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Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
Gathering feed is the way toward cutting a scavenge grass or vegetable, enabling it to air-dry altogether, at that point baling it into a round or rectangular bundle.
There are numerous varieties and plans of machines that play out each progression in this procedure and some that perform discretionary advances that may accelerate or enhance the way toward drying.Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
This article will give a premise to understanding the motivation behind each machine, variables to consider for choice and some wellbeing contemplations.
Machine writes
Roughage collecting starts with some sort of cutting machine that cuts that scavenge. Once the scavenge has dried for a timeframe, the feed might be lightened up or spread out to diminish drying time before it is raked. The last advance is the genuine baling of the feed.Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
These machines are utilized to cut the roughage. There are fundamentally two kinds of trimmers: sickle bar and circle or rotating. The sickle bar kind of trimmer gives a slick, clean cut of the rummage. Speed restricts how much scrounge can be cut in a given timeframe in light of the fact that this kind of cutter can stop up or may miss bits of the field if the tractor speed is too quick.
The sickle bar write trimmers have a low power necessity, so littler tractors can be utilized to run them. The circle or rotating compose cutter regards use in held up crops (trims that have fallen over).
Speed isn't an issue with this kind of trimmer since it never plugs. One downside, be that as it may, is that it has a higher power prerequisite than the sickle bar compose cutter.
The conditioner plays out a rolling or pleating capacity to the rummage that will speed drying, and it is for the most part some portion of the cutting machine (trimmer conditioner). There are two essential kinds of move conditioners: elastic rolls or steel rolls.Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
The elastic rolls and the steel rolls both crease and smash the feed stems with weight. This procedure tears open the waxy covering over the feed stem and permits the dampness inside to dissipate all the more quickly. Thus, the feed trim dries down quicker and is prepared to bundle in a shorter timeframe.
Notwithstanding the sort of conditioner, the more forceful the setting, the speedier the rummage will dry, however at a cost of expanded scavenge misfortune. Another kind of molding machine is the thrash, impeller or tine. These machines cut the rummage with a scraping activity.
Since it doesn't leave a well put together, the rummage plant can take more time to repair itself before starting to develop once more. A few trimmers come outfitted with an assortment of additional highlights. A portion of those highlights could incorporate side windrow connections for more extensive units, split swaths on more extensive units, shaper bar point tilt modification, variable reel speed or suspension of shaper bar.Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
Tedders or inverters
Tedders are machines that spread the feed in the field for better air dissemination. Inverters flip the swath over so the sodden base is presented to the sun and air for drying. This is a discretionary bit of hardware agriculturists can use to speed drying of the feed edit. It is regularly utilized when unfavorable climate conditions moderate drying so the feed can't be baled before the following precipitation.
Roughage rakes
Rakes accumulate and roll the somewhat dry feed into a windrow, enabling the underside of the feed to dry. It additionally permits the baler to effectively get the product for reap. There are three kinds of feed rakes: parallel bar, rotating and wheel. The parallel bar has the least measure of feed misfortune, especially with vegetables.
They keep running on a ground or variable speed water driven drive framework. Revolving rakes will some of the time accompany double capacities. They can be utilized to rake or ted the roughage. Wheel rakes spare time since they can be worked at a higher speed than other rake composes. One disadvantage to the wheel rake is that it has a higher potential for shake gathering.Field Mowing And Bailing Barnstaple Devon
Balers get the yield in the field and pack it into a bundle. Sizes of bunches can shift contingent upon the machine. Little rectangular bundles weigh around 38 to 40 pounds. Round parcels can shift from 500 to 2,000 pounds. There are likewise vast rectangular balers that make bunches measuring a ton or more.
Little rectangular balers arrive in an assortment of sizes. Some little balers require manual bunch stacking on the roughage wagon, while others have a parcel hurler that hurls bundles into a feed wagon. Highlights you may discover are water powered strain control, different get heads and a pre-pack chamber.
Huge round balers arrive in various diverse sizes moreover. The settled chamber models have a delicate parcel center with high thickness outwardly. The variable chamber models have a more uniform bunch thickness.
Machine limit
There are four unique components which can restrict the limit of a machine to gather roughage. Contingent upon field conditions, control, throughput limit, speed or footing can restrict the field limit of a machine.
As a matter of fact, in frameworks where machines must interface, (for example, gather, transport and emptying), machine limit can be constrained by different machines. These cutoff points to limit are imperative ideas since collecting quality feed can depend to a great extent on timing. Cutter conditioner limit cutoff points might be power, throughput or speed.
With circle cutters, regularly the tractor drive can be constraining. That is, if there were more power accessible, more sections of land every hour could be secured. In conditions with high return and a lot of tractor control, the thrash or move molding framework might be the cutoff to limit.
In light yield conditions with sufficient tractor control, speed might be the point of confinement. This can especially be the situation with sickle cutters which don't perform well if travel speed surpasses six or seven miles for every hour.
Raking, tedding and other swath control hardware doesn't require much power and, by and large, can deal with a colossal volume rate of search. There can be an exchange off, however, with intemperate misfortune on the off chance that you endeavor to work this hardware too quick or after the search is beneath 35 percent dampness.
Like the cutter conditioners, baler limit might be restricted by control, limit of the baler to "eat" and bundle search or only speed (particularly if the field is unpleasant).
Average hardware sets
Coordinating hardware sizes and needs to the quantity of sections of land collected can directly affect the financial matters of making feed. Included beneath is a depiction of the apparatus and in addition work prerequisite and cost per unit gathered for fluctuating sizes of roughage land.


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Companies made green promises. Now what?
Under pressure to act, firms are facing challenges implementing decarbonization plans.
Let's shape the future of work
Ideas, research and solutions to address the tough questions facing business leaders today.
The corporate world has never sounded so green.
In the first five months of this year, there were 610 news releases from S&P 500 companies mentioning principles around environmental, social and corporate governance. This is more than double the rate of the same period in 2020, according to data from Sentieo.
The deluge is in part due to investors, which are increasingly urging companies to uphold themselves to strict ESG measures. It also comes as people look for work with companies that reflect their personal beliefs.
But now the challenge is to back up commitments with actions. For many companies around the world, there is still a way to go.
On the environmental front, only 71 out of 647 occupiers and investors surveyed in JLL's Responsible Real Estate report have integrated reducing carbon emissions into a sustainability strategy, adopted carbon reduction targets, set a clear roadmap for delivering on environmental ambitions, and have adequate data and technology to track all the above. Other JLL research shows that while 96 percent of top global companies have set ambitious, publicly stated sustainability goals, only 19 percent have a clear sustainability action plan with committed spend to achieve those goals.
"Most occupiers and investors are still at the early stage of their carbon emissions reduction journey and a long path is ahead of them," says Lori Mabardi, Senior Director, ESG Research, JLL, who is one of the authors of the report. "Translating good intentions into achievable targets will require partnership and transformative thinking."
What companies are doing
Organizations farthest along in achieving their environmental ambitions tend to have a few things in common.
For one, they have significant resources allocated to carbon-reduction efforts. Of the companies in the survey that were so-called ESG leaders, 74% have a dedicated, centralized budget for implanting carbon reduction initiatives.
This means they're putting long-term sustainability goals ahead of short-term financial criteria, a shift many see as essential to retain clients, win new business and attract talent, says Kyle Goehring, Executive Vice President, Clean Energy Solutions, JLL.
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"We have a client that spoke to us in 2019 about carbon reduction but couldn't pull the trigger because they wanted the numbers to be positive at that very moment versus in the future," he says. "But now this client is full speed ahead to reach their 2025 targets. More and more companies are seeing that in the long run, history will favor them."
Another commonality: carefully tracking progress. Leading firms have enhanced data capabilities that allow for continuous improvement based on real-time analytics and automated decision-making.
