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Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
To the original poster:
Do you happen to know where your boat was built? Since you're on the west coast, probably in California. The Columbia 29 was the first boat built for Columbia Yachts, and it was built in CA. Your Columbia 28 looks very similar to my Columbia 29. Same coach roof and port lights, but the 29 and 29 MkII (of the 60's) were full keel, one foot longer, with an 8' beam.
I have a word of caution for you... But keep in mind, my Columbia was built in Portsmouth, VA, and with a different build yard, you may not have this problem.
When I got my boat, it was in pathetic shape, and anyone else I think would have scrapped it. The bottoms of all the bulkheads were rotted, the plywood cabin sole was partially rotted, and the settees port and starboard were practically crumbling apart. The boat had taken on water for a long time.
I hauled the boat out and began removing rotted wood, and I was astonished how poorly crafted my boat was. The bulkheads were only tabbed in with one layer of three inch tape on either side, and the plywood literally sat two inches from the hull in most places. Nothing lined up properly, there was no glassed in support under the compression post... everywhere I looked, I said to myself "This is how they built it?? This is horrendous!!"
I gutted my entire boat. All bulkheads, cabin sole, settees, head, quarter berths, everything. I lowered my shoulder into the main cabin bulkhead and it popped right out. (I'm only 5'6" or 5'7", about 150 lbs, and in shape, but not particularly muscular.) The settees were in such bad shape, I just kicked them in and put the small pieces in a five gallon bucket to take to the dumpster. But after removing the settees and bulkheads, only one layer of three inch tape held them in. The entire boat was built that way. Quarter berths, engine compartment, everything. That is not strong enough for cruising. At all. I've heard of many CA built 29s having the bulkhead tabs pop loose in the short chop of the SF Bay.
I'm rebuilding my whole boat, and because I gutted it, I'm changing the layout, but I'm overbuilding everything. I suggest if you have these lofty plans, any changes you make should be overbuilt. I follow the theory "Nothing too strong ever broke." I'll be adding quite a bit of weight, but to me, that just adds stability and motion comfort. I'm careful to distribute the weight evenly and keep most of it below the waterline.
Anyways, the point I'm trying to make is, pay very close attention to how your bulkheads and other structure are tabbed in. Also, if you have a leaky deck, CHECK YOUR CHAINPLATES!! My deck leaks, and I suspected my glassed in chainplates (ugh) had filled with water. For kicks, at the bottom of the chainplates, I took my 4" grinder and ground through the fiberglass until I saw a couple sparks, and sure enough, water pissed out of all of them. Needless to say, I'm not using those chainplates. If your chainplates are bulkhead mounted, your boat is doing better than mine. If they're glassed into the hull, be sure they're not retaining water. Even if your deck doesn't leak, they could be full of water. You don't know what previous owners had repaired, and to what extent they made sure everything was right. For offshore and extended cruising, you need to know and everything should be overbuilt in my opinion. I carry two anchors big enough for a boat twice my size, my bulkheads are twice as thick as they were and are tabbed in three times with successfully wider layers of 1708 biaxial cloth, and I've glassed in new floor timbers, a new cabin sole, and a new support under the compression post. And I have a new compression post. After installing, I think an overweight circus elephant could sit atop my compression post on a unicycle and it wouldn't give way. If you'd like pictures just for the heck of it, or if you want to know what any certain part of my boat looks like to compare to yours, I'd be happy to exchange pictures and offer any sort of advice. I'm not an expert and don't claim to be, but I know my work is solid and true, and if I'm unsure, I read and overbuild to be safe.
Definitely check your tabbing and chainplates, and if you can, the structure under your compression post. PM me anytime you'd like to know anything or to get some pictures.
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
Stick with the Atomic-4 - it will be running like a Swiss watch when many engines will be headed for the scrap yard. Keep in mind that there are places in the Bahamas where diesel is either not available, or if it is, very, very expensive. You can find gasoline anywhere in the world. I've had two A4s and never had a problem with either of them that I could not fix myself. Very easy engine to work on, kinda like the old car engines, points, plugs, condenser, distributor, rotor, carb - that's it! I rebuilt the carb in 20 minutes. It took longer for me to remove it than to rebuild it.
Pay attention to Aaron, he's been on the water most of his life and knows what he's talking about.
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
We looked at a 28 about six years back. At that time it was too little for what we wanted to do with it, so we didn't buy her. I remember that I liked her layout, and she had nice lines, so I assumed she would sail well.
You're right on your three big concerns, but I would add a fourth - the engine.
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
I have a 1975 Columbia/Coronado 28 in Gulfport, FL. It sails great, short-tacks into tight channels, sails off the anchor upwind, and handles the 3' gulf chop comfortably in 15 knots. I race in cruising class with spinnaker and do well with the base 225 PHRF, even though its fitted out for extended cruising. I keep thinking about getting a bigger boat to cruise the Caribbean, but the 28 is comfortable, ergonomic inside ( for me, 5'6") and the rig is easy to handle.. ie light sails, smal anchor, light chain. (relative to a 38' heavy). My only concerns are the big 3 : keel bolts, standing rigging, and rudder post (which towboat bent, but that's a rant for another day). The maintenance expenses are less than bigger boats too. Where's my windvane autopilot!
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Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
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It came with the Atomic 4 in it, but it won't start. I had intended to put a diesel in it... which I have an Atomic 5411 and Hurth transmission that I will rebuild before I swap them. In the meantime I am planning to tinker around with the A4 to see if I can get it running and use it this spring/summer. Then I would have a running engine that I can sell.
I think I am set for main and jib (have roller furling), though I will likely look into getting a used set in case I blow something out. Haven't decided between drifter or spinnaker, but I need something for light wind. Been thinking about an Asymmetrical kit from sailrite. Thanks for the input... it will likely come down to cost, mostly. I need a storm jib that I can hank on over the furler too. Then I need a 30' dinghy to tow behind so I can haul all of this stuff with me!
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
It came with the Atomic 4 in it, but it won't start. I had intended to put a diesel in it... which I have an Atomic 5411 and Hurth transmission that I will rebuild before I swap them. In the meantime I am planning to tinker around with the A4 to see if I can get it running and use it this spring/summer. Then I would have a running engine that I can sell.
I think I am set for main and jib (have roller furling), though I will likely look into getting a used set in case I blow something out. Haven't decided between drifter or spinnaker, but I need something for light wind. Been thinking about an Asymmetrical kit from sailrite. Thanks for the input... it will likely come down to cost, mostly. I need a storm jib that I can hank on over the furler too. Then I need a 30' dinghy to tow behind so I can haul all of this stuff with me!
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
What does your boat have in the way of a motor ? My friend had the gasoline Atomic . That motor gave him a lot of trouble . I'm not saying that's a bad motor, no not at all . my wife before I met her had a Catalina 30 with a Atomic , that motor was smooth and reliable . On the other hand I know of some people that have problems with them(like what engine does not have problems !) Good news you can still get any part you need, and down here there is a guy who sells rebuilt replacement motors . Also you talked about sail combos . For sure you need a working set (main & jib) with reef points . If you don't have roller furling , you can still reef the jib . Check it out in The Sailor's Sketch Book ,it shoes you how to do that plus some other stuff . Finally you need a down wind sail , Spinnaker for sure . but if you are not into that , at least get a drifter . I don't have a Spin just a drifter . So what I do is pole out my jib to the windy side and set the drifter to leeward side . I would tell you how fast I go with that set up , but some people accuse me of lying about it, haha .
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
That is my thinking as well... go through everything so I know what's there even if I don't replace it. If I hadn't been on board with the guy I bought it from when I bought it I would swear it had been abandoned. Needed a deep cleaning and to sort through a bunch of crap that he left behind. I have been busy with work so I STILL get to do a lot of that.
I might just take you up on that beer!
Re: Anyone taken a Columbia 28 offshore?
Hi , a dock neighbor of mine had a Columbia 28, years ago he and his wife did some short range cruising with it .Basically they took it 26 miles to Catalina Ca. and because at the time they didn't have much money they always anchored . Also they did the Newport to Ensanada race . But really I think you should treat cruising the boat like any other , inspect everything . Good luck ! Hey you will be going right by my front door , stop by for a beer .
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Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable Ranges, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Its Range Assessments and Comprehensive Plan
