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A deer spotted at Maligne Canyon. This is the end of the photos taken in Jasper in July, 2011.
A few photos taken on the Maligne Canyon trail.
Views from the top of the Jasper Tramway.
A series of snaps taken on the Pocahontas Mine trail in Jasper.
A pair of elk.
A quick shot I snapped on the shore of Lac Beauvert.
A view across Lac Beauvert.
The Tangle Creek falls in Jasper.
Athabasca glacier, a view from the Icefield Centre and a second glacier visible from the road. If anyone knows the name of the other glacier, I'd love to know.


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This month we focus on the impact of poverty on women, the gendered discrimination they face, and their struggle to gain access to equal opportunities.
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Think you know about women and poverty? Test your knowledge by taking our five-question quiz!
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From Australia to Jordan, global, regional and national events are taking place in all corners of the globe in the lead up to the 20-year anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+20). Join us, picture a world where gender equality is a reality for every woman and girl.
Our Champions are women and men who have made gender equality and women's empowerment their cause and mission. Hear from them about why and what you can do to join them!
Governor Sergio Fajardo is the governor of Antioquia, Colombia and a #HeforShe. A mathematician turned politician, Fajardo believes that gender equality starts with an understanding of human dignity and human rights, which together provide a blueprint for freedom. To create a free, just and equal society, he calls for the full education of all girls. Watch his video »
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Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh with the objective of helping poor people escape from poverty by providing loans without collateral to support income-generating activities. Working towards eradicating poverty through micro-lending, Grameen Bank now has 8.4 million borrowers of whom 97 per cent are women. Prof. Yunus is the recipient of 112 awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Major General Kristin Lund of Norway is the first woman ever to be appointed as Force Commander in a United Nations Peacekeeping Operation, and is currently serving with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). A role model for many, she has held several top leadership posts in a male-dominated profession.
Almost 20 years ago, 189 countries adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary roadmap for women's rights and empowerment. Much has been achieved since, but much more needs to be done and can be done. A world in which gender equality is a reality: Picture it!

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Study of Vintafolide (MK-8109, EC145) in Participants With Advanced Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers (MK-8109-007, EC-FV-02)
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The Baltimore Orioles pitching has been stellar over their last five games. Since the ugly game that Ubaldo Jimenez started last Sunday, the Orioles have allowed seven runs in five games.
The problem is, the Orioles have also only scored 14 runs in those five games. And all of those runs came in three games. The Orioles are 3-2 in those five games.
For so long, the issue was the pitching. Not just this year, but for numerous years now. The Orioles thought they had an ace in waiting in Chris Tillman, and paid Ubaldo Jimenez the big bucks to be another ace.
The problem is, those two are the worst pitchers in the rotation right now. Both have ERAs over 4.5, while Bud Norris and Wei-Yin Chen are both under 4, and Miguel Gonzalez is at 4.17. And Gonzalez is pitching much better as of late.
From the end of last year, I harped that it was all about the pitching. The Orioles bullpen has been much improved, if not quite good.
While the bullpen ERA is 3.64, one has to think that is largely from their long relievers. Zach Britton and Darren O'Day have ERAs under 1, and Ryan Webb, who has been very good of the last month, has an ERA of 2.83.
But, the inconsistencies of the offense are also becoming a concern. The O's are getting good, quality starts, but losing because they can't score runs.
Everyone knows this offense should score runs. Last night they left the bases loaded, and also had J.J. Hardy lead off with a double in the 7th, only to waste it with some bad situational hitting.
Orioles' fans continue to wait for this team to put it together. Until then, they will hold on to hope of a wild card spot, because at this level the O's are not division winners.
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sockz doez haiku action pitowwww!
i looked at your zine.
it didn't impress me much.
sorry, but you suckz.
okay so its a shit haiku but you get the point. wtf is up with that
'tools armoury' section??? out of sheer desire to mock you i took a
look but all i saw was cheap advertising for security companies.
p60 writes:
"This new section, #Phrack Toolz Armory, is dedicated to tool annoucements.
We will showcast selected tools of relevance to the computer underground
which have been released recently. The tools for #60 have been selected
in teamwork by the Packet Storm staff and #Phrack staff."
yet your toolz seemed to be more "by the whitehat community, for the whitehat
community"... can i ask what is so underground about that? and if the computer
underground finds these tools so damn useful then wouldn't it also stand to
reason that they would already have them and therefore not need the toolz
armoury section of your zine?
or is this section just another front to provide script kiddies with "elite"
toolz that they can use to ensure the security industry stays in business.
or maybe for whitehats to use so they can feel like they are "in the know"
about computer security?
sigh. while some of your articles were interesting (okay, one -- noir's
article although largely useless) on the whole i felt that phrack 60 was
indicative of the lack of support you guys have from the 'computer
underground'. and how out of touch you lot have become with the real hackers
of this world, who are the only ones capable of writing stuff other hackers
want to read.
and as for this anonymous author, wtf is up with that? if i wrote some
lame article on exploiting _traffic lights_, fuck, i'd want to stay anonymous
i am clearly disappointed.
and i am impatient at having had to wait so long for you lot to get your
acts together and either kill yourselves or become blackhats.
!<3 sockz
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Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics
Meets at 7 p.m. Mon., Dec. 1, in the Fernandeno Room of the Satellite Student Union, corner of Lassen Street and Zelzah Avenue.
University Student Union Directors
Meet at 5:30 p.m. Mon., Dec. 1, and 5 p.m. Mon., Jan. 26, in the Satellite Student Union, Pieza de Celis Room.
Personnel Planning and Review Committee
Meets at 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 3, in the President's Conference Room A.
Foundation Board of Directors
Quarterly meeting is 6 p.m. Wed., Dec. 3, in the University Student Union, Grand Salon. All are welcome.
North Campus/University Park Board
Meets at 1:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 4, in the President's Conference Room B.
Faculty Senate
Meets 2 p.m. Thu., Dec. 4, in the Engineering Auditorium.
Master Plan Scoping Meeting
A public scoping meeting on the proposed revisions to the current University Master Plan will be held from 7-9 p.m. Thu., Dec. 4, in the University Student Union, Grand Salon. Proposed improvements for the main campus include a new loop road, the development of academic clusters, the creation of more useable open space and increased landscaped areas. The draft plan proposes several new buildings, including additional classroom buildings, parking structures and other facilities to support the university for years to come. The North Campus' proposed uses include a biotechnical research and development complex that will include both academic facilities such as classrooms and privately developed and leased space for private-sector uses in the biotech field. Also proposed for the North Campus are athletic facilities and entertainment industry uses, such as sound stages and post-production facilities.
