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That statement -- by a prominent Nashville political strategist -- is a bit of an exaggeration. (Phil's really a nice guy.) Still, it shows the impact of NewsChannel 5's chief investigative reporter.
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Phil's stories have uncovered government waste and corruption, exposed sex offenders and other felons teaching children, sent people to prison and prompted legislators to write new laws. Those accomplishments that make our community just a little better are how Phil measures success.
He has repeatedly been listed on the Nashville Post magazine's "In Charge" list of the people shaping Middle Tennessee and previously on Business Tennessee's "Power 100" list.
Plus, Phil's work has earned him journalism's highest honors, including three duPont-Columbia University Awards and two George Foster Peabody Awards -- both considered to be broadcasting's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.
In January 2012, Phil and fellow team members were honored with the duPont Award for his "Policing for Profit" investigation of Tennessee drug interdiction agencies.
Two years before, he received a duPont Award for his investigation of Nashville's General Sessions court system.
Phil had previously won a duPont and a Peabody for his "Friends in High Places" investigation of insider contracts given to friends of former Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist.
For that project, Phil also received a prestigious George Polk Award, a National Headliner Award, a Sigma Delta Chi Award (from the Society of Professional Journalists) and an IRE Award (from the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization). He also was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, awarded through the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
In addition, IRE has recognized Phil's work on multiple occasions with its IRE Awards, including his investigation of the "Perks of Power" received by state lawmakers and former University of Tennessee president John W. Shumaker.
In 2001, Phil was awarded the prestigious IRE Medal for his investigation of the Metro Police Department. The contest judges called it "an outstanding example of dogged local reporting despite threats aimed at Williams."
A winner of multiple regional Emmy Awards, Phil has also been honored with a national Emmy.
And his list of accomplishments now stretches back several years.
In 1993, he won a Peabody Award for an investigation of the influence of special-interest lobbyists on Tennessee's legislature.
Phil began his journalism as a newspaper reporter. In 1990, Phil's work was a finalist for print journalism's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize, for an investigation that exposed corrupt state officials and gamblers who had taken over Tennessee's charity bingo industry. As a result, more than 75 people were sent to prison.
His achievements have not gone unnoticed by his peers. In 2008, investigative journalists from across the country elected him to IRE'S national board of directors -- a position he held for four years. IRE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the quality of investigative journalism around the globe.
Phil was born in Columbia, Tennessee, later moving to Nashville in his teen years. An honors graduate from Middle Tennessee State University, Phil frequently speaks to journalism students about his passion for investigative reporting.
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Adobe Breathes Air 1.5 into Linux
Adobe, maker of Photoshop and Flash, has released version 1.5 of its AIR platform for Linux. The software allows Web users to run so-called Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) without resorting to a browser.
AIR stands for Adobe Integrated Runtime, a single package that includes old favorites such as Flash Player and Apple's WebKit Engine. The AIR platform, therefore, is especially interesting for developers using well established Web technologies who want to write applications concurrently on Linux, Windows and MAC OS X.
Development on Flash Player brings in version 10, with its 3D content, video and animation, ActionScript and Flex framework. The WebKit engine handles HTML and CSS, and JavaScript runs with the increasingly favored SquirrelFish engine. The new AIR also includes a special, encrypted database for enterprise app developers.
According to Adobe, companies such as DIRECTV, Fox News and the Nasdaq are using AIR to deliver high resolution videos and other content to its audiences. Adobe itself even provides AIR as the basis for its Kuler color theme generator.
Adobe wants to make AIR a key element of its Flash platform and thereby hold back its Java and Microsoft Silverlight competitors in the ever increasing Web 2.0 market. Of course, it wants to promote its own products: which professional Flash animator without much fuss can currently avoid a Flash license? Still, Adobe assures users that Linux still plays an important role, emphasized by Adobe's continued participation in the Linux Foundation.
Adobe AIR 1.5 is available for free download here, along with useful tools such as a Dreamweaver plug-in and an SDK. Officially only 32-bit versions of the older Fedora 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSUSE 10.3 distros are supported, even if the components are running on a current Linux. With a bit of tweaking, the package can also run on a 64-bit system.
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Transliteration cuwph |
Pronunciation süf
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Strong's H5488 - cuwph
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) reed, rush, water plant a) rushes b) sea of rushes 1) of Red Sea 2) of arms of Red Sea 3) of Gulf of Suez 4) of sea from straits to Gulf of Akaba
Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 28
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Strong's H5488 - cuwph
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Miami Springs' public pool is not unsafe — at least not yet, according to the Miami-Dade Health Department.
The Health Department inspected the pool after a report commissioned by the city last year described cracks and other problems found in an inspection. The city obtained the July 2012 inspection from McGrath Property Services.
"We sent an inspector out right away," said Samir Elmir, an environmental administrator with the department. "At this time, it is not considered a safety hazard, but it is headed that way if they don't work on it right away."