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Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations around the world have highlighted the need for U.S. forces to train as they intend to fight. Department of Defense (DOD) training ranges and operating areas are required to be managed and operated to support their long-term viability and utility to meet the national defense mission. The use of military training ranges enhances training by providing realistic, hands-on experience. Sustainable training range management focuses on the practices that allow the military to manage its ranges in a way that ensures their usefulness well into the future. Because the military faces obstacles in acquiring new training lands, the preservation and sustainable management of its current lands must be priorities. New advances in technology, coupled with a shift in force posture, mean that DOD needs to continually update and maintain its training ranges. Military training ranges vary in size from a few acres--for small arms training--to over a million acres for large maneuver exercises and weapons testing, and include broad open ocean areas for offshore training and testing. These ranges face ever increasing limitations and restrictions on land, water, and airspace as residential, commercial, and industrial development continues to expand around and encroach upon once remote military training and testing installations. Section 366(d) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 requires GAO to submit to Congress an evaluation of DOD's report regarding its training range comprehensive plan and its readiness reporting improvements within 90 days of receiving the report from DOD. We received the report and inventory on September 16, 2008. In 2007, we found that DOD had made improvements to its annual sustainable ranges report, but further improvements could be made. This is our fifth review in response to our mandate in section 366 of the act. It discusses (1) the extent to which DOD's 2008 sustainable ranges report and training range inventory address the elements of section 366 and (2) opportunities for DOD to further improve its sustainable ranges report.
DOD continues to make progress in addressing most of the elements of section 366. This year's report describes the progress DOD has made in implementing its range sustainment plan, as required by section 366. Further, DOD's 2008 sustainable ranges report has made progress in addressing the elements of section 366 required for DOD's original fiscal year 2004 report, but the report does not fully address three of these elements. The report updates improvements made in addressing four elements of the act required for DOD's fiscal year 2004 report: (1) the evaluation of the adequacy of resources to meet current and future requirements; (2) DOD's goals and milestones for tracking planned actions and measuring progress; (3) designation of offices within OSD and the military departments that are responsible for overseeing plans to improve its readiness reporting system. To address the adequacy of its current resources to meet current and future requirements, DOD established standardized criteria and identified common factors to assess range capabilities and encroachment, as we recommended in our 2007 report. DOD officials said that they worked closely with service officials to build a common set of capability attributes and encroachment factors and service-specific mission areas to evaluate them against. In addition, for the first time, DOD's sustainable ranges report also includes three elements of section 366 required to be included in DOD's fiscal year 2004 report: (1) an assessment of current and future training range requirements, (2) an evaluation of virtual and constructive8 assets to meet range requirements, and (3) projected funding requirements for implementing planned range sustainability actions. On the other hand, the report did not put forth any recommendations that the Secretary may have for legislative or regulatory changes to address training constraints, nor did it explain the omission. Additionally, while DOD did not identify training constraints caused by limitations on the use of military lands, marine areas, and airspace for each of its ranges, it included an assessment of such constraints on its major training ranges. As in prior years, DOD officials told us that the large volume of data required to identify capacities, capabilities, and constraints on all of its ranges makes doing so impractical. Finally, DOD did not provide proposals to enhance training range capabilities or address any shortfalls in its resources identified pursuant to the assessment and evaluation under Section 366(a)(2), although each of the services has assessed their current resources to meet current and future requirements, which has allowed them to determine their shortfalls in resources.
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Comments: DOD's 2009 report includes a section that specifically addresses the four recommendations that we made in 2008. DOD agreed with three of the recommendations, and addressed them in its 2009 and 2010 reports. For example, to address our recommendation that DOD's report should include an explanation for why any ranges are excluded from its assessment, the rationale for excluding some range assessments was first added to the 2009 Sustainable Ranges Report. To address our recommendation that the Air Force should update its actions taken regarding the modernization and investment goal, the Air Force's updated submission was prepared and their input is now included in the services goals section of the current 2010 report. To address our recommendation that DOD should include additional information to better explain what is included in each of the four funding categories, DOD included table 4.7 in the 2009 Sustainable Ranges Report which provides specific examples for each of the four funding categories. Furthermore, even though DOD did not originally concur with the recommendations to have the Marine Corps modify its reports on training range capability to be consistent with the other services, the reports now provide greater explanatory comments for all services on impacts to training in the Special Interest section of Chapter 3 and Appendix C to respond to an increased emphasis on developing consistent measures for DOD readiness reporting, which was the point of our 2008 recommendation.
Recommendation: To improve the range requirements and capabilities assessments and future comprehensive plans within the sustainable ranges reports, the Secretary of Defense should direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, to include four items in future sustainable ranges reports: (1) each service's rationale for excluding training ranges from its assessment of the adequacy of current resources to meet requirements, (2) the Marine Corps' individual combat training elements as the mission areas in the range capability and encroachment assessment, (3) an update on the actions taken by the Air Force to address DOD's modernization and investment goals for range sustainment, and (4) a detailed description of all funding data included in each funding category, for each of the military services.
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Love it! And love the bat decoration.
Darling! Looks and sounds good too!
So cute!! I bet the kids just can't wait to see what they will eat out of next.
I'm always so impressed with what your kids eat! It makes me want to smarten up and do better at mealtimes.
Cute! Liv and I love Halloween-themed stuff.
Another fun and yummy muffin tin Monday!
Hi There, I'm back after a few weeks off from blogging. Hope you are doing okay. I have missed all of my blogging friends --but needed that break!
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Hope you all are doing well... Love your creativity with the Muffin Tin Monday.
OK, woman..where is this cheesy hash brown casserole recipe? I just went through your recipes and didn't see it!
Can't wait for Halloween. That cheesy hash brown casserole sounds so delicious to me. I think I could eat it for breakfast this morning. :) I'm impressed how they shared!
The cheesy hash brown casserole sounds good!
Any blog with pictures of Bears and a muffin tin has got to be a great place. For this Bear.
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Something smells good!
Aw. These are so cute. Such a smart way to get them to eat.
I quite like that spooky lunch!
Now this one looks yummy...garlic shrimp...:)JP
That's awesome. I love the addition of the Halloween Flag and Bat.
Such a great looking lunch! I could go for some hashbrown casserole right now.
That's funny! I found a fruit jello mold at a thrift store 2 weeks ago. I couldn't resist because I think it was only a quarter!
That is one thing I've never cooked and that is shrimp. I've bought the breaded shrimp in a box and baked that. The garlic shrimp looks better.
For some reason it surprises me that Pierce likes shrimp. I don't remember liking seafood when I was young. I am ready for fall to hit us, 108 by the end of this week!
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Your boys are lucky to have you being so creative with their food.
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I love food,, and all this looks like fun and happy food!
I sure do miss the days of creative eating with my children! But my youngest turns 21 this week.
My eldest two trade all the time, its so cute. I cannot wait to start Autumn cooking but we are going to have a very warm week here in the UK.
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Archinect - News 2017-06-25T08:26:33-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/150013785/the-high-line-launches-new-network-platform-to-help-future-parks-avoid-their-mistakes The High Line launches new network platform to help future parks avoid their mistakes Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-06-21T15:24:00-04:00 >2017-06-22T13:20:02-04:00
Now, Hammond has embarked on a new project: the High Line Network, an organization, which just launched a brand new website. Its aim? To help cities working on their industrial adaptive reuse projects learn from the High Line's stumbles–and from each other.