University Budget Advisory Board
Meets 2-4 p.m. Fri., Dec. 5, in the President's Conference Room A.
Parking Committee
Meets at 3:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 11, in the President's Conference Room B.
University Corporation Board of Directors
Meets immediately following the annual membership meeting at 2 p.m. Wed., Dec. 17, in the University Club.
Statewide Academic Senate
Meets 1:30-5 p.m. Thu., Jan. 22, and 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri., Jan. 23, at CSU headquarters, 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach.
CSU Board of Trustees
Meets at 1 p.m. Tue., Jan. 27, and 9 a.m. Wed., Jan. 28, at the CSU headquarters, 400 Golden Shore, Long Beach.
Faculty Executive Committee
Meets at 1 p.m. Thu., Jan. 29, in the President's Conference Room A.
Spring Commencement Schedule
The Honors Convocation and Commencement Committee has approved a new schedule for commencement that eliminates midday ceremonies and adds two evening ceremonies. The schedule change was made to avoid the heat experienced at last spring's midday commencement exercises. The 1998 schedule is as follows: Intersession Class Schedules
Intersession schedules describing credit classes offered on campus during the winter break Jan. 5-23 are available. Mail-in registration starts Mon., Dec. 1. Schedules can be picked up at no charge in the College of Extended Learning's registration area at the entrance of the Matador Bookstore complex, room 100.
Friday, May 22
Ventura Campus
Time and Location to be announced
Tuesday, May 26
Honors Convocation, University Club-6 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27
Arts, Media, & Communication, Oviatt Lawn-8 a.m.
Education, University Club-4 p.m.
Business Administration & EconomicsOviatt Lawn-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 28
Humanities, Oviatt Lawn-8 a.m.
Science & Mathematics, University Club-4 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences, Oviatt Lawn-7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 29
Health & Human Development, Oviatt Lawn-8 a.m.
Engineering & Computer Science, University Club-4 p.m.
Sierra Hall Showcase
The Office of Student Development & International Programs will begin taking reservations for the Sierra Hall Showcase on Mon., Dec. 1. All Associated Student chartered clubs and organizations and any CSUN department or program may take advantage of the display case to promote a special event or their general programs. Reservations are on a first-come basis. Since the showcase is 30 feet wide, 6 feet tall and 5 feet deep, two organizations may share the window for a one-week period. fmi-x2393.
Child Care for Preschoolers
The Child Development & Family Relations Laboratory School has spaces available in its full day preschool program for 4- to 5-year-olds. The school has been on campus for more than 25 years and is located on Halsted Street between Etiwanda Avenue and Reseda Boulevard. The program is licensed and accredited. To enroll, a child must be at least age 4 by Dec. 1.
fmi-Barbara Hill, x3131.
Textbook Buyback
The Matador Bookstore will buy textbooks from students during finals week at three locations:
Matador Bookstore, from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Thu., Dec. 8-11, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri., Dec. 12;
Student Lot A, (drive-through buyback), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mon.-Thu., Dec. 8-11, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12;
The Exchange, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon.-Thu., Dec. 8-11, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fri., Dec. 12.
State Employees Charity Campaign
The United California State Employees Campaign is currently underway throughout California and Cal State Northridge is participating again this year. The campaign is an annual charity fund drive conducted among all state employees. The local UCSEC encompasses all of Los Angeles County. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles has been selected as the administrator for the local campaign. CSUN Provost Louanne Kennedy has agreed to lead this year's drive on campus, which runs through Fri., Dec. 12.
fmi-Don Glynn, Human Resource Services, x2119.
Campus Food, Toy Drive
The Volunteer Services Program and Council is sponsoring the Campus Wide Food and New Toy Drive through Fri., Dec. 12. Collection bins will be located in all campus departments.
Goodwill Holiday Donation Drive
The University Recycling Program, sponsored by Associated Students Inc. and the University Corp., will collect items for the annual Goodwill Holiday Donation Drive through Sun., Dec. 14. Collection sites will be located at the northeast corner of Lindley Avenue and Lassen Street in Parking Lot T and at the Matador Bookstore complex. An attendant will be available at each site from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to issue receipts for tax purposes. Funds raised by allowing Goodwill to collect, repair and sell donated items provide job training and vocational rehabilitation programs for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.
fmi-Cyndi Signett, x2477.
Gift Wrappers Needed
The Career Center is seeking volunteers to help Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND) wrap toys and prepare gift baskets for needy families through Mon., Dec. 15. Times can be arranged at individuals' convenience.
North Library Annex Closed for Repairs
The North Library Annex will be closed for earthquake repairs through early spring 1998. The functions of the facility have been moved to the Prairie Street trailers with the exception of study space, which is available in the Oviatt Library, the Lindley Avenue Study Dome and Lindley Avenue Library Annex. Special collections will be housed in Prairie Street 442.
fmi-Carlene Kouri, library facility manager, x2637.
Psychology Research Competition
The psychology department and Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, will hold their fifth annual Undergraduate Research Competition from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon., Dec. 1, and from noon-4 p.m. Tue., Dec. 2, in Sierra Hall 327. Psychology students will present the findings of individual research projects.
fmi-A.L. Angel-Lahr, x2815.
DNA Video
The biology department and the Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology will present a DNA video from 6-7:40 p.m. Mon., Dec. 1, in Science 2132. The video is part of a course taught by Steve Oppenheimer.
CSUN Arts Sale
The Cal State University Arts Council will host a final mini sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tue., Dec. 2, in the Art Office complex on Halsted Street, trailer H1105. Featured will be Inuit (Eskimo) sculpture, along with the work of CSUN faculty and graduate artists. Paul Landacre wood engravings, Hans Burkhardt linoleum prints, jewelry, accessories and ceramics will be available. Proceeds go to student scholarships in the College of Arts, Media, and Communication.
fmi-Jean Mathy, (818) 353-0339.
Brown Bag Films Series
The Marilyn Magaram Center Brown Bag Film Series will have free film showings featuring "Diabetes and Food Choices" and "Nutrition: For Prevention and Adjuvant Therapy of Cancer," on Tue., Dec. 2, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Wed., Dec. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. in Science trailer 524.
Intellectual Exchange with the President
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society will present another intellectual exchange with CSUN President Blenda J. Wilson from 1-2:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 3, at the University Club. Discussion topics will include what to expect from the new CSU chancellor, what will happen with PSSIs (Performance Salary Step Increases), the effect of the new Cal State Channel Islands campus, the direction of costs and tuition and which academic programs will be stressed. A complimentary buffet will follow. All are welcome.
Korean Study Abroad Celebration
A reception, exhibit and program will be held to celebrate the Korean Study Abroad in Los Angeles fall 1997 program from 6-9:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 3, in the Studio Theatre, Speech-Drama building, room 113. The project offers CSUN undergraduate students two courses, Korean language and issues in Korean-American contemporary society, and includes a home stay experience with Korean and Korean-American families in the San Fernando Valley. Musician Heeran Choi Chung will play the kayagum, a traditional Korean stringed instrument at 7 p.m. An instructional panel and a film presentation of "The Story of Two Women" will follow at 8:15 p.m. RSVP to x2138 by Mon., Dec. 1. All are welcome.
Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day
The Matador Bookstore will host Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day from 2-6 p.m. Thu., Dec. 4. Instead of the usual 10 percent faculty/staff discount, the bookstore will offer a 25 percent discount on all purchases, including sale items but excluding software. Refreshments will be served.
Mary McArthur Retirement Party
The campus community is invited to a retirement party for Mary McArthur (who is leaving after 24 years as campus photographer) from 3-5 p.m. Mon., Dec. 8, in the studio, Oviatt Library garden level, room 17. The party will have a Hawaiian theme and Hawaiian attire is encouraged. To contribute to a gift, contact Tina Reed at x2211.
fmi-Cindy Ventuleth, x2635.
University Tower Apartments Briefing
A general community briefing on next year's planned demolition of the earthquake-damaged University Tower Apartments has been scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Mon., Dec. 8, in the University Student Union, Grand Salon. Abatement work on the tower's interior is scheduled to begin in early January and actual demolition in March or April.
Technology Training
Information and Technology Resources (ITR) offers a variety of free information and technology training workshops to faculty, staff and students. The January workshop schedule will be accessible on the Web on Wed., Dec. 10, at http://www.csun.edu/itr/tsg/training/ schedule.html. Printed copies will be sent to campus offices.
fmi-x3966 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Employment Recruitment Schedule
Departments may request to begin recruitment to fill staff and professional vacancies by submitting a personnel requisition form to the Office of Human Resource Services. Requisitions received on time and given the necessary clearances will be posted in the Employment Opportunities listing. Closing dates are based on a minimum of 10 working days for the receipt of nonprofessional applications.
The requisition and recruitment schedule is as follows:
Req. Due- Recruit. Begins- Recruit. Closes
Mon., Dec. 1-Fri., Dec. 5-Thu., Dec. 18
Mon., Dec. 8 -Fri., Dec. 12-Mon., Jan. 5
Mon., Dec. 15-Fri., Dec. 19- Tue., Jan. 13
Mon., Dec. 22- No Employment Opportunities listing
Mon., Jan. 5 Fri., Jan. 9 Thu., Jan. 22
Fall 1998 Graduation Applications
Students anticipating graduating with a bachelor's degree in fall 1998 should apply for graduation by Fri., Dec. 5. Fee is $30. After the deadline, students should not expect their graduation evaluation in time for touch-tone registration or before classes begin next fall. To apply for a bachelor's degree, contact your major department and take a copy of the departmental evaluation to Admissions and Records' Student Information Center in the University Student Union to obtain the graduation application form.
Nominations for Honorary Degrees
CSUN is again soliciting nominations of distinguished men and women, due Fri., Dec. 5, for honorary degrees to be conferred at commencement. Anyone within the university community may nominate candidates. The honorary degree committee, chaired by Dean Carolyn Ellner of the College of Education, will review nominations and make a recommendation to President Blenda J. Wilson for submission to the CSU Board of Trustees. (A maximum of two honorary degrees may be presented by the campus annually.) Candidates for honorary degrees are expected to be distinguished in their fields and of widely recognized eminence. The degrees honor either achievement in significant areas of human endeavor or outstanding service to the university, the state, the nation or humanity. Nominations should include the person's name, relationship to the university, if any, a brief biography and a justification for awarding an honorary degree. Include sufficient information to establish the credentials of the individual, drawn from reputable sources such as "Who's Who" or other major published sources. Nominations should be sent to the dean of education's office, mail drop 8265.
Current Home Address W-2 Forms
W-2 forms reporting 1997 earnings will be mailed directly to the homes of all university employees (including student employees) from the State Controller's Office in Sacramento. Employees who have changed addresses must complete an Employee Action Request form no later than Mon., Dec. 8. This form is available in Payroll Services, Administration Park 705, and Human Resource Services, Administration Park 702, or you may call Human Resource Services at x3812 and request that a form be mailed to your campus address.
fmi-Payroll Services, x2314 or Tiffany Hy, x3812.
The Arts: The Soul of the City
The Historical Society of Southern California will present a conference, "The Arts: The Soul of the City," at 8 a.m. Sat., Jan. 17, at the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum. Art, literature, architecture, stained glass and fine book printing will be included in the presentations on the city of Los Angeles, all relating to the conference theme. The event is co-sponsored by CSUN's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the W.P. Whitsett Endowment and the university's Center for Southern California Studies. The registration deadline is Mon., Jan. 12.
fmi-Historical Society of Southern California, (213) 222-0546.
Research Involving Human Subjects All faculty and students performing research using human subjects must complete a human subjects protocol approval form. The original form and seven copies should be submitted to the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects for review by the Standing Advisory Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects. The next deadline for submission of the protocol is Wed., Jan. 28, and the next committee meeting is Wed., Feb. 11
Who's Who Nominations
Faculty are invited to nominate students for selection to the CSUN slate of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges" for 1997-1998. Nomination forms must be returned to the Office of Student Development and International Programs by Fri., Jan. 30. Nominees should be juniors, seniors or graduate students who have grade point averages of at least 3.0 for undergraduates and 3.5 for graduate students, have contributed to the campus through
academics, extracurricular/student activities and are involved in the community.
fmi-Vicki Allen or Kelly Kuchenbrod, x2393.
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
The CSUN chapter of the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi is seeking applications for its annual Graduate Fellowship Award in support of students entering the first year of graduate study for the fall 1998 or spring 1999 semesters. Recipients must be active members of Phi Kappa Phi on the date awards are made (membership requires a grade point average of about 3.8 and in some years slightly higher). Current members or those tapped for membership for spring 1998 may apply. For an application packet contact Stan Charnofsky at x2548. Application deadline is Feb. 1. CSUN can forward only one nominee to the national office for the $7,000 fellowships awarded each year.
Faculty Awards
A variety of awards are presented each year to CSUN faculty members to recognize outstanding achievement. Nominations and documentation for the following competitions should be sent to the faculty president's office, Faculty Office Building room 106, mail drop 8221. Awards will be presented at the honored faculty reception in May.
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Imperial, California - Want a new way to enjoy more fruit? Try this peach honey spread.
Slice up 1 fresh peach or substitute canned peaches, but drain them first. In a bowl, combine peach slices, 2 tablespoons honey and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Mash with a fork until the mixture is the consistency of chunky applesauce. Serve as a topping for pancakes or French toast, or serve it over roasted chicken or pork.


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October 21, 2014
December 29, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia officials are speeding implementation of an online psychiatric bed registry following an attack on a state lawmaker.
The Virginia Acute Psychiatric and CSB Bed Registry will list psychiatric beds at hospitals and locally run crisis units.
The state hired Virginia Health Information in 2009 to develop and implement the registry. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the project has been delayed by budget and staffing cuts, and other events.
Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services assistant commissioner John J. Pezzoli tells the newspaper that the effort to implement the registry has increased since the Nov. 19 attack on Sen. Creigh Deeds.
Deeds was stabbed by his son, who then killed himself. The son had been released from emergency custody because a psychiatric bed couldn't be found for him.
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New York IPO of China's Alibaba May Expand To $130 billionStory | Jul 14, 2014 | 4:30 AMHONG KONG - Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce and Internet giant, has expanded the size of its imminent IPO in New York. The company updated the draft prospectus on file with the Securities & Exchange Commission Friday, and indicated that it might raise...
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Suitors Being Rounded Up To Buy China's Galloping Horse (EXCLUSIVE)Story | Jul 15, 2014 | 10:30 AMHONG KONG -- Beijing Galloping Horse, a high-flying private sector Chinese film company, is entertaining a number of takeover bids. Suitors are believed to include China Media Capital, a state-backed Chinese private equity fund, and Shanghai Media Group,...
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Yahoo Exec: No Plans to Acquire AOLStory | Jul 15, 2014 | 6:30 PMQuelling rumors that Yahoo may be interested in acquiring AOL, a Yahoo executive said it does not have plans to buy the rival Internet media company. At the Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2014 conference Tuesday, Yahoo chief development officer Jackie Reses was...
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Stones Throw Flash, Video Premiere
News is coming from all corners of Stones Throw's brand-new (and very nicely designed) website. Here's the rundown on what the L.A.-based indie hip-hop label is up to this summer.
First, there's the aforementioned site, with more news, podcasts, and downloads, plenty of white space to make reading easy on the eyes, and, most importantly, an online store.
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Fresh off a sold-out tour from May and June, Anthony Gonzalez is set to return to the U.S. for another round of dates in support of his latest M83 release, Saturdays = Youth. The Frenchman who makes the prettiest shoegaze this side of Ulrich Schnauss dropped the album this past April, and has been busy touring every since. Catch him this fall in one of these cities:
11/13 Washington, DC: Back Cat
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such as government agencies, have had responsibility for managing these activities. Institutional arrangements are needed that require decision makers to consider the effects of one sector's actions on other sectors, such as the effects of agriculture on water quality.
Large Marine Ecosystem Approach (LME). In the past decade there have been a series of meetings classifying coastal areas of the world's ocean into LMEs, and promoting an ecosystem approach to studying and managing these ecosystems. Recently, international donor agencies have shown interest in funding regional programs based on an LME approach. The approach identifies five modules that need to be addressed, including (1) productivity (i.e., the base of the food chain), (2) fishery resources, (3) ocean health (amount and quality of habitat), (4) socioeconomics, and (5) governance. Monitoring strategies for the first two modules are most developed, but the approach stresses the importance of all five modules in order to properly manage ecosystems. The LME approach incorporates several of the elements of an ecosystem approach to fishery management discussed in this report (Sherman et al. 1990, 1993).
The Precautionary Approach. Recently, this approach has gained acceptance for the management of fisheries, as indicated in the United Nations Agreement for Straddling Stocks and Highly Migratory Species. Perhaps it is even more applicable to an ecosystem approach to fishery management than it is to traditional single-species management, because of the level of uncertainty about ecosystems and the potential risks associated with their misuse. It seems unlikely that sustainability of marine fisheries will be achieved without a more pervasive and stronger commitment to the precautionary approach.


text: Well, I've made some more changes. Arcus Eadric sent me an attachment with the Shire's Arms so I've replaced that funky looking helm picture with the one of the Shire's arms. I've also made a page of our champions. Everybody check it to make sure I spelled everybody's name correctly. My next goal is to give a roll of our chronicler's . M'lady Rachel no Ansteorra is present chronicler. HL Caitlin nan Cnoc Airgead was the last chronicler. I could dig out the OTE archives I suppose but asking people to dust off their memories would be more fun. I think Lady Sabine DuBois was before Cailin. But who before Sabine and before her? Anybody want to try to list them for me? Maybe Rachael can do that for me. You can see the Shire history site here: http://gehistorian.tripod.com/ Annes Build your own web site at www.tripod.com.


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The Dark Lord of the Sith came to say hello for my Bday… great gift (although I got an even better one).
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In news we all saw coming, HoopsHype.com is reporting that Anthony Morrow will in fact opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent this season.
Morrow made it pretty clear during the season that this was coming so this report is more of an update than breaking news but it matters for New Orleans.
Morrow had a great year off the bench for the Pelicans, averaging 8.8 points and shooting 45.8 percent from three, a number that finished fourth in the league. On a team starved for spacing Morrow shined but spreading the floor and knocking down the three pointers that Anthony Davis and Tyreke Evans created for him. With all the injuries crippling the Pelicans at the end of the season Morrow shined ever more, averaging 15.5 points including a 27 point effort in a win against the Clippers in March.
It seems very likely that Morrow becomes on of the Pelicans top offseason priorities thanks to both his play on the court and his friendships and leadership off of it.
According to NOLA.com's Nakia Hogan Morrow forged "a bond with All-Star forward Anthony Davis and prized offseason acquisition Tyreke Evans." Since fits around those two players and Jrue Holiday should be priorities going forward for the Pelicans brass that seems to be a good sign for Morrow. Head coach Monty Williams also seemed to be high on Morrow, going out of his way to praise him a few times during his postseason press conference.
All these factors don't mean Morrow returning to New Orleans is a guarantee though. Shooting is one of the most valuable things in the NBA and Morrow is one of the best shooters in the NBA today, trailing only Steph Curry and Steve Novak on the active three-point percentage list. Morrow also proved this season that he was capable of fitting into a defensive scheme, something that had not allowed him to stay in rotations during his last NBA stops.
Either way the story has just started so make sure to stay tuned to Pelican Debrief for reaction of every twist and turn along the way.


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Bullhead City Condo Rental Photos and Description
Condo, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 6)
Gorgeous Colorado River Condo. with a Hawaiian flair. Enjoy the breathtaking view of the casino lights as they dance across the water at night. View the river life from the master bedroon, livingroom and private patio. Launch your boat and watrcraft from the private launch ramp for a day of fun on the river. Ride the water taxi from the private dock to any one of the casinos on the river for a night of entertainment. Sunbathe on the two private islands with private beach area, or if you prefer soak up the sun at the pool. Two privategrassy islands with trees for the children to play on, or enjoy a picnic with friends and family or sunbathe on the sandy beaches. If you prefer sunbathe at the pool and jacuzzi area. Enjoy the many golf courses,restaraunts,shopping and water craft rentals close by. Just eight minutes away is the scenic Lake Mojave for your water recreation.
Keywords: Colorado River, Watefront Condo, Bullhead City Az, Laughlin Nv., single level
- Suitability:
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair accessible
About Jack or Monica
We have had a place in Hawaii since 1987 and decided to sell it in 2008 and bought this beautiful new condo and shipped our Hawaiian furnishings here so we could have a piece of Hawaii on the Colorado River.
We now live in Boise Idaho and still use the condo as a get away. This is our second home and enjoy this area and all it has to offer.
We areretired and enjoy traveling with our two Shi Tzus, Harley and Sookie.
We are avid Harley Davidson riders and this is one of the reasons we chose the river valley to spend our leisure time.
Jack or Monica purchased this condo in 2008
Why Jack or Monica chose Bullhead City
We have been vacaioning in this area for the last 22 years before retiring and moving to Boise. We chose to buy this Condo because we still have children in San Diego and it is a short distance from San Diego and is convenient ly located between Boise and San Diego which allows us to spend Christmas and the Holidays with them We can also meet the family here for summertime activities .
It is a great place to come in the winter and get out of the cold.
We also enjoy riding our Harley Davidson and this area offers some incredible riding and scenic destinations.
What makes this condo unique
The beautiful view of the Colorado River and the lights from the casino's at night. In the summer this s a sun lovers paradise and the area has many beautiful golf courses for the golf enthusiasts.


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Lindsay Lohan just learned a bad lesson while she tries to get her life back on track in rehab -- addicts get special breaks when they're sued.
As we reported, D.N.A.M. Apparel Industries -- which manufactured clothes for Lindsay's 6126 line back in 2009-2010 -- sued the actress for the massive $5 million sum in May, claiming her "drug-addled image" made the clothes unsellable ... and they lost millions as a result.
But in a twist of irony, Lindsay's "drug-addled image" just bought her more than a month to scramble a legal defense -- because D.N.A.M. has just agreed to a ceasefire while she's in treatment.
According to new court docs, D.N.A.M. won't serve Lindsay 'til she leaves rehab in mid-August "in a gesture of good faith and so as not to disturb her healing process."
FYI, the lawsuit's already been filed ... but the legal process can't begin until Lindsay has been served with the documents.
You'll recall ... Lindsay initially sued D.N.A.M. for $1.1 million, claiming the company licensed the 6126 trademark, but shortchanged her big time on hundreds of thousands of dollars she claims she was promised in exchange.
Are they suing for 5 million cigarette butts?
What did everyone get for Lindsay's birthday?
I bought her a year subscription to "Relapse"
I'm with Hannah, 'Shane' sounds an awful lot like 'Moto VAjj' aka Smitty. Where's Mumsy, lets get him on this twitter account. . .
Here is my take on this...oh and I Nicole!. They might as well serve her with the papers now. We all know she's made zero progress so far. She's only in rehab because she lied to police, obstructed justice, and almost killed Gavin in the Porsche. She's mad as hell she' s in there and we are not stupid. She hasn't learned a thing nor wants to learn a thing. Process servers throwing a summons at Lohan is a guilty pleasure of mine. So come August, another on will be given to her and she will ignore it. Shawn Holley or not, there are other super lawyers, Nicole. As for this upcoming Star magazine piece on her. I so want to believe some dude who is a patient at Betty Ford conned her into thinking he was Robert DeNiro's son and she thought if she banged him (in her usual haunt, a mens room) she would be back in the movie business. I believe the word desperate was the term used to describe how bad she wants back in. This will never happen now. And even if it was DeNiro's kid in there, as if he has any pull and Robert DeNiro certainly would NOT be casting Lindsay Dee in anything. She still doesn't get it. She's a washed up child star brat, who wasn't really that talented as a kid. Her attitude, looks, and substance abuse problems get worse each day. When she gets out and pretends she gets it not and tries to be fake sober, she really thinks the public is falling for it. And I mentioned this to Maddy. I think when she gets out in August the next year is going to be even worse. The Italy mom/daughter whore fest is gonna be good watchin'. She's got her birthday coming up too on 7-2. This will be a drama filled day, I can promise that! What I would like to know is, how long can Lohan whore in enough money to keep the family home from becoming property of J.P. Morgan Chase bank? And what about the IRS money owed. She didn't pay all of it back with Sheen's donation. You can bet the farm in a few months we will read on TMZ she hasn't paid her 2011 or 2012 taxes either. I'm all over the place here but is Gavin on his way to Los Angeles? I think he is and something tells me there might be some smuggling to the junkie come July 2. Good, good stuff. Sue her for every last penny she doesn't have!
Gavin and Dina are baking a cake out of Adderal with a file in it for her birthday so she can escape.
Oops , read it wrong. I read 5 millionth lawsuit. Sounds about right.........most people don't get so many lawsuits.
Lindsay Lohans 6th court orderd rehab and current forced 90 days rehab, doesn't mean a thing.
This is a nice way to start the weekend-everyone coming together on TMZ to discuss the latest Lindsay drama. I have missed everyone.
Does anyone give a S about this broken record?
Where is 9? She may know more about this than I do. I think that her firm does work in federal court.
Anyway, I took a gander at the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the local rules for the Central District of CA and nothing jumped out at me. HOWEVER, I kinda wonder why Lindsay needs to be served personally. The court already has jurisdiction because the underlying suit was filed by Lindsay. Once the court has jurisdiction you mail everything else--and to the party's attorney if they are rep'd by counsel. Unless the counter claim is considered a new matter and????? No idea---sooooo not my area........
Andy, FU, Mumsy, and Skeltoe have a new twitter 'playmate' . . . Hehe
Life continues for everyone but Lindsay. I'm sure she takes this as a sign she has won or whatever. When I had surgery my life continued. Bill came and needed mailing. Garbage was picked up every Wednesday and Kids still needed to be carpooled and groceries shopped for. Down for 6 weeks and the real world just came knockin' at the door!! That's outside of Hollywood and Lindsayland.
They should have the process server set up at the nearest liquor store so when she stops there right after she gets out of rehab, he can serve her.
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Practically everyone has an opinion about the advantages and inconveniences of being bilingual - educators, psychologists, linguists, sociologists - even if they are not bilingual themselves. With the aid of two short surveys, and many personal testimonies, I propose we let bilinguals tell us what it is like to be bilingual.
The dominant picture that emerges is that bilinguals are quite positive about their bilingualism. A first advantage they put forward concerns the ability they have to communicate with different people, of different cultures, in different countries. Linked to this is the fact that being bilingual allows you to read more (if you are literate in several languages naturally) and to sometimes express yourself with greater clarity and with a more diverse vocabulary (when all languages are taken into consideration, of course).
A second advantage put forward by bilinguals is the fact that knowing several languages seems to help you learn other languages. Not only might the new language be linked to one that you already know, hence facilitating its learning, but the more the mind learns about the workings of different aspects of language, the more it can help with a new language. A Marathi / Hindi / English trilingual verbalized this by stating that being bi- or multilingual helps understanding how a language has a different logic.


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Monday, June 27, 2011
Dernbach on Sustainable Economic Development
John C. Dernbach (Widener) has published "Creating the Law of Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development" in the Pace Environmental Law Review. From the introduction:
We need to unpack the term "development," finding a way to make the term meaningful for the United States, if we are to have any real chance to achieve a sustainable America. More particularly, we need to address the law that supports economic development and understand how to make that law a powerful force on behalf of sustainability. In fact, much of the limited legal progress made by the United States toward sustainable development has involved the law of economic development. The growing use of such terms as "green economy" and "green jobs" is indicative of the direction that both policy and law are evolving. Municipalities across the United States, in particular, are consciously using renewable energy technology, green infrastructure, recycling, brownfield redevelopment, and other forms of more sustainable economic development not only to create jobs and improve their economies, but also make themselves more attractive places to live and work. [citations omitted.]
Jamie Baker Roskie
June 27, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Development, Local Government, Scholarship, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Somin on State Court Limits on Eminent Domain since Kelo
Ilya Somin (George Mason) has posted The Judicial Reaction to Kelo, 4 Alb. Gov't L. Rev 1 (2011). Here's the abstract:
Kelo v. City of New London was one of the most controversial decisions in Supreme Court history, generating a massive political backlash that led 43 states to adopt eminent domain reform laws restricting economic development takings of the kind the Court ruled were constitutional. In addition to the better-known legislative reaction, Kelo was also followed by extensive additional property rights litigation in both federal and state courts. This is the first article to systematically analyze the judicial reaction to Kelo.
Part I briefly summarizes Kelo and its holding. Part II considers state court interpretations of their state constitutional public use clauses since Kelo. Most of these cases have repudiated Kelo, either banning economic development takings outright or significantly constraining them. Part III considers judicial interpretations of Kelo's "pretext" standard. This is the one area where Kelo might potentially permit nontrivial public use constraints on condemnation. Kelo indicated that condemnations are unconstitutional if the officially stated rationale for the taking is a pretext "for the purpose of conferring a private benefit on a particular private party." State and lower federal courts have not come to any consensus on what qualifies as a pretextual taking. Nevertheless, several decisions suggest that the pretext standard may have some bite.
Overall, state courts have taken a skeptical view of Kelo, often rejecting it as a guide to the interpretation of their state constitutions. This reaction continues the pre-Kelo trend of increasing judicial protection for property rights at the state level.
The article introduces a symposium issue entitled Eminent Domain in the United States: Public Use, Just Compensation, & "The Social Compact." Published participants include Steven Eagle, Gideon Kanner and Amy Lavine.
Jim K.
May 31, 2011 in Caselaw, Community Economic Development, Constitutional Law, Development, Economic Development, Eminent Domain, Judicial Review, Property, Property Rights, Redevelopment, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, April 29, 2011
Mallach on CDCs and Shrinking Cities
Alan Mallach (Brookings) has published Where Do We Fit In? CDCs and the Emerging Shrinking City Movement in the Spring 2011 issue of Shelterforce. In this short piece, Alan looks at the efforts of community development corporations (CDCs) to contend with the problems faced by cities such as Cleveland, Youngstown and Detroit. He goes on to discuss the fundamental problem of how to craft a local development mission in a market that is clearly shrinking. Unlike Baltimore, a post-industrial city in a growing region, the cities Mallach highlights are located in parts of the country that continue to lose population. We here at Land Use Prof have blogged about the release of Detroit's 2010 census numbers and a recent NY Times discussion of the shrinking-cities quandary. With this Shelterforce article, Alan Mallach brings his formidable analysis and decades of community development experience to bear on this critical issue for American cities in the 21st century.
Jim K.
April 29, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Detroit, Redevelopment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Glaeser, Ponzetto and Tobio on Skills and Metropolitan Growth
Edward Glaeser (Harvard-Economics), Giacomo Ponzetto (Pompeu Fabra) and Kristina Tobio (Harvard-Kennedy) have posted Cities, Skills, and Regional Change. Here's the abstract:
One approach to urban areas emphasizes the existence of certain immutable relationships, such as Zipf's or Gibrat's Law. An alternative view is that urban change reflects individual responses to changing tastes or technologies. This paper examines almost 200 years of regional change in the U.S. and finds that few, if any, growth relationships remain constant, including Gibrat's Law. Education does a reasonable job of explaining urban resilience in recent decades, but does not seem to predict county growth a century ago. After reviewing this evidence, we present and estimate a simple model of regional change, where education increases the level of entrepreneurship. Human capital spillovers occur at the city level because skilled workers produce more product varieties and thereby increase labor demand. We find that skills are associated with growth in productivity or entrepreneurship, not with growth in quality of life, at least outside of the West. We also find that skills seem to have depressed housing supply growth in the West, but not in other regions, which supports the view that educated residents in that region have fought for tougher land-use controls. We also present evidence that skills have had a disproportionately large impact on unemployment during the current recession.
Jim K.
April 28, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Comprehensive Plans, Economic Development, Planning | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Glover Blackwell on Social Equity and Geographic Inclusion
Just in time for this week's discussion of the Mt. Laurel responses to exclusionary zoning, Shelterforce, the magazine of the National Housing Institute, features an article by PolicyLink's founder and CEO, Angela Glover Blackwell. In Equity Is Not Optional, she makes the case for both social equity as indispensable to sustainable national success and commitment to inclusionary, place-based strategies as critical to social equity. She then sets out five principles for a social equity strategy illustrating each with model programs such as Harlem Children's Zone and San Diego's Market Creek Plaza. With Patrick Maier's sidebar on Inclusionary Zoning, it may make for some timely supplemental reading.
Jim K.
April 3, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Community Economic Development, Inclusionary Zoning, Race | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
NYT Dialogue on Shrinking Cities
The latest census figures from Detroit (Chad's hometown blogged about here and here) have inspired the New York Times to solicit opinions from several urban planning experts about the way forward for post-industrial cities confronted with large-scale property abandonment. Jennifer Bradley (Brookings-MPP) and Terry Schwarz (Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative) each offer shrinking city visions that challenge the idea that all planning must be for demographic expansion and economic growth. Their greening strategies, including attention to urban agriculture and ecosystems, contemplate a 'new normal' for cities that may, in some ways, be better than historical peak periods.
Richard Florida (Toronto-Business) and Sam Staley urge beleaguered areas to pursue a focused (and apparently unsubsidized) effort to retain and attract residents in a mobile society. Still others, such as Toni Griffin (Harvard-Planning), see Detroit and similar cities as merely the most egregiously wounded casualties of unsustainable sprawl-promoting policies that must be changed throughout the U.S. These brief articles and even the comment board are all worth checking out. (Hat Tip to Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame) and her student, Sean Ashburn)
I would also encourage those interested in working with the land use challenges faced by undercrowded, post-industrial cities to check out The Center for Community Progress (f/k/a National Vacant Properties Campaign). Over the years, I have had the chance to participate in conferences and technical assistance efforts that have brought urban development practitioners together with experts such as Jennifer Bradley, Terry Schwarz, Kermit Lind (Cleveland State), Joe Schilling (Va. Tech-Metropolitan Inst.) and CCP's co-founder, Frank Alexander (Emory).
Jim K.
March 30, 2011 in Community Design, Community Economic Development, Comprehensive Plans, Crime, Density, Detroit, Development, Economic Development, Planning, Redevelopment, Smart Growth, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Foster on Collective Action and the Urban Commons
Sheila Foster (Fordham) has just posted Collective Action and the Urban Commons, 87 Notre Dame L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2011), another interesting and important article on community control of land resources in the urban context. Here's the abstract:
Urban residents share access to a number of local resources in which they have a common stake. These resources range from local streets and parks to public spaces to a variety of shared neighborhood amenities. Collectively shared urban resources suffer from the same rivalry and free-riding problems that Garrett Hardin described in his Tragedy of the Commons tale. Scholars have not yet worked up a theory about how this tragedy unfolds in the urban context, particularly in light of existing government regulation and control of common urban resources. This Article argues that the tragedy of the urban commons unfolds during periods of "regulatory slippage" - when the level of local government oversight and management of the resource significantly declines, leaving the resource vulnerable to expanded access by competing users and uses. Overuse or unrestrained competition in the use of these resources can quickly lead to congestion, rivalry and resource degradation. Tales abound in cities across the country of streets, parks, and vacant land that were once thriving urban spaces but have become overrun, dirty, prone to criminal activity, and virtually abandoned by most users.
Proposed solutions to the rivalry, congestion and degradation that afflict common urban resources typically track the traditional public-private dichotomy of governance approaches. These solutions propose either a more assertive central government role or privatization of the resource. Neither of these proposed solutions has taken root, I argue, because of the potential costs that each carry - costs to the local government during times of fiscal strain, costs to communities where the majority of residents are non-property owners, and costs to internal community governance. What has taken root, however, are various forms of cooperative management regimes by groups of users. Despite the robust literature on self-organized management of natural resources, scholars have largely ignored collective action in the urban context. In fact, many urban scholars have assumed that collective action is unlikely in urban communities where social disorder exists.
This Article highlights the ways in which common urban resources are being managed by groups of users in the absence of government coercion or management and without transferring ownership into private hands. This collective action occurs in the shadow of continued state and local government ownership and oversight of the resources. Formally, although the state continues to hold the regulatory reigns, in practice we see the public role shifting away from a centralized governmental role to what I call an "enabling" one in which state and local government provides incentives and lend support to private actors who are able to overcome free-riding and coordination problems to manage collective resources. This Article develops this enabling role, marks its contours and limits, and raises three normative concerns that have gone unattended by policymakers.
Jim K.
March 23, 2011 in Agriculture, Community Design, Community Economic Development, Economic Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, Food, Land Trust, Local Government, Property, Property Theory, Scholarship, Urbanism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Cleveland's EcoVillage
Dennis Keating (Cleveland State) and Wendy Kellogg (Cleveland State-Urban Affairs) have posted Cleveland's Ecovillage: Green and Affordable Housing Through a Network Alliance. The article offers a case study of EcoVillage, a transit-oriented affordable housing project in the Detroit Shoreway neigborhood of Cleveland. Here's the abstract:
This article presents a case study of the inter-organizational network that formed to produce four housing projects in Cleveland's EcoVillage designed to integrate social equity and ecological stewardship as the basis for neighborhood redevelopment. Our paper builds on concepts of community development and housing production through inter-organizational networks spanning nonprofit, public, and private organizations that developed and supported four green and affordable housing projects. We are interested in understanding how development of the housing projects changed and connected traditional neighborhood development and ecologically-oriented organizations and how their interaction changed the practice of housing production and environmental and sustainability advocacy locally and regionally. The results of the study reveal that the marriage of green and affordable housing in Cleveland, despite some challenges, was viewed as important and beneficial by the organizations involved, and resulted in a range of demonstration projects that not only changed the EcoVillage, but affected other neighborhood housing projects in Cleveland as well. The projects resulted in enhanced capacity for green housing production through creation of a new network of organizations spanning the housing and environmental sustainability fields of practice that continues to support sustainable housing and neighborhood development in Cleveland.
Jim K.
March 12, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Climate, Community Economic Development, Density, Development, Environmentalism, New Urbanism, Pedestrian, Planning, Redevelopment, Scholarship, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Urbanism | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
How do you feel about the federal government controlling housing?
On Friday, the federal government assumed control over the Philadelphia Housing Authority. For months, The Inquirer in Philadelphia had been reporting about corruption and mismanagement in the Housing Authority's finances, including "$38.3 million in legal expenditures since 2007." "That tab included conflict-laden payment to the law firm of [the son of former Mayor Street, who also just resigned as chair of the Housing Authority]." In addition, it included $11.7 million to Ballard Spahr, where former Gov. Ed Rendell is a partner now (and was prior to being governor). As a point of comparison, the Housing Authority paid $10.3 million (16,700 units of housing and 14,800 vouchers) in legal fees in 2010, while New York City's housing authority paid $8.6 million (180,000 units of housing and 99,000 vouchers). The Philadelphia's Housing Authority's executive director was fired in September (for, among other things, settling sexual harassment complaints against him for $648,000) and the board resigned last week.
This all led me back to an article I wrote 5 years ago critical of public authorities, focusing primarily on the lack of relationship between public funds and the democratic process. At the time, public authorities issued more debt per year than all the cities and states combined (i.e. borrow) and they held more debt than all the cities and states combined (i.e. borrowed). Many states had the majority of their debt held by public authorities. New York, for example, had about 90% of its debt held by public authorities. I then discussed how typical elections for mayor, governor, representatives, and councilmembers have little impact on the decisionmakers at public authorities (see, e.g., Gov. Mitt Romney's desperate attempts to remove the head of the Mass Turnpike Authority). This lack of oversight and accountability, I argued, allows for mismanagement, corruption, and graft.
With so many of public authorities existing (more than all cities combined) and performing significant land use functions including, housing, transportation, economic development, water, sewer . . . etc, I wonder how, if at all, infusing more democracy into the control of these functions would impact land use today. Would placing these functions under a city or state allow for more integration of land use issues? Would it allow cities to be more flexibility in spending on land use issues (see, e.g., Philadelphia's unsuccessful attempt to gain access to Philadelphia Parking Authority's funds, generated from land in Philadelphia)? How would it impact the democratic process? I'm not sure where these functions should reside, but with each new revelation of public authority corruption, I question whether we have the most efficient system.
Jon Rosenbloom
March 8, 2011 in Community Design, Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Housing, HUD, Local Government, Planning, Redevelopment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Long on Sustainability v. Sprawl in the Post-Public-Lands West
Jerry Long (Idaho) explores the causes of and reasons for a community's commitment to sustainable land-use planning in his recently posted Private Lands, Conflict, and Institutional Evolution in the Post-Public-Lands West, 28 Pace Env. L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2011). Here's the abstract:
As rural communities face amenity-driven population growth and globalizing culture and economic systems, the process by which those communities imagine and implement desired futures grows increasingly complex. Globalization- and technology-facilitated and amenity-driven population growth increases the value of place-bound benefit streams – including land – promoting increased levels of physical development and a changed built environment. At the same time, globalizing culture and evolving local demographics might alter local land-use ideologies, yielding a preference for resource protection and more sustainable local land-use regimes. This article engages in a theoretical and empirical exploration that seeks to answer a single question: Why, in the face of competing land-use ideologies, might a community choose to adopt a more resource-protective, or resource-sustaining, land-use regime? Ultimately, it is only upon witnessing the actual effects of previous choices on the ground – including most significant, real harm to valued social or natural amenities – that a community is able to imagine and implement a land-use regime that can protect the amenities that community values.
Jim K.
March 2, 2011 in Community Design, Community Economic Development, Comprehensive Plans, Conservation Easements, Density, Development, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, Federal Government, Globalism, Land Trust, Las Vegas, Local Government, Planning, Scholarship, Smart Growth, Sprawl, Subdivision Regulations, Suburbs, Sun Belt, Sustainability, Urbanism, Water, Zoning | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Three Dimensional Master Plan?
Hello all and thanks for the welcome, Matt.
For years cities, such as Montreal (the RESO), have been developing space underground. In what CNN reports as a "first," Helsinki has developed an Underground Master Plan. The plan designates a diverse group of uses for the underground area, ranging from industrial to recreation uses, such as an existing swimming pool (which, fortunately, doubles as a bunker when necessary). According to the report, Helsinki sits on bedrock strong enough to support the existing streetscape even when space is carved out for the lower levels. The CNN report claims a host of environmental benefits from the action, many of which are disputed in the comments.
As cities such as Helsinki start to think about the relationship between the street level and the subsurface (as inhabitable space), the next step may be to craft a three dimensional master plan. And who knows, this may be Seattle's chance to recommission its underground, although "[w]hen your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay." (Margaret Fuller).
Jon Rosenbloom
March 1, 2011 in Architecture, California, Common Interest Communities, Community Design, Community Economic Development, Comparative Land Use, Comprehensive Plans, Density, Development, Downtown, Economic Development, History, Homeowners Associations, Housing, Local Government, New Urbanism, Planning, Politics, Property, Property Rights, Property Theory, Real Estate Transactions, Redevelopment, Smart Growth, Sprawl, State Government, Subdivision Regulations, Urbanism, Zoning | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Weekend Break: Local Hero (1983)
As I get ready for Property's land-use finale this semester, I will be making room to show a scene from one of my favorite movies of all time, Bill Forsyth's Local Hero. A mid-level oil executive (Peter Riegert) is dispatched by the company CEO (Burt Lancaster) to buy up an entire Scottish coastal village to make way for a vast North Sea petrochemical facility. Almost to a person, the villagers welcome the opportunity to pull up stakes and sell.
The scene that I will show involves the negotiations over relocating the elderly beachcomber, who is skeptical about releasing his legal claim in exchange for any of the most expensive tropical shorelines in the world. Another scene offers a brief exchange relating to sustainable economic development. Both go quickly to the heart of the difference between market and subjective valuations of land and the role the latter plays in sustaining community. If nothing else, my prep will be an excuse to watch one of the funniest movies about modern village life around.
Jim K.
February 26, 2011 in Beaches, Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Eminent Domain, