] +" with " + args.length +" args."); } else {// end if there are really arguments System.out.println ("Hello Pirate (argless user)."); }// end else, no arguments on command line HelloBill cg = new HelloBill(title);// cr. HelloBill obj }// end method main public HelloBill (String t) {// for creating a HelloBill obj super (t);// call the Frame constructor disposeBtn.addActionListener(this);// tells: resp'd to clicks add(disposeBtn);// adds dispose button to this setVisible(true);// allows you to see this addWindowListener(this);// for clicks on window buttons }// end of constructor // The rest of the code is for responding to external events public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { // required by ActionListener interface System.out.println("Dialog @ HelloBill 37 "+ae); // prints a line on java console so you can see action this.dispose();// closes window }// end of actionPerformed method // rest of methods are required by the WindowListener interface public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we){ System.out.println ("Window closing at HelloBill 46"); System.exit(0); }// end of windowClsing method public void windowActivated(WindowEvent we){ }// all null public void windowClosed(WindowEvent we){ }// methods public void windowDeactivated (WindowEvent we){ } public void windowDeiconified (WindowEvent we){ } public void windowIconified(WindowEvent we){ } public void windowOpened(WindowEvent we){ } }// end HelloBill class
This source is available here: http://people.arsc.edu/~higbie/JavaForFortran/HelloBill.java
Notes on HelloBill.java: Because the class is named HelloBill, the file must be named HelloBill.java. The name is case sensitive, even on Windows systems.
Lines 8, 9: Most classes start with a series of import statements. As described in Chapter 3, these allow referencing the classes in those packages by the class names. The AWT includes a complete set of basic widgets. The widgets are in the java.awt package and the events are in java.awt.event. Notice that the import on line 8 does not import the events. The wild card only says to import all the members of the java.awt package.
Line 11: The extends clause means that HelloBill is a subclass of Frame (java.awt.Frame) and thus has access to all its public and protected methods, variables, ...
Line 12: The implements clause implies a contract between HelloBill and Java saying that HelloBill will have all the methods of the implemented classes. Java does not permit multiple inheritance (a class can extend only one other class) but the implementing capability allows a class to take on attributes of many others. More about this much later.
Lines 15, 16: Because title is static there is only one title for the HelloBill, no matter how many HelloBill objects are created. If many instances of HelloBill were created, many HelloBill objects, each would have its own disposeBtn because this variable is not static. The keyword "new" says create an object. In this case it calls the (object) constructor for Button that has one argument, a String.
Line 19: When you run the Java interpreter, java, it starts your application at the first method it finds that is public, static, void (no return value), is called "main" and accepts a single parameter that is an array of Strings. In general, method calls are by the complete signature: the name + the classes of the arguments + the order of the arguments. In this case java passes the command line arguments to main as a String [ ]. Executing java HelloBill Amy Pam will cause java to pass an array of two Strings to HelloBill.main, the main method in the class.
Line 20: One of the field variables of Array objects is length = number of elements in the array. Because Java will not allow reference with an out-of-range subscript, the program must have the test for the number of arguments. Comment the test (insert // at the beginning), recompile and rerun with no command line argument and the program will fail with:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 at HelloBill.main(HelloBill.java:21)
Line 26: The keyword "new" causes the creation of an object, a HelloBill object in this case. In particular, it calls a constructor for the HelloBill class.
Line 29: When a method specifies no result type and has the same name as the class, it is a constructor for the class. Whenever "new HelloBill" is called with a single string as the parameter, a HelloBill object will be created. As with any other method, there can be many public HelloBill methods with different signatures.
Line 30: The keyword super indicates the parent class, the class that this class extends. In other words, super(t) call the constructor for Frame that has a single string as its argument, which creates a frame with t on the title bar.
Lines 30-34: The comments describe their meaning.
Lines 37-42: This method is required by the implements ActionListener contract. A mouse click on a button will create an ActionEvent and this method will be executed.
Lines 44-53: These methods are required by the implements WindowListener contract. A mouse click on a title bar widgets will generate a WindowEvent and a call to one of these methods. You can put print statements into the code to see when they respond. You can also comment out line 46, the System.exit(0) call, and the kill button on the title bar of your HelloBill will no longer work. You will continue to see the result of the print statement so you know the interrupt is being received by your method.
