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One of the main potential advantages of living constitutionalism is the possibility that it can facilitate societal progress. However enlightened the generation that drafted and ratified various parts of the Constitution may have been, there is much we know that they did not. In theory, we could just use the constitutional amendment process to update the document in light of new insights. But such formal updating is extremely difficult, because the US Constitution is perhaps the hardest to amend in the world. Thus, living-constitutionalist judging may be necessary to ensure that constitutional law keeps up with new knowledge and increasing enlightenment. By that means, we get a gradually improving constitutional law without (at least in most cases) having to go through the formal amendment process.
But an insightful new article by Duke law professor Ernest Young casts doubt on the optimistic assumptions underlying this view. What if instead of improving constitutional doctrine over time, living constitutionalism actually makes it worse? What if later generations are less enlightened than the framers, rather than more so? He argues that this is exactly what happened during the first several decades of the era of Jim Crow segregation, after Reconstruction. Here is the abstract to his article on "Dying Constitutionalism":
The notion of a "living Constitution" often rests on an implicit assumption that important constitutional values will "grow" in such a way as to make the Constitution more attractive over time. But there are no guarantees: What can grow can also wither and die. This essay, presented as the 2018 Robert F. Boden Lecture at Marquette University Law School, marks the sesquicentennial of the Fourteenth Amendment's ratification as a powerful charter of liberty and equality for black Americans. But for much of its early history, the Fourteenth Amendment's meaning moved in reverse, overwhelmed by the end of Reconstruction, the gradual entrenchment of Jim Crow in the South, and the consolidation of racial discrimination in the North. All of the recognized modalities of living constitutionalism—evolving public mores, social movements, electoral outcomes and landmark legislation, and common law development—contributed to constitutional changes that left the Fourteenth Amendment meaning less in the late 19th and early 20th centuries than it did at its ratification. The Amendment's early history is thus an instance of dying—not living— constitutionalism. It is far from clear, however, that alternative constitutional approaches—such as originalism—could have prevented this constitutional regression. This essay explores how the Fourteenth Amendment got so off track and whether the theory of living constitutionalism can be modified to help it hang on to the Constitution's core commitments in the face of social change. Ultimately, the essay suggests that constitutional methodology may be less important than constitutional culture in this regard, and that the culture of living constitutionalism ought to emphasize caution over optimism about the inevitability of moral progress. The Fourteenth Amendment's "lost years" offer precisely the sense of tragedy that might inspire that cultural shift.
The key point is not just that constitutional law got worse, rather than better, but that what are today standard living constitution arguments helped make it so. For example, judges and others argued that segregation laws should be upheld because they were consistent with evolving societial morality, the demands of what we would today call influential "popular constitutionalist" movements, and common law doctrinal reasoning.
Segregation law is not the only field where constitutional doctrine deteriorated during post-Reconstruction era. A similar pattern occurred in the area of immigration law, where a strictly limited original understanding of federal power to restrict migration gave way to the "plenary power" doctrine, which upheld even immigration legislation blatantly motivated by racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice. Some key elements of that transformation survive even to this day, as witness the recent travel ban decision, in which the Supreme Court upheld blatant discrimination on the basis of religion of a kind it would not tolerate anywhere else. Here too, constitutional deterioration was facilitated, in large part, by what we would today consider "living constitution" modes of legal interpretation. For example, the 1889 Chinese Exclusion Cases in which the justices first ruled that the federal government has a general power to restrict immigration cited the "necessity" of combating supposed threats to sovereignty, such as "the presence of foreigners of a different race in this country, who will not assimilate with us," and noted that "the differences of race" were a major factor in the threat supposedly posed by Chinese immigrants excluded by the law it upheld.
One can surely find other examples of constitutional deterioration in American history, as well. The Jim Crow era is the most notorious example, but likely not the only one.
As Young emphasizes in the article, the danger of "dying constitutionalism" does not by itself prove that we should reject living constitutionalism in favor of originalism. He remains a living constitutionalist himself. But he does urge his fellow living constitutionalists to recognize that "there is no necessary connection between living constitutionalism and moral progress" and that "we will get better results out of living constitutionalism if we spend more time worrying about the downside risks."
Living constitutionalists could try to build safeguards against such deterioration in their theories. For example, they could emphasize (as some versions of living constitutionalism already do) the importance of substantive, not just procedural, constitutional values. If, for example, the key point of the Fourteenth Amendment is to restrict racial and ethnic discrimination by the government, a living constitutionalist could allow changing interpretations which help achieve that purpose, but reject those that undermine it (even if, perhaps, they are backed by popular movements, common law reasoning, and other living constitution modalities). But, at the very least, Young is right to suggest that living constitutionalists need to devote more attention to the dangers of deterioration than most currently do.
In the last part of his article, Young briefly argues that his analysis does not justify a preference for originalism over living constitutionalism, because the former cannot protect against deterioration any better than the latter. One reason is that the original meaning of some key parts of the constitutional text are broad and "open-ended," and therefore susceptible to judicial undermining no less than living constitutionalism is. Perhaps that is indeed true in many cases. But, of course, many important parts of the Constitution are actually fairly precise, or at least have precise core meanings, despite some fuzziness at the periphery. Moreover, even if the text is broad, other evidence of original meaning can help fill in the details. While it may be difficult to discern the full extent to which the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment bans racial discrimination, it clearly does so in the sort of case at issue in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which addresssed discrimination with respect to freedom of contract, one of the core "civil rights" that the framers of the amendment sought to protect.
Young also points out that neither originalist nor living constitutionalist judges will necessarily be able to withstand the pressures of public and elite opinion, especially in cases where doctrinal arguments are fairly closely balanced. That is surely true. Constitutional methodology is far from the only influence on judicial decision-making, and often not the most powerful. But, at the margin, a methodology that emphasizes the importance of standing firm against societal pressure is likely to offer more protection against deterioration than one that often provides justifications for accommodating it.
The risk of "dying constitutionalism" cannot definitively settle the longstanding conflict over constitutional methodology. Even if degeneration over time is a serious danger of living constitutionalism, it could be that the perils of originalism are even worse. But, at the margin, the the threat of "dying constitutionalism" does strengthen what I call the "instrumental" justification for originalism, which holds that originalism is preferable to the alternatives because it leads to better outcomes, rather than because it is intrinisically valuable.