Underinvestment in technology is a major pain point holding back some real estate owners and even tenants from making progress. The JLL survey shows 74% see insufficient technology infrastructure as a barrier to reaching environmental goals, while 84% of respondents say that digital solutions will be critical in achieving sustainability goals.
Investors push for results
Part of the impetus behind strong corporate environmental goals is an increasingly vocal investor community. Larry Fink, chief executive of Blackrock, has emphasized that "climate risk is investment risk," now a mainstream mantra.
Shareholders are also demanding results. Recently, activist shareholders A hedge fund that criticized a large oil company's climate strategy won enough shareholder support to remove at least two directors from the oil giant's board. Other investors are lobbying governments and regulators to require companies expand ESG disclosures and take on more substantial commitments.
"Investors are increasingly seeing that solar and alternatives are a great investment because we know the sun will shine and the wind will blow, whereas who knows what will happen with the stock market tomorrow," Goehring says.
What the people want
There's also public pressure. Companies without clear environment-linked policies risk turning off potential employees, or worse.
"There is increasing risk that companies get called out online via social media," Goehring says. "For a long time, companies could greenwash and buy carbon credits off a forestry project and now people will tweet-shame them, 'that forest does not impact what you are doing in California.'"
In the JLL survey, 89 percent of companies said that sustainability is increasingly important to their corporate strategy.
"There's a reason why many companies' targets are set around 2030, 2040 and 2050," says Sundar Nagarajan, Head of Consulting, JLL Work Dynamics, which recently launched Sustainable Operations, an end-to-end sustainability product offering developed to help companies configure, launch and manage portfolio-wide sustainability programs. "Younger generations want to see this change in their lifetime."
Investment Opportunities
Commercial real estate impacts
With the built environment accounting for about 40 percent of global carbon emissions, there's real pressure on the real estate industry.
Out of the owners JLL surveyed, 73 percent said that green strategies drive higher occupancy, rents, and tenant retention, as well as overall higher values. This means environmentally friendly buildings have a leg up.
But because new construction has its own carbon implications, "we can't simply build our way out of this problem," Mabardi says. For this reason, many owners are considering retrofitting properties to make them less carbon intensive.
This can involve solar panels on rooftops or installing electric vehicle charging stations.
Still, companies can't go it alone. An "ecosystem of partnerships" will be necessary to accelerate the race to net zero, Mabardi says.
"The magnitude of the climate change challenge and the urgency with which we need to create a significantly decarbonized built environment requires society-wide buy-in and the mobilization of resources across multiple stakeholder groups," she says. "No single stakeholder group, whether in the public or private sector, has the resources or capabilities to accomplish decarbonization on its own."
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I don't know about you, but in our household, cookbooks tend to languish on their shelves, gathering dust and all but forgotten. Our recipe inspiration comes from the net, from pinterest and other food blogs and digital versions of the magazines which we used to receive, but ultimately let our subscriptions lapse because they ended up sitting unread in towering stacks in the corner.
Call it a resolution, of sorts, to pay more attention to my beloved cookbooks. To use them and abuse them to the point where their pages are sticky and splattered and stained. Because (as a cookbook author myself) I know the amount of work that went into creating them, and they deserve more than just a spot on a shelf.
Take, for instance, America's Test Kitchen's The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook. I received a review copy months ago, and, due in part to our extra packed fall schedule, the book just sat there, untouched. For months.
I don't know what prompted Taylor to pick it up a few weeks ago. I was struggling to put together a meal plan for that week, frustrated that I always have to do it on my own, and likely whining that he needed to contribute more and find some G-D recipes (ok ok, so I probably wasn't the nicest wife at that point in time. I'm working on that.)
Whatever the reason, the book was there and he picked it up and immediately found a few recipes from the book for the week's meals. That was maybe one month ago. In the weeks since, we've made at least a half a dozen of the recipes in the book, and Taylor has firmly declared it his favorite cookbook of all time. We like it so much, in fact, that we bought a few more copies to give away as Christmas presents.
These pinto bean tostadas are just one of the recipes we've tried from the book, and dare I say our favorite recipe so far (though Taylor has easily another 20 recipes bookmarked that I'm sure will be equally as good).
Despite being vegetarian, the dish is packed with protein and flavor, color and character, and is easily one of the best things we've made in quite some time. We would have never thought to use pickled jalapeños in a dish like this, nor use the juice from the jar to season the beans and slaw (brilliant).
The great thing about this book is that the recipes are perfectly scaled for two servings.
We have found, however, that the 2-serving constraint often means partially unused containers, half bags of pasta and partially used cans of broth, things like that. Luckily it's easy enough to double the recipe (which completely defeats the point, I know) to use up the leftover ingredients and guarantee that our lunch the next day will be amazing. Despite our being a two-person household, cooking for four is perhaps our specialty: dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow.
It's definitely a different style of food than we usually cook when left to our own devices, more ordinary (in a good way) and less fussy. While the dishes aren't things I may have chosen or come up with on my own, we're enjoying the change of pace and the variety. Sometimes, it feels good to make something you wouldn't normally choose to cook.
We made a few small aesthetic changes to this recipe, using purple cabbage and orange bell peppers instead of green (blah green peppers), but the substance of the recipe is exactly as published. Why tweak something when it's perfect as is, right? I mean, if it 'aint broke…
Vegetable and Bean Tostadas
- 6 (6-inch) corn tortillas
- vegetable oil
- 1 bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and thinly sliced
- 1 onion, havled and thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (15-ounce) can pinto beans, drained and liquid reserved
- 1 1/2 teaspoons mincced jarred jalapeños, plus 2 tablespoons reserved brine
- 2 cups finely shredded red or green cabbage or coleslaw mix
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled queso fresco or cotija cheese
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Spray or lightly brush tortillas with vegetable oil or cooking spray; arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned and crisp, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat a splash of oil in a large nonstick skillet set over medium heat. Add bell peppers and onion and cook about 5 to 7 minutes or until softened and beginning to brown. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds or until fragrant. Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 tablespoon lime juice and season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a bowl and cover with foil to keep warm.
- Return skillet to medium heat with another splash of oil. Add beans and their liquid along with minced jalapeños and 1/2 tablespoon of reserved brine. Cook, mashing beans with a potato masher, about 5 minutes or until thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Toss cabbage with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons jalapeño brine liquid and a pinch of salt and pepper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream and remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice.
- To assemble, spread bean mixture on tortillas. Top with onion and peppers and a heap of cabbage. Sprinkle with crumbled cheese, drizzle with sour cream, and finally top with fresh cilantro and serve.
Recipe from The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook from America's Test Kitchen.
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The Obama Administration's plans to increase taxes in 2013 won't hit all small business owners equally. Owners of successful S-corps and partnerships, it turns out, are most likely to face a tax increase.
The economic impact of the administration's tax plans, particularly their impact on small business is a major political issue. Ernst & Young LLP just released a report, Long-Run Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing Tax Rates on High-IncomeTaxpayers in 2013, commissioned by several business groups, which shows that the tax increases that the President has put in place or would like to put in place in 2013 would have long term negative effects on the economy, including cutting output by $200 billion and eliminating 710,000 jobs.
The left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has countered that these claims are overblown. In particular, they argue, few small businesses will be affected by the tax increase.
Citing a recent Treasury Department study, Methodology to Identify Small Businesses and Their Owners, they explain that less than 3 percent of small business owners are taxed in the top two brackets (which would face tax increases under the plan) when small business is defined as the Treasury Department does in its study.
I have pointed out that the two sides are focused on different dimensions of the debate, with the Democrats concentrating on the number of small business owners affected by the tax increase and the Republicans stressing the impact on income and employment.