Elmir added that the agency's last inspection took place last December and the city earned a "satisfactory" rating. Everything in the pool was deemed safe except for a loose handrail and unsecured rope.
The Health Department's report does not mention defects found by McGrath and discussed at the Feb. 24 Miami Springs council meeting, like pool-shell "cracks" or "fractures" where potential pool repairs were outlined.
City Manager Ron Gorland described three repair options, at the meeting, that range in cost from $250,000 to $4 million.
"I hope the City of Miami Springs can rally to come up with the funds to repair what is likely a crucial component of the community," said Donna Valente, a spokesperson for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
The foundation recently awarded a $5,750 "quality-of-life" grant to allow those with paralysis and other impairments to enjoy the city's pool.
Valente added that the foundation plans to make sure the grant funds are expended properly.
When a city pool presents a "significant risk to public health," the county health department could declare it a "public nuisance" and close it.
McGrath's "inspection is a lot different from our inspection," Samir said. The key difference, he explained, is that the Health Department's inspection is not as invasive when compared to that of a structural inspection.
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Welcome to A slightly Different Tale, a small series of hand-drawn comics telling various more or less different tales. Hope you'll enjoy them.
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Pakistan calls for steps to ensure natural resources fuel development, not conflict
UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (APP): Pakistan has stressed the need to prevent diversion of the world's abundant natural resources to fuel conflict by ensuring that land and mineral wealth are managed wisely, transparently and yield benefits for the people.At the same time, Ambassador Masood Khan acknowledged that extractive resources were not the only cause of conflict. "Poverty, ethnic and religious strife, and bad governance often exacerbate the tensions created by mismanagement of natural resources," he told the UN security Council on Wednesday. "High dependency on extractive industries combined with unsettled disputes
lead to competition and conflict over resources," the Pakistani envoy said in his remarks to the day-long thematic debate in the 15-nation Council on conflict prevention and the extractive industries.
Kerry eager to visit Pakistan; wants to spend sufficient time to discuss wide-ranging cooperation:US
WASHINGTON, June 19 (APP): The United States on Wednesday said Secretary of State John Kerry is eager to visit Pakistan soon, but he is not going to Islamabad during his trip to Asia starting this week because he wants to spend sufficient time to discuss the wide-ranging cooperation between the two countries."Secretary Kerry plans to visit Pakistan as soon as his schedule permits. He will meet the new civilian government, which just took office there," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said.Responding to a suggestion, the spokesperson said Secretary Kerry's not going to Pakistan on the trip to Asia, which includes a stop in New Delhi, is "absolutely not" a snub to the country."The Secretary is ready to go, he wants to go. We are working on scheduling the time to go."
War drives number of forcibly displaced worldwide to 18-year high: UN report
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): A United Nations report released Tuesday says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major new factor in global displacement.The annual Global Trends report, released by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), shows that as of the end of 2012, more than 45.2 million people were in situations of displacement compared to 42.5 million at the end of 2011.This includes 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum-seekers, and 28.8 million people forced to flee within the borders of their own countries. The report does not include the rise in those forced from their homes in Syria during the current year, UNHCR pointed out in a news release on the report, launched ahead of World Refugee Day, commemorated annually on 20 June.
Pakistan condemns dastardly attacks on UNs Mogadishu compound
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): Pakistan condemned today's "dastardly"
attacks on UN compound in Mogadishu and sympathized with the families of the
victims and the Somali government.
"This is a setback to Somalia, which has been rapidly moving towards
stability in the recent past", Ambassador Masood Khan said while speaking in the
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UN envoy slams attack on world bodys compound in Mogadishu
UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (APP): The top United Nations envoy in Somalia has
condemned today's massive attack on the world body's compound in Mogadishu,
calling it a desperate' attempt to derail the country's recovery and development
According to the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), a pickup truck
rigged with explosives was detonated outside the gate of the UN compound, and
attackers then entered on foot. Gunfire and further explosions followed, as staff
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PCB Interim Committee pre-scrutiny briefing from Thursday
KARACHI, June 19 (APP): Two-day Interim Committee appointed for holding elections of Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) zones' pre-scrutiny briefing will be held at National Stadium on Thursday and Friday.
According to an announcement of Interim Committee on Wednesday, briefing for Zone-I and II will be held on Thursday at 4.30 p.m., on Friday for Zone II-IV at 9.30 a.m. and for Zone-V and VII at 4.30 p.m.
Gulfraz Khan has been appointed as the chairman of the interim committee while Badar Jafri is its member.
Taekwondo team off to Jakarta to feature in Asian Junior Championship
ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP): A three-member Pakistan Taekwondo outfit on
Wednesday departed for Jakarta to chip in the 7th Asian Junior Taekwondo Championship to take place there from June 21-23.
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Rs 22 mln more allocated to POA Interim Committee for national games
ISLAMABAD, June 19 (APP): Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has released
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Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to hold the 32nd national games, scheduled to
take place here from June 28 to July 4.
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Match officials for Champions Trophy semis announced
KARACHI, June 18 (APP): The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday announced the match officials for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy.
England will take on South Africa in the first semi-final on Wednesday at The Oval.The on-field umpires appointed will be Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker, with Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis third and fourth umpires, respectively.
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Pakistan hockey training camp commences
KARACHI, June 18 (APP): Training camp of Pakistan probables in preparations for Hockey World League began here at Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) Stadium on Tuesday.
Former Pakistan captain and Olympic half back Waseem Ahmed did not report for training as he was getting treatement after an accident, Manager/Chief coach Akhtar Rasool told APP during team's afternoon training session.
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ISLAMABAD June 14, (APP): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Thursday said the unmatched sacrifices of Pakistan Peoples Party had made possible the restoration of democracy, judiciary and return of Sharif brothers.
Talking to mediapersons outside the Parliament House, he said Shaheed Benazir Bhutto had taken a bold decision to return to the country in October 2007. The decision had also encouraged the Sharif brothers to return the country from exile.
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My cranky celebration of life in Alexandria (Virginia)'s historic Parker-Gray District.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
More of the Same
The 2003 story is about the City's loan to ARHA to redevelop Chatham Square. Del Pepper (then Vice Mayor) was quoted stating "I want to make sure that everyone understands that this is a loan. In the past, we have loaned ARHA money and have ended up forgiving the loans. That is not the case here."
But what took place at the work session belies that uncharacteristic display of firmness seven years ago.
First, ARHA staff softened up Council by bearing some good news. Council was told that ARHA is now preparing to start paying back the Quaker Hill redevelopment loan and will be reducing principal faster than anticipated to save on interest. The housing authority is even offering to subordinate its own developer fee to the City's lien, moving Alexandria's position as creditor up to second place immediately after the commercial SunTrust mortgage.
That news -- which is nothing more than appropriate debt management -- had the Council nearly swooning, which set the stage for the next docket item: Pendleton Park.
Council isn't concerned about ARHA buying another property one block from the Braddock Road Metro, where we've been told via the small area plan process that every scrap of land close to the Metro must be exploited to the max. In fact, the Council couldn't be more pleased that ARHA was moving to preserve affordable housing at no cost to the City. They were persuaded by ARHA Chairman Melvin Miller that there was no guarantee HUD would provide housing vouchers for the 24 current residents at Pendleton Park and that they risked being left out on the street. This, despite the fact that ARHA never seems to have problems rustling up spare vouchers in all sorts of challenging situations (like the mold outbreak at Glebe Park), and ARHA CEO Roy Priest also threw out that there were Bland-related vouchers that might be available.
So eager was Council to support the Pendleton Park acquisition that they scuffled among themselves about how they could quickly vote then and there or at the Council hearing that very night to support ARHA's low-income tax credit application to the Virginia Housing Development Authority. The tax credits are needed to buy the property and the application is due Friday, March 11. (The Growler will confirm with City staff later today that a vote was actually taken.)
Free market advocate Councilman Frank Fannon questioned why it was necessary for the City to endorse ARHA's purchase of Pendleton Park with VHDA given residents' concerns, while Councilman Paul Smedberg questioned how this acquisition was consistent with the promises made to the neighborhood and the vision of the community embodied in the Braddock Road plan. Mr. Smedberg also protested strongly at ARHA's continuing habit of withholding key information from Council before these work sessions, only providing the spreadsheets without summary or analysis just as Council are taking their seats.
To which ARHA's new vice chair Derek Hyra responded that in the past ARHA didn't give Council the information ahead of time and then asked for millions but now they are providing information at the last minute but not pleading for money. Many on Council and the ARHA board thought this was funny, but it was a jejeune comment, and just one more illustration of how Alexandria elected officials are so weak they cannot hold their overweening vassals to professional practices or standards of behavior.
Nonetheless, Council was presented a fait accompli and were more than happy to be pushed along by ARHA once again, with an external deadline serving as the proverbial gun to the head.
Finally, the issue of ARHA's delinquent 1990s loans from the City were discussed. Forgiveness will have to be docketed for an April Council hearing and voted upon, but the Council was clearly swayed by ARHA's arguments that these weren't City operating funds loaned to ARHA but federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) monies which are usually provided to constituent groups as grants rather than loans. Housing Director Mildrilyn Davis stated that the City passed-through the CDBG money as loans because they expected to be paid back from future ARHA redevelopments like Chatham Square, only to find out later from ARHA that HUD would not allow Hope VI grant money to be used for pay back.
Apparently a loan is never really a loan in ARHA's world, and Council is once again prepared to be indulgent about definitions and promises.
So readers, the Growler's conclusion is that the plunking strategy deployed in the 2009 Council election apparently didn't send a sufficiently strong message to our entrenched political establishment, like Councilman Rob Krupicka who is running for the state Senate but whose contribution to the work session yesterday was only a sudden eruption of gush about the wonderful "new ARHA."