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So I ran another marathon without training…
I don't know if it was the prospect of stuffing my face with a big, delicious (and guilt-free) Thanksgiving dinner this weekend; the fact that a half marathon didn't feel like enough of a challenge for me after my 28K trail race near the end of summer; or that I didn't want to miss out on running another race with Debbie (it's Thanksgiving tradition, after all!) that compelled me to sign up to run the full marathon instead of the half at the Goodlife Fitness Marathon on Sunday. I'm happy to say I ran 42.2 km without any issues, other than my calves cramping up pretty bad near the end — they were probably wondering why I was running so far on pavement when I spent the entire summer on the trails. Ouch.
I finished the race in about 3:51, which I was happy with considering my only "training" run was the Finlayson Arm 28K. The only other runs I did since September were a few slow 7-8km runs on top of weight training for 4 days a week. But since my base cardio was good, I knew I could run the distance. It was just a matter of going slow enough to NOT hurt myself.
I decided not to look at my pace until the 30 km mark after discussing with Ange (who was also here for the weekend to run the race, yay!) about running by feel. Apparently I'm not very good a pacing myself, as my 10km time was 48 minutes and my half time was about 1:45. I was aiming to run a 5:45 pace, but ended up running around a 5:25 pace; I went out way to fast then slowed right down to a 6:00 pace near the end. I think for my next marathon I'm going to keep an eye on my pace after the 10km mark and try to keep it even the whole time, just to see what happens. Since this was a "just for run" race, I wasn't too concerned with my time anyway.
I was also pretty happy with that time considering I stopped to help a 250 lbs dude who was ready to collapse about 2 km from the finish line. He had been keeping pace with me for almost the whole race, but after he stopped for water at the last aid station he couldn't quite get going again — he started doing the "chicken walk" and swaying from side to side, so I dropped my cup of water and ran to grab his arm with another runner just as he was going down. We helped him to the pavement and sat him up — it was clear he had just run out of fuel and it wasn't having a major medical emergency, so I waited until first aid came and took off running to finish the race.
Overall I had a decent run, and was glad I decided to do it. I also had a blast hanging out with Ange of Cowgirl Runs for the weekend, though we failed to take any fitness blogger selfies (or any photos, for that matter!) the entire time she was here. I also spent way too much money on active wear as we shopped in our active wear, which happens I guess when fitness bloggers hang out together. Oops!
I'll be taking a few days off to recover, then will get back to strength training again near the end of the week until I start my Phoenix Marathon training plan in about a month. No more running a marathon without training (at least until next Thanksgiving :))
Did you race this weekend? How did it go? Have you ever decided to race a marathon or half marathon at the last minute without training?

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Today, LA is buzzing with the creativity, optimism, and ambition that have made the city a bridge between imagination and reality. Named one of this year's top five cities in the United States for investment and development by Emerging Trends in Real Estate and led by a dynamic young mayor, LA is already deep into planning for its star turn on the global stage as host of the 2028 Summer Olympics. The international Olympics Committee said it had selected Los Angeles as a "futuristic, transformative, forward-looking, dynamic" world city.
With forests of cranes and new construction underway everywhere you look, the LA real estate market is still on the upswing, drawing national and global investors, as LA transforms itself into a city of the future. The burst of excitement and energy released by LA 2028 resonated with the Fall Meeting attendees, from developers, investors, architects, and planners to brokers, attorneys, and government officials. "The Olympic games don't require a leap of faith—the Olympic games require a leap of imagination," LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has said. "I believe that no city on Earth does imagination the way we do here in Los Angeles."
Another inspired decision by the ULI Fall Meeting planners was to kick off the Meeting with a full day of guided tours and lunches in diverse LA City and County neighborhoods with exciting new development projects. In many formerly neglected areas, an influx of development investment is preserving the historic, special characteristics of the locales while building housing and transit-oriented developments. Highlights included:
- Building Healthy Places Forum (Pacoima, San Fernando Valley)
- Orange County Master-Planned Communities (MPCs)
- Behind the Scenes at the Port of Los Angeles (the second-largest gateway in the world)
- New Transit-Oriented Projects in West LA (along the new Metro Expo Line from Downtown LA to Santa Monica and the beach)
- University of Southern California (USC) Village & University Park Campus
- Downtown LA: How Retail Is Transforming the City Center
- Playa Vista/Silicon Beach
- The Los Angeles River (restored wetlands with wildlife)
- Arts District LA (revitalized area with art galleries, dining and boutique shopping)
- Reshaping Downtown LA's Skyline: Mega-Projects by Asian Investors
- Behind the Red Carpet: Academy Awards Infrastructure & Hollywood Production Lot
The 2017 Fall Meeting featured appearances by two LA giants of the imagination: superstar architect Frank Gehry and legendary basketball star, urban real estate developer, and civic hero Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. Gehry offered a critique of the feasibility of one of LA's most popular and visionary projects, the restoration of parts of the Los Angeles River, currently confined in a concrete channel, to natural habitat, parks, and recreational spaces. Projects along the 51-mile river include new bridges and as many as 36,000 new housing units. Johnson has formed a $1.3+ billion fund to focus exclusively on infrastructure deals: "If you look at infrastructure in America, it's old," he told the audience. His fund has already invested in projects at Denver International Airport and NYC's LaGuardia Airport.
Another hot LA topic is the multi-modal transportation development boom, influenced by the expected influx of driverless vehicles in the near future. Increased levels of traffic congestion and a return to neighborhood development have fueled the construction of new and expanded light rail lines and multi-modal transportation hubs. "Multi-modalism is the end of "Nobody Walks In LA," said Marlon G. Boarnet of the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy. "Los Angeles led the nation into an auto-oriented vision of transportation planning; perhaps not ironically, Los Angeles is now leading the way out," he noted.
Closely allied to the boom in public transportation is the transit-oriented development of mixed-use projects built around transportation hubs that incorporate lively public spaces that create and nurture a sense of community. A panel discussion of "Mixed-Use: Myth and Fact," described the economic benefits of well-planned mixed-use projects where three or more revenue-producing uses are mutually supportive. The panel cited Howard Blackson, Urban Design and Community Planning Manager at San Diego's international airport: "Mixed-use makes for three-dimensional, pedestrian-oriented places that layer compatible land uses, public amenities, and utilities together at various scales and intensities." (placemakers.com)
Homelessness and the crisis in available and affordable housing in U.S. cities was the focus of panel discussions that explored solutions for housing the homeless and low-income residents. In Los Angeles alone, an astronomical half-million affordable rental units are needed just to meet the present demand. Some innovative ideas for affordable housing solutions include repurposing struggling shopping malls to incorporate senior housing; micro-housing villages; and allowing high-rise development in and around Skid Row in Downtown LA for fees that could be used for homeless services. Discussions also explored the imbalance of investment in Los Angeles, where an influx of investment capital from Asia has created a focus on high-end condominiums rather than much-needed affordable and workforce housing.