I don't want to rehash what I have written about before, nor do I want to discuss whether "true" small businesses are affected by the tax increase; whether the wealthy would bear more than their fair share of the increase; or whether tax increases really lead small business owners to invest and hire less, all of which have been addressed by others.
I just want to point out that the President's tax plans would affect different types of small business owners differently. Many more small business owners who run partnerships and Sub Chapter S corporations will face higher taxes than small business owners who run sole proprietorships. That's because S-Corps and partnerships tend to generate more income.
Of the 30.2 million pass through businesses that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimates are in operation in the United States, 77 percent are sole proprietorships.
According to the Ernst and Young report, only 2 percent of sole proprietors have income that would subject them to higher taxes under the administration's plan. By contrast, Ernst and Young estimates that 13 percent of Sub Chapter S corporation owners and 12 percent of partnership owners will pay higher taxes if all the proposed changes go through.
The effects on income are even more extreme because the income of S Corps and partnerships is more skewed than the income of sole proprietorships. Ernst and Young's analysis shows that the tax increases will hit only 24 percent of sole proprietorship income, but 73 percent of S Corp income and 70 percent of partnership income.


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Workshop "New Forms of Collaborative Production and Innovation"
Workshop concept
International Workshop 5.-7. May 2010:
"New Forms of Collaborative Production and Innovation: Economic, Social, Legal and Technical Characteristics and Conditions"
Organized by:
Prof. Dr. Volker Wittke; Prof. Gerald Spindler; Dipl.-Sozw.Heidemarie Hanekop
Prof. Kilian Bizer; Prof. Andreas Busch; Prof. Dieter Hogrefe; Prof. Claudia Keser; Prof. Matthias Schumann; Prof. Peter-Tobias Stoll
Voluntary collaboration among numerous users is characteristic of a new type of production and innovation process, frequently seen today in the development of digital products on the Internet (1). These new production and innovation patterns as discussed in the literature contravene basic economic principles and institutions, and yet have proved to be both highly efficient and successful in many cases. The most commonly cited examples are open source software and Wikipedia. These are developed by large numbers of users worldwide, in highly decentralized and divided processes that are (self-) organized by the individual producers. These production processes are open to all interested contributors, and no exclusive rights of use and appropriation are generated. Another form of user collaboration or co-production is part of production processes organized by firms or at least loosely linked with value creation by firms.
Community-managed, collaborative or commons-based peer production on a non-profit basis is not coordinated by conventional governance forms or institutions, such as hierarchies, markets or networks. Instead, individuals make their contributions voluntarily, without contract or salary, and are free to decide which tasks to undertake. In other words, the division of labor is not organized by firms, but rather by the individual contributors, in the context of the norms and rules of the community. Weak ties and a broad base of participants facilitate highly efficient production and innovation processes.
Furthermore, the governance of these production and innovation processes does not correspond to traditional market mechanisms: Contributions are made without recompense, and prices do not serve as an indicator of the scarcity of goods. The goods produced by users in joint efforts are freely accessible as public goods on the Internet. Interestingly, although open source software and Wikipedia are public goods, they are apparently not subject to free-riding problems to the extent seen with other public goods. The motives named by contributors for their voluntary efforts include reciprocity, fun, learning and reputation.
Another contradiction of conventional principles is seen in the handling of intellectual property and exploitation rights. Licensing is important, not to secure exclusive property rights, but rather to ensure the free availability of the collectively produced product, as evidenced by the GPL used in open source software.
The aim of the workshop is to discuss the characteristics of these new innovation and production processes and their links with traditional economic and legal rules and institutions. Particular attention will be drawn to the conditions that promote self-organized mass collaboration of users in production and innovation processes will be investigated. Because these new production and innovation patterns present new challenges to scientific analysis on various levels, the workshop is designed as an interdisciplinary discussion between economists, jurists, sociologists and political and computer scientists. Following a general discussion of concepts and theoretical frameworks, a closer look will be taken at the conditions for new forms of user collaboration in production and innovation processes. The objective is to formulate a precise agenda for future research in this area. Topics will be examined from the perspectives of the various disciplines represented, to address such aspects as the relationship between user collaboration and value creation, the legal and political framework, public goods and individual behavior, implications for economic policy, and project management for production processes with user collaboration on a large scale.
(1) E. von Hippel (2005): Democratizing Innovation; Y. Benkler (2006): The Wealth of Networks; D. Tapscott, A. Williams (2006): Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything; F. Piller, R. Reichwald (2006): Interaktive Wertschöpfung; H. W. Chesbrough, W. Vanhaverbeke, J. West (2006): Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm; S. O'Mahony (2006): Developing Community Software in a Commodity World; S. Weber (2004): The Success of Open Source.
Participation is limited and registration is required. If you like to participate please contact
Heidemarie Hanekop, Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut, firstname.lastname@example.com, Tel: 0551-52205-47 or -0


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More than 150 inspired—and inspiring—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians on how they subtly maneuver the many (self-inflicted) obstacles and (self-imposed) daily rituals to get done the work they love to do.
Franz Kafka, frustrated with his living quarters and day job, wrote in a letter to Felice Bauer in 1912, "time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle maneuvers."
Kafka is one of 161 minds who describe their daily rituals to get their work done, whether by waking early or staying up late; whether by self-medicating with doughnuts or bathing, drinking vast quantities of coffee, or taking long daily walks. Thomas Wolfe wrote standing up in the kitchen, the top of the refrigerator as his desk, dreamily fondling his "male configurations".... Jean-Paul Sartre chewed on Corydrane tablets (a mix of amphetamine and aspirin), ingesting ten times the recommended dose each day ... Descartes liked to linger in bed, his mind wandering in sleep through woods, gardens, and enchanted palaces where he experienced "every pleasure imaginable."
Here are: Anthony Trollope, who demanded of himself that each morning he write three thousand words (250 words every fifteen minutes for three hours) before going off to his job at the postal service, which he kept for thirty-three years during the writing of more than two dozen books ... Karl Marx ... Woody Allen ... Agatha Christie ... George Balanchine, who did most of his work while ironing ... Leo Tolstoy ... Charles Dickens ... Pablo Picasso ... George Gershwin, who, said his brother Ira, worked for twelve hours a day from late morning to midnight, composing at the piano in pajamas, bathrobe, and slippers....
Here also are the daily rituals of Charles Darwin, Andy Warhol, John Updike, Twyla Tharp, Benjamin Franklin, William Faulkner, Jane Austen, Anne Rice, and Igor Stravinsky (he was never able to compose unless he was sure no one could hear him and, when blocked, stood on his head to "clear the brain").


text: There's been no shortage of monkey news lately, but there is at least one story that can be put to bed. John Gibson of Fox News did not, in fact, compare Attorney General Eric Holder to a monkey with a bright blue scrotum. The Huffington Post was forced to issue this retraction after it surfaced that they had relied on a doctored video for their report. Apologies to any Cabinet members or colorfully-endowed monkeys who may have been offended.


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Herod (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos; Greek: ἡρῴdης, Hērōdēs) (74-r. 37-d. 4 BC), also known as Herod the Great, was the "King of the Jews" during the time of the Birth of Jesus Christ.[1] He is best remembered for ordering the Slaughter of the Innocents during his reign, and dying shortly thereafter of a gastrointestinal disease, the nature of which has never been determined for certain.