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Certainly, I won't forget this outrage when it comes to the next City Council election. And, happily, we have an even earlier upcoming election in which we can channel our anger, i.e. Mr. Krupicka's hopefully unsuccessful bid to become Senator. At least if my neighbors and I have anything to do with it.
- Wed Mar 09, 09:53:00 AM GMT-5
Anybody see Del Pepper this morning choking on her own words? The Growler nailed 'em good!
- Wed Mar 09, 10:13:00 AM GMT-5
"like Councilman Rob Krupicka who is running for the state Senate"
So much for Del Pepper's financial resolve. If God forbid Krupicka wins and his Council seat is vacated I hope someone like Cefaratti returns to fill the vacancy. Not raise the debt ceiling Tim Lovain. Was there no discussion of the city's ever increasing debt load? Euille's legacy is debt. Nothing else! - Wed Mar 09, 10:28:00 AM GMT-5
Frank Fannon for Mayor!
- Wed Mar 09, 11:21:00 AM GMT-5
"Was there no discussion of the city's ever increasing debt load? Euille's legacy is debt. Nothing else!"
The city doesn't care about debt. It just raises property taxes to pay for their folly. I am not a tea party fan but I'm coming to understand the tea party's frustration with government. - Wed Mar 09, 11:43:00 AM GMT-5
This better make the freaking Gazette. Many who live in PG care because we experience the concentrated poverty issue first hand. Maybe the rest of Alexandria will care a little bit too - if for no other reason than it shows know how little this City Council cares about fiscal sanity.
Frank Fannon for Mayor is right!!! - Wed Mar 09, 12:53:00 PM GMT-5
"The city doesn't care about debt. It just raises property taxes to pay for their folly."
The city council certainly doesn't care about debt. In fact they will continue to incur debt as long as it helps them win the next election. Hopefully others in the city will tire of constantly higher property taxes since concentrated public housing doesn't seem to bother them. - Wed Mar 09, 01:32:00 PM GMT-5
The city can solve it's affordable housing crisis while adhereing to there commitment to dispering it by allowing accessory use of existing properties throughout Alexandria. That means that elderly folks who can barely afford to stay in Rosemont would be able to rent an added on apartment, making affordable apartments available in areas currently zoned against it. All that's needed is a change in antequated zoning.
- Wed Mar 09, 01:52:00 PM GMT-5
"since concentrated public housing doesn't seem to bother them."
A. Melvin Miller needs concentrated public housing in order to have an audience. Let's not forget he unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Alexandria. - Wed Mar 09, 01:53:00 PM GMT-5
" Many on Council and the ARHA board thought this was funny, but it was a jejeune comment, and just one more illustration of how Alexandria elected officials are so weak they cannot hold their overweening vassals to professional practices or standards of behavior".
Here's a tissue to wipe the sides of your mouth, dearest Growler. Not to worry though, there has been a lot of near foaming at the mouth in Alexandria of late over Council and School Boards/Administators "beneficent decision making" on Alexandria's behalf.
Thank you for your hard work to educate us. We ARE listening and WILL vote.
My friends: non-Parker Gray Residents read and contemplate your comments. I hear you and support you. - Wed Mar 09, 01:56:00 PM GMT-5
" i.e. Mr. Krupicka's hopefully unsuccessful bid to become Senator. At least if my neighbors and I have anything to do with it"
I will be working closely with my neighbors to ensure his lack of courage and accountability is fully exposed.
C'mon Rob, at least ask a tough question, you don't always have to stick your head in ARHA's buttocks. - Wed Mar 09, 03:14:00 PM GMT-5
"The city doesn't care about debt. It just raises property taxes to pay for their folly"
Wonder if they will mention their ARHA loans as they pass on yet another tax increase this year.... - Wed Mar 09, 03:15:00 PM GMT-5
"Maybe the rest of Alexandria will care a little bit too - if for no other reason than it shows know how little this City Council cares about fiscal sanity."
Hopefully they will finally start to care when they get their tax bill and when they ask where all that so-called retail and commercial development is that was supposed to broaden their tax base. - Wed Mar 09, 03:16:00 PM GMT-5
"My friends: non-Parker Gray Residents read and contemplate your comments. I hear you and support you."
I am a Delray resident and agree with you; I am fed up with my taxes going to ARHA loans for a failed policy and a barely usable Metro site.
Seriously, Rob and Bill, this is the best you can do for the taxpayer? You can even make an appearance of actually asking a tough question or two of ARHA to make sure our taxpayer-funded loans are actually going to be spent wisely and for a policy that works? - Wed Mar 09, 03:18:00 PM GMT-5
""This will allow us to preserve affordable housing that has been in this neighborhood for 40 years and if ARHA receives the Low Income Tax Credits, they will be able to rehabilitate a project that is aging," said Vice Mayor Kerry Donley. "That is good for the people who live in that project and for the entire neighborhood.""
Oh is it, Vice Mayor Donley? Did you ask folks who live in the neighborhood for their opinion on Pendleton Park and on ARHA? - Wed Mar 09, 03:24:00 PM GMT-5
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- Wed Mar 09, 04:15:00 PM GMT-5
Growler, is there any way that residents of the Parker Gray neighborhood could send letters to VHDA expressing our opposition to the acquisition of Pendleton Park by ARHA, and outlining ARHA's history of property and fiscal mis-management?
Since our Council gives no voice to people in the neighborhood who might not believe Resolution 830 and ARHA are the greatest policies for providing affordable housing to local residents, I feel like there has to be some way or someone to whom valid concerns can be expressed. - Wed Mar 09, 04:38:00 PM GMT-5
"I am not going to support this because I have heard from many people who live in this neighborhood that they would prefer a private developer to redevelop the property and build a new building there," said Councilman Frank Fannon. "By writing a letter of support for ARHA, we are expressing a preference about who the buyer should be. The Church can sell to whomever they want and I think we should let that happen and not give ARHA an unfair advantage."
Why is that Fannon actually listens to reason, while so many councel members lick ARHA's feet? - Wed Mar 09, 04:44:00 PM GMT-5
- The Growler said...
After looking at VHDA's Web page, the Growler believes the appropriate contact person is:
James M. Chandler
Director of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs
Virginia Housing Development Authority
601 S. Belvidere St.
Richmond, VA 23220
email@example.com - Wed Mar 09, 04:48:00 PM GMT-5
Time to do what voters did today in Bell, California - oust the corrupt and vote in a new slate of council members!
- Wed Mar 09, 05:25:00 PM GMT-5
""This will allow us to preserve affordable housing that has been in this neighborhood for 40 years and if ARHA receives the Low Income Tax Credits,"
Hoorah! Jim Crow. Because blacks were geographically confined for so many years, hell let's keep it that way. - Wed Mar 09, 05:38:00 PM GMT-5
Have any owners of the Asher noted that this could seriously hurt their chances for retail and sales/rent at their new development? I am sad when I see the empty storefronts on Henry and Oronoco.
- Wed Mar 09, 07:24:00 PM GMT-5
Council is pandering to political special interest groups with Krupicka leading the way. My compliments to Smedberg and Fannon for holding true.
- Wed Mar 09, 09:06:00 PM GMT-5
This one hurts me more than Bland. 1 BLOCK from the metro. In 2011. As Arlington continues their redevelopment around metro stations. And we get this? Each space at the surface parking lot at Pendleton should be coated with gold for what it's worth. Who agrees to lock in public housing ONE BLOCK from the metro station for decades to comes in the year 2011? Oh yes, the fine city of Alexandria.
- Wed Mar 09, 09:54:00 PM GMT-5
From alexandrianews.org
According to a March 8 press release on the University of Delaware's website, Alexandria City Councilwoman Alicia Hughes has a new job. She is now the associate director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark.
According to the press release, as associate director, Hughes will have responsibility in the areas of grants strategy, leadership and professional development, program development, education outreach, marketing and communications, and community relations.
"I am delighted that Alicia Hughes has joined the DBI leadership team under Kelvin Lee. Alicia's considerable prior experience will clearly be an asset to DBI as she assumes her new responsibilities at one of UD's premier research institutes," said Mark Barteau, senior vice provost for research and strategic initiatives.
"We are very excited to have Alicia as a part of our team," said Lee, DBI director and Gore Professor of Chemical Engineering at UD. "She has a wonderful background that includes life science, technology transfer, and public engagement. We had input from a broad set of key stakeholders and there was significant enthusiasm for bringing Alicia onto our leadership team."
Bob Dayton, president of the Delaware BioScience Association, which has a longstanding relationship with DBI, said he is pleased with the selection of Hughes as associate director. "As we continue to provide a unified voice for the local and regional bioscience community and continue to work with DBI to expand access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through greater public outreach, we are fortunate to have Alicia on board as DBI's associate director," he said.
Hughes said she is "thrilled to be on board at DBI, an academic-public-private partnership done right," adding, "However, I realize that as time and circumstances have changed, so too must DBI change to remain critical to the success of life science enterprise in Delaware. I look forward to merging all facets of my civic and academic backgrounds to further the Institute's vision of creating a better future through leadership in life science research in a manner that sustains our relevance."
For the past four and a half years, Hughes has been employed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria. She was elected to the City Council in 2009, at which time she faced voter challenges concerning her Alexandria residency. She did not attend last night's council legislative meeting and her status as an Alexandria elected official is unknown. - Thu Mar 10, 02:20:00 AM GMT-5
"Council is pandering to political special interest groups with Krupicka leading the way."
Unfortunately I have to agree. Krupicka sold us out just as he did with the off-siting at Bland. - Thu Mar 10, 02:22:00 AM GMT-5
What I don't understand is this. The City Council and staff treats Resolution 830 as if it were carved in stone, to the point that they just spent literally millions to comply with it.
Yet there is also the Fair Share Resolution which requires them to oppose any project which concentrates publicly assisted housing in areas (such as PG) which are already saturated. Surely, the Pendleton Park project would qualify. Can anyone explain this?
So why is it they feel free to ignore the Fair Share Resolution. - Thu Mar 10, 07:56:00 AM GMT-5
"After looking at VHDA's Web page, the Growler believes the appropriate contact person is:"
I plan to write to this gentleman to let him know there are better ways to spend money to provide affordable housing.
And that the neighborhood is not behind this decision. - Thu Mar 10, 08:21:00 AM GMT-5
"Why is that Fannon actually listens to reason, while so many councel members lick ARHA's feet?"
The simple, crass response: Because Fannon is not beholden to ARHA for votes. The other Council members are.
Robs cowardly performance with ARHA over the years is an instant negative for me as a registered Democrat. - Thu Mar 10, 08:22:00 AM GMT-5
"Who agrees to lock in public housing ONE BLOCK from the metro station for decades to comes in the year 2011? Oh yes, the fine city of Alexandria."
This is all part of Mayor Euille's "safe, livable, walkable" community. - Thu Mar 10, 08:24:00 AM GMT-5
Unfortunately I have to agree. Krupicka sold us out just as he did with the off-siting at Bland. "
He's always been cowardly and a sellout in his dealings with ARHA. The "new" ARHA? Until Mr. Miller retires, its the same old ARHA with the same old outdated thinking.
I guess Rob doesn't think there are any Democrats in Parker Gray. We will remember, Rob. - Thu Mar 10, 08:27:00 AM GMT-5
If Alica Hughes resigns, I say Growler for City Council!!!!
- Thu Mar 10, 08:47:00 AM GMT-5
It didn't take long for Donley to revert to form. I thought his quote in alexandrianews.org insulting. Do the pandering Dems really think these black churches still have a voting membership? Shiloh Baptist's members are mostly Marylanders and look what a mess it, with the city's help, made of their Duke and Payne Streets seniors home. Does Donley really think ARHA will not come back to the city for additional money to "renovate" Pendleton Park? It's formula camel and tent.
- Thu Mar 10, 10:15:00 AM GMT-5
From an article in alexandria times
"The city council received a presentation on the 2010 census, but it is not a "concrete, holistic solid picture" of the city, Mayor Bill Euille said."
What is Mayor Euille so scared of? A "holistic solid picture", what the hell does that mean? It's the census, nothing more, nothing less. What does he expect a collage?
What if this were a white mayor reporting an increase in non-whites in his city and was cautioning people not to overreact? - Thu Mar 10, 01:00:00 PM GMT-5
So if ARHA was planning to buy Pendleton Park (thereby increasing the number of Res 830 units in this neighborhood anyway), why the hell did we just give them 6 million taxpayer dollars to buy offsited units? This makes NO sense.
The end result is the City has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to offsite and we end up with MORE public housing units in the neighborhood than we started with.
I mean, really, WTF???? - Thu Mar 10, 02:23:00 PM GMT-5
"Not raise the debt ceiling Tim Lovain. Was there no discussion of the city's ever increasing debt load?"
If you remained awake Lovain was positioned as the last speaker at the budget hearings. He pounded, pounded, pounded for the business add-on tax as it pertains to the US Route 1 corridor. Lovain's been useful to the Dems and most likely will reap a political reward. Of greater concern is the Northeast-Old Town buzz. Patricia Schubert's BIAG replacement -- god rest her soul -- is a Northeast transportation jock. - Thu Mar 10, 03:04:00 PM GMT-5
"What if this were a white mayor reporting an increase in non-whites in his city and was cautioning people not to overreact?"
Mayor Euille has said so many stupid things that I'm beginning to lose count. His comments about people not wanting to send their kids to the City schools because of its racial make-up just about took the cake.
Given his latest census comments, what I can't figure out about him is whether he is just an outright racist or whether he just cynically prefers African Americans as constituents, believing they'll be more likely to reelect him. - Thu Mar 10, 03:22:00 PM GMT-5
Count me in. I plan to write VHDA today.
- Thu Mar 10, 04:59:00 PM GMT-5
"Does Donley really think ARHA will not come back to the city for additional money to "renovate" Pendleton Park? It's formula camel and tent."
I think The Growler's Del Pepper quote answers the question. - Thu Mar 10, 05:10:00 PM GMT-5
The City Council actions come as no surprise. Many of us spoke with Frank Fannon, specifically on the Pendleton Park issue and he agreed that the building should be sold commercially, not to ARHA. The next step is to repeal Resolution 830 and get the ARHA board to agree that recipients of public housing must have jobs, be drug free, have no felony convictions of any kind and be willing to act like decent hard working members of society. Otherwise... They can move to someplace they can actually afford to live.
This is really getting tiring, I vote, yet the council still spends my money on crap I don't want. We need some nice businesses, places where young professionals want to hang out. We need nice town house dwellings that don't cost a million bucks, and attract mid level professionals with families. We need great schools. What do we get? More super-low income housing for folks who have no interest in living in an integrated society. What to do? - Thu Mar 10, 07:15:00 PM GMT-5
"What is Mayor Euille so scared of? A "holistic solid picture", what the hell does that mean? It's the census, nothing more, nothing less. What does he expect a collage?" The guy has unresolved race issues. In recent years Parker Gray was perceived as a black bastion that is now mostly white. Maybe two-thirds of the blacks live in public housing and the city is clutching. They hope to blur the numbers by using ethnicity to increase race totals. Any fool can get the numbers for Census Tract 16 from the US Census Bureau's website. I'm a statistician who knows how pols play the game.
- Fri Mar 11, 07:46:00 AM GMT-5
RE: Euille's race comments. It would be interesting to know what portion of the African American population in PG vs. the City at large is subsidized by the taxpayers. Just from an anecdotal standpoint, the ARHA residents are overwhelmingly black with a couple of hispanics. Doesn't seem like a healthy way to achieve or maintain diversity to me.
- Fri Mar 11, 10:13:00 AM GMT-5
"Doesn't seem like a healthy way to achieve or maintain diversity to me."
Diversity is not the point of public housing in Alexandria. Its the excuse used by many apologists to justify the warehousing of the poor in certain sections of the City.
You ever see Krupicka demanding that ARHA "diversify" its units, by moving more of them to Delray? - Fri Mar 11, 12:05:00 PM GMT-5
It would be interesting to know what portion of the African American population in PG vs. the City at large is subsidized by the taxpayers. Just from an anecdotal standpoint, the ARHA residents are overwhelmingly black with a couple of hispanics...
According to some HUD documents available online, about 80% of ARHA residents are black, 41% are single mothers. ARHA residents must earn less than HUD's maximum wage limits to qualify for public housing. The lowest limit? About $12,000 a year for one person. To keep this in perspective, pretty much ANY retail position in the region working 40 hours a week would earn you more than $12,000. So folks really have to do almost nothing to meet that wage limit. (it qualifies them to live in Hopkins Tancil, but not some newer ARHA properties.). Pure and simple, the public housing in Alexandria is keeping folks at a low wage level, because if they went out and got real jobs, they would no longer qualify to reside with ARHA - Fri Mar 11, 06:19:00 PM GMT-5
I'd like to see a limit set on the amount of time a person can reside in an ARHA property. I'd also like to see more conditions imposed, such as one must be actively seeking employment, etc.
Although anyone can fall on hard times, it is not fair to the rest of us who work every day to have to give our tax dollars to others who choose not to do anything. I'm happy to contribute to people who cannot support themselves due to disability, but not to lazy people. And I find it particularly repugnant that people who choose not to work or support themselves bring children into this world and then fail in their responsibilities as parents, as they are failing in their responsibilities as citizens. - Sat Mar 12, 07:48:00 AM GMT-5
Do we have any options to intervene in the Pendleton Park sale? If it's something as simple as gathering all us together and walk the neighborhood carrying signs and making hell, let's do it. Since the small area planning meetings from a few years ago, people haven't gotten together in masse to show the discontent through our numbers. Time to start making it into the newspaper and TV news.
- Sat Mar 12, 02:31:00 PM GMT-5


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It's getting harder and harder to get kids interested in nature, especially since you have to compete with a number of toys, gadgets and computer games. Little kids don't really read anymore and prefer to watch television. However, there's so much to learn about nature, especially when it comes to animals. One of the most delightful and unique animals is the giraffe. With its long neck and spotted body, the giraffe is certainly eye catching and interesting to look at. If you have an inquisitive learner in the home, there are so many giraffe facts available that a young child may find of interest.
The key to get little kids interested in an animal such as the giraffe is to present your information in a fun yet factual manner. Giraffe facts can be made easy to understand so that a child will have a desire to learn more and the information will be retained for future reference. Even if you're not an educator, you can teach young children about this majestic yet gentle animal. When done properly, a child will readily absorb the information presented and leave wanting to learn more. Here are things you can do so you can make learning about giraffes a fun and easy thing to do.
Give some astounding figures
If you want to grab a child's attention, you have to give him so amazing giraffe facts. For one thing, the giraffe is a mammal that is very tall, even the tallest in world. Few know that it has the longest tail of any mammal. It has a heart that is two feet long and weighs in at about 25 pounds. Also, it may be good to say some things that will grab their attention and that they can relate to, such as how giraffes don't seem to take a bath. They stay clean with the help of birds that are often observed hitching a ride on their backs or heads, since these birds eat the ticks and other parasites off their bodies. This animal is also known to have the highest blood pressure in the world, recorded at 280/180mm Hg, and that's when giraffes are at rest or are prone. These aren't usually dangerous, but giraffes are known to have quite a kick when needed.
Point out its appearance
The most notable feature of the giraffe is its long neck. It also has a tongue that is about 18 inches long and is color black. It has little knobs or horns on the head that are called ossicones. A giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world and also have the longest tail. The males or bulls are slightly taller than the female giraffe. They can grow up to 18 feet tall. Giraffes have beautiful yellow and brown spotted skin. These are some readily seen giraffe facts.
Compare it to the way he eats
If you present giraffe facts by comparing the animal to the child, the giraffe becomes less abstract. For example, by comparing how the giraffe eats to the eating habits of a human child, he can readily see the differences between a giraffe and himself. A child eats with his hands or with a spoon and fork, ideally sitting down and the food, usually meat and vegetables is digested in the stomach.
On the other hand, a giraffe eats about 75 pounds of food made of mostly of its favorite Acacia leaves, which is digested in its four chambered stomach. Giraffes will even regurgitate their food so that they can do some more additional chewing on it. A giraffe eats hundreds of leaves a day from food like treetop acacia, from which it gets its water and sustenance.
Use media
Make the giraffes and giraffe facts come alive through books and other media. By using books and the encyclopedia, you can both take your time perusing through the pages so you can take look closely at particular things, such as the black tongue or the interesting pattern on the skin. With colored pictures or a photo, you can point out items of interest. Point out the body parts of the giraffe, such as the legs, long neck, the hooves used as weapons for defense against any predator, or the long tail. If you prefer, you can use a video to show how a giraffe moves, such as how it chews it food or how slowly it walks even with its long legs. You can catch many shows on Natgeo, and other animal channel shows. You can also try the Internet and go to Wikipedia to learn more about giraffes. There are many photographs available for viewing.
Take him to the zoo to see the real thing
Giraffes and many animals are naturally found in Africa. Unless you can go on safari, the next best thing is to take your family to see these beautiful gentle creatures up close at the zoo. Get answers about these creatures and giraffe facts from the fact boards in the zoo or from your zoo guide. Good zoos can be a home animals can feel safe and protected in, especially when their natural environment is at risk or in danger. When children see the animals live, they can notice things, such as how giraffes are taller than many other animals and sometimes even trees.
Make an animal story
Want to see a kid's eyes light up? Take the time to make an animal story that features giraffes and perhaps even other creatures such as lions. You can choose to create a story in the city, although giraffes prefer areas with plenty of acacia growth and vegetation they can eat.
Giraffes aren't usually dangerous unless threatened and they truly are majestic animals to behold. It pays to get more information and learn more about these amazing animals. Use age appropriate language and speak with enthusiasm when you read and talk about giraffe facts. This way, the entire experience will be fun, exciting and highly education for the child.


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Conference on Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul (October 2-5, 2013)
Deadline: Monday, February 11, 2013
Co-organized and co-sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, Yale University, the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) at the University of Hong Kong, Göttingen University and Koç University – collectively the "Conference Organizing Committee."
The Inter-Asian Connections Conference Organizing Committee is pleased to announce an open call for individual research paper submissions from researchers in any world region, to participate in a 4-day thematic workshop at an international conference, Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul.
To be held in Istanbul and hosted by Koç University, the conference will host seven concurrent workshops led by two or three directors and showcasing innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines. Workshops will focus on themes of particular relevance to Asia, reconceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia and South Asia, to East Asia. Six workshops were chosen competitively from among 43 applications while one was organized by the host institution. We are now accepting applications for all seven workshops.
The conference structure and schedule have been designed to enable intensive 'working group' interactions on a specific research theme, as well as broader interactions on topics of mutual interest and concern. Accordingly, there will be a public keynote and plenary sessions in addition to closed workshop sessions. The concluding day of the conference will bring all the conference participants together for the public presentation and exchange of research agendas that have emerged over the course of the conference deliberations.
Individual paper submissions are invited from junior and senior scholars, whether graduate students or faculty, or researchers in NGOs or other research organizations, for the following six workshops. For the full Calls for Papers and detailed descriptions of the individual workshops, click the links below.
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"After Neoliberalism?" The Future of Postneoliberal State and Society in Asia
Workshop Directors: Emel Akçali (Department of International Relations and European Studies, Central European University), Ho-Fung Hung (Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) and Lerna Yanik (Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Kadir Has University)
Asian Early Modernities: Empires, Bureaucrats, Confessions, Borders, Merchants
Workshop Directors: Kaya Sahin (Department of History, Indiana University) and Hendrik Spruyt (Department of Political Science, Northwestern University)
Contemporary Art and the Inter-Asian Imaginary
Workshop Directors: Alice Jim (Department of Art History, Concordia University) and Henry Tsang (Faculty of Culture + Community, emily carr university of art + design)
Inequalities in Asian Societies: Bringing Back Class Analysis
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Porous Enclaves: Inter-Asian Residential Projects and the Popular Classes from Istanbul to Seoul
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Superbe tes photos Rosa. C'est marrant on dirait que la 5ième photo est en noir et blanc... Joyeuse Pâques!
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how interesting and fun, you obviously are by some very high mountains!
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Cela me donne le vertige! Belles photos, surtout la montagne.
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I would be terrified on that cable car! I am afraid of heights!!!
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