This article was written by Nadene Gallagher of Lauter + Gallagher.


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It was the start of the new football season, and Nottingham Forest were playing at home to Barnsley where 22,000 people watched a 0-0 draw. To add balance for Notts County supporters, County won 3-0 at Carlisle.
However, I didn't go to watch football; I went to the other side of the Trent Bridge to the Riverside Festival, which is held on the Victoria Embankment every year in August. Last year I made the mistake of going on the Saturday evening, and nearly died in the crush; this year I went for the 12 O'clock start, and it was so much better.
The Festival is designed for the family, but aged singles like me can find some enjoyment there. The promotional literature says that you will find, "Fun Fair, Four Live Music Stages, Dragon Boat & Charity Duck Races, Craft Market, Street Theatre, Children's Zone, Food Stalls, Steam Engines & Organs, and lots more". All of this covering about three quarters of a mile of the Embankment running alongside the beautiful River Trent.
|Ruins of the Colosseum in Rome
The Colosseum could hold over 50,000 people, and they were looked after by the authorities. If the summer temperature in Rome became too hot, a huge canopy was put over the top of the stadium to protect from the sun. And people get excited about sliding roofs over stadiums today. The 'entertainment' provided nearly always involved death and destruction, with the well known ones being feeding Christians to the lions; animals fighting each other, and gladiator battles.
It was said that on the day the Colosseum opened, over 5,000 animals were killed. Gladiators died at the rate of 50% each show, and who can ever know how many people were thrown to the lions? The Circus Maximus was another equally popular venue where people could watch chariot races. Thankfully, during the last 1600 years, 'entertainment' has moved on a bit from death and destruction.
|Steam Traction Engine at Riverside Festival
As far as I can tell, the Nottingham Goose Fair has only ever been cancelled due to the bubonic plaque in 1646, and during the two world wars of the 20th Century. The Goose Fair started as a trade event, and was renowned for its high quality cheese, and it was very popular because of the arrival of thousands of geese which had been walked from Lincolnshire to Nottingham to be sold. It's held at the Forest Recreation Ground, after having to move from the central Old Market Square in 1928 because of redevelopment.
|Riverside Festival 2011
The picture above shows one of half a dozen traction engines on show at the Festival, and according to the organisation 'Steam-Up', they are known as Road Locomotives, and these particular ones are showmen's engines, which "apart from hauling rides etc from one venue to another, they were also used for generating the power for the rides and for lighting". You can read more about the history of the traction engine here. Let no one say that you don't get value for money in my blog.
The Riverside Festival is a veritable cornucopia of entertainment, and while the rides leave me a bit cold - though I longed to have the courage to go on the traditional roundabout of galloping horses, but being on my own, I didn't (have the courage or go on it) - there was much to see and hear.
|Group of German Musicians
There were many interesting stalls to look at, and food outlets galore, offering food from around the world. I however, stuck to my usual Trent Bridge Kiosk for my burger and coffee, after all, he's there all the year round and deserves the trade.
Entertainment of every sort still plays a vital role in all of our lives. Whether that is the theatre, concert hall, sports stadium, television or the fairground. We take advantage of entertainment for any number of reasons, and no one should feel ashamed if they use it to divert their thoughts from the toughness of their lives. After all, this has a long history. "The government provided free bread and free entertainment - a combination they believed would keep happy the many unemployed people in Rome".
Over the course of the Riverside Festival, it is expected that 100,000 people will attend, and judging by what I saw this early afternoon, they will find something that will enable them to have a really great time.
|Part of the Fireworks Display at Riverside Festival 2010


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The Dragon Wing Chun Kung Fu School provides classes 6 days a week for training, testing, and ranking for students, and are available year round inside the Grapevine REC Center and at the Instructor/SiFu Home Qwoon.
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The requirements to receive all Ranking Certifications.
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The head instructor, currently Dragon James Fell, has the right to determine whether a disciple or student has fulfilled all the requirements, and to determine if any rank has been earned and should be awarded.
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Good morning banana crepes
Icky and grey autumn weekend means waking up and craving a warm, hearty breakfast – of the special, prepared variety. In other words, not your typical slice of toast with cream cheese, instant oatmeal from a bag, or cereal from a box, work-week fare. The problem with having to prepare any fancier a breakfast is that you are too famished, too groggy to realize where you are (much less where that non-stick skillet is), and were out too late the night before to foresee that you might need some … eggs the next morning. Thus, your low blood sugar levels signal your very robotic reach towards that very tempting box of cereal and…
No! Close the box shut!
So I've been making pancakes the past few weekends – I find their warm, tender fluffiness comforting on crisp autumn mornings. This weekend I decided to do crepes. I've never made crepes before, but figured they're just really thin pancakes. They are actually pretty simple to make, and took less time than pancakes. I just stuffed these with sliced bananas (too bad – no Nutella lying around… but this is breakfast, not dessert, shouldn't be that decadent … yet). Probably could have rolled them up prettier, but considering hunger levels and all, they tasted nice, had good thin-ness, and henceforth forever eliminated the need for getting my crepe-fill at a restaurant (Cafe Crepe sucks anyway). They also filled the kitchen with that sweet, eggy, nothing-else-says-good-morning-better-aroma. Mmmmm.
And of course I had to use a spatula to flip them.
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It is a garden-themed restaurant. It is famous for the imitation of meat dishes. They use vegetarian ingredients to imitate pork and chicken. The dishes resemble real meat in both textual and taste. We recommend you the Hong Kong steamed meat bun and sweet duck. The restaurant is affordable and the amount is generous.


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Trouble at home? Donald Trump and Melania Trump's relationship just made headlines once again.
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Letter to the editor: Students should question biased instructors
Editor's note: This letter to the editor is in response to professor David Alvarez's letter to the editor, which appeared in the Thursday, Sept. 15 issue of the Lanthorn.