In many ways, the High Line has been an undeniable success. Phenomenally popular, it has become one of the leading attractions in New York and has brought about a massive wave of development to the area. The flip side of this however, if not yet obvious, is that the project has also been lodged with complaints of spurring gentrification in the surrounding neighborhoods and has become emblematic of the widening class divide existing in the city.

Many of those involved in its creation have begun to express some remorse over the unintended consequences that have come about from the adaptive reuse project. With new variations on the idea popping up, from Seoul's new Skygarden to MAD's repurposing of dilapidated rail yards in MIlan, Robert Hammond, one of the founders of Friends of the High Line, has embarked on a new project, the High Line Network. The goal of the organization is to create a platform for new infrastructural re-use projects to share information so that they can avoid so...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/150008931/korea-s-high-line-the-mvrdv-designed-skygarden-opens-in-seoul Korea's High Line, the MVRDV-designed Skygarden, opens in Seoul Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-05-23T14:38:00-04:00 >2017-05-25T22:47:26-04:00
Ever since the High Line appeared above the streets of Chelsea in New York, cities across the globe have been working on creating their own variations of the civic project. In London, this iteration was to be the Thomas Heatherwick designed Garden Bridge. However, the project was marred by controversy due to suspicious funding and motives and was finally nixed by the Mayor back in April. Well, as the Guardian points out, London could've stood to take a few pointers from the South Korean capital of Seoul, whose MVRDV designed Skygarden opened over the weekend to much excitement.

The firm won the bidding process back in May 2015 and have since been working to transform an existing overpass in the heart of Seoul into a 983-meter long public garden, overlaying a matrix of Korean flora onto the 16m elevated steel and concrete structure. The Rotterdam-based architecture and urban design practice has gathered 50 families of plants, collecting around 228 species and sub-species and arrange...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/149994499/studio-gang-uses-solar-rays-to-carve-a-tower-along-the-high-line Studio Gang uses solar rays to "carve" a tower along the High Line Nicholas Korody 2017-02-28T17:59:00-05:00 >2017-06-21T17:37:17-04:00
The High Line is rapidly becoming not just a popular tourist site, but a veritable avenue of major—and glitzy—architectural projects. Studio Gang has announced that they will join the roster of big-name architects with buildings lining the pedestrianized train tracks. The firm has released the first images of the Solar Carve Tower, a 166,750 square foot tower commissioned by 40-56 Tenth Ave Joint Ventures.

The Solar Carve Tower gets its name from the design strategy responsible for its angular form. In short, the edifice gets its shape from combining parameters imposed by its allowable envelope with angles derived from solar paths, as well as views of the nearby Hudson.

"In addition to producing a faceted, gem-like facade, this integrated response allows the building to benefit the important public green space of the High Line—privileging light, fresh air, and river views to the public park—while also becoming a new iconic silhouette on the New York skyline," the studio writes in ...
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"We were from the community. We wanted to do it for the neighborhood," states Robert Hammond, a co-founder of the High Line in an interview with City Lab. "Ultimately, we failed."

The High Line might be popular, but it hasn't really benefited its adjacent community. Visitors are overwhelmingly tourists—and overwhelmingly white, despite the fact that one-third of the residents of Chelsea are people of color.

In the interview, they discuss the displacements that usually attend such high-profile design interventions, which are increasingly gaining favor in municipal governments.
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Because this species is very similar to cockroach species that already exist in the urban environment, they likely will compete with each other for space and for food.

Seems like there is no such a thing as "free lunch."

High Line may have brought invasive cockroach that can take the cold to NYC
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In November 2015, Bjarke Ingels' released images of a pair of asymmetric, twisting towers along the High Line at 76 Eleventh Avenue then at the beginning of this year, the design changed to a simpler silhouette with more space in between the two buildings. Now it has been revealed through another group of renderings glass crowns at the 300- and 400-foot tops, the retail podium and plaza fronting the High Line, and two amenity-filled podium bridges that will connect the towers.

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From multidisciplinary architectural firm Weston Baker Creative comes this vision of glass and grass in the form of a mixed-use high-rise springing from the Rem Koolhaas parcel on banks of the High Line. As CityRealty.com reported, the mixed-use concept would include residences, an art gallery and ten levels of indoor farming terraces.

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The cherry atop 520 West 28th, Penthouse 37 contains five bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms, including a corner master suite with two windowed dressing rooms and his-and-hers baths nestled on its lower level, which also houses three guest en-suite bedrooms, a utility room, and a wet bar.

Running at a little over $7,269 a square foot, Zaha Hadid's one and only High Line-adjacent luxury penthouse design features a sinuous metal exterior with floor to ceiling glass windows between 10th and 11th avenues in Chelsea. Ismael Levya Architects worked with Zaha Hadid Architects to create the 39-unit condominium, which offers starter units at $25 million.

The latest on Zaha Hadid Architects:

To thrive post-Zaha, Koolhaas says ZHA should emulate high fashion brands

ZHA after Zaha: Patrik Schumacher on Zaha and what's next for the firm, on Archinect Sessions #61

Hans Ulrich Obrist and Etel Adnan remember Zaha Hadid

 http://archinect.com/news/article/149937008/across-from-hudson-yards-architect-proposes-9-acre-floating-island-as-an-encore-to-the-high-line Across from Hudson Yards, architect proposes 9-acre floating island as an encore to the High Line Dana Schulz 2016-03-29T12:59:00-04:00 >2016-03-30T09:00:10-04:00
The plan would build five interconnected pyramid-shaped buildings, comprised of an art center, restaurants, and publicly accessible open spaces. A circular elevated promenade would encircle the island, which Kaufman says would contrast to the linear procession of the High Line. At ground level there will be a central reflecting pool with a promenade leading out to a marina.

New York architect Eytan Kaufman has drawn up a conceptual plan for a nine-acre floating island across from Hudson Yards. The scheme, called Hub on the Hudson, would connect the final leg of the High Line with a pedestrian bridge over the West Side Highway that connects to the circular-shaped cultural and recreational center 700 feet into the river.
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The project's makeup is evidently still undergoing changes, as the developers have waffled between either hotel or office options in the base of the buildings... Given the sky-high prices developers can obtain for office space in Meatpacking and surrounding blocks, office may indeed make more sense than hotel... In any case, the buildings will become the most prominent in the neighborhood by a significant margin. The two towers will stand 28 and 38 floors apiece...

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In recent years, Mr. Safdie, 77, whose visit to New York coincided with "Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie," an exhibition through Jan. 10 at the National Academy Museum, rediscovered the merits of his Habitat 67. [...] "The term 'starchitect' makes me uncomfortable," he said. "It's superficial. It creates expectations." "I'm not against spectacle," he said, adding after a ruminative pause, "but for me, that's not the journey."

Related in the Archinect news:

Moshe Safdie warns architects against the seduction of computers in design

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An elevated park filling a retired stretch of freeway may sound reminiscent of the High Line, the hugely popular park built along an abandoned elevated train line in Manhattan. In symbolic and practical terms, the potential of a remade 2 spur is greater than even that project. It would take a working stretch of freeway in Los Angeles, a city still synonymous with car culture, and reinvent it as a vibrant, diverse urban landscape.

Critics rarely take advantage of their position to propose urban initiatives of their own, but when they do, it usually merits some serious consideration.

Christopher Hawthorne has issued an inventive, but well-reasoned, proposal to remake the awkward terminus of the 2 Freeway, where it "bends south and west from Interstate 5 and dips into Silver Lake and Echo Park, two miles or so from downtown Los Angeles," into a new urban space.

Noting the general feasibility of the idea – similar projects have had little to no harmful effect on traffic conditions – Hawthorne asserts that transforming the freeway could turn "noise into quiet, gray into green, dangerous into healthful, a no man's land into a destination."

Hawthorne proposes a variety of possible programs, from parkland to housing to storm water treatment (or all of the above), rather than prescribe a single idea. In the process, his call reads more as an invitation for designers than an edict.

He concludes by suggesting a glimmering ...
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I hate this historical turn, which for me is contained most neatly in the High Line...The trend I mean is this: toward ersatz, privatized public spaces built by developers; sterile, user-friendly, cleansed adult playgrounds with generic environments that produce the innocuous stupor of elevator music; inane urban utopias with promenades, perches, pleasant embellishments, rest stops, refreshments, and compliance codes.

Jerry Saltz analyzes how the rise of bad, privatized public spaces has actually been great for public art. However, these "nightmares of synthetic space" bring with them significant downsides such as a loss of "quietness, slowness, whimsy, stillness, different rhythms, anything uneasy, aimless, inner-directed, accidental, odd...room for silence".
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Perkins Eastman is taking two of the best-loved urban land-use stories of the Bloomberg era—the High Line and Times Square—and combining them into one. The Green Line extends the logic of changes that have already taken root along the limited stretch of Broadway running through Times Square. [...] proposal builds on the work of Jan Gehl and Snøhetta, the architects who pedestrianized Times Square. Yet it also echoes the High Line by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

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Back in February it was revealed that HFZ Capital Group was in talks to bring a "monumental" new structure to a lot at 76 11th Avenue in the Meatpacking District. And between shortlisted architects Rem Koolhaas and Bjarke Ingels, in April the developer decided to move forward with starchitect-of-the-moment Ingels for the high-profile project. Now Yimby has our first look at the design that may rise along the coveted High Line site.

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James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) has been selected to design the National Building Museum's Summer Block Party 2016 installation. The National Building Museum selected JCFO after the success of 2015's "The BEACH," an installation designed by Snarkitecture that allowed 180,000 Washington, D.C. museum goers to experience the beach via an ocean of one million translucent plastic balls (and a few monochromatic deck chairs). More information about the 2016 summer design, which main man James Corner said "will be an opportunity to explore something new and unexpected," will be released in the spring.

For more of Archinect's coverage of James Corner Field Operations:

• James Corner Field Operations' Winning Design for Navy Pier Redesign

• Field Operations to Helm New Miami Underline Project

• James Corner Field Operations selected for Nicollet Mall redesign in Minneapolis

• "Eco-Gentrification," or the social ramifications of "urban greening"
... http://archinect.com/news/article/134577514/zaha-hadid-designs-sculptural-safety-canopy-over-the-high-line Zaha Hadid designs sculptural safety canopy over the High Line Alexander Walter 2015-08-18T16:16:00-04:00 >2015-08-18T17:08:22-04:00
Whenever one of the millions of buildings under construction flanking the High Line hit a certain height, the developer is required to put up a shed over the park [...] except, it seems, when it's for a building by [...] Zaha Hadid. Then it's not just a shed protecting passersby, it's a 112-foot long sculptural installation—in this case entitled Allongé—designed by Hadid to give a sneak preview of the swooping forms of her building, which has just hit High Line level [...].

Photos of ZHA's Allongé scaffolding/canopy by Scott Lynch. Head over to Curbed NY to see more images.

The initial announcement of Hadid's High Line condo building on Archinect in 2013 was a topic not without much commentary.

 http://archinect.com/news/article/128788844/high-line-co-founder-joshua-david-appointed-world-monuments-fund-president High Line co-founder Joshua David appointed World Monuments Fund president Alexander Walter 2015-06-04T13:28:00-04:00 >2015-06-10T00:04:25-04:00
The New York-based World Monuments Fund announced [...] that Joshua David, the co-founder of New York's High Line—a major urban regeneration project that has inspired similar initiatives in places such as Paris and Philadelphia—will succeed Bonnie Burnham as president of the non-profit heritage preservation organisation. Burnham is to retire in November after 30 years in the post. [...] David announced in late January that he was stepping down as president of the Friends of the High Line.

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...The Collectivity Project is about more than just play. Eliasson conceived of the project as a way to bring people together and allow them to create a utopian society, if only in miniature form. The idea, which is up until September 30, is at home at the 10th Avenue and West 30th Street section of the High Line, where the sounds of construction buzz in the background.

The project, which has previously had iterations in Norway and Albania, comprises a station set up on the High Line with piles of white lego pieces. The public is invited to collaborate on creating a miniature city. To kick off the fun, the High Line invited ten of the city's best-known firms – BIG, David M. Schwarz Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, James Corner Field Operations, OMA New York, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Selldorf Architects, SHoP, Steven Holl Architects – to create one "visionary structure or construction."

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for large-scale, immersive installations that involve elemental materials, including light, heat, and water. For example, last year he turned the galleries of the Louisiana Museum in Denmark into a 'riverbed.' A few years ago, he gained major attention for a series of man-made waterfall structures in New York's East River. Eliasson also works in architecture often, such as with...
 http://archinect.com/news/article/127176132/eco-gentrification-or-the-social-ramifications-of-urban-greening "Eco-Gentrification," or the social ramifications of "urban greening" Nicholas Korody 2015-05-12T15:38:00-04:00 >2015-05-18T22:41:05-04:00
The High Line is...a perfect example of "environmental gentrification" – the growing phenomenon of rising property values in the wake of a large-scale urban greening project... While intended to serve existing residents, in reality it tends to increase land values to the point that those who live there are forced to leave. This exodus in turn transforms the sociological contours of the area and, by extension, the spatial segregation of the entire city.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/120502832/koolhaas-to-design-new-high-line-project Koolhaas to design new High Line project Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-02-11T13:16:00-05:00 >2015-02-12T19:25:28-05:00
Gimme Shelter has learned exclusively that developer The Related Companies has hired Rem Koolhaas to design their new High Line project on W. 18th St.

Thirty-seven years after Delirious New York, Koolhaas may finally have a building in New York City. While OMA has worked on a variety of commercial interiors in NYC before, as well as being a part of HUD's Rebuilding by Design, the High Line residence will be the firm's first "ground-up" building in the city. That title might have belonged to OMA's 23 East 22nd Street residential tower, if it weren't wiped off of the drawing board by the 2008 recession.

Koolhaas' project will join fellow starchitect Zaha Hadid's 520 West 28th Street on the High Line, under the same developer, The Related Companies.