Early years
Herod was not Jewish at all, but Idumaean, a descendant of Esau, who was also known as Edom. His father was Antipater, a recent convert to Judaism and follower of John Hyrcanus.[2] His mother was Cypros, a princess from the stone city of Petra, capital of Nabatea in the mountain range that today belongs to Jordan.[3][4]
Herod's family gained favor early with Rome, mainly by an uncanny capacity to ally themselves with the winning side in Rome's Civil Wars. The first general to favor them was Pompey the Great, Rome's Special High Commissioner to the Middle East, who had come to gain victory, once and for all, over the "Two Kings," Mithridates of Pontus and Tigranes of Armenia. In the process, Pompey captured Jerusalem in 63 BC[5] and determined to settle the question of the high-priestly succession in which John Hyrcanus was involved. Pompey chose Hyrcanus over his rival, and Antipater and his family gained favor along with Hyrcanus.[2][3]
Subsequently, the first of Rome's Civil Wars broke out between Pompey and Julius Caesar. Hyrcanus and Antipater sided with Caesar, and for that Antipater was made Procurator of Judea (in Greek, epitropos) in 47 BC. Antipater appointed his son governor of Galilee in this year.[4]
The assassination of Caesar Dictator probably unsettled all of Rome's provinces. A Roman publican (literally, a private collector of Rome's taxes) poisoned Antipater in 43 BC. Herod had the offender executed. Shortly thereafter he was married to Mariamne I, a member of the Hasmoneans, the other faction with whom the Hyrcaneans had struggled for so long. This gave him the basis to claim the kingship of the Jews.[3][4][5]
Wars of Conquest
In 40 BC, Antigonos, King of the Parthians, invaded Judea. Herod fled Jerusalem to Rome. There the Senate of Rome passed a resolution recognizing him as "King of the Jews."[3] This resolution carried with it the establishment of a patron-client relationship between Rome and Judea. Thus, in essence, Herod became a vassal of the Senate of Rome.[3][4][5]
But this relationship also obliged the Senate to support him with arms, and support him they did. Specifically he had the support of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus, then Proconsul of Nearer and Further Spain and Gaul,[2] and of Marcus Antonius, Proconsul of all the Roman provinces east of Italy.[6] In 37 BC, the reconquest of Judea was complete. Antony himself had Antigonos executed,[2] a gesture that probably demonstrated Herod's continued subordinate relationship to Rome.[3]
In 32 BC Herod fought another war against Nabatea and won it a year later.
In 31 BC, war finally broke out between Antony and Augustus. The future Emperor Augustus won that war, and Herod quickly switched sides. Augustus (still called Octavianus at the time) confirmed him as King of Judea,[5] an office he would hold until his death.[6]
Family Troubles
Herod's family was at least as dysfunctional, if not more so, than was the Julio-Claudian family that produced the first five Emperors of Rome.[6] He brought many of his family members to mock trials and had them executed during his reign, beginning with this brother-in-law Aristobulus III[4] and continuing with his wife, his mother-in-law, another brother-in-law, and finally three of his sons.[4]
Building Campaign
Herod was, first and foremost, a master builder and showman. His first grand project was the rebuilding, in 27 BC, of the city of Samaria, which he renamed Sebaste (after the Greek Sebastos, the Old Common Greek word for the Latin Imperator).[2][5]
In 25 BC famine struck his kingdom. He imported a large amount of grain from Egypt and cut taxes by a third during the emergency.
In 23 BC Herod built a palace and a fortress, called Herodium, to the east of Bethlehem.[5] (He later built another fortress near Jericho,[5] and another fortress, the Masada fortress, on the shore of the Dead Sea.[5]) In this year he married yet again, to Mariamne II.[3]
In 23 BC Herod began what was probably his grandest project: the city of Caesaria Maritima,[2][3] which is the "Caesaria" that became the headquarters of Roman rule and where Paul briefly stood trial. He inaugurated that city in 9 BC with spectacular ceremony.
In 20 BC Herod began the project for which he is best known: a second Temple of Jerusalem.[2][3][4][5][6] This he inaugurated in 10 BC.
In 2007, Israeli archaeologists reported their discovery of the quarry from which Herod took the stones he used to build his version of the Temple.[7]
Herod and Christ
Herod figures briefly in the New Testament, chiefly for his great fear of the prophecy of the Messiah. Saint Matthew tells the story:Joseph then received a warning to take his wife, and the Infant Jesus, to Egypt. Matthew then takes up the narrative of what Herod did next:Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. Matthew 2:1-12 (KJV)
The massacre of the innocents is not recorded in any of the other Gospels or in contemporary secular accounts. However, that does not mean that it did not happen. As explained by Gordon Franz on the site of the Associates for Biblical Research:[8]Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. Matthew 2:16-18 (KJV)
The slaughter of the innocents is unattested in secular records, but the historical plausibility of this event happening is consistent with the character and actions of Herod the Great. Besides killing his enemies, he had no qualms in killing family members and friends as well.In other words, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and people who deny the historicity of the massacre of the innocents on that basis commit the logical fallacy known as argument from silence.
Herod's Death
Subsequent to this, Herod died. The nature of the disease of which he died has never been determined, but some have speculated[3] that the disease was Fournier's gangrene, a cancer-like disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
Herod's death is a major epoch of the New Testament, because Flavius Josephus records a precise regnal period: 37 years after the Senate had confirmed him as client-king, and 34 years following the execution of Aristobulus. Furthermore, Josephus includes an astronomical reference, specifically to an eclipse of the moon that occurred shortly before his death. These events strongly suggest that Herod died in 4 BC.[2][9] Ussher agrees with this, and calculates his death at November 25, 4 BC, which was the 7th day of the month Chisleu or Kislev. However, Josephus says that Herod died shortly before Passover in that year, which would have taken place in April. (The Julian calendar was then in use, this after Julius Caesar had compelled its adoption in 45 BC, shortly before his assassination.)
Not everyone agrees that Herod died 4 BC. It is quite clear that Josephus' dates implies that Herod died that year and that his sons' regnal years were counted from that year. However, all evidence but one comes from Josephus, and his statement that Herod died 37 years after the Senate had confirmed Herod as king, is not correct, since this happened after the Treaty of Brundisium, in the autumn of 40 BC. All Josephus' dates for Herod prior to his death are correct if Herod became king in the Jewish year 40/39 BC. Josephus refers to the historical work of Nicolaus of Damascus as one of his sources, and Nicolaus worked for Herod. Thus, Josephus account rests on an eyewitness, Nicolaus, but Josephus says that Nicolaus wrote when Herod lived, and because of this, it has been argued that Josephus' account is considerably less reliable concerning the death of Herod. The remaining evidence is that Herod's son Herod Antipas minted coins in his 43rd regnal year, and since he died 39 AD, he must have started counting his regnal years from 4 BC or earlier. If he co-reigned with Herod, he would have counted his regnal years from a time when Herod still was alive, and Josephus account shows that Herod had practiced co-regency with his son, Antipater, who was the original heir. Herod later changed his mind and made Herod Antipas the principal heir. Since it is possible that Josephus only calculated the death of Herod using Antipater's regnal years, it has been argued that Herod might have died following an eclipse in early 1 BC.[10]
Herod's Burial
For centuries, the final burial site of Herod the Great was unknown. Then on May 8, 2007, archaeologist Ehud Netzer found the remains of a mausoleum and pieces of an eight-foot coffin at the end of a staircase in the Herodium. This tomb bears no identification, but no personage other than Herod is known from the period who would likely be buried in such a tomb in such a place.[11]
Herod left three sons and successors alive: Archelaus, to whom he bequeathed his overall kingdom, Herod Antipas, who became Tetrarch of Galilee; and Herod Philip, Tetrarch of sundry other lands.[3][4][6] Herod Philip does not come further into the Bible, except that Herod Antipas later married Philip's wife, prompting John the Baptist to protest that this was unlawful, which landed John in prison. Archelaus could not be confirmed with the title of king because the Emperor never consented to this.
Related References
- ↑ James Ussher, The Annals of the World, Larry Pierce, ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 5050-6082ff.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Tierney, John J. "Entry for Herod." The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. VIII. New York. Robert Appleton Co., 1910. Retrieved June 18, 2007 from New Advent.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Lendering, Jona. "King Herod the Great." <http://www.livius.org/>, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Greetham, The Rev. Phil. "King Herod the Great." The Nativity Pages, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Authors unknown. "Entry for Herod." The Jewish Virtual Library, American-Jewish Cooperative Enterprise, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Author unknown. "Entry for Herod." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. New York: Columbia University Press, 2000. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ↑ Gaffney, Sean. "Report: Herod's Temple Quarry Found." The Associated Press, September 24, 2007. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ↑ The Slaughter of the Innocents: Historical Fact or Legendary Fiction?
- ↑ Greetham, The Rev. Phil. "The Death of King Herod." The Nativity Pages, 2001. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
- ↑ Kihlman, Dag, The Star of Bethlehem - Astronomy and Revelation 12 Reveal What the Magi Saw, Kihlman Publish, 2017, p. 161-163
- ↑ Govier, Gordon. "Tyrant's Tomb Unearthed: Herod the Great's final resting place said to be found." Christianity Today Online, June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2007.


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Renting a new apartment can be a time filled with excitement and joy. A new beginning, a fresh start. The last thing you will likely be thinking about is mold. What are the rights of a tenant in Oklahoma if they discover mold in their apartment?
Tenants have the right to live in a home free from mold. A landlord has the responsibility to maintain a rental home for their tenant that is safe, habitable, and in good repair. Tenants should bring a mold concern to a landlord's attention to allow the landlord to rectify the problem.
If you discover mold in your apartment, your rights as a tenant are not clear-cut.
Mold in Apartments and Tenant Rights in Oklahoma
The first thing you should do if you think that mold has taken over your apartment is to document the problem.
Course of Action Tips:
- Take pictures of visible mold growth on walls and floors. A picture can be worth a thousand words when you need to prove that there is mold in your apartment.
- Document the results of any mold testing that you or your landlord do.
- Check for prior traces of mold in the home; previous residents may have had mold issues.
- If you want to get out of your lease, find out whether legal assistance is available in your area.
For instance, the Tenant Resource Center has a list of how different communities handle mold cases.
Some allow tenants to break their leases because of mold if they can show proof that it poses an "imminent threat" to their health, whereas others require a doctor's note or documentation from an environmental testing firm.
If you do not want to break your lease because of the mold problem, keep in mind that it is up to your landlord to resolve the problem.
They must take action by hiring experts and resolving all moisture issues that may have caused the existing mold.
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Is a Landlord Responsible for Mold in Oklahoma?
If you rent a property in Oklahoma, you will need to know your rights so you can protect yourself. Is a landlord responsible for mold in Oklahoma?
A landlord is responsible for mold in Oklahoma if a tenant moves into a rental property with an existing mold problem. Oklahoma law states that landlords are responsible for the removal of that mold.
Here are some things that you should be aware of when it comes to mold and landlords.
The Definition of Mold
Mold is generally defined as harmful fungi that can grow on any organic material, usually causing a musty odor and appearance.
The Importance of Removing Mold Quickly
Mold can spread over a large area if not removed quickly. The best way to do this is by hiring professionals who are trained in mold removal.
Any delay in removing the mold can spread it to other parts of your house, making the problem much worse.
The longer you wait before taking action, the more likely it is that you will have health problems caused by exposure to mold.
The Liability of Your Landlord Is If They Fail to Remove Mold
If your landlord fails to remove mold from your home and you later discover that it has caused an illness, the landlord may be held liable.
The landlord must make sure that there is no mold or mustiness in the house before signing the lease.
If you move into a property with an existing mold, then Oklahoma state law states that landlords are responsible for the removal of that mold.
The Legal Rights of a Tenant Is If Mold Is Caused By Landlord Negligence
If you rent a property and discover mold, your landlord is liable to remove it as long as they knew about its presence at the time of the lease.
This applies even if you did not inform them about the problem.
If the landlord has not had a professional come in to remove the mold, you can seek legal advice on whether they are responsible for any health problems that you have suffered, including damage to your property or belongings.
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What Are Considered Uninhabitable Living Conditions in Oklahoma?
Living conditions that would be considered uninhabitable in Oklahoma vary depending on what part of the state you're living in.
Generally, if a person were to live without necessities such as running water or electricity for extended periods, then it may be considered an uninhabitable living condition.
Legal action should be taken against the party responsible for providing housing to the individual if they are refusing to repair the uninhabitable condition immediately.
How Long Does a Landlord Have to Fix a Mold Problem in Oklahoma?
When mold is found, it needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. If a landlord does not act promptly when they receive a written notice of mold, the tenant can take further action.
Tenants can move out without being responsible for future rent if the landlord does not perform the repairs.
Alternatively, tenants can stay in the rental and sue the landlord for damages, which would be the difference between the stated rent and the rental's worth due to its deplorable condition.
Landlords can also be ordered to make repairs by judges.
The law requires landlords and tenants to work together and cooperate to get problems fixed.
What needs to be done for this problem will depend on the type of mold, whether it is causing an "immediate danger to human life" or an "immediate and serious threat to the health or safety of occupants," the actual rental unit affected, how much work is needed, etc.
The first step should be to discuss the problem with the landlord to find out what needs to be done and how it can be fixed as quickly as possible.
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Can You Break a Rental Lease Due to Mold in Oklahoma?
Unfortunately, the answers can be tricky and they can vary from situation to situation.
Generally speaking, if a tenant can prove that mold is dangerous they can break their lease by vacating early.
Of course, it depends on whether or not the landlord can either fix the problem or release you from your rental agreement without penalty.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that you can't be held responsible for the mold problem if you've done everything you could by using ventilation systems during hot showers and baths and while cooking.
A tenant can prove being affected by mold with medical documentation of their allergies or respiratory problems that can be linked back to living in a place with mold.
If all evidence points toward the tenant being forced out by their health then most states will rule in favor of releasing them from their rental agreement.
This can be a very important thing to have in writing so it's always best to ask an attorney about the specifics of your situation.
If a tenant can prove that they can't live there because of mold then the landlord needs to take care of this problem as soon as possible.
The longer you're stuck living somewhere with mold the more likely you can break your lease.
If the landlord can't fix the mold problem, then they should release you from your rental agreement.
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How Do You Know if Mold is Making You Sick?
Just like mold, mold allergies can be hidden and can cause mold-related illnesses to go undetected for years. How do you know if mold is making you sick?
Mold could potentially be making you sick if you are suffering from muscle aches, throat irritation, scratchy eyes, headaches, fatigue, runny nose, skin irritation, and dizziness. More serious symptoms include nerve and joint pain, tremors, numbness or tingling, and constant colds or the flu.
But the question remains; how do you know if mold is making you sick? The first step towards mold identification is mold awareness.
Allergic reactions to mold are classified as either immediate or delayed hypersensitivity reactions.
Mold could be making you sick if you've been exposed to mold and later develop the following symptoms:
- Eye irritation
- Constant runny nose
- Throat scratchiness and irritation
- Headaches
- Fatigue
- Skin rash
- Muscle aches
Mold allergies happen hours or days after mold exposure and mold allergy symptoms can appear in 3 different forms:
1. Localized mold sensitivities
2. General mold sensitivity
3. Mold-related illnesses
Toxins in your system from inhaling mold spores contribute to your overall toxicity level.
This is referred to as the Total Body Burden. When your burden is elevated, you begin to experience symptoms, many of which appear to be unrelated.
Toxins are flushed out of the body by most people when they eliminate feces.
While some people experience a toxic load so great that the body is unable to effectively eliminate all of them, others may have impaired detoxification systems or may even recycle or reabsorb mycotoxins while the body attempts to eliminate them.
This variation from person to person is largely due to genetics.