To the Grand Valley State University professors who put their own political opinions and agendas in front of teaching their students:
I think it is safe to say the No. 1 reason students choose to come to college is to get an education. They want to study topics that will further their academic journey, leading them down the path to a future career. A student comes to learn from the best and brightest faculty and staff, a crucial component in the collegiate experience.
Here at GVSU, our staff and faculty members rank as some of the best in the world. We have professors who work tirelessly to make sure their students are receiving an outstanding education. We have scientists here paving the way for the future and authors of books that will be used to teach the next generation of scholars and visionaries. That's very important to the Laker experience, because we value the education we've worked so hard to achieve.
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Alvarez wrote at length about how the discussion that was had at the event sponsored by the Kaufman Interfaith Institute and the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies was something that "frames the issues in ways that contribute to a misunderstanding of what's at stake and therefore to the perpetuation of the problem."
He continues to talk about the discrimination Palestinians face on ethnic grounds in Israel and the colonization of Palestinian lands by Israelis. After reading this piece, I was left wondering where the other side of the story was?
Everything mentioned in this response talked against Israel, without one mention of the Israeli experience. Regardless of your opinion on this political matter, shouldn't we be talking about both sides of the story?
Please remember that professors' opinions are not necessarily facts. As a student community, we need to talk more about these faculty members that are putting their opinions before the quality of our education. We need to call out articles and viewpoints like this.
I want to continue the conversation about this issue because this is not the first time I have heard of Alvarez only focusing on the Palestinian narrative and not the Israeli side. After hearing from friends of mine enrolled in Alvarez's classes, they left each class feeling more confused and less educated on the subject. Their English class quickly turned into a political science course based on Alvarez's one-sided view of the conflict in the Middle East.
How will students get a well-rounded education if they leave class feeling as though they have heard only half of the narrative? Not only that, but how will students feel comfortable asking questions and engaging in an open dialogue if their professor is biased?
I imagine Alvarez would respond to this by saying he does teach both sides of the story and I should take one of his courses as proof. However, after hearing from the people who have taken his courses, I'm not sure I would be comfortable listening to a professor who promotes divisiveness over coexistence.
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Chapter 173. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Chapter 173. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Newport as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Dangerous buildings — See Ch. 92.
Open burning — See Ch. 94.
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 99.
Solid waste — See Ch. 208.
Article I. General Provisions
[Adopted 10-3-1972 by Ord. No. 179; amended in its entirety 4-9-1985 by Ord. No. 238 (Ch. 10, Part 1, of the 1985 Code)]
§ 173-1. Short title.
This article shall be known and cited as the "Borough of Newport Property Maintenance Ordinance."
§ 173-2. Findings.
The people and the citizens of the Borough and their duly elected government body are aware that there are owners of property which have fallen into a state of disrepair and/or to become a detriment to the desirable character of the Borough through neglect or lack of routine, reasonable maintenance of buildings and grounds. The Borough Council believes that such practices promote a decrease in the values of surrounding properties and, if left unattended, could constitute a threat to the health and welfare of the occupants and of the populace in general. Accordingly, this article is passed to encourage and insure that all properties and structures situate in the Borough are kept at a reasonable level of maintenance in conformity with the provisions of this article.
§ 173-3. Authority.
This article, and the objectives leading to its enactment, are authorized by the following provisions of the Borough Code, to wit: 53 P.S. § 46202 (5, 10 and 11)
§ 173-4. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A roofed structure, enclosed by one or more walls, for the shelter, housing, storage or enclosure of persons, goods, materials, equipment or animals.
An open and unoccupied space on a lot enclosed on at least three sides by the walls of a building.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin and/or other pests.
Plot, tracts, premises or parcel of land, with or without improvements thereto.
Any person or persons, jointly or severally, firm, corporation or other entity which, either by conveyance or inheritance or otherwise, is vested with the title to a lot and/or improvements thereto or who retains the exclusive control of such a lot and/or improvements thereto or who retains the exclusive control of such lot and/or improvement in his capacity as a legal representative, such as an administrator, trustee, executor, etc.
All putrescrible and nonputrescible solid wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, dead animals and market and industrial wastes.
Any building, or part thereof, or man-made structure, which remains unoccupied for a period of more than six months, with either doors, windows, or other openings broken, removed, boarded or sealed up, or any building under construction upon which little or no construction work has been performed for a period of more than six months.
Any open space on the same lot with a building and, for the most part unobstructed from the ground up.
§ 173-5. Application.
The provisions of this article shall supplement local laws, ordinances or regulations existing in the Borough or those of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Where a provision of this article is found to be in conflict with any provision of a local law, ordinance, code or regulations or those of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the provisions which is more restrictive or which establishes the higher standard shall prevail.
§ 173-6. Buildings and structures.
- No owner of any building or structure shall fail to take steps and perform such maintenance thereto, as may be required from time to time, to ensure the property is safe, sound, sanitary and secure and does not present a health and/or safety hazard to surrounding properties and to the general populace.
- No owner of any unoccupied building or structure shall fail to take such steps as may be required to insure that these are securely closed so as to prohibit and deter entry thereto and to insure that no health and/or safety hazard, or threat thereof, is precipitated due to a lack of maintenance or due to neglect.
- Owners of any and all unoccupied buildings and/or structures which, through neglect, have deteriorated to the point of being classified as unoccupied hazards, and therefore constitute a severe health and/or safety hazard, shall, upon direction of the Borough Council, remove, or cause the removal of, the building and/or structure.
§ 173-7. Yards, open lots, parking areas.
No person shall permit:
- ences and/or minor structures to be constructed and maintained so as to present a safety or health hazard to persons and/or property;
- The development or accumulation of hazards, rodent harborage and/or infestation upon yards, courts, or lots;
- Objectionable materials to accumulate and to be blown about the surrounding neighborhood;
- Wells, cesspools, cisterns, sedimentation ponds, stormwater management impoundment ponds and/or ponds of a similar nature to remain open without adequate fencing or barricades to prevent access thereto by the general public;
- The accumulation of heavy undergrowth and/or vegetation which would impair the health and/or safety of the neighborhood; nor shall they permit any trees, plants or shrubbery, or any portion thereof, to grow on their property and which constitute a safety hazard to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic.
§ 173-7. Yards, open lots, parking areas. (Amended 7-7-15 by Ord. No. 360)
No person owning or occupying any property within the Borough shall not permit:
- Fences and/or minor structures to be constructed and maintained so as to present a safety or health hazard to persons and/or property;
- The development or accumulation of hazards, rodent harborage and/or infestation upon yards, courts, or lots;
- Objectionable materials to accumulate and to be blown about the surrounding neighborhood;
- Wells, cesspools, cisterns, sedimentation ponds, stormwater management impoundment ponds and/or ponds of a similar nature to remain open without adequate fencing or barricades to prevent access thereto by the general public;
- The accumulation of heavy undergrowth and/or vegetation which would impair the health and/or safety of the neighborhood; nor shall they permit any trees, plants or shrubbery, or any portion thereof, to grow on their property and which constitute a safety hazard to pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic.
- Any grass,weeds or any vegetation whatsoever not edible or planted for a useful or ornamental purpose, to grow or remain upon a premise so as to exceed a height of (6) six inches.
§ 173-8. Infestation, prevention and correction.
- Grounds, buildings and structures shall be maintained free of insect, vermin and rodent harborage and infestation.
- Adequate sanitary facilities and methods shall be used for the collection, storage, handling and disposal of garbage and refuse.
- Where there exists rodent and vermin infestation, corrective measures shall be undertaken by the property owner and/or occupant to alleviate the existing problem(s), to include screening, extermination and/or garbage and refuse control. Methods employed for extermination shall conform with generally accepted practices.
§ 173-9. Miscellaneous provisions.
No person shall permit:
- Roof, surface and/or sanitary drainage to create a safety and/or health hazard to persons and/or property by reason of inadequate and/or improper construction, or maintenance or manner of discharge;
- Roof gutters, drains, or any other system designed and constructed to transport stormwater, to be discharged into any sanitary sewage system and/or any part thereof;
- Any refrigerator, freezer and/or other similar storage chest to be discarded, abandoned or stored in any place or location which is accessible to the general public without first completely removing any and all locking devices and/or doors;
- Any electronics, all appliances, upholstered furniture, automotive parks to include tires and batteries, and used automotive fluids, cannot be stored in any place or location which is accessible to the public which includes yards, open lots, parking areas, porches and carports.[Added 1-8-2013 by Ord. No. 348]
§ 173-10. Responsibilities of occupants.
Any occupant of a premises shall be responsible for compliance with the provisions of this article with respect to the maintenance of that part of the premises which he occupies and/or controls in a safe, sound and/or sanitary condition pursuant to the terms of the contract/agreement under which he exercises occupancy and/or control thereof.
§ 173-11. Responsibilities of owners.
- Owner of premises shall comply with the provisions of this article as well as operators and occupants, regardless of any agreements between owners and operators or occupants as to which party shall assume such responsibility.
- In instances where an occupant is responsible, or shares responsibility with an owner, for the existence of one or more violations of this article, said occupant shall be deemed responsible and taken to be the owner within the true intent and meaning of this article.
§ 173-12. Notice of violation. (Amended 7-7-15 by Ord. No. 360)
Upon failure to comply with any terms or conditions of this article, the owner and/or occupant shall be notified by the Borough Council or its authorized representative, by certified mail, or through personal service, of said violation or violations. Such notification shall be in writing and shall identify the premises and shall cite the specific violation or violations; shall direct the owner and/or occupant to correct the deficiency and/or deficiencies within a period of (10) ten days from the receipt of such notice and shall inform the owner and/or occupant of the fines and penalties which would accrue for the failure to comply. The notice shall also advise that, in lieu of or in addition to fines and penalties, and subsequent to the (10) ten day period for voluntary compliance, the Borough may itself correct the deficiencies or contract for the correction thereof and assess the cost thereof as a lien against the premises and/or recover the expenses so incurred in a manner as prescribed by law. In the event the owner and/or occupant cannot be ascertained or is not able to be located, a notice, containing the above required information in summary form, shall be published once in each of (2) two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough, advising of the existence of the violation and requiring correction thereof, in accordance with the terms and conditions herein established; detailed notice thereof shall be posted on the subject premises and at the Borough Building.
§ 173-13. Compliance.
[Amended 1-8-2013 by Ord. No. 348] The owner and/or occupant shall have 10 days from the receipt of a notice of violation or, alternatively, from the date of the second appearance of the published notice of violation, to correct any and all stipulated deficiencies. Extensions to the ten-day period in which deficiencies must be corrected may be granted by the Borough upon demonstration by the owner and/or occupant that such an extension thereto is warranted and justified. Failure to comply shall constitute a violation of this article. A conviction of an owner and/or occupant shall not ban further prosecutions for noncompliance with this article subsequent to such conviction.
§ 173-14. Violations and penalties.
[Amended 1-8-2013 by Ord. No. 348] Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day a conviction in violation of this article exists beyond the thirty-day voluntary compliance period shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
§ 173-15. Owners severally responsible.
If the premises are owned by more than one owner, each owner shall severally be subject to prosecution for the violation of this article.
§ 173-16. Inspection.
The Borough Council may, or may cause, through an authorized representative of the Borough, entry onto premises for the purpose of inspection of any and all premises, properties, buildings and/or structures located within the Borough for ascertaining the existence of violations. In those matters where the nature of an alleged violation is such that an inspection of the interior of a building or structure is necessitated, prior arrangements must be made with the owner, or his agent, to secure access thereof.
Article II. Used Tires
[Adopted 7-6-2010 by Ord. No. 341]
§ 173-17. Short title.
This article shall be known and cited as the "Borough of Newport Used Tire Ordinance."
§ 173-18. Findings.
Recognizing the danger posed to the health, safety and welfare of the Borough of Newport and its citizens from the threat of fire, vermin, sickness or disease, accidents or injury, and nuisances involving accumulations of used tires, it is the purpose of this article to regulate the accumulation of such tires.
§ 173-19. Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Borough of Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
Any code enforcement officer duly appointed and employed by the Borough Council, Borough of Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
The Borough Council of Borough of Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
The chief of the Borough of Newport Volunteer Fire Company.
The person or persons, jointly or severally, who has control over the property on which used tires are accumulated, whether as an owner, lessee or licensee.
Any person or persons, jointly or severally, who, either by conveyance inheritance or otherwise, is vested with title to real property and/or improvements thereto, or is the holder of an option or contract to purchase property (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any conditions), a lessee, or who retains the exclusive control of such property and/or improvements thereto in his capacity as a legal representative, such as an administrator, trustee, executor, etc., or other person having a proprietary interest in the land.
Any individual, association, public or private corporation for profit or not for profit, partnership, firm, trust, estate, department, board, bureau or agency of the Commonwealth, political subdivision, municipality, district, authority, or any legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty or imposing a fine or imprisonment, the term "person" shall include the members of an association, partnership or firm and the officers of any local agency or municipal, public or private corporation for profit or not for profit.
A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber cushion intended to encircle a wheel that has endured use (i.e., any tire other than a new tire).
§ 173-20. Accumulation of used tires prohibited.
- o person shall allow, permit or have an accumulation of used tires on any property or in any structure within the Borough of Newport, which tends to create or creates a fire hazard or constitutes a danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public.
- Whenever the Code Enforcement Officer or Fire Chief determines that it reasonably appears there is an immediate danger to the life, health or safety of any person or property due to an accumulation of used tires on a property or in any structure, the Code Enforcement Officer shall declare such premises to be a public nuisance.
§ 173-21. Inspection of premises; notice to comply.
- The Code Enforcement Officer and Fire Chief are each hereby empowered to inspect private property on which used tires have been accumulated to determine if the same creates or constitutes a danger to the life, health or safety of any person or property. If such accumulation creates or constitutes a nuisance, or poses a danger to the health, safety or welfare of the public, the Code Enforcement Officer shall issue a written notice upon the owner and occupant of said premises or, if the owners' and/or occupants' whereabouts or identity be unknown, by posting a notice conspicuously upon the offending premises.
- The notice shall require the owner and occupant to remove, abate or otherwise rectify the condition as set forth in the notice within 14 days of mailing or posting of said notice.
§ 173-22. Authority to remedy noncompliance.
If the owner and/or occupant of property on which used tires are accumulated in violation of this article does not comply with the notice to abate the nuisance and remove the used tires within the time limit prescribed, the Borough of Newport shall have the authority to cause the violation to be corrected and collect the cost of such corrections plus 10% of all costs incurred by the Borough. The owner and occupant of the property shall be billed upon completion of such corrective measures and any such bill shall be grounds for the imposition of a municipal lien upon the property, enforced and collected as provided by law. The Borough in such event and pursuant to its authority or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing.
§ 173-23. Hearing.
Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Code Enforcement Officer may request and shall be granted a hearing before the Borough Council; provided such person files with the Council within 10 days after notice of the Code Enforcement Officer's decision, a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a brief and concise statement of the grounds therefore. The hearing shall commence not later than 30 days after the date on which the petition was filed unless postponed for sufficient cause.
B. After such hearing, the Borough of Newport shall sustain, modify or overrule the action of the Code Enforcement Officer.
- Appeal hearings shall be conducted pursuant to the Act of December 2, 1968, known as the "Local Agency Law." Editor's Note: See 2 Pa.C.S.A. § 105 et seq. Any subsequent appeal shall be to the Court of Common Pleas of Perry County, Pennsylvania.
§ 173-24. Violations and penalties.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Attorney's fees, consultant, engineering and other costs incurred by the Borough as result of the enforcement of this article are recoverable as costs of prosecution if the Borough prevails as determined by the Court.
§ 173-25. Remedies not mutually exclusive.
The remedies provided herein for the enforcement of this article, or any remedy provided by law, shall not be deemed mutually exclusive; rather, they may be employed simultaneously or consecutively, at the option of the Borough Council and the Borough may invoke such other remedies available under this article, other applicable codes, ordinances and statutes.


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Why Every Chromebook Owner Should Carry A USB Key Or SD Card With Them
I know, it's sounds silly to make this statement but if you use a Chromebook, I strongly encourage you to carry a USB key or SD card (depending on if your device supports flash memory cards) for one simple reason: In the rare event that your Chromebook needs a full system recovery, you're going to need it. And preferably, you'll already have a Chrome OS image on USB stick as well, although that's not a requirement.
It doesn't happen often — and when it does, you'll least expect it — but every so often I see folks that have a damaged Chrome OS file system. At that point, they can't boot their Chromebook so they can't Powerwash it to reset it to factory settings. You're just stuck with a non-functioning device.
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2012 Election Results Map from U-Pack
A friend recently moved from The South to Connecticut. After seeing the results of last night's election, she was surprised that she had moved to a strong Democratic state—it's something she hadn't thought about before she moved. If you are planning a move, and you feel strongly about moving to a state with residents who vote predominately for the political party you're affiliated with, take a look at the Election Results Map below. It's color-coded based on 2012 Election Results.
*Red states are those that voted Republican majority for Mitt Romney. Blue states are those that voted Democratic majority for Barack Obama. As of right now, Florida is still awaiting final results, but several news networks have called the state for Obama.
2012 Election Results Map


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BofA to Lead Giant Mall Loan for Starwood
Starwood Capital has tapped Bank of America to lead a $1.7 billion mortgage on 10 malls.
J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Barclays are also in the lending syndicate. Each member will supply one-quarter of the proceeds. Eastdil Secured arranged the loan.
Slightly more than half the balance — about $950 million — will carry a fixed rate and a five-year term. The other portion will have a floating rate and a term of five years, including extension options. The syndicate will securitize the loan in a stand-alone offering next month.
Starwood acquired a 90% stake in six of the malls a few years ago from Australia-based Westfield, which retained the remaining interest. Starwood acquired the other four outright from Taubman Centers of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Starwood, an investment shop in Greenwich, Conn., has been building a regional mall portfolio for several years. Its Starwood Retail Partners platform now controls 30 malls with 28 million square feet.
It's unclear which properties are being financed by the BofA syndicate. All told, Starwood has acquired at least 21 malls from Westfield and Taubman in three separate transactions. Two purchases from Westfield occurred in 2012 and 2013. In the first, Starwood bought 90% stakes in seven malls totaling 6.6 million sf for $1.1 billion. In the second, it paid $1.6 billion for 90% stakes in seven malls totaling 7.9 million sf. In 2014, Starwood bought seven malls totaling 7 million sf from Taubman for about $1.4 billion, including the assumption of $620 million of debt.


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The Trump administration, continuing a disturbing trend that started under the Obama administration, is moving ahead with its policy of "extreme vetting" of visitors and immigrants, including stepping up searches of mobile devices and online accounts at the border. Searches of mobile devices increased five-fold in 2016 vs. 2015, from 5,000 to 25,000, and February 2017 alone (just after Trump's inauguration) saw more searches than all of 2015 combined, per CBP stats released earlier this year.
While the number of searches are still a small fraction of total border traffic, policy changes, emboldened border agents who have significant leeway and discretion, and forensic technology that's getting faster and smarter will only drive these figures up. The writing is on the wall. Since search and seizure laws generally don't apply at the border, device searches are a convenient front door for governments to access your data; no need to serve a warrant to Facebook if you can just make someone give up their password.
To be clear, the searches have been happening to citizens and visitors alike. If you think this doesn't apply to you because you have a US passport, think again.
"I have nothing to hide."
If you're selected for secondary screening and asked to unlock your device, the agent doesn't stand in front of you and thumb through your email, looking for anything suspicious. Instead, your device leaves the room for some time, typically 30 minutes to an hour, during which forensic software captures, analyzes, and retains every bit of information on it.
Modern forensics tools, like the Cellebrite device shown above, can extract bit-for-bit every single piece of data on your unlocked smartphone in very little time; even, in some cases, data you've deleted. To a border agent armed with these tools, an unlocked phone is a gateway into your entire world. Everything you've ever written, everything anyone's written to you (or shared where you can see it), every photo you've taken, everywhere you've been, everyone you've talked to, everything you've Googled, everything you've looked at online, every account in your name potentially -- it's all exposed when you cough up your PIN or passwords.
Once extracted, your data is analyzed and linked to other existing data from other travelers or bought from third parties. You can see where this is going, and the possibilities are endless for how this information can be used in the future, as there are virtually no concrete rules on the books as to how this data is stored, who gets to see it, or how long it's kept.
Many people also use personal devices for work in some capacity, such as checking company email from a personal smartphone or using services like Dropbox to work on documents from home occasionally. Depending on your profession, a search of your personal device at the border could cause serious repercussions in your work life. If you're a doctor, you may inadvertently leak medical information pertaining to your patients. If you're a lawyer, you may be violating attorney-client privilege by having your files and communications copied and retained by the government. If you work in financial services, you may be exposing account information on your clients. In many cases you could end up having to disclose a breach to your clients -- an embarrassing, time-consuming, and potentially very expensive process.
On the off-chance you still think you have nothing to hide, consider this: what about your family or friends? Do they have anything to hide? Government systems are far from impenetrable, and we've seen that organizations like Wikileaks will indiscriminately publish reams of personal data on the internet without regard for relevance or public interest. Imagine this kind of data for millions of travelers getting dumped online and made searchable by anyone. That might have seemed far-fetched a decade ago; today, it's more when than if.
The steps you should take before you travel will depend on a variety of factors: where you work, where you're going, what your online habits are, and so on. The recommendations below are intended to get you closer to can't, and away from won't. Refusing a border agent's request to search your device is a poor choice, and so is lying. Focus on putting yourself in a position where you can't give access to something you don't have or know, and be prepared to explain why that's the case.
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, so I can't give advice about your rights or what you should/should not do or say, but I can explain the technical side of this issue and provide general options that anyone can use. You accept full responsibility for using any of this information.
Use Burners
The most important step you can take has long been conventional wisdom for business travelers heading to places like China, where there's no expectation of digital privacy or security: use dedicated travel devices, or "burners", and leave your regular phone and laptop at home.
You have plenty of options for sourcing burner devices. Personally, I use an old MacBook Air and iPhone 5, both of which are a few generations old but still work fine for light use. Selecting a burner will depend on what you'll need to do while you're away, but you can likely cover all your bases with a budget of around $500. A few options:
- An old iPhone/Android that's been neglected since you upgraded (you probably have one sitting in a drawer somewhere), or a refurbished model. Charge it up, update it, and contact your cellular carrier to ask about a pre-paid plan for voice and data that includes international roaming.
- For most of my clients, their "work" while traveling consists almost entirely of email and maybe some occasional web app usage, such as Office 365 or Dropbox. If that describes you, iPads and Chromebooks are great options to replace your laptop while traveling. Refurbished iPads can be found for as little as $200 on Apple's clearance store, and can be paired with keyboard covers. Check out The Wirecutter's guide to Chromebooks too.
- If you need a full-blown Windows PC while traveling, ask your company's IT department if they have any older models that have been cycled out of production and can be repurposed for limited use (it should run Windows 10 Pro and have a TPM chip, so it can be encrypted with BitLocker). Refurbished Microsoft Surface tablets are a good choice, too.
Encrypt, Sign Out, and Power Off
This actually applies to any devices you own, including your burners. Always enable full-disk encryption (screensaver/login passwords will not cut it):
- iPhones/iPads: Encryption is enabled by default on iOS devices once you set a PIN (use a 6-digit PIN, not 4-digit).
- Android: enable device encryption.
- Mac: enable FileVault.
- Windows 10 Pro: enable BitLocker.
Before going through customs (or really before any encounter with law enforcement in your day-to-day life), sign out of any apps or logged in sessions (i.e. completely clear your browser cookies and history) and power off your devices. Not sleep or standby -- completely shut them down, and power them back on only after you cross.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Change Your Passwords
Again, this applies to your day-to-day life as well, not just in this context. Enabling two-factor authentication is the single most important step you can take to protect yourself against online fraud.
2FA is a process in which you log into an account using your usual credentials (username and password), but you're also prompted for a one-time-use "token", typically delivered by text message or iPhone/Android app. So even if someone has the right username and password combination, if they don't have physical possession of the phone or app that generates the token, they can't log in.
Virtually every name-brand online service out there offers 2FA for free. Here are a few the major ones:
- iCloud/Apple ID
- Google/Gmail
- Outlook.com/Hotmail/Microsoft Account
- Office 365 (contact your company's IT department to enable it for your account)
- Dropbox
If you're traveling with your burners and you've left your primary phone at home with your spouse or friend, and a border agent asks for your email password, you can disclose it without giving up access to the account, as the 2FA token will be sent to a device you don't have with you.
While setting up 2FA, you'll be asked for a recovery email (in case you lose your phone and can't get the token). Set this to an account not in your name, like a close friend or family member's email.
Also, your account passwords should be unique. Don't show up at the border and give up the password you use for everything, because it will be saved by the border agent and attached to your file for future use. Password management will be covered in a future post, but for now, start using 1Password to effortlessly keep track of your accounts and stop reusing the same password for everything.
Update 5/23: 1Password just announced 'Travel Mode', which is a perfect way to travel with only the credentials you need while maintaining strong security standards.
Stay Calm and Be Honest
If you're selected for secondary screening and asked to give up your PIN or passwords, the worst thing you can do is escalate the situation. Stay calm and be prepared to explain why you can't do what they're asking -- for example, that your company IT policies/professional obligations to clients or patients/etc forbid traveling internationally with sensitive data -- not that you won't.
If you've taken the necessary steps before you left home, it'll be much easier to get through an uncomfortable situation with your privacy intact.


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Juicing for cancer has been reported to work for many people on their personal fight against the disease. The Gerson Institute in San Diego, USA has juicing and the consumption of raw fruit and vegetables at the core of its treatment regime. They have many case studies of people who have naturally cured their cancer.
How Does It Work?
By consuming raw fruit and vegetable juice the body starts to repair it's immune system. Once this has happened it's believed that the body then goes on to heal the trouble spot or disease. The reason that juicing is recommended is because it is the quickest most effective way for the body to receive the nutrients from fresh fruit and vegetables.
At the Gerson Institute they strongly recommend using one of the most expensive but best juicers on the market the Norwalk juicer. Their recommendation is simple – they believe it is the best. The Norwalk juicer has a way of juicing that is totally unique and unlike any other juicer on the market.
Tests on juice from the Norwalk have proven that it is the most effective at giving you the maximum amount of nutrients and vitamins that no other juicer can achieve. This is down to its press action. Find out more about the Norwalk and it unique juicing action.
The Norwalk Juicer
If you are considering using juicing to fight cancer then you may well consider purchasing the Norwalk juicing machine. It is a mighty investment, but then if you are using it to fight cancer then your money may be very well invested.
Research was carried out on the Norwalk juicer versus a centrifugal juicer and it was reported that far more juice was produced, but more importantly that juice contained a higher concentration of minerals.
Take Control of Your Health
I certainly wouldn't say that juicing will cure your cancer as I strongly recommend that you seek independent medical advice on your particular illness. However I do believe in helping yourself and even if you use conventional drug treatments in your fight against cancer, regularly consuming fresh fruit and vegetable juice is going to help your body fight the diese and boost your immune system.
I totally understand why the Gerson Institute recommend the Norwalk because it's juice is proven to contain higher levels of nutrients and minerals. They are also only using natural cures so it's therefore essential that they are the best.
What if You Can't Afford a Norwalk Juicer
If you can't afford the Norwalk the institute do recommend an alternative. They suggest you use a Champion juicer to grind the fruit and vegetables and then a press to extract the juice. So you are effectively making use of 2 machines where the Norwalk provides both in one machine.
It's also important to remember that many people recommend using fresh organic fruit and vegetables for cancer juicing, as they are believed to contain more nutrients. If you are fighting cancer then you are going to want the maximum amount of nutrients to give your body the highest chance of fighting this disease and juicing for cancer might just help you achieve this.


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Event № 422
Geometric group theory arose from the study of periodic tilings of proper geodesic metric spaces, or equivalently the study of uniform lattices in isometry groups of such spaces. It provides a way to study finitely-generated infinite groups geometrically.
In joint work with Michael Björklund we propose a framework to study aperiodic tilings of proper geodesic metric spaces. This framework is based on three main ingredients:
1) Tao's notion of approximate subgroups (generalizing Meyer's notion of a model set in R^n)
2) Delone sets in locally compact groups
3) Classical geometric group theory
In this talk I will define the central notions of uniform and non-uniform approximate lattices arising in this framework, and explain some first steps towards a "geometric approximate group theory", i.e. a geometric theory of finitely generated (uniform) approximate lattice.


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When you're working on the edge of an art form, it's sometimes necessary to coin new phrases to describe what the hell it is you do. Hence the term "improvography," a fusion of improvisation and choreography. It's this new art snigglet that's at the heart of the collaborative effort between Sledgehammer Theatre and the Lower Left performance collective.
Filling in Sledgehammer's "Alternative Guest" spot-for which a visiting artist or company takes over St. Cecilia's Playhouse-Lower Left will present "ATTENDANCE," Sept. 9 through 19. The title is a multi-layered play on words, part of which announces the 10-year anniversary of the award-winning dance company.
The show's improvography will include Lower Left dancers with percussionist Steven Schick of Red Fish/Blue Fish, poet and activist Bennie Herron of the Taco Shop Poets, vocalist Molly Wilmot of San Diego Opera and several Sledgehammer actors.
"We'll be working with people outside of dance, so it won't be strictly movement improvisation, but also incorporating voice, language and music," says Lower Left artist Rebecca Bryant.
"It's kind of a risky thing," she adds. "Here we are with these two different kinds of mediums and we don't really know exactly what's going to happen. So we invite people who are absolutely fantastic at what they do, and the spontaneous combustion in these things combined-we're fairly confident that that will be interesting."
"ATTENDANCE" isn't completely extemporaneous; a few rehearsals are required "so that everybody knows what's happening next. It's sort of like you plot the dots and then the route that you take to get to the next dot can take any form," explains Sledgehammer artistic director Kristen Brandt.
Sledgehammer artists Laura Lee Juliano, Jessa Watson and Ruff Yeager will bring both improvised and prepared monologues to the performance.
Lower Left is collective-in-residence at Sushi Performance & Visual Art-one of the premiere cutting-edge art centers in San Diego. Recently, however, Sushi was forced to vacate its space in downtown's ReinCarnation Building while the structure is reincarnated into Icon, a residential and retail high-rise. The new building is set to open in 2005. In the interim, Sushi will perform in various locations throughout the county as Sushi Take-Out, and the similarly avant-minded Sledgehammer has provided Sushi a home away from home.
A decidedly different space from the white walls and expansive hardwood floors of the ReinCarnation Building, St. Cecilia's is a converted funeral chapel with all-black interior, high arches and a stage that is deep but not very wide. Bryant views the space as an enticing challenge in terms of lighting and movement, and an opportunity to do site-specific performance.
"It just has such a different feel when you walk in there," she says of the theater, "and to play with that is exciting."
"It should be a really exciting merge of the two institutions," says Brandt, "because we have such a similar aesthetic with just a different way of presenting it."
The feeling, apparently, is mutual.
"We are really honored, excited and thrilled to be presented and supported by Sledgehammer and Sushi," says Bryant. "It's easy for things to get homogenized, and those two groups have really been working hard for that not to happen." B
"ATTENDANCE" runs Sept. 9-19 at St. Cecilia's Playhouse, Downtown. $10-$20. 619-544-1484.