h/t world-architects.com
 http://archinect.com/news/article/110100332/photographing-the-extreme-transformation-of-the-meatpacking-district Photographing the Extreme Transformation of the Meatpacking District Alexander Walter 2014-09-29T13:12:00-04:00 >2014-10-02T13:35:58-04:00
Perhaps no part of Manhattan has changed as dramatically since the 1980s as the Meatpacking District. Located on the Lower West Side, the district has gone from a blue-collar warehouse district with a seedy side into a hyper-luxurious, bustling neighborhood. From the High Line to the expensive shops and restaurants along the old cobblestone streets, everything looks quite different from when Brian Rose first brought his camera to the Meatpacking District.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/109562349/the-final-segment-of-the-high-line-is-stunningly-refreshing The Final Segment of the High Line Is Stunningly Refreshing Alexander Walter 2014-09-22T13:38:00-04:00 >2014-09-24T12:17:48-04:00
There are some deft variations on the design themes of the two older sections, and they show some gentle wit, a quality that was absent in 2009 and 2011, when these earlier portions, which run from Little West 12th Street to West 30th Street, were completed. Now, for example, you can actually walk on old train tracks, rather than look wistfully at the remnants of the tracks poking up amid the plantings.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/107712447/along-the-high-line-top-this Along the High Line: Top This! Alexander Walter 2014-08-29T13:42:00-04:00 >2014-09-03T20:39:41-04:00
The facades of his 515 Highline, a 12-unit condo at 515 West 29th Street in West Chelsea that will almost touch the elevated park, will be rippled like the surface of a sea. And Soori High Line, a 27-unit condo across the street at 522 West 29th, will have not only rooftop pools [...]. More than a dozen lower-floor apartments will also come with private pools to allow residents to float above it all while contemplating the brash buildings that increasingly populate the surrounding blocks.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta> http://archinect.com/news/article/105326910/behold-the-first-look-inside-zaha-hadid-s-high-line-condos Behold, The First Look Inside Zaha Hadid's High Line Condos Alexander Walter 2014-07-29T14:49:00-04:00 >2014-08-04T21:56:44-04:00
Zaha Hadid's swooping, spaceship-like condo building along the High Line is just about the most exciting of the many buildings on the rise in West Chelsea and the dozens of projects designed by starchitects in New York City. Mind-boggling renderings of the wavy exterior? Check. Some voluptuous floorplans, plus pricing? Check. Here now, the first look inside the West 28th Street condos, with two unreleased renderings snagged by a tipster.

Previously: Zaha Hadid Architects commissioned to design High Line condo, to be first Hadid project in NYC
 http://archinect.com/news/article/98435205/nyc-chief-city-planner-amanda-burden-on-public-space-and-densification NYC chief city planner Amanda Burden on public space and densification Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-04-21T13:07:00-04:00 >2014-04-21T16:28:18-04:00
If there is any one lesson that I have learned in my life as a city planner, it is that public spaces have power. It's not just the number of people using them, it's the even greater number of people who feel better about their city just knowing that they are there. Public space can change how you live in a city, how you feel about a city, whether you choose one city over another, and public space is one of the most important reasons why you stay in a city.

Amanda Burden served as New York City's chief planner under Mayor Bloomberg, leading such revitalization projects as the High Line and Brooklyn's waterfront. You can watch the full TED talk below, or read the complete transcript here.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/92457261/high-lines-and-park-life-why-more-green-isn-t-always-greener-for-cities High Lines and park life: why more green isn't always greener for cities Archinect 2014-01-30T14:13:00-05:00 >2014-01-31T09:55:49-05:00
One obvious answer to these conundrums is increased focus on "sustainability", along with the questionable notion that because something has a lot of vegetation on it, it must be good for the environment. Accordingly, urban farms are part of this peculiar trend. As early as the mid-1980s, Prince Charles advocated turning the depopulated streets of central Liverpool into farmland, something which seemed connected to his war against modern architecture around the same time...

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Photographer Jennifer Williams' upcoming "The High Line Effect" exhibition at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York presents the recently constructed High Line with a Dada-esque collage aesthetic, adding a twist — so to speak — to architectural photography. This latest exhibition from Williams uniquely critiques construction, while also giving commentary on real estate development, zoning laws, habitation patterns, and other urban-living and architectural issues.

 With an interest in the growth of new luxury buildings, other current projects of Williams include Renzo Piano's new Whitney Museum and Zaha Hadid's proposed condominium.

 The opening reception will be on Oct. 24, 6-8 p.m. The exhibition can also be viewed online starting that day.

 http://archinect.com/news/article/80088428/vincent-scully-prize-awarded-to-friends-of-the-high-line-co-founders-joshua-david-robert-hammond Vincent Scully Prize Awarded to Friends of the High Line Co-Founders Joshua David & Robert Hammond Justine Testado 2013-08-22T20:22:00-04:00 >2013-08-26T19:08:35-04:00
The National Building Museum has awarded Joshua David and Robert Hammond the fifteenth Vincent Scully Prize for their New York City urban revitalization project, High Line. After the first section of the High Line opened in 2009, it became a catalyst for the renewal and investment of Manhattan's West Side. The project is viewed as an inspirational model for other repurpose projects and community activism worldwide.

 Click here to see more High Line news on Archinect.
 http://archinect.com/news/article/77134027/zaha-hadid-architects-commissioned-to-design-high-line-condo-to-be-first-hadid-project-in-nyc Zaha Hadid Architects commissioned to design High Line condo, to be first Hadid project in NYC Archinect 2013-07-15T14:03:00-04:00 >2016-02-14T18:30:53-05:00
The 11-story development will feature approximately 37 residences of up to 5,500 square feet, focusing on expansive, gracious layouts with 11-foot ceilings, thoughtful technological integration and state-of-the-art finishes and features. Designed with multiple elevator cores, a majority of the residences will have a private vestibule and entrance that adds to the intimacy of the building.

 Related Companies, New York's premier residential developer, today announced that it has commissioned world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects to design a boutique condominium adjacent to the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in Chelsea just south of Hudson Yards. The 11-story residential development will mark Hadid's first commission in New York City, leaving an indelible mark on the High Line's architecture map and continuing Related's storied history of partnering with world-class architects and designers.

 "We are proud to partner with Zaha Hadid Architects and to continue Related's commitment to the very best in urban architecture," said Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. "This development will be truly unique within the city's architectural offerings, and will pave the way for future architectural achievements on Manhattan's west side."

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Feb 27, 2012
Robust New Platform Will Put Creative Control in the Hands of Ad Agencies
Digitas and Mindshare Sign on as Beta Launch Partners
New York, NY/Miami, FL(February 27, 2012) – AOL, Inc. [NYSE: AOL] today announced the beta launch of Pictela Enterprise, a technology platform for the design, delivery and management of Premium Format ad units across the Web. Pictela Enterprise gives advertising agencies a clean, simple, guided self-service interface to manage all their clients' brand assets and efficiently serve them into premium online display ads.
"We believe the power of opening our Pictela platform to agencies is the next step in scaling Premium Formats across the Web," said Greg Rogers, Senior Vice President, Premium Formats, AOL, and CEO, Pictela. "Think of Pictela Enterprise as a content management system for ads, whereby creative professionals can efficiently deploy high definition ads across the Web, all the while being able to update and optimize the content of those ads in real time. We are putting the power of publishing in the hands of the ad agencies and their clients so they can take full advantage of the new larger ad sizes coming to market."
Pictela Enterprise is a suite of products and services that includes:
- Pictela Management Center(PMC)- Pictela's cloud-based platform for the creation, delivery and analysis of Premium Formats ads. The system currently supports six IAB standard sizes: 300x1050 (Portrait), 300x600, 970x90 (Pushdown), 728x90, 160x600 and 300x250. Pictela Management Center is backed by a cutting-edge ad-serving solution that organizes delivery of brand content through a set of standard applications for maximum production efficiency. It also supports standalone custom apps that specifically suit the needs of individual clients.
- Pictela Styles & Guides- Pictela's ad formats are based on standardized, template-driven layouts that have proven, industry-leading engagement metrics. Users of Enterprise are provided with a design portal and detailed Style Guides for each ad size that contain asset, application and video requirements for pre-production and design.
- Pictela Reporting- Enterprise users have access to Pictela Reporting and Benchmarking. Not limited to clicks and impression data, users see key metrics including interaction rate, exposure time, interaction time and video completion. Third party impression, click, and engagement tags supported.
- Pictela Support- During the beta period, Enterprise clients will have access to a dedicated Agency Manager and Service Delivery team at AOL for training and business/technical support. Enterprise also provides a browser-based debugging tool to ensure the quality delivery of campaigns and standardized metrics.
Digitas and Mindshare have signed on as the beta launch partners.
"As two of the most innovative media agencies, Digitas and Mindshare already have many clients who deploy Premium Formats across AOL, and these Beta partnerships are a way to extend these efforts across the Web," remarks Rogers.
"We're thrilled to see that AOL has opened the Pictela management tool up to agencies and is willing to give control back into the hands of creative talent. Our ability to optimize client campaigns in-market and respond real-time to consumer interest and social conversation is an essential need in today's marketplace," said Robyn Katz Tombacher, SVP Business Operations Director at Digitas. "Being on the ground floor as a launch partner allows us to take early advantage of the rapid growth rate of custom high definition online advertising."
Pictela Enterprise is certified to serve its ad units across AOL, Advertising.com, and most major online publishers.
Partnership with Moat
Today, AOL is also announcing a partnership with Moat, a brand intelligence and analytics company. "Moat is becoming a leader in measuring the effectiveness of online brand advertising," said Rogers, "and we are excited to offer Moat Brand Analytics through Pictela Enterprise Beta."
Jonah Goodhart, CEO of Moat, said, "We are thrilled to partner with AOL on this initiative. We think Pictela's innovative creative platform combined with the standardization of Moat's metrics is exactly the type of solution that will appeal to brand advertisers."
AOL recently conducted research with Moat that compared user interaction rates across three different versions of the same brand ad: the IAB Portrait format vs. custom rich media vs. standard animated Flash (all 300x1050 in size). The results show that the IAB Portrait performed 12% better than the custom format and 72% better than the animated Flash version.* "The 12% difference does not sound like much, but there's been a perception in the marketplace that the only way to build a highly engaging ad unit is through custom rich media executions," said Rogers. "By teaming with Moat, we are validating the effectiveness of Premium Formats, while providing the benefits of repeatability and scalability through a productized approach."
*Moat/KitchenDaily study, February 2012
About AOL:
Having helped millions of Americans to get online, AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) is on a mission to inform, entertain and connect the world. The home of a world-class collection of premium brands, AOL creates original content that engages audiences on a local and global scale. We help marketers connect with these audiences through effective and engaging digital advertising solutions.
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Natalie and Scarlett's UK After-party
Fresh off of the UK premiere of their new movie, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson headed over to the film's posh after-party.
Held at Criterion restaurant in Piccadilly, the two Hollywood starlets happily posed for pictures with co-star Eric Bana as they chatted with fellow guests.
During the evening, Scarlett turned heads everywhere she walked in a shiny silver one-shoulder gown, while Natalie added some color to the evening's festivities in a burgundy dress with matching sash.
As previously reported by Gossip Girls, Scarlett and Natalie's new film is titled "The Other Boelyn Girl" and hits theaters on February 28, 2008. The movie focuses on "Two sisters contending for the affection of King Henry VIII."
Celebrity Gossip
Enjoy the pictures of Scarlett and Natalie at last night's London afterparty (February 19).


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It's a film. It's a game. It's a "storyworld" made up of flash fiction, interweaving Twitter tales, an ARG-style play experience, and more.
Lance Weiler's new Pandemic 1.0 experience is an unfolding transmedia narrative environment centered around a Mission Control outfit located at the Sundance film festival. I got involved with the project when writer and editor Chuck Wendig brought me and a few other writers on board to compose some short fiction and a slew of twitter narratives for the event. Right now, you can see our Twitter characters' stories unfolding, along with many others, via the #pandemic11 hashtag. Sometime soon, I hope you'll be able to read my short story online, too.
Pandemic 1.0 consists of many interlocking elements for you to interact with. Check out HopeIsMissing.com for the hub of the experience. Read what Wired's Decode had to say about the experience. Read what story designer Chuck Wendig has to say about getting involved.
As Lance Weiler described it:
Pandemic 1.0 is a story R&D (research and development) project, the first step in a larger transmedia build that includes film, mobile, online, and real-world events. This transmedia extension is set within the same storyworld as a feature film that I co-wrote and will be directing called HiM – a [Lord of the Flies] tale about a strange sleep virus that only effects adults and leaves the youth fighting for their lives.
[via HopeisMissing.com]
Have you already been following Pandemic 1.0? What do you think of it?


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For those of you that are just starting out, or looking to hone your skills at Dividend Growth Investing, there are many sources of information out there. If you want to know where to begin, I highly suggest starting with this list of five dividend investing books.
The Dividend Guy has a list of 5 Great books to get you started on the right path.
The top dividend books are as follows:
1. The Dividend Growth Investment Strategy – RoxAnne Klugman
2. The Little Book of Value Investing – Christopher H. Browne and Roger Lowenstein
3. The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life – Bill Schultheis
4. The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing – Jason Kelly
5. Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business – Peter Lynch
So there you go, that should keep you busy…and wealthy for a while!


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The American health care system is in deep trouble and needs a "systemwide transformation," of which better use of data is a major component toward improvement, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
The report concludes that the health care system is too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Authors contend 30 percent of health care spending in 2009 was wasted, and cite a rough estimate that 75,000 deaths could have been averted in 2005 if every state delivered care at the quality level of the best performing state.
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Every season a number of Arsenal players go out on loan to gain valuable first-team experience. With the 2012/13 campaign now underway, 12 Gunners are currently away from the Club.
Arsenal.com tracks their progress throughout the season. Our Arsenal's Loanees page offers an overview and below is the latest instalment of our Loan Watch.
Chuks Aneke
Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Bradford City
Tuesday, January 15
Chuks Aneke was on target as Crewe reached the final of the northern section of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy with victory over Bradford. The midfielder came on with 20 minutes to go before scoring in stoppage time.
Benik Afobe
Sunderland 0-2 Bolton Wanderers
Tuesday, January 15
Benik Afobe started as Bolton beat Sunderland in the FA Cup. The forward was replaced after 70 minutes.
Joel Campbell
Thursday, January 17
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Real Betis
Joel Campbell played 90 minutes as Real Betis were defeated in Madrid. Radamel Falcao opened the scoring before Filipe Luis doubled the advantage midway through the first half.
Marouane Chamakh
Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United
Wednesday, January 16
Marouane Chamakh was not included in the West Ham squad as they bowed out of the FA Cup with defeat at Old Trafford.
Bournemouth 0-1 Wigan Athletic
Tuesday, January 15
Ryo did not feature as Wigan advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with victory at Bournemouth.


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Detroit area's battle with blight may be key to survival
By Nick Carey
DETROIT (Reuters) - If you want to tackle Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes and trash-strewn and overgrown lots, there are few better places to start than in Brightmoor in the northwestern corner of the city.
"Brightmoor is arguably one of the most blighted areas in Detroit, which makes it one of the most blighted areas in the country," said Kirk Mayes, executive director of community group the Brightmoor Alliance. "If you can tackle blight in Brightmoor, you can do it anywhere."
Local non-profit, the Detroit Blight Authority, aims to do just that, with a budget of up to $500,000 to clear 14 blocks of this neighborhood and more to come once it raises more funds.
The group has hired 25 local residents, clearing an urban jungle of brush, trees and garbage to the point where occupied and abandoned homes are visible from the street and to each other. In a Detroit neighborhood like Brightmoor that is regarded as a victory.
When Detroit's state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr filed last week for the city to enter into the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, he cited the need to tackle widespread blight, including many abandoned homes and other buildings, as one of Detroit's most urgent problems.
"Perhaps no issue is as fundamental to - or emblematic of - Detroit's decline as urban blight," Orr wrote in a declaration in the filing, adding "These decrepit eyesores dramatically undermine Detroit's efforts to maintain public safety (as they contribute to the proliferation of crime and arson) and contribute to declines in property values."
The rise of Detroit alongside the U.S. auto industry brought a tide of humanity to the area, making this the fastest-growing city in the world in the first three decades of the 20th century and reaching a peak population of 1.8 million mid-century. That tide ebbed as automotive jobs faded and initially white residents - and later middle-class black residents - fled to the suburbs, leaving thousands of decaying buildings and just 700,000 residents.
The city estimates it has 78,000 "abandoned and blighted" structures, roughly one fifth of Detroit's housing stock, and 38,000 are considered dangerous. This in an area of 139 square miles - big enough to fit Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco. Continued...


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I have attended a lot of conferences over the years and have always felt driven to go to as many sessions as possible, to gather information and knowledge to bring back to my colleagues at the Maine Community Foundation. This time around was no different: I set out to get the latest on National Standards, to explore issues related to endowed philanthropy, to learn how community foundations and United Ways can do more together.
The Year in Review highlights the scope of the Council on Foundation's work in 2015.
The Hudson Valley is one of the richest agricultural areas of the country providing fruits, vegetables and dairy products to markets at home and abroad. Yet hunger and food accessibility remain cyclical problems.
It's amazing what generous people will do when they understand a community issue and see a way to help solve it. But many times, the roadblock to getting started is that people don't really understand the problem or even realize there is one.
A brand new conference experience – Philanthropy Exchange – supercharges the Council on Foundations' Annual Conference with enhanced networking opportunities, an inclusive perspective on the shared values of the field, and a focus on the issues that matter to you.
A task force of the Placer Collaborative Network (a project of Placer Community Foundation in northern California) formed to look at Placer County food systems and identify areas to strengthen it and help families have access to healthy food. Results from several focus groups and an on-line survey culminated in the report. This information will be used as a tool to design training and network needs, to encourage collaboration, and to educate the public on the opportunities to support the systems.


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Might & Magic X - Answers From The Devs
by Couchpotato, 2013-10-25 00:44:23
The developers of Might & Magic X have posted a new Q&A that answers some of the fans concerns about the Early Access release.
When browsing through the forums, sometimes I read things like "do the devs even read this?", and as mentioned before here on the blog: yes, we definitely do! We read what you write about MMX all over the internet, and although it's impossible for us to react to each of your comments and questions individually, we gather your feedback and work with it – and we're thankful for it! Today, our game designer Marcus has answered a couple of questions that some of you have asked.
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Adapted from Rosemary Sutcliff's much loved novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth', The Eagle is a handsomely mounted but flat and unmoving experience in large part because the relationship between Channing Tatum, miscast as a Roman officer on a quest to restore his disgraced father's reputation, and the always reliable Jamie Bell is simply not interesting enough to make us care about them or the mystery they are seeking to solve.
In 120 AD, as the legend (recently discredited) has it, the 5,000 men of the Ninth Legion under Flavius Aquila marched north in an attempt to subdue the rebellious tribes of Caledonia, and were never seen again. This humiliation led Emperor Hadrian to build the wall which bears his name, sealing off the northern territory and becoming in effect the edge of the known world. 20 years later, his son Marcus Aquila (Tatum) arrives in Britain to take command of a small fort, while quietly harbouring a personal agenda to discover what became of the Legion and their golden Eagle standard, the loss of which was perceived as a great blow to Rome. After a battle in which he is seriously wounded while successfully defending the fort from attack, he is told he has been given an honourable discharge and will return to Rome, but Marcus is determined to find the answer to the Ninth's disappearance. Responding to a rumour that the Eagle has been seen in the far north, Marcus sets off across Hadrian's Wall with his slave Esca (Jamie Bell), who feels honour bound to serve him but harbours a burning hatred for the Romans.
It is clear from interviews that the key players in the filmmaking team (producer Duncan Kenworthy (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill) and director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland)) share a nostalgic affection for the The Eagle's source novel. On the surface, the novel seems like a good choice for adaptation, putting aside the lack of success of 'sword and sandal' films apart from Gladiator over the past couple of decades (the expensive BBC/HBO co-production 'Rome' was a critically acclaimed series that did not find enough viewers or DVD buyers to justify its continued production after season 2). However, if the primary audience for the film is young men aged say 13 to 25, the film feels (as the novel possibly does now) a bit out of time in 2011, lacking the requisite amount of lurching thrills or CGI mayhem that this audience seems largely (somewhat sadly) addicted to. There are no female characters in the film, and with the film's core relationship an odd bromance that fails to engage, it seems unlikely that young females in large numbers will be interested either. The film may appeal though to a less demanding younger demo (boys and girls 9 to 12) that are too young for more violent multiplex fare, as the fighting is largely shot and edited to downplay blood and gore; it remains to be seen too whether those who read the book as teenagers and are now adults will be drawn to the film.
The actors portraying Romans speak with American accents; it's been stated that this decision was made to make a clear connection between the invading Romans and contemporary invading Americans, although I'm not sure many will make that connection if it isn't pointed out to them. This works to Channing Tatum's advantage of course, as I'm reasonably confident a Roman with traditional RSC diction is beyond his scope, and it allows for the casting of a couple of great Americans in supporting roles, namely the ubiquitous Denis O'Hare (Milk, 'True Blood') and Donald Sutherland, who seems to be settling nicely into old age with great TV roles and solid supporting parts in features. Tatum certainly looks like the beefcake stars that one would have seen in this genre in its hey day (I'm thinking of Steve Reeves here), but his emotive qualities are limited, which lets down the relationship with Bell's Esca and the film as a whole. If we don't feel sympathy for and empathy with these two as they ostensibly bond while facing danger (as one does for example with Frodo and Sam in the LOTR trilogy), we pretty much don't feel anything, which was unfortunately the case for me.


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A bit confused someone help me in plain English please
This is the lace border part.Work Row 1 of lace border pattern. Cont in lace pattern as est, using up 1 st from shawl body every RS row, until 2 shawl body sts rem, end after a WS row. Next row dec row: (RS) K17, skp the last border st with the first body st on needle. Next row: Knit. Rep last two rows one more time.
I can't help, but to help someone else help you....can you link to the pattern, say where you got it, something like that? Which part is giving you problems?
Here's a link to the Ravelry page. The idea here is that as you knit the border, you're also attaching it to the body of the shawl. It seems that for your pattern, this is done by knitting 2 together at the end of the border RS row. Then turn, purl to the end of the border, turn and knit towards the shawl body ending again with k2tog to join the border and shawl body. Continue this until there are only 2 shawl body sts left. On the RS row k17, skp, turn, knit back, turn and repeat.
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Grant Stevens : Are You Upset with Me?
Stevens, Grant William, Pennings, Mark W., & Kraus, Chris (2011) Grant Stevens : Are You Upset with Me? Institute of Modern Art and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Brisbane , Qld, and Sydney, NSW.
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Grant Stevens is ambivalent. The young Brisbane artist made his name with a series of computer-generated animated-text videos that explore clichés but seem undecided as to whether they are trivial and vacuous, profound and authentic or somehow both at once. Stevens plunders mass-media sources (the familiar image repertoire dished up by Hollywood, television, pop music and the Internet) as readymade content. He explores this everyday language, sometimes for its ambiguity, but more often for its almost uncanny lucidity. Resembling meditation and relaxation guides, his recent videos beg the question: what made us so anxious?
This book examines Stevens' artistic output over the first ten years of his practice. It includes essays by Mark Pennings and Chris Kraus.
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MSC experts from Brazil but also from European and Latin American offices were present at the fair to discuss our logistics solutions, trade services as well as ongoing projects with customers and suppliers, making this a truly international event.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, my family had the standard assortment of
appliances and aesthetically questionable decor. There was our
harvest gold refrigerator and blue bathtub. Pong was undoubtedly
the most technologically advanced game ever manufactured. And most
telling of all was the era-exclusive, wooden-encased television.
To be clear, we had one television. One.
With six people constantly battling to watch their favorite
shows, I was the low kid on the totem pole. It was quite the coup
whenever I actually caught an episode of "Donny and Marie" or
"Speed Racer."
Despite my preferences for variety shows and cartoons, the
prevailing programming in our home was sports. My two brothers and
father would plead their case to watch "the big game" every other
day. Consequently, I bid adieu to "Barbara Mandrell and the
Mandrell Sisters" and morphed into a sports enthusiast myself. I
cheered both the Cubs and the Sox. I was devastated when Walter
Payton was denied a touchdown in Super Bowl XX. And in 1995, I
missed the only class of my entire college career in order to watch
the coverage of Michael Jordan's glorious return to basketball.
I had no idea that this love of sports would one day help
"score" me a husband. This fact was discovered only after Joe and I
had been married several years. We were in the middle of a
particularly tense period where I was an insufferable beast due to
hormones and back-to-back babies. Joe set me off one day with
something as grievous as "Where are the diapers?"
I shouted back, "Why did you even MARRY me if you think I'm so
Without missing a beat, Joe responded simply, "You liked
I know there are plenty of superstitious and ritualistic fans
out there who firmly believe the destiny of their team rests with
them. If they don't sit on the right couch, wear their 20-year-old
jersey, or eat an exact combination of Nachos and Oreos, all hope
is lost. I would like to say to those people rooting for the
Blackhawks tonight:
I got this one.
With a do-or-die Game 7 tonight, I am in sole possession of the
precise key to victory.
My son Jack.
It all started with Game #5 and the possible end of the
Blackhawks' season. When the opportunity to buy a pair of tickets
came up, I pounced. My husband had been making the playoffs
painful. He screamed, cursed the fates, and threw things at the
television. He was in utter disbelief that this most prodigious of
teams, the very one that had so dominated the regular season, was
now self-destructing at record pace.
But worst then that?
My husband was destroying my happy mojo.
Happy mojos win games. It is a proven fact. I'll write a
research paper on it one day.
Anyway, I needed to get the guy out of the house. So I sent my
lucky child with him - it would be Jack's first Blackhawks game.
For the record, my middle son is also the kid who wins every
raffle, always gets picked by the teacher to "go first," and who
will one day be chosen to carry the Olympic Torch.
The Hawks dominated Game #5, and I knew Jack was the reason. It
was as clear as the crow's feet on my face.
For Game #6, I pushed my husband out the door to go watch the
game with friends. There would be no stealing my happy mojo. Not
with so much on the line.
Yet going into the third period, the Hawks were down a goal and
the momentum was with Detroit. I deduced that Jack being asleep was
impacting the outcome of the game. I needed to awaken my little
rabbit's foot. I headed upstairs to his room and found Jack
sleeping soundly, clasping his "rally rag" from Game #5 tightly in
his hands. With only the slightest of jostles ("WAKE UP, JACK!
WANNA WATCH THE GAME WITH MOMMY?!?"), Jack crawled out of bed and
we headed downstairs.
No sooner did our feet touch the first floor than the Hawks
scored. Then there was another one. The team would go on to win 4-3
with an improbable Game #7 tonight.
I've firmed up plans. Joe will be evicted. And Jack has been
offered Red Bull by other local superfans so as not to miss a
single minute of the game.
Of course, I won't really be giving my 7-year-old Red Bull.
But I'm not opposed to a little coffee.
Go Hawks!
Marianne is mother of three sons and the wife of a southside Irish fireman. She has learned that sometimes you're just too dumb to know what makes you happy. She blogs regularly at We Band of Mothers (webandofmothers.com) and curses with even greater frequency. Her material is written for the imperfect, the imprudent, and the impatient mothers who know that all this stuff is really very funny if you just give it a minute.
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It is possible to live without a partner, but life without a good home service provider might just turn miserable. A home service provider simplifies life by sharing the workload and providing services right at the doorstep. This saves times and makes duties lighter. We require home service providers for a variety of activities like laundry, plumbing, baby care, taxi services, electrical, car wash, groceries and much more. These are just a call or a click away.
So how do we choose the best home service providers?
Due to lack of time and increasing complexities of work, the demand for these service providers is increasing manifold. Owing to this, small and big service providing firms have mushroomed all over the net. But with the rising mishaps and safety concerns, there should be a complete analysis of the home service provider before choosing their service.
Tips on choosing the best home service provider
Usually, it is mandatory for a home service agency to get registered. In case you need a medical service provider, it must be certified by the central /state medical fraternity. The service provider sent by the agency should carry all papers that prove his authenticity. This step is foremost important to ensure the security of your loved ones and you.
Tenure of the company:
The Company whose services you are availing should preferably be a veteran in their field. It reflects the stability and success of the company.
The employee factor:
The employee sent to provide the service should be registered and screened. He should have the requisite qualifications to provide the service. For e.g. – If you call for a plumbing or an electrical service provider he should be qualified to serve this purpose. A health care service employee like a nurse should know her work and should be certified to attend to medical needs of patients. The employee should be professional and well versed in his work. He should never try and indulge in home matters or extract personal information of the customer.
Satisfaction quotient:
The idea is not just to avail a service, but to get satisfaction from the job. If you call a house cleaning provider, he has to discharge his duties responsibly and complete the chores given to him. An employee, who fails to meet the customer's demands, should either be replaced or the money should be refunded by the agency. You cannot accept rotten food supplies from a home delivery service, they need to replace or refunded. Also, the services should be consistent and on left unfinished and unattended.
This is a major factor which requires a thorough analysis of the agency being contacted and the certifications of the employees. They should be reliable and trustworthy sources. You could be availing a taxi service, or leaving your elders or kids home with a daycare home service provider. A check on the caregiver is a must. The employee should be insured and bonded by the home service providing agency.
Some people prefer personal reference of agencies. They are prominent agencies that have worked with friends and family for years and are acquainted with them. This ensures a comfort and reliability factor.
Once you are satisfied by the authenticity of the company and the employee, do check with the rates in corresponding companies. This helps in determining the correct rates of a service and you can be rest assured you are paying right for the service being given to you.
If you make a checklist and ensure the above factors are in place, I'm sure you will select the most competent service provider.


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UPDATE 1-Williams shares rise as hedge funds pile in, ETE offer spread narrows
(Adds fourth-quarter results and Chesapeake relationship details, updates stock prices)
By Michael Flaherty and Mike Stone
NEW YORK/HOUSTON Feb 17 (Reuters) - William Cos Inc's shares extended their surge on Wednesday, having jumped by nearly a fifth this week, narrowing the spread of the takeover offer by rival pipeline company Energy Transfer Equity LP.
The current value of Energy Transfer's bid is about 15 percent higher than Williams' share price as of Tuesday's close. As recently as Friday, the spread was about 23 percent.
Williams also released its fourth-quarter results, which saw a loss of 94 cents per share, missing analyst expectations of a gain of 22 cents a share.
Williams shares jumped after fourth-quarter filings by investors showed that several hedge funds had jumped into the stock, including Jana Partners.
The spread between William's stock price and the ETE offer had been even wider in previous weeks, and was about 27 percent as recently as Feb. 8, indicating that investors expect the deal to fall through.
Williams' shareholders, disappointed by the deal's lack of a hefty premium and worried about the combined company's debt levels, gave the Energy Transfer offer a poor reception the day it was announced on Sept. 28, pushing its shares down 12 percent.
Oil prices have since fallen further, weakening the investment case for pipeline companies such as Williams and Energy Transfer, which need to increase cash flows to fund payouts to investors. Continued...