Print statements send their output to the "java console," the terminal window where you execute the java <class name> command.
To play with this yourself, copy the code to a code editor, cut out the line numbers and save as HelloBill.java. Then, in the directory where you saved it, type javac HelloBill.java to compile the program. The compilation will produce a class file, HelloBill.class. To run the program you then type java HelloBill (case sensitive, remember). Note that the java compiler is javac, with a c on the end and the java program runner is just the word java.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ I use the Unix system call: [[ [[ int getgroups (int gidsetlen, gid_t *gidset) [[ [[ This stores a list of values of type gid_t into the simple, [[ C-style array, gidset. However, I'm using C++, and want to use [[ the vector container class from the Standard Template Library to [[ operate on the list. [[ [[ Generalizing the question, what's the best way to copy a simple [[ array into an STL vector object? Is this as good as it gets? [[ [[ for (int i = 0; i < numberOfArrayElements; i++) [[ { [[ theVector.push_back ( theArray[i] ); [[ } # # Thanks to Rich Griswold: # The memory for an STL vector is guaranteed to be contiguous, so you can do something like this: typedef std::vector<gid_t> gid_array_type; int gidsetlen = getgroups( 0, NULL ); if ( -1 == gidsetlen ) { return false; } gid_array_type gids( gidsetlen ); // Allocates memory to hold IDs if ( -1 == getgroups( gidsetlen, &gids[0] ) ) { return false; } If you've already declared your STL vector, you can allocate the memory by calling: gids.reserve( gidsetlen ); If you already have the data in a C array called gidset, you can do this (after allocating the memory in the STL vector): memcpy( &gids[0], getset, gidsetlen * sizeof( gid_t ) ); # # Here's further discussion from Rich, which he generously provided # on our request: # The original STL standard was ambiguous concerning the question of whether the memory allocated for a vector will be contiguous, but that has been fixed. Taking the address of the zeroth element will return the address of the beginning of the allocated memory, so I haven't seen anything recently that seriously discourages this practice. Before the standard was updated, some people discouraged it, since theoretically some implementation might use non-contiguous memory, but to my knowledge, no implementation actually did this. There are a few possible gotchas. First, like C, you have to make sure the memory is actually allocated. You can use either of the two methods, either through the constructor, or with reserve(). To check if the memory is actually allocated, use capacity(). Second, I usually use typedefs with STL containers, since it makes code developement easier by reducing the amount of typing. For example, instead of typing: std::vector<std::string> strings; std::vector<std::string>::iterator itr; I can type "typedef std::vector<std::string> strings_type;" once, then use it throughout my code: strings_type strings; strings_type::iterator itr; This becomes more important when you start nesting types like this: std::map< std::map::size_type, std::vector<std::string> > foo; It also makes maintenance eaiser, because you can just change the typedef in one place if you need to make a change; for example from std::vector to std::list. This is where the second gotcha comes in. If you are using a std::vector in a typedef, and you change it to another container type that does not guarantee contiguous memory allocation, code that depends on contiguous memory will break. As long as you keep this in mind, there isn't any problem I know of with using STL vectors in place of C arrays in this way. # # And a response from Co-editor, Don Bahls # Instead of copying element by element, you can use the assign operator: theVector.assign(theArray,theArray + numberOfArrayElements); The first operand is a pointer to the start of the array. The second is a pointer past the last element of the array. If you use this method make sure you declare "theVector" to be a container of the same type as "theArray". E.g., std::vector<gid_t> theVector; Q: I use ScaLAPACK, therefore I use BLACS. I'm on AIX, therefore I use ESSL/PESSL. I don't use MPI. Here's my question: I need the global minimim value of a distributed matrix. SHMEM provides a routine to determine this: shmem_double_min_to_all : "Performs a minimum reduction on array of doubles" I don't see anything in ScaLAPACK and the routine provided in the BLACS library is no help: DGAMN2D: "Perform an elementwise absolute value max/min." ... "Remember, ... The absolute value is used to determine the max/min." Suggestions?
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High throughput, lightweight and mission critical✔Application Upgrades ✔ Hardware outages ✔ Spikes in traffic
Resin is a fast, ultra-reliable Java EE integrated solution for web applications spanning hundreds of servers. Use Resin if other application servers, built upon disparate components, are just not reliable enough for the performance you need.
Built-in standard features include:
- Clustering allows you to dynamically scale up within Amazon EC2 or your own private cloud
- Distributed caching reduces your reliance on traditional databases
- Adaptive health monitoring detects and reports anomalies in your running application
1. What should your enterprise architecture be? Understand the problem
2. What components make up Resin? See the complete Resin architecture
3. Ready to try out Resin? Get started with Resin now
4. Have general questions? Read through our FAQ
Salesforce.com has relied on Resin to run our market-leading CRM services for years. After evaluating competing products, we found Resin to be the most reliable, scalable and cost-effective solution.- Dave Moellenhoff / CTO, Salesforce.com
Resin's performance and reliability allows us to help secure over 65,000 websites. Resin consistently maintains the highest level of security when compared to other J2EE application servers.- Ben Tyler, ScanAlert (Acquired by McAfee)
Japan's largest online gaming portal, using JENNIFER to unleash the full performance of RESIN, we reduced the time spent monitoring our enterprise applications by 50% and time spent identifying and resolving the performance problem by 70%. What used to take hours or days now only takes minutes.- Young-Chul Choi , Wazap


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The DC sniper bit the dust last night. A victory for the Justice System, finally! Sorry about the crude thread title, but it seemed appropriate.
Too bad we have to support his accomplice for the rest of his life.
The DC sniper bit the dust last night. A victory for the Justice System, finally! Sorry about the crude thread title, but it seemed appropriate.
Too bad we have to support his accomplice for the rest of his life.
God Bless PFC Jamie Harkness. The US Army's newest PFC, but still our neighbor's little girl!
We should support both of them for the rest of their life. An eye for an eye was a long time ago. Yes, I am saying I am against the death penalty, for anyone.
When you go to prison, it should be miserable. You should have no tv, no air conditioning, no basketball, no weight training, no freedom. You should be locked in solitary and given bread and water to eat and drink. Many people that go to prison have it better there than outside of prison. If you do something worthy of being sent to prison, it should be a punishment. You should not be comfortable.
Run prisons like that, and it will deter criminals and save us money on supporting the oxygen thieves for the rest of their lives.
I am against a life without parole sentence being the maximum. Prisoners excape, judges turn them lose, they can still kill guards and other prisoners. Once they have been executed we have a rehabilitated criminal who will never re-offend.
Bob Gutermuth
Canvasback Chesapeakes
We ought to let the relatives of the victoms pull the lever.
I know if that happened to me ,,that would make me feel better and at least provide a little closure.
Why waist a productive moment.
This is one thing I agree wholeheartedly with dnf777 over--I only wish this murdering POS suffered a horrible painful death like his victims.
I've met the judge who tried and sentenced him, Paul Ebert. He's someone I think most people on this board would like, a fine man and a duck hunter .
The truely sad thing is that the families that lost loved ones to this dirt bag still have to suffer unlike the murderer.
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
"All those things bother me: The populism, the lying and the scapegoating and the xenophobia bother me, but then theres a layer of incompetence here. I suppose, in a way, we should be thankful: If he had a coherent ideology, hed probably be more dangerous." P J O'Rourke
Article [I.]
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Article [II.]
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Auction, anyone? If you're looking to give back this holiday season, this is a great idea. A dozen or more ASID interior designers sign on to each create and donate a festive wreath. Then Thursday night, you're all invited to come out to the Palmetto Cafe at Charleston Place and bid on their creations while enjoying champagne and nibbles. The best part? All money raised go to MUSC Children's Hospital. (If I'm not mistaken, MUSC kids' handiwork is on display, too!). How's that for a dose of holiday spirit?
They'll also award prizes, including Best in Show, chosen by a team of judges (me included). This is my third year doing it and it's always great fun. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, December 9; 6-9 p.m. Palmetto Cafe at the Charleston Place Hotel. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available online, http://www.charlestonplaceshops.com/FOW, or visit the Orient-Express Boutique in Charleston Place Hotel, or call 843-937-9142.


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Michael Tonge in match action.
By Phil Hay
Published on Wednesday 12 September 2012 07:26
Michael Tonge has emerged as another of Neil Warnock's targets amid on-going efforts to bring a new midfielder to Leeds United.
Tonge could be set for a reunion with Warnock – a manager he played under for seven years at Sheffield United – after Stoke City deemed the 29-year-old surplus to requirements for the first half of their Premier League season.
The YEP understands that Leeds have been in contact with Stoke in the days since Tonge was left out of their 25-man squad and a source close to the player claimed a loan deal with United was possible before the club resume their Championship term away to Cardiff City this weekend.
Warnock has been assessing a number of different options since injuries to David Norris and Michael Brown left him critically short of central midfielders, and Tottenham Hotspur's Jermaine Jenas is also on his radar despite Spurs including him in their own 25-man squad.
Jenas is not expected to feature prominently at White Hart Lane in the near future and the North London club are willing to send the England international out on a 93-day emergency loan.
But Tonge is likely to be a more affordable answer to the selection crisis caused at Elland Road by Norris' torn thigh muscle and Brown's hamstring strain.
Leeds were already without Paul Green, who damaged a knee last month, and the club do not expect Jamaican Rodolph Austin to return from international duty until 24 hours before their meeting with Cardiff. At present, Warnock's only midfield alternatives are transfer-listed Danny Pugh and youngster Zac Thompson.
Tonge enjoyed the best years of his career under Warnock at Bramall Lane, playing more than 300 times for Sheffield United and winning promotion from the Championship in 2006.
Stoke paid £2million to sign the attacking midfielder two years later but he has made only one league start in four years at the Britannia Stadium.
He finished last term with a half-season loan at Barnsley.
Warnock underlined the importance of his search yesterday, saying: "We're looking all over for a midfield player to join us before the weekend.
"We've asked about a couple of midfield players and we should know soon because we need someone in there. We're looking at what there is around.
"Rodolph Austin is also away this week and will have had two games to play, so we're hoping he comes back okay. He won't be back until Friday and it is horrific when they have all that travelling to do."
The Football League's emergency loan window opened last Friday night and clubs beneath the Premier League are free to sign players for a maximum of 93 days under the rules of their governing body.
United are continuing to analyse Brown's fitness but Norris and Green are both expected to be missing until next month.
leon wobschall ?@LeonWobYEP
Definite interest from #lufc in Jenas. Sounds like #thfc keener on 93 day loan. Something shorter may suit Leeds more. #YEPLeeds
Phil Hay ?@PhilHayYEP
If nothing else, it's clear enough that certain people are still trying to push this deal forward.
2h Phil Hay Phil Hay ?@PhilHayYEP
Contact optimistic but won't speculate that takeover might complete next week. Says situation "is too unpredictable to assume that." #lufc
2h Phil Hay Phil Hay ?@PhilHayYEP
Brief takeover update: contact of mine says tonight that "significant progress" on #lufc takeover expected next week.
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Here is a list of shoots that include still target shoots that I know about currently.
This may be helpful until such time as the "Official" site listing all these shoots is created.
Weatherby Sporting Classics 11.19.2011
Clinton House Plantation, Clinton, SC
NWTF Preseason Clays 04.10.2012
Elbert County Gun Club, Elberton, GA
Timber Shoot 05.26.2012
Rocky Knoll Sporting Clays, Abbeville, SC
Marlin Mid-America Cup 06.9-12.2012
Hill N' Dale Gun Club, Medina, OH
Great Lakes Sporting Clays 06.24.2012
Critter Path Sporting Clays, Waterford, PA
The Heat is On Clays Classic 07.13-15.2012
Backwoods Quail Club, Georgetown, SC
Mid-Atlantic Challenge 07.21.2012
Hunting Creek Preserve, Harmony, SC
Tri-Star Sporting Clays 07.29.2012
Powder Creek Gun Club, Lenexa, KS
Baron Technology Northeast Sporting Clays 08.26.2012
Mid-County Rod & Gun Club, LaGrangeville, NY
The Jackson County Wild Turkeys Carbondale, IL
will sponsor 2 or 3 still target shoots in 2012 but the exact dates and locations have not been set.
There will also be 2 shoots in OK, 1 in TX, 1 in GA and I believe 1 in MS that have not yet been scheduled.
As the year begins, more shoots will probably be scheduled and I'd encourage anyone interested to "stay tuned" and check often.