Genetics plays a large role in how the body processes exposure to mold.
Mold spores can take root and thrive in specific bodily organs, such as the lungs and sinuses, in some situations.
This can result in serious infections and respiratory disorders.
More serious symptoms of mold exposure include:
- Constant colds and flu
- Tremors, tingling, or numbness
- Joint pain
- Migraines
- Issues with memory
- Aches and pains in muscles
- Dizziness
- Body weakness
- Nerve pain
Mold is everywhere, indoors and outdoors, in your neighborhood, at school, or at work.
Indoor mold occurs in buildings where moisture is present for extended periods, including homes, schools, commercial buildings, and office spaces.
And mold problems are getting worse with climate change because mold thrives on moisture.
The mold detection process starts locally within your immediate environment, usually with mold growing behind or beneath cabinets, under the sink, or in a bathroom.
Mold may be hidden in walls and has also been found inside shingles used on a home's roof.
Mold can also grow on buildings or home foundations; the list goes on.
Once you have identified the source of the mold, it's time to take further action. One way to determine your mold exposure risk is with a simple at-home mold test kit.
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Can You Sue Your Landlord for Mold Exposure in Oklahoma?
If the property you rent has been exposed to dangerous levels of mold, you may have a claim against the landlord. Can you sue your landlord for mold exposure in Oklahoma?
You can sue your landlord for mold in Oklahoma if you can prove that your landlord breached his or her duty to protect your health and safety and violated the rental agreement. You could potentially collect damages for medical bills, lost wages, loss of property value, and pain and suffering.
In Oklahoma, there are several ways that tenants could potentially sue for damages relating to indoor air quality and mold spore exposure in rental properties.
Some landlords include mold clauses in rental agreements to protect themselves from liability in the event of illness caused by mold. These clauses provide the landlord with an exemption from liability in such circumstances.
It is an unfortunate fact that most people who suffer from mold exposure do not even realize it until they have suffered significant health concerns for a long period.
Suing for mold in Oklahoma could potentially be successful if the mold damage and exposure were caused by negligence on behalf of the landlord or due to failure to uphold legal responsibilities as set out in the Landlord-Tenant Act.
To ensure that you have a strong claim, it is important to understand the different laws that protect tenants in Oklahoma.
Under the Oklahoma Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, all rental properties are required to be fit for human occupation.
This means that landlords must keep their properties safe from dangers such as mold or other potentially hazardous conditions.
Suing your landlord due to mold exposure is potentially successful if the landlord failed to maintain a healthy environment free from mold, which led to your illness.
We need to mention here that it is also the tenant's responsibility to do their part to the best of their ability in the prevention of mold.
Fans need to be used when taking hot baths or showers and while cooking.
Steam from the bathroom and cooking causes humidity levels in a home to rise, and the moisture in the air is what mold thrives on.
If the ventilation systems in your rental home are not functioning properly, it is the tenant's responsibility to ask the landlord for repairs.
Suing for mold in Oklahoma could be tough, so you must have all of the necessary evidence to support your case.
In Oklahoma, landlords are also required by law to provide trash receptacles and take reasonable steps to ensure that trash is stored in a manner that does not endanger the health and safety of any people living in the building.
A lawsuit could be successful if a landlord failed to take the proper steps to protect tenants from potentially harmful mold spores, which contaminated a tenant's food products.
In addition to these responsibilities under state law, it is also a good idea to check your rental agreement and see what specific responsibilities are stated there.
Does the rental agreement state that the landlord is responsible for maintaining indoor air quality or taking care of mold issues as they arise?
Before moving forward with a mold lawsuit, it is important to gather as much evidence as possible regarding the conditions of the rental property.
Suing for mold should always be a last resort, and should only occur if all other avenues have been exhausted.
If you suspect that your health concerns are being caused by mold at your current place of residence, don't hesitate to contact a qualified attorney in Oklahoma.
Suing for mold can be a complex process, and it is important to be well-informed before moving forward.
If you were able to prove that your landlord breached his or her duty to protect your health and safety, you could potentially collect damages for medical bills, lost wages, loss of property value, and more.
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I don't know why they would be so selective, I'm sure they would do great in smaller cities all over north america. They don't even have to be full sized stores to do well. Oh well, picky bunch I guess xD
Here is a link to a Nova Scotia thread regarding the Ikea that opened there in the 1970's. Apparently it was the first Ikea in Canada. But it closed due to operational costs and market size. So if Nova Scotia can't support an Ikea, I am pretty sure St. John's won't either.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show....php?p=5442392 |
Any word on a Wal-Mart Superstore for St.John's?
RBC expands in St. John's with new retail concept store. Check the link for full story.
http://www.stockhouse.com/news/usrel...aspx?n=8638265 |
Melanie Lyne is opening soon in the Avalon mall
Also here's an article from the scope about the Power Centres: On the Grow http://thescope.ca/wp-content/upload...10/citymap.jpg Quote:
One of the commentors either has inside info or operates the rumor mill... either way they were correct with a few of the now known developments From the comments: Quote:
Also take notice to the Theatre lotted out in Southlands power Centre plan is larger than the one in Field power centre
Southlands:45,000 sq feet Field: 36,000 sq feet Therefore if they go by a screens per squarefoot ratio that would make 10 for southlands (purely speculating) add the screens in the city together .. that would be mount pearl square: 6 Avalon Mall: 12 Field: 8 Southlands:10 Total: 36 ;) quite the increase |
I also learned that the hat retailer 'Lids' will be setting up shop at the old Davanna's jewelry location in the Avalon Mall. I wonder if Jump+ is ready to open soon? |
http://stjohns.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-sale...AdIdZ422352277 So it seems that it might be another little while before the store is opened, but I can't see it taking too long to hire. I also noticed on Moncton's retail thread that Jump+ will be opening there in a couple of days. |
:previous: I have always said that we needed at least two new movie theatres lol, Ironically apparently empire theatres thought so too :P
I spoke to someone from the office of Jump Plus this summer while they started the hiring process and they said that they will be opening in the Fall (so assumingly soon) On another note if Milestones opens here (assuming they are not opening in other atlantic canadian cities at the same time) it will be the only one in Atlantic Canada :) actually east of Ontario and Jones New York will only be the second in Atlantic Canada moving on up |
It makes sense. Our economy is doing exceptionally well and we have among the highest average wages in Canada. In addition, we have a diaspora across the mainland, many of whom bring their wealth of disposable income back to Newfoundland to spend.
It'll all fade away eventually, of course, but we might as well enjoy a little boost in stature while we can. :D |
I think the ball has just started to roll ;) attracting retail and things like that will probably pick up when other retailers see that their comptetition is doing well in our market .. and when other chains see that it is viable (who may have been nervous at first or didnt even have us on the radar) ;) (I tend to be positive about things anyway .. well it's hard not to lol and with honestly so many huge projects for the future in the works and just being taked about .. I see it continuing) then eventually when a city reaches a certain size it feeds off of itself economically, which sustains all this stuff (I think Halifax benifits grately from being a Hub for the maritimes and hopefully in a few years we can start to threaten that hehehe or at least share in it for the whole region) of course halifax's gratest advantage has been it's location but look at the hugeeee economic advantages we have :D |
Oh I'm sure we've many good years ahead as well.
And, yes, Halifax's location on the continental mainland is a great benefit. It will never make economic sense to choose St. John's over Halifax for things like shipping, etc. We'll always be limited, in that regard, to the demand of our domestic market. But a lot of the government spending that really could be anywhere - government services, military, etc. - could return to St. John's. I read a column somewhere that the Harper's government closures in and transfers from this province had basically returned Newfoundland to its former status as a colony - but not of Ottawa, of Halifax. That's what we have to fight to get back, and more, and where we really do have to battle Halifax somewhat. |
The party is just starting, so lets keep it rolling. Here's to many more good years ahead! |
I read an interesting article in The telegram today that looked at current retail and restaurants in St. John's. A poll was conducted by MQO to gauge what people thought about amenities in the city. Only 40% gave St. John's an 8 or higher (out of 10) compared to Moncton at 70% Halifax at 53%. These results are on par with my opinion on shopping and restaurants in the city. I think there's been a big improvement in the past 8-10 years but we still have a ways to go.
An owner of a downtown shop commented that the city needs to build a better shopping district downtown, something I completely agree with. I like the fact we have many locally owned stores and restaurants since that helps the local economy much more than multinational chains. But I feel we need a better balance between locally owned and chain stores/restaurants in the downtown. I'm not talking 50/50, may be 75/25, but right now it's heavily weighted on the local side. Bringing some more chains to the downtown could create healthy competition - always good for the consumer. Red lobster anyone????? :tup: In addition, I think the city is missing out by not having some sort of downtown shopping centre; this would greatly aid in revitalizing downtown. |
After justice moves out of Atlantic Place, They should kick out some tenants and designate at least 3 or 4 floors to retail, and have a few floors of the parking garage designated for the mall. (By this time MetroPark and 351 will be completed so there will should be extra long term parking spots available in those buildings. The kicked out tenants will make need for another office building in the west end! :haha: It would be great for tourists who want to do a bit of shopping, but don't want to leave the downtown core, and would be exceptionally convenient for people who will live in the downtown condo developments (MIX, Henry Bell, Star of the Sea, ect) With a nice exterior renovation and a nice bit of retail space, Atlantic Place could become the Eaton Center of St. John's! A downtown mall would be great for everybody. (except for maybe those paying for it!) It would increase traffic in the Downtown which would also be good for the local stores along water street! We can dream! (I've always thought that some electronic billboards would be nice on the water street side of Atlantic Place, make it our mini Times Square :haha: ) |
Is there a good non-chain seafood restaurant in town? (besides all the fish & chip places) I'd rather see that than a Red Lobster.
One place where St. John's certainly shines for a small city is non-chain restaurants downtown. Definitely more than similarly-sized Kelowna, and possibly on par with Victoria, which is a fair bit larger. As for downtown shopping, the only things I've left the inner-city for in the past two years (shopping-wise) are electronics and school supplies. I'd love to be able to get everything downtown though! |
Altantic Place was indeed a 3 Story Shopping mall when it opened in the mid 70's. It had a 3-floor Metropoliton (aka The Friendly Met) anchor tenant, A Readmore book store chain, Thrifty's, Tip Top, Various Women's clothing stores, A large Dairy Queen, Strand Restaurant and Lounge, and a bunch of other retail chains. Eventually they all closed due to lack of business. Everyone still shopped at Mall and the Village which opened not long after Atlantic Place. So the owners sought out other viable tenants which ended up being mostly for corporate office space.
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Pew did a poll in 38 countries asking about various dangers and threats.
The United States came in 26th place in the percentage of its people who view climate change as a major threat. What can all those people in 25 countries who believe that rendering the planet's climate uninhabitable is a major threat to their country be thinking? Russia, by the way, came in dead last, 38th place, a far more serious and well-documented criticism of Russia than any I've heard (and there have been a few lately).
Pew didn't bother to ask whether anyone would mind nuclear apocalypse, so we can only assume that even ignorant foreigners are totally cool with global destruction if it's accomplished by warfare. Surely if anybody were worried about it, Pew would have asked them.
China was left out of the poll. So were all seven of the countries that the U.S. has bombed most heavily in recent years: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia. Two of the three nations that the United States recently sanctioned and threatened (North Korea and Iran) were left out, while Russia was included. All of the nuclear-armed nations other than China and Pakistan were included. All of the big weapons dealers except China were included.
And yet the danger posed by certain military powers came through.
In Turkey, the United States is seen as by far the biggest threat with 72% of people calling it a major threat. This seems rather unfair if not strictly insane, given the generous efforts of the U.S. in starting seven wars in Turkey's region of the globe, not to mention all of the U.S. aid in the destruction of Palestine, and the stability that has been brought by the overthrows in Iraq and Libya and by the creation of drone wars.
In South Korea, 70% of the people call the U.S. a major threat. This is certifiably nuts, given that the United States has gone to great lengths to antagonize North Korea and militarize South Korea in preparation for a catastrophic continuation of a war that the U.S. has not allowed to end for over half a century.
In Japan, 62% say the United States is a major threat, which is simply tragic, given the historical U.S. role in militarizing Japan and then burning Japan to the ground, imposing a peace Constitution that the Japanese people came to make their own, and then demanding re-militarization in violation of the Constitution.
A majority of the people polled view the U.S. as a major threat in Mexico, Spain, Chile, Indonesia, Lebanon, and Tunisia. In 22 countries, more people view the U.S. as a major threat than view Russia or China as a major threat. In 15 either Russia or China was seen as a major threat by more people than the U.S. was. In the United States itself people were apparently not permitted to say they viewed the U.S. as a threat — or too few said so to be recorded.
These findings fit with the Gallup poll of 65 countries three-and-a-half years ago that found the U.S. far and away the winner on the question of what country is the greatest threat to peace.
In the new Pew poll, the U.S. ranks 9th in viewing ISIS as a major threat. Twenty-seven countries are apparently full of people unable to grasp how a small terrorist group in a far corner of the world is as grave a danger to them as they should believe. But in all but 8 countries a majority does view ISIS as a major threat, an impressive propaganda accomplishment indeed.
More serious dangers than ISIS not asked about by Pew include: cigarettes, stairs, bath tubs, automobiles, toddlers who find guns, poor diet, lack of exercise, unsafe workplaces, and various forms of environmental pollution.
The U.S. also ranks third in calling cyber attacks a major threat. Why can't the rest of the world grasp the significance of a threat just because it doesn't bomb them or destroy their ecosystems? What is the matter with people?


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IWKA Aktiengesellschaft's shareholders approved all of the resolutions of the Executive and Supervisory Boards of IWKA Aktiengesellschaft at the annual general meeting in Karlsruhe. The company's sitting Executive and Supervisory Boards were discharged from responsibility. They received an approval rating of over 99 percent. The agenda item regarding creation of authorized capital of up to fifty percent of total share capital was approved by over 91 percent of the shareholders attending the meeting. The percentage of share capital representing shareholders attending the annual general meeting was over 38 percent of total share capital.
Shareholders voted new member Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Hirzinger to the Supervisory Board. Hirzinger is the director of the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics in Seefeld.
At the shareholder meeting, Wolfgang-Dietrich Hein, CEO of IWKA Aktiengesellschaft, emphasized, "Our goal is to create a new, flexible IWKA that is seen as a proactive company by the world market. By disposing of our non-core businesses, we have made room to prepare our company for the challenges of the future. IWKA is back on track for growth and will fulfill the hopes of its shareholders, employees and customers."


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Before Betty Crocker was synonymous with boxed cake mix and canned frosting, she was a "kitchen confidante," a maternal and guiding presence in kitchens across America. She was the "Dear Abby" of cooking, a woman people could trust with their most frustrating kitchen woes. She had answers to the questions that plagued so many home cooks—questions like, "Why won't my cake rise?" or "Do you have a great recipe for blueberry pie?" or "How can I make my pancakes fluffy?" Betty was there to answer all of these questions and more. She encouraged women to get in the kitchen and try something new. Home cooks could take comfort in the fact that when problems arose, Betty would be there to help them along the way.
Surprising, then, that Betty Crocker isn't actually a real person. She is the brainchild of an advertising campaign developed by the Washburn-Crosby Company, a flour milling company started in the late 1800s that eventually became General Mills. Gold Medal Flour, a product of Washburn-Crosby, helped to kick-start Betty's career. She was "born" in 1921, when an ad for Gold Medal Flour was placed in the Saturday Evening Post. The ad featured a puzzle of a quaint main street scene. Contestants were encouraged to complete the puzzle and send it in for the prize of a pincushion in the shape of a sack of Gold Medal Flour. The response was overwhelming; around 30,000 completed puzzles flooded the Washburn-Crosby offices. Many of the completed puzzles were accompanied by letters filled with baking questions and concerns, something the Washburn-Crosby Company hadn't anticipated. Previously, the company's small advertising department had dealt with customer mail and questions. The department manager, Samuel Gale, and his all-male staff would consult the women of the Gold Medal Home Service staff with customers' baking and cooking questions. Gale never felt completely comfortable signing his name to this advice, as he suspected that women would rather hear from other women who knew their way around a kitchen. The pile of questions pouring in from the puzzle contest reinforced the need for a female cooking authority, somebody who could gracefully answer any kitchen questions that customers might have. The department's answer to this issue was to invent a female chief of correspondence, a fictitious woman they named "Betty Crocker."
The last name, Crocker, came from the recently retired director of Washburn-Crosby, William G. Crocker. Betty was chosen as a first name for its wholesome, cheerful sound. Samuel Gale asked the female employees of Washburn-Crosby to submit what they thought should be used as Betty Crocker's personal signature. The winning signature was penned by a secretary named Florence Lindeberg. Her Betty Crocker signature was used at the closing of each response to all letters regarding baking, cooking and domestic advice.
In 1924, Betty went from signing letters to having a real voice when Washburn-Crosby began airing a cooking radio show, the Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air, first on Minneapolis radio station WCCO and then nationwide. The first voice of Betty Crocker belonged to a home economist named Marjorie Child Husted, the writer and host of the show. In 1951, Washburn-Crosby put a face to the name and the voice when they hired actress Adelaide Hawley to act as Betty on television. Hawley was the first of many women to play the Betty Crocker role.
The face of Betty Crocker in print ads and on product labels has been depicted by various artists since the 1920s. In 1936, Neysa McMein created the first official portrait of Betty, a composite painting that blended the facial features of the female staff in Washburn-Crosby's home service department. This portrait of Betty would be used for over 20 years; it was especially fitting, considering the women of Washburn-Crosby collectively had a hand in Betty's success. Since 1955, Betty's image has been updated seven times. In 1965, she was drawn with a slight resemblance to former First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Despite the periodic changes, she never appeared to age much…in fact, a woman's magazine pointed out that she seemed to remain an "ageless 32." For her 75th anniversary in 1996, painter John Stuart Ingle gave her an olive skin tone that could belong to a wide range of ethnicities. Ingle created this version of Betty by digitally morphing photographs of 75 women that General Mills felt embodied "the characteristics of Betty Crocker."
Betty Crocker's first namesake grocery item was a soup mix, which became available in 1941. Her famous cake mix appeared on store shelves in 1947, and the bestselling Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book was published in 1950. It is still being sold today, millions of copies later, under the title The Betty Crocker Cookbook. In an effort to keep Betty current, she also has a website that features recipes, advice, gifts and more. The current red signature Betty Crocker spoon logo was first used on products in 1954. Today, we can find Betty Crocker pamphlet-style cookbooks in grocery checkout lanes across the country.
It is safe to say that Betty Crocker has become more than just a household name. In 1945, Fortune magazine declared her the second most popular woman in America, the first being Eleanor Roosevelt. Betty Crocker products are now sold worldwide… and it all started with a puzzle and a pincushion.


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A lot of great work on social media and at-risk youth has been done in the UK by Internet-safety consultant Stephen Carrick-Davies, and here's an important takeaway from his latest work: Educators and other professionals who work with marginalized young people need to understand and use social media – the social and communications tools of their everyday lives.
In the UK, some of that work happens at "PRUs" – Pupil Referral Units, where the some 14,000 students "excluded from mainstream schools" get a basic secondary education. Carrick-Davies writes in The Guardian that 79% of these UK students "have some form of special educational need." He also writes that, in his work with them – often through filming and interviewing students at PRUs like The Bridge Academy (see the video at the bottom of the "Mature Eyes Only" column on this page in his site) – he and the students have "been able to explore the paradox that, despite being digitally connected, young people are largely having to cope alone."
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Over the past year, the subject of London's summer 2011 riots would come up, and when Stephen asked them who they turn to for advice when events like that happen around them – teachers, parents, police, the UK youth helpline? – "the almost unanimous response was: 'No way, we'd only be able to talk to our mates, they're the only ones who would understand'."
Well, there are a lot of things kids just feel adults don't understand, but beyond that age-old challenge, there are two other kinds of understanding needed right now, I'm seeing in Stephen's videos and writing and in my conversations with other risk-prevention specialists: the everyday life piece and the technology piece. Educators, school counselors, social workers, and other professionals understand a lot about these students' everyday struggles and home environments, but not so much about the tech part. Training is clearly needed not only in the technology but also in how youth use it (here, I'm building on what Stephen writes – I hope he agrees):
- Embrace and use the social media tools that they love and that are so embedded in the way they live their offline lives (Stephen writes, "None of the teachers I talked to knew how to help a child block a fellow [BlackBerry Messenger user] who was being abusive or threatening"). With just a little training, adult mentors can help (to the extent that blocking a fellow user can resolve relationship issues). But also…
- Understand how students communicate and play with media and tech, individually and collectively – follow the social-media research as well as the youth-risk research or at least talk with their own students and clients about how they use these tools, what they like about them and what frustrates them. Have them teach you their own everyday uses, strategies, and best practices before teaching what will seem to them to be adults' theoretical best practices. In the process, you'll begin to figure out together where technology is helpful and not so helpful.
Leverage social media (collaboratively)
"Those working with vulnerable young people need great wisdom and courage to pilot new models of engagement and professional practice," Stephen writes. "The government advice to simply remove mobiles from schools is like saying we don't have a problem with smoking because we have a no-smoking policy. The PRUs I worked in were realising that simply banning mobile phones and social networking creates an 'unwinnable war'."
So they've got the banning-doesn't-work part right. Next is to end the "war" and make peace with, ideally embrace, technologies and media that, to at-risk youth, afford support and community at least as much as risk of harm – and figure out with them how to maximize the support. Because the research shows that the harm they're dealing with is mostly offline.
Related links
- Kris Gowen, a researcher at Portland State University in Oregon, recently published an audio presentation on the Web about "eHealth Literacy," looking at how youth with serious mental health conditions use the Net for info and support regarding their mental health. [Along with her own data, she cites Pew Internet's showing that 72% of US 18-to-29-year-olds have looked up health information online and about a third mental health information.] Here's a page with links to text publications based on Gowen's research.
- A "textbook" I'd recommend to anyone who works with youth – for understanding how they communicate, play, and work with social media – is Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media (MIT Press, 2010), reflecting the work of 22 researchers studying youth new-media practices at home, school, and in after-school programs over three years.
- Further insight can be gained from the final report (Sept. '11) of the EU Kids Online researchers studying the practices of more than 25,000 9-to-15-year-olds in in nearly 3 dozen countries from Norway to Cyprus. The lead researchers, Sonia Livingstone, Leslie Haddon, and Anke Gorzig, have also just released their book Children, Risk and Safety on the Internet.
- A video interview with Stephen on this project
- My post about the first phase of Stephen's "Munch, Poke, Ping" project and how it fits with work over here that applies public health's Levels of Prevention to Internet safety
- Scroll down from here in Stephen Carrick-Davies's siteto a lot of great video interviews with some great educators and very smart, so-called at-risk students


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