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BALTIMORE -- Score one for the good guys. The Maryland Amusement and Music Operators Association said it has stopped state legislation from moving forward that could have severely restricted the operation of skill games. On Dec. 18, more than 20 amusement industry members attended a meeting of the state's Lottery Commission in Baltimore in a successful effort to explain how the coin-op industry could become a victim of vaguely worded regulations.
"After almost two years of attending commission meetings, we faced a point of potential disaster then succeeded in stopping harmful regulations from moving forward," said MAMOA president Larry Bershtein of Capitol Amusement Co. Inc. (Laurel, MD). "That buys the industry time to work with both the legislative and regulatory sides to find a satisfactory solution."
At issue is Senate Bill 864, passed during the 2012 legislative session, which required the State Lottery and Gaming Commission to create new regulations for electronic gaming devices, as well as any "skills-based amusement device that awards prizes of minimal value approved by the Lottery Commission through regulation." The regulatory legislation proved vague and subject to multiple interpretations, and could have unintentionally and negatively impacted any skill game operating in the state of Maryland.
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"The main issues were the $10 limit on prizes from skill-based amusement games and the definition of skill-based amusement games showing 75% or more skill," Bershtein explained. "We were told by officials that the determination of 'skill-based' would be very complex and very expensive."
Bershtein credits Kevin O'Keeffe, MAMOA's director of government relations, from Baltimore-based Meringer, Zois & Quigg LLC, for leading the association's victory. "He worked to make sure the lottery people knew they were heading in the wrong direction," Bershtein said. "There isn't a state association that does not need someone like him."
MOMOA's government affairs effort focuses on education, not confrontation. "Our job is to enlighten legislators about how our industry works, and how some laws and policies could potentially put small businesses out of business," he explained. "That's how we've approached it from day one. We're there to educate, discuss and be part of the process. I've had the utmost respect for the people we've dealt with; even when we did not see eye to eye we were able to sit down and have substantive conversations about the issues."
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The video Host Hostage on YouTube shows a man taking a sacred host "hostage", it then shows the Blessed Sacrament next to a condom. The host was sent to Dr. P.Z. Myers at the University of Minnesota at Morris. Dr. Myers has since desecrated the host. An account of its treatment can be found at Myers' post: The Great Desecration (he pierced the sacred host with a rusty nail and threw it into the rubbish bin.)
If you have a subscription to YouTube, please flag this video under the heading "hateful or abusive content".
Myers' justification of his action is fatuous: "it's just a cracker". Even if Catholics regarded the sacred host as a mere symbol, this would be an inadequate justification for showing it disrespect. Remember the episode of Sharp when he realised that he could not describe a flag simply as a "dirty rag"? You simply do not take the sacred symbols of other people and vilify them if you have an ounce of civilised blood in you.
Of course, we believe the "cracker" to be the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He will judge Myers mercifully for his sacrilege.
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So, I was watching a recent episode of The Tonight Show in which Fallon hosted Vin Diesel.
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Organic milk has been a increasingly successful in the US, as people have realized the dangers of consuming dairy infused with growth hormones and tainted with pesticides.
Organic certification assures that dairy cows are free of genetically modified feed grown with pesticides, free of antibiotics used to make animals grow and of the growth hormone rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone), also known as rBST. RBST, created by Monsanto to make cows produce more milk, has been found to sicken cows, end their lives prematurely and also has been implicated as a carcinogen in humans.
But while Americans are becoming more careful about the milk they buy at the grocery – switching to non-rBGH milk and also to organic milk every year – they're still slurping up non-organic dairy at most restaurants.
The advocacy GMOInside.org wants Americans to help change that, at least at one busy center of commerce: Starbucks, the world's most successful coffee bistro.
Starbucks serves non-rBGH milk, but it does not offer Organic-certified milk. That means that the 93 million gallons of milk served in the river of coffee products sold by Starbucks come from cows fed a diet of GM corn, soy and cotton seed (though not bovine growth hormones).
GMOInside.org also points to GM alfalfa as a problem feed for dairy cows, though that crop has not been taken over by GM seeds to the same extent as corn, soy and cotton seed. (Please see our poster on the crops that have been mostly converted to GM varieties, reprinted in part below.)
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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My mom almost never reads male writers. I know she does occasionally – we've discussed one of my favorites, East of Eden, recently. But there are so many books by women that are in need of readership and discussion.
As a feminist and a writer, I've consistently failed to follow her example– last year, I read 38 books total and only six were by women. This is unacceptable to me. I need to support other women who write and not favor male writers buoyed by critical and commercial acclaim.
This year, I set my reading goals high: 50 books, at least 20 (40%) by women. I expected this to be a challenge, but it's actually enlivened and encouraged my reading. Since I made this resolution at the beginning of April, I've read 14 books, 11 by women. It's never a challenge to find lively, interesting, original books by women writers in any genre – be it comics, history, fiction, or memoir.
I'm going to try to review at least one women writer every Wednesday. You can see what I'm reading and have read by looking at my Goodreads profile. Later today: The Hemingses of Monticello, by Annette Gordon-Reed.
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You should read The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff. It's pretty excellent. :)ReplyDelete
I will put it on my to-read list. Thanks for the rec!ReplyDelete
Oh East of Eden. I love that book.ReplyDelete
I also am pretty awful at reading women writers; nearly all my favorite books are by men, and that's really disappointing to think about. I feel like the majority of the books by women that get attention, or at least prominent shelf placement in bookstores, are chick lit -- hardly the best image for women writers. I look forward to getting some recommendations from you, especially fiction.
Nothing against chick lit, but I agree. It's sort of a literary pink ghetto - not that there aren't exceptional examples of the genre, but a lot of it is not good. "Serious" writers are usually men.ReplyDelete
If I don't get around to it, Becky - read Gilead. It's amazing.
A good VA girl like yourself has surely read Flannery O'Conner, and has a subscription to Oxford American Magazine, right? JulieReplyDelete
Actually, I haven't read a lot of Flannery O'Connor (I'm only recently of VA). I need to add that to my list. Thanks for the rec!ReplyDelete
I second the Flannery O'Conner.ReplyDelete
Also, to expand the literary ghetto-- there's a wealth of amazing books by black women writers. To be quite honest, I've found that I prefer works by black women writers to works by white women writers. I think maybe that white women tend to imitate white men when they write, rather than finding their own unique strengths that would make them more revolutionary, and more successful. I'm obsessed with "Searching for our Mother's Gardens" by Alice Walker.
Wait, I gotta think of more. Hm, maybe I'll just post some time with a list.
Ooh, Gilead looks good. I'll have to check it out.ReplyDelete
Have you read The Awakening, by Kate Chopin? I love it -- I read it in high school and it was one of my first introductions to both serious, intellectual fiction by a woman, and to feminism. I've gone back and read it a couple times since and I still find it fascinating.
I've never considered the gender of the authors I've read before and your mentioning your project makes me curious on how many women writers I have read as well.ReplyDelete
I did notice that within since June 2008, 55.5% of the books I've read have been by female authors (or co authored by at least one women). Granted, 5 of these were by Sarah Vowell, 4 by Stephanie Meyer, and one by Ayn Rand (she counts, right?)
I'll be interested in what books you're reading. Good luck on this! :D
In the book Cunt, Inga Muscio suggests going through your home and putting a gold star on everything made by a woman. The idea is to increase awareness of who and what we support. I have kind of applied this to reading too, and I read almost all women writers. I don't exclude male writers by any means, but I just seem more drawn to female writers at this point in life.ReplyDelete


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ok....money for power, which is better? stock is:191/196 degrees @.050, .414-.428 lift, 111 LSA.....which is better? mind you this is for mild cam in a 5.7L vortec in a jeep with 4.10 gears. wanting gains for money. chevy performance: 196 int./206 exh.,0.431 int./0.451 exh, 109...or Comp Cams: 050 inch Lift: 206 int./210 exh, 0.450 int./0.480 exh, 112 LSA.
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I'm looking for suggestions on an MMO that I could play on and off in my spare time.
Throughout the years I have tried several MMO's that I found interesting and I felt they were all very similar in game play and/or feeling, therefore what I am looking for would have to be different, a game that doesn't follow or is based off a standard MMO structure (I.E repetitive game play) There are a few guidelines that I want to avoid however
1. A item shop structure is fine, but a game that takes away on too much game play due to not buying certain items from the cash shop takes away on the whole experience. A one time payment however is accepted, paying multiple times just to have fun isn't.
2. Community is a factor that is hard to control for many different MMO's as there will always be good and bad players in a community (personality-wise). However a game who's structure is made to attract the negative people instead of the positive is a recipe for disaster, this includes games that have a very heavy competitive or pay to win aspect. Pvp is fine to an extent but a game that is focused around the pvp aspect is not very fun to play in my eyes
Aside from games in that criteria I feel as though I can adapt to most other games as long as they are enjoyable enough to play. Game genres that I have a particular fondness of are classic dungeon crawlers(excluding action dungeon crawlers) and action games that require a level of strategy.
I hope that you can suggest a great game that I could try sometime in the future.
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The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced two major awards to advance exciting areas of basic research on aging. Grants for studies to determine the potential healthy aging effects of rapamycin, a compound involved in regulating cell growth, and to understand the causes of protein misfolding—when a protein is either not formed correctly or damaged afterwards—that lead to age-related disease are made possible through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. These grants are part of the $5 billion that President Obama announced Sept. 30 on the National Institutes of Health campus.
"This is a remarkable time in aging research. Our knowledge about the basic biology of aging has grown rapidly in recent years, and the studies supported with Recovery Act funds provide a wonderful opportunity to build on what we know in some key areas," said NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. "These studies, at the cellular level, will increase our understanding of some of the basic biological processes that occur with passage of time."
Study in Mice to Determine Possible Healthy Effects of Rapamycin
NIA has awarded $5.2 million over the next two years to the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio to determine the effects of rapamycin on the health of mice.
"In a recent study, a team of researchers reported that rapamycin extended the median and maximal lifespan of mice, when the drug was fed to the mice beginning in middle age. With Recovery Act funding, we can more quickly follow up on these exciting and provocative findings," said Felipe Sierra, Ph.D., director of NIA's Division of Aging Biology.
Rapamycin—an inhibitor of the mTOR pathway that helps to regulate cell growth and proliferation and that is used to help suppress the immune system in people undergoing organ transplant—is one of many compounds being studied for effects that might be similar to those of calorie restriction. Calorie restriction, very low calorie but nutritious diets that have been tested in laboratory animals and on a limited basis in humans, has been found to have variety of positive effects on health and longevity. Despite these findings, calorie restriction may not be practical or safe for most people.
The study, led by Arlan Richardson, Ph.D., will seek answers to three questions:
- How does rapamycin affect models of age-related human diseases in mice?
- How does rapamycin affect normal physiology?
- By what mechanisms does rapamycin work?
"Under normal circumstances, it took over 10 years of research to demonstrate that caloric restriction retarded age-related diseases and increased healthspan. However, Recovery Act funding will allow us to determine in two years if rapamycin can retard or reduce age-related diseases and improve quality of life in mice," said Richardson.
The team will test rapamycin's effects on multiple models of Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's disease, kidney disease and cancer. In addition, investigators will look at rapamycin's effects on the physiology and behavior of healthy mice, focusing special attention on the response to infection, metabolism, movement and cardiac function.
Study to Develop New Technologies to Monitor Protein Folding
NIA has awarded $1 million to Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., and $1 million to The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, to develop new technologies—biosensors—that will monitor aging and age-related disease by focusing on protein folding.
The proper folding of proteins in cells, or proteostasis, is important for health. Like a three-dimensional puzzle, sections of a protein naturally fold into shapes and then arrange themselves to align to each other to produce the final active protein. A protein's function in the body depends on these folding patterns. If a protein is formed incorrectly or becomes damaged and then misfolds, it disrupts the pattern. As a consequence, the protein does not perform its normal function or cannot be properly disposed of by cellular machinery. These problems and consequences on cellular proteostasis may lead to disease.
"Scientists already know that proper protein folding may be affected by age. Protein misfolding inhibits the body's ability to respond to environmental and/or physiological stresses and cues and could lead to age-related diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. This Recovery Act funding provides an opportunity to better understand the role of proteostasis and the aging environment in which protein misfolding occurs," said NIA's Sierra.
The Recovery Act funding will also support the development of the Proteostasis Aging Sensor Consortium (PASC) comprised of five investigators, representing leaders in the fields of protein folding, human cell biology and aging. The highly complementary skill sets of these investigators will create synergy to implement these new technologies within the time frame of the Recovery Act funding.
The researchers from Northwestern University led by Richard Morimoto, Ph.D., and from the Salk Institute led by Andrew Dillin, Ph.D., will develop new tools to detect protein misfolding first in a worm model and then in mammalian tissue culture cells. Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute led by William Balch, Ph.D., Jeffery Kelly, Ph.D., and Rockland Wiseman Ph.D., will use some of the tools developed by the Northwestern and Salk teams as well as their own to test protein misfolding in different compartments of mammalian cells in culture and in mice. The five investigators established the PASC to coordinate collaboration in the design, test and use of all the tools designed to follow protein folding and misfolding in cells.
"Aging is highly complex, involving multiple and variable metabolic and biochemical parameters. These studies could lead to first-in-class biosensors that would detect key features of the aging environment and its response to stress and disease," said Richard Morimoto, Ph.D., principal investigator and professor of biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology at Northwestern University. "Ultimately, biosensors aim to enable researchers to monitor disease progression and the response to therapeutic intervention in real time."
The NIA leads the federal effort supporting and conducting research on aging and the medical, social and behavioral issues of older people. For more information on research and aging, go to www.nia.nih.gov.
The NIH—the nation's medical research agency—includes 27 institutes and centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
The activities described in this release are being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. More information about NIH's Recovery Act grant funding opportunities can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/recovery. To track the progress of HHS activities funded through the Recovery Act, visit www.hhs.gov/recovery. To track all federal funds provided through the Recovery Act, visit www.recovery.gov.


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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by detteam, Feb 26, 2011.
I'm sold! JIMMERRRRRR!!!!
I'd never seen him play before the Madness and wow, his range is pretty sick. He's hitting halfcourt shots like a young Lee. Awesome!
General Jimmerrrr!
Uggh. U of M fought valiantly. Soooo close. 71-73.
Duky bigs with too many putbacks. Ya-know these Mich. shooters might have a good chance next season after all.
I only got 9 teams left in the Sweet 16. The three first place [STRIKE]chumps[/STRIKE] players have 10 each. I'm gonna have to win the hard way. :fingerscr
Were you thinking Notre Dame was going to win?
Ahhhh...let's make that 8 teams left...
Isn't it amazing how the cream always rises to the top? First last year, and now, first this year. There's just so little chance for advancement.
AP Source: Tennessee fires coach Bruce Pearl - College Basketball - Rivals.com Interesting news...kinda unexpected..
I think he had support with the school till he broke rules what? 4 days after he cried for the cameras... can't say I am shocked or that I'm bothered by a coach who breaks rules over and over.... they should be sacked. First and foremost its a school of higher learning not a pro athlete factory. Really think some other schools should be thinking along these lines......
There is chance for a major decline, though. There is plenty of basketball to be played, senor.
A bunch of bracket busters tonight...as only Sprocket and the Professor managed to get two wins tonight. My only winner was Florida over BYU UConn's Kemba Walker looks like a keeper if he is going pro and if we needed another guard..... we would have to dump our other UConn guards in Rip and BG to take on Kemba Derrick Williams looks like the # 1 pick as he set the catalyst to run Duke out of the Pond in Anaheim. I kinda figured Duke was going out before getting the finals the way they played Michigan.....now we are not sure how good Michigan really is now, but they would got ran out of the pond too... The Wildcats out dunked out hustled and out duked ~ Duke. Tells you what happens when you play inside like they did. The nation cheers Arizona!!! Bringing back Kyrie may have thrown off Duke the same way Jameer Nelson threw off the Magic against the Lakers two years ago. The two best players will be on display Saturday.....Kemba and Derrick..lotta scouts will be in Cali to see those to play.....maybe I should go. Feel bad for Steve Fisher...took his team to long to find it's offense. Wisconsin was just to slow, so the Butler did it again.
Looks like it's about time for the sprocketz to make a greasy spot on the road as they head out of town. I wonder what the biggest drop in position a bracket has ever made before in one day? From first today to maybe 10th tomorrow? Live for today, that's what I say.
Mission accomplished.
My bracket day was so bad that I needed to be hosed off. Certainly not top ten material by the time this thing is finished.
You know, the important thing is to have a goal.
...the only people that I'm beating in this thing are the two dudes that failed to submit their picks.
For now, that is. Rascoe is gaining ground on you....
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation congratulates Jessica Ahlquist, 16, for prevailing in a heated state/church lawsuit challenging a prayer banner at her high school in Cranston, R.I. Yesterday, the school board there took the right, rational and fiscally responsible action, by voting not to appeal the Jan. 11 ruling by U.S. District Judge Ronald Lagueux. The judge had ordered the removal of a large prayer inscribed on a banner in the auditorium of Cranston High School West, beginning, "Our Heavenly Father" and ending "Amen."
"Jessica, with sweet determination, stood up for the First Amendment and its precious principle of separation between church and state, she persevered under acutely difficult circumstances, and she has prevailed," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president.
Ahlquist, 5 feet tall and only 16 years old, was targeted by many in her state and community, including by her state representative, who publicly labeled her "an evil little thing." She had become such a persona non grata in the overwhelmingly Catholic community that four local florists refused to deliver flowers FFRF had ordered after her January federal court victory. FFRF is pursuing claims against two floral shops with the State of Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.
FFRF awarded Jessica its Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award, a $1,000 scholarship endowed by a West Coast FFRF couple, last fall. Her compelling speech at last fall's annual conference in Hartford, given without notes, which recounted her commitment to the Constitution as well the school and community's shockingly hostile responses, wow'ed her audience. (Read or listen to her speech.)
Jessica will be a headline speaker at the upcoming Reason Rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C., on Saturday, March 24. (Read more here.)
"Jessica is part of a long line of freethinkers who have stood up for rights of conscience, and made legal history in defending the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. She epitomizes the significant role that freethinkers continue to play in moving society forward," said Dan Barker, FFRF co-president.
FFRF thanks all its members who contacted the Cranston school board, urging it to not appeal. Please send a quick thank you to the Superintendent (who opposed appealing although he had no vote) and the five members of the School Committee (only those who voted against the appeal are listed below).
Cranston School Committee
Peter Nero - Superintendent
Phone: 401-270-8000
Andrea M. Iannazzi - Chairperson
Home Tel: 401-935-2411
Steven Bloom
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Stephanie Culhane
Home Tel: 401-781-2119
Paula McFarland
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Janice Ruggieri
Home Tel: 401-944-4832
"Thank you for not appealing the banner ruling. You have the support of Americans around the nation."
Rhode Island florists refuse to deliver FFRF's flowers to Jessica Ahlquist
FFRF announces "Atheists in Foxholes Support Fund"
Florist shops violate Rhode Island public accommodation statute
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Wayne began his career with the LFD in 1985 and served as a firefighter, fire instructor, driver-engineer, and lieutenant, having held the latter position for 17 years. Speakers at the ceremony including Fire Chief Gary Ballard, Assistant Chief Rick Hartzog, Bat. Chief Mike Williams, and Bat. Chief Jeff Wharton all concurred that Bat. Chief Epperson is one of the most honest, dedicated, and deserving individuals they know within the organization. Wayne has been heavily involved with training efforts throughout his career and through his many years of experience and leadership will undoubtedly further elevate the position.
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In the mid 1970s, the South Bronx reached its nadir of post-WW-II decline. Numerous buildings were intentionally burned by property owners who could no longer make a profit on their investments and wanted to collect insurance. At the start of the second game of the 1977 World Series at Yankee Stadium, an aerial shot of the stadium also caught a large fire in the neighborhood and sportscaster Howard Cosell famously remarked, "There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning."
However, within this battle-scarred neighborhood, a number of grassroots organizations rose up to regain control of their community. One such group under the leadership of Harry DeRienzo, Leon Potts and Mildred Valez coalesced to renovate three buildings at 936, 940 and 944 Kelly Street ( Lat/Long 40.8205, -73.8957). The group formed the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Inc., using the nickname for the crescent-shaped section of Kelly Street where their first renovation project was located. The group "liberated" these three abandoned buildings and returned them to habitability using funds from a Self Help Neighborhood Award Program grant and with "sweat equity" labor volunteered in return for co-op ownership of the renovated building (DeRienzo 2008, 16).
The gentleman seated on the sidewalk in front of 936 Kelly is Robert Foster, a lifelong resident of the neighborhood who was one of the original Banana Kelly homesteaders. Retired from Verizon, he was planning on selling his place and moving "down south." However, his plans were being delayed by the remarkable failure of the NYC Department of Buildings to issue a certificate of occupancy, 32 years after the building had been rescued.
Although there were Irish immigrants in this area in the early 20th century, Kelly Street is actually named after Samuel Kelly, who owned a farm in the area in the 19th century. Emporis is ambiguous on the age of the buildings on this block, giving them ages that range from 1907 to 1928 even though the common styling of the buildings implies that they were constructed simultaneously.
Leon Potts involvement with the group was spurred by his ownership of the six buildings immediately to the south of the Banana Kelly buildings. Potts relatives, many of whom lived these buildings, constituted the core of the Kelly Street volunteers (DeRienzo 2008, 34).
The success of the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association resulted in its transformation from a volunteer effort into comparatively large funded organization controlling around 1,000 units by the mid 1990s. These changes resulted in the loss of many of the qualities (and personnel) that made the group unique and further problems with mismanagement and corruption nearly destroyed the organization in the final years of the 20th century. In 2002, the organization went through a major reorganization that returned it (and its 23 buildings) to solvency and viability by 2007 (DeRienzo 2008, 212).
Tiffany and Beck Streets run parallel to Banana Kelly just to the east. In contrast to the historically intact architecture of Kelly Street, Tiffany and Beck were largely rebuilt in the 1980s and 1990s with single-family row houses.
Rainey Park (to the south of Banana Kelly) used to be the 800 block of Kelly Street but by end of the 1970s it was a wasteland of vacant lots and derelict tenements. Community leader William F. Rainey (1920-1985) spearheaded an effort to convert the area into a large recreational park, which was posthumously renamed in his honor in 1991. (NYCDPR)
In the subsequent two decades after the formation of Banana Kelly, billions of public dollars were invested in the neighborhood, leveraging additional private investment and resulting in the construction or renovation of tens of thousands of residential units. The presence of Banana Kelly and other strong grassroots organizations gave the neighborhood an institutional advantage over other depressed parts of the city, resulting in a disproportionate share of investment and a remarkable restoration of a sense of community order.
The investment paid off financially for the city in the return of considerable amounts of property to the city's tax rolls. The strengthening of the community resulted in levels of crime reductions that significantly outpaced reductions in other depressed areas of the city, despite the high numbers of teenagers and young adults residing in the area. But unlike the urban renewal efforts in areas like Manhattan's Upper West Side or later gentrification trends in neighborhoods like Harlem, these gains came while the neighborhood remained something unique in the city: "...a place where lower-income people [could] live affordably, in tranquility and safety" (Grogan and Proscio 2000, 29).
Despite the level of devastation experienced in the South Bronx during the era of disinvestment and arson, there are quite a few lovely, turreted row houses that survived in the blocks south of Longwood - some in excellent condition. In contrast to the curved 900 block called "Banana Kelly", the more pastoral 700 block was called "Country Kelly."
There are a pair of clumps of pseudo-period row houses on Longwood Avenue that were constructed around 1993. Unlike some of the buildings from the 1980s, these have brick exteriors and appear to be fairly solid in construction. The only unfortunate marrings are the inferior replica cornices that lack the detailing of the original styles and that are not meaningfully integrated with the building structure.
The 41st Precinct was popularized in the 1981 Paul Newman film, Fort Apache, The Bronx, a work that was typical for its time in depicting New York as a corrupt, crime-ridden, post-apocalyptic wasteland. The original precinct house was at 1086 Simpson Street, but relocated to this new building on Intervale Avenue at Southern Boulevard in the 1980s.
Just to the west of the precinct is a building for the Police Athletic League, which was formed in 1914 to provide recreational activities for poor children (PAL 2009). Jacobs (1961, 143) points out the research of Karl Menninger that showed violent play (along with work and contact with other people) was a meaningful activity that could combat the "will to destruction" plaguing cities with few opportunities for positive outdoor recreation.
Prior to WW-II, Eastern Boulevard (later renamed Bruckner Boulevard after a former borough president) was a major thoroughfare through the South Bronx and was an approach to the Triboro Bridge (which opened in 1936). As early as 1936 the Regional Plan Association recommended construction of an expressway on this alignment. Robert Moses made his initial proposal for an elevated expressway in 1951 but political and community opposition delayed its approval until 1956. With its designation as an interstate highway (I-278), the project was eligible for 90% federal funding. Work on this six-lane, 2.3-mile connector between the Major Deegan and the Sheridan Expressway began in 1957 and was completed in 1962. (NYCRoads.com).
From an engineering and economic standpoint, fitting the elevated expressway in this narrow corridor between the neighborhood on the west and the NYNHH Railroad (later Amtrak) on the east made sense. However, the concerns of neighborhood business owners, residents and the Borough President about the "blighting" effect of elevated expressways proved prescient. Harry DeRienzo remarked that the Bruckner, "...seemed to have been expressly designed to both by-pass and bury this community." (DiRienzo 2008, 22).
The building of the IRT subway into the Bronx provided a fast and inexpensive way to commute into Manhattan and, thus, was pivotal to a massive influx of development in the South Bronx in the early 20th century. The three-track, three-mile elevated line between Brook Avenue and Bronx Park at 181st Street was section #10 of IRT contract #1 and work began on on August 19, 1901. The section was completed a few months before the rest of the IRT and opened in November of 1904 with a connection south of Jackson Avenue to the now-defunct Third Avenue El (NYCSubway.org)
DeRienzo, Harold. 2008. The Concept of Community: Lessons from the Bronx. Milan: IPOC di Pietro Condemi.
Grogan, Paul S. and Tony Proscio. 2000. Comeback Cities. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. http://books.google.com/bbooks/id=o5sbdWh_B8ICC
Jacobs, Jane. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Random House, 1993 Modern Library Edition.
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYCDPR). Rainey Park. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X255/highlights/8170 (last accessed 20 June 2009)
NYCRoads.com. Bruckner expressway: historic overview. http://www.nycroads.com/roads/bruckner. (last accessed 20 June 2009).
NYCSubway.org. The Bronx IRT, Lenox/White Plains Road/Dyre Avenue Line. http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/whiteplains.html (last accessed 20 June 2009).
Police Athletic League Website (PAL). 2009. History. http://www.palnyc.org/800-PAL-4KIDS/History.aspx.


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I saw in a video people using floaters as field dekes. They just dug a hole to put the keel in. I am just curious how well it works if it works at all. Thought I might give it try till I can afford some proper field decoys. any opinions?
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I'm saying goodbye to the gauntlets guys so if anyone needs a set of Empire, Jedi or Jango Fett gauntlets please let me know ASAP. I'm finishing the last 2 remaining sets for some collectors and I don't have plans to make any more after that...So I'm dropping the price on all 3 versions from the regular price of $350.00 to a close-out price of $300.00 a set (non-painted)
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|Wicked Seraphim
I have a huge nest of wet tissue piled up next to me after reading this.
The way you shared Eva's story was deeply touching. Your loving remembrance of her and wishes to visit with her in your dreams, breathtakingly heart-wrenching. I can't express my sorrow for your loss with words after reading what you've written. I don't have enough, or the right kind... so I'll just give you a /hug and tell you Eva was one lucky girl to have a mom like you. I know, you feel the luck was all yours, and that's what makes you wonderful.
|So sorry for your loss, it's not the same without them.
Three weeks today, Eva-doo. Can't believe it. Last night in the shower an image came to me of you sniffing the syringe the vet used to inject the sedative in your flank...walking up to it, standing with your back to me and your hind legs all funny like they always were (I'll add a picture - she had HD), sniffing all over it and how nice of the vet to let you since smelling e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. was one of your greatest pleasures in life....
I looked through all my pictures of you again today, just like almost every other day, and conjured up some good memories in my mind and smiled. It's just so hard to accept never seeing you again, never playing fetch, never bringing home a new toy to see whether you like it, never stitching your poor old football back up again, never bringing home a new kind of jerky, never snuggling, never being "nibbled" again, never coming home from work and laying down on the floor and then seeing your face peering into mine from above, and trying to keep my hair from getting tangled between your paws as you lay down next to me....
Thank you for blessing me, and dad, and Mika with your presence and your love; thank you for all you taught and showed us. Thank you for your companionship and your loyalty and your playful spirit and your wisdom and your forgiveness and your willingness to learn. You were not just a good dog, not just a good girl, you were and are my heart dog and I hope we meet again.
(First pic is of Eva's silly legs, second is of Eva + Mika)
Thank you Meek!
I am kinda using this as almost a journal at this point... there are only so many people who *get it*, as you all know.
Tomorrow will make two weeks since the last time I saw Eva, felt her warm breath on my skin as she sighed and stretched out, head parallel to or on my leg.... two weeks since our last Big Adventure, since the last time we startled the deer at 4 AM, since the last time I listened to the sleepy birds slowly awaken with her by my side...
I go through so much less chicken now that I'm the only one eating it. I didn't realize how much of my chicken I was giving her towards the end, but it was the only thing she would eat, ya know? I eat 8oz of it a day -- apparently she was eating another 8-16 oz every day, & even more towards the very end -- ha! No wonder our grocery bills were out of control. Makes me smile. She loved plain chicken breast and I'm glad she got so much of it in the last weeks and days.
Our cat has taken over as my playmate. I don't know where she got this energy from; there is no way she and Eva were playing this much during the day. I set up doggie cams from time to time and as far as I could tell, they both slept all day! Anyway, the cat harasses me (and I mean that, she follows me around, twists between my legs, meows at me, etc nonstop) to play with her at the same times I used to play with Eva. 'Course, playing with a cat is at least twice the work - you throw, they chase, you walk over, pick it up, throw it the other way, rinse, repeat. Guess that's making up for the walks I'm no longer going for, anyway.
One of my relatives died unexpectedly and suddenly yesterday. Feels strange to be trying to help someone else in their {very different} grief.
That's about all I've got for now. Miss you, my Eva-girl. Hope you are having fun up there with all the sheep.
I'm so so so sorry
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It's been 10 days since Eva passed. Yesterday, an Eva-related (I requested it) gift arrived in the mail, as well as a handwritten note from the vet who performed the euthanasia, and one of the forget-me-nots I planted in the window sprouted, as did one of the flowers I planted for Eva right outside our window...
Anyway the reason I mentioned my birthday is because I asked my friends and family to donate to a particular GSD rescue and a particular fund designated within that rescue, in Eva's memory, and two of my family members have donated so far, which feels really...soothing, I guess? I want Eva's legacy to live on forever, and those two family members helped me take a step towards that goal
In other news I had a disturbing dream last night.... I dreamed that my husband, who struggles w/ depression, & I had both become depressed, and made a suicide pact that involved some stranger who I dreamed was an MD friend, injecting us with an overdose of sedatives... I got injected first and I was okay with it in the beginning, but then my husband didn't get his injection for some reason and I started to fight it and struggle, and somehow I overcame it and then the dream ended....
The reason that dream particularly disturbs me is that it took a long while for the sedative to affect Eva -- well, the vet seemed to think it was a long while; it felt like seconds to me, and she did lay down and start getting sleepy right away, she was just very responsive to sounds, but it seemed like after the extra dosing was administered, too quickly for the extra dose to be acting alone, her... gosh I don't know canine anatomy.... the lining that is dark around the corner of their eyes???....swelled quite a bit, which I am assuming is one of the clinical signs of the sedative taking hold... the vet couldn't see it I don't think, I was in front of Eva's head the whole time until the very end.... Does anyone know anything about this? Like what that swelling indicated - was the sedative hitting? I don't know why this is important to me but it is. I work in healthcare but obviously there is no such thing (in the US) as human euthanasia so I'm not familiar with this at all, I don't even know what to google. I guess I'm just wondering, once the... whatever that structure is called, it wasn't her third eyelid I don't think, it was like the line around her eye at the inner corner, started swelling, was the sedative taking effect? I just want to know how much she may have been fighting it... didn't appear distressed to me; her body language was always relaxed, just maybe curious about what the vet was doing
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I am so sorry for your loss of your beautiful Evoo. You gave her final days that were all about her and made the kindest and hardest decision there is. I have to believe these loyal and devoted creatures are waiting on us. Take care .I know its so hard to lose them
I still haven't had another dream of her, since that last one with the sheep and the fence... I want to believe that means she is safe and happy, herding her flock, separated from me merely by a metaphorical fence. I want to commission a drawing/painting of that dream and hang it where her crate used to be.
Our cat is still looking for her. She knows that I'd play fetch with Eva in the hallway every (well.. most ) AM and evening, and when I get up in the morning & get home from work she's all over me, meowing, wanting me to play - she never did that before; I was not her "person," my husband was.... but she would run under/alongside Eva when she chased the ball... wonder if she thinks that if she just plays with me, Eva will turn up? Or maybe Eva has told her to keep me distracted.
Feels like the last few weeks before 4/30/14 flew, and since then, time has slowed to a crawl...
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|I am so sorry for your loss of your beautiful Evoo. You gave her final days that were all about her and made the kindest and hardest decision there is. I have to believe these loyal and devoted creatures are waiting on us. Take care .I know its so hard to lose them
|Absolutely Wade - I keep saying out loud to her (yeah, I'm *that* crazy), "I wouldn't trade this pain for anything" - however long it lasts, however bad it gets, it is a small price to pay for the time I got with her.
|I feel your pain and I am sorry you are going through this. I wish I wasn't experiencing the same thing, but it's what we have to deal with when we love a GSD. You'll never forget her and the memories will bring you many smiles as the years pass. It is tremendous grief to have to overcome, but if you are like me, you would not trade one day of your time with Eva to relieve your sorrow. I am a fool for these magnificent animals and will do it all over again.
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The crowd-funding drive for Richard Dutcher's "The Boys at the Bar" met its goal over the weekend only now there's another twist.
Dutcher proclaimed victory Saturday on his Facebook page, after donations to fund post-production on his new comedy went over the $30,000 goal.
On Sunday, though, Kickstarter temporarily suspended the campaign, citing a dispute over intellectual property.
Apparently, one of the student filmmakers who signed up as a producer on the film is claiming copyright over some of the behind-the-scenes footage he shot of the film's production.
Dutcher, for his part, claims the footage is owned by the production, and that this producer was dismissed. (Dutcher also makes some claims The Cricket cannot repeat, lest he be subject to a libel lawsuit.) Dutcher also reassures his fans and investors (which, in this case, are the same thing) that his lawyer is on the case, and things should be resolved shortly.
This is just the latest wrinkle for Dutcher's Kickstarter campaign, which made news earlier this month when Dutcher fasted for 12 days to focus his attention on (and draw media coverage to) the crowd-funding drive.


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Posted by David Aponovich on November 24, 2013
"We're in charge of developing your new website. You can have it good, fast, or cheap. Pick two."
How many times have you heard (or said) something like that on a digital experience project? With any digital initiative, one of those desires is usually odd man out. Application development and delivery pros at corporations, digital agencies, and systems integrators know this; they're often the people talking reality in the face of the wishes of the business asking for all three (and, frequently, a fourth: "Can you make it as good as Apple.com?").
Web projects always require compromise. The challenge is figuring out what you can live without.
It's enlightening to apply the good/fast/cheap triangle to the Healthcare.gov snafu that's been playing out in Washington, DC. If you're involved in web applications, reviewing the government's project might be one way to inoculate yourself and your team against an invitation to the hot seat by preventing website crash and burn. No one wants to be like the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and her squad, who've had to explain the most visible website flop in history.
It makes me ask: how did the Feds deal with the good/fast/cheap question for Healthcare.gov? It's a hard reality to deal with on any digital project, never mind a project of this scale. Where would you compromise?


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|I dont know for sure,But those later 5.0 motors wind up higher than early 302's head improvements and roller cams from the factory did alot to get the rpm range higher on the ford small block.An early 289/302 wasnt much good beyond 4,500rpm..not without work.Not to mention the choices of cams these days with a roller cam.the only other solution would be is a solid lifter cam,Which i doubt is absolutley needed for street use.
|You aren't gonna be able to spin that roller set up as high like you could with that flat tappet but it is more street friendly. It's a magnetic I believe that's what he said its gonna cost a pretty penny is all I know haha
|Here is a picture of my motor on the engine dyno a couple of months ago.
|Ive used those as well for a poor mans dyno..but i got an idea to use the hand held smog tester as way simply to tell me if the car was running rich or lean..it wasnt exact as the meter was designed for modern cars in mind..but it did well.the next motor im building for the falcon i will actually do my homework and spend the extra money for components that are all 'matched' I built the old 289 when i was 21 or 22 and didnt have much money.So i made the most of what i had on hand or what i could scrounge from a junkyard.I have another 289 that im going to have somebody else assemble the rotating assembly and fit everything.The heads i will use?..dont know yet.Except they will be aluminum,and i will convert the 289 to roller cam/roller rockers..less friction means a tiny bit more power,a little less heat.I would like to use an AOD with a 9in rear axle and disc brakes.
Although engine dyno's and chassis dyno's are on the expensive side they are the ultimate diagnostic tool.
An engine dyno is great to break an engine in and also get that inital tune before you drop it in the car for the real world test.
The motor I just refreshened, a 408ci windsor started out on the engine dyno with an easy break-in using only the outer valve springs and keeping it under 5000rpm..............after putting the springs back to normal we made 12 more pulls to finalize AFR/carb jetting/timing and plug selection and gap. The water temperature was even changed from 170/180/190/200 to see what differences it made. In the end I was pleased with 650HP at 6800 and 542lbft at 5700.
The poor mans dyno I use are a Lambda meter and vacuum gauge......a leak-down unit is also helpful after the motor has been warmed.
I know that with a Magnetic you simulate the amount of HP it takes to push the car through air at 50mph by using an electric brake/load cell............but how can you get away from running the engine from idle to redline/WOT?
|the 'poor man's dyno tuner' is what i called my rattletrap set up.I took an exhaust smog tester,A small hand held thing with a probe you stuck into the exhaust pipe.It would read the exhaust and tell you if the car is running rich or lean..it wasnt designed for something like my falcon but it did come in handy.you can get a rich reading on the screen,or you can get a lean reading.I then used the process of elimination..if i was running rich,then i fiddled with the jets..then if that didnt lean it out..then i would adavance or retard the distributor,play with the points gap..i got a pertronix ignitor to solve that issue.Then i would play with the plug gap or even the type plugs i was using..i also took the thrmostat into consideration..maybe i was running a thermostat that was too hot or too cold..and i stayed consistent with gasoline..i always used 89 octane..little thngs like that can mess with setting too.lets say the day i began testing i had 87 in the tank..then the next day i ran 91 or 92..then the next day was 89 octane wiith a booster in it.All these things and the changes i was making affected the exhaust reading on the smog tester..while it wouldnt tell me what i needed to adjust it did help me go in the correct direction and could be used as away to gauge the changes after i tinkered with the carb,ignition.when the stinging eye watering and nostril burning rich condition wasnt so obvious,i knew there was still room to 'tighten' up the efficiency.I kept track of every change i made and the exhaust reading from the tester after i made each adjustment.And just to satisfy mu curiosity i actually had the falcon smog tested..not required where i live..it passed 1998 emission standards! not too bad for a 289 that had a home port job,a small aftermarket camshaft,An autolite 4100 4bbl carburetor,pertronix ignitor ignition module,glass pack mufflers and no catalytic convertors..a short while after that is when i took the car to a dyno tuner and had it fine tuned..the only thing the guy reccomended for changes was switch to 'Bosch' sparkplugs,a better quality plug wires,a better flowing intake manifold
|sorry,I knew it was a chassis dyno. Magnetic or inertia? with a magnetic you can tune the car without running the engine to the redline
|Rwhp dyno just for tuning I'm not worried about numbers I'm happy with what I have just want to make sure I'm not robbing it of power.
|dyno tuning,what kind of dyno?
|Yeah I went one heat range colder on my plugs and had to use a bigger pump nozzle in my holley. I was totally surprised with the car I'm carrying it Tomo to get it tuned on a dyno and will post some numbers ill try to uploa a pic of it on the dyno
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|Thats awesome! you know what i liked best about running a 289 that was pretty quick and nasty,And could beat a 350 camaro or 340 duster?..when the owners of the cars i beat asked 'Hey,what engine are you running,And what cam etc?..i would tell a lil white lie and say 'its a 221 from a fairlane'...they would get a bit ashamed they just got beat by an engine that has less cubes than a slant 6 chrysler hahaha!!..i even added the valve cover and air cleaner stickers that read '221'..the 221,260,289 and 302 all look exactly the same at a glance.Like you i had to use steeper gears,expieriment with different sized tires and rims,all to make maximum use of the rpms that i had available and to make up for the power i didnt have.Plus at the time,my falcon was not anywhere finished i ran it around with gray primer,plain steel wheels (all different colors) there was no upholstery to speak of..and what was there,Was ratty and ripped.All the holes in the convertible top were covered with bumper stickers from a radio station.But underneath,I had mustang II suspension,everything in the steering,brakes,rear axles had been rebuilt or new.I spent all my money on the running gear and stopping power.
|Well this thing pulls pretty damn good. I swapped rear gears to 4.11 just to run it up the street for a little and wow this thing is mean for a little 289. Heads turned out to be gt40 from what my machinist said, so I lucked up on that end and I think with a little 75-100 shot I could get some decent times from this thing. Cam turns perfect for my kinda drivin
I had a friend just sell a really nice little 65 Falcon Convertible. It was a factory 289/4spd car. He did the revamp on the 289 2 barrel motor to a 289HiPro with parts I sold him, C50E-A heads, C50E-9425 intake without the emissions hole in the back and the 3/8" bolt rods.
I used to have a ton of HiPro stuff...........but with the prices on it so high..............I sold most of it because I was't going to build a 289 again.
If it were me I'd update the motor, paint it Ford Blue and make it reliable with aftermarket heads and roller hydraulics with a cam similar to the original HiPro and maybe a Cobra alminum intake..........................IMHO
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Casual Connect is an event dedicated to casual videogames, but you'll often run into more than just game developers and PR people. One such attendee was Cal Morrell of Avenquest Software and Photo Affections. They've created a remarkable photo printing app for Windows Phone 8 that photography fans (especially Lumia 1020 owners) are going to love called FreePrints.
We sat down with Cal, who walked us through FreePrints' features and the process of optimizing the app for Windows Phone 8. Note that this app is currently available only in the United States, but we do have good news for international users (and our hands on video footage) after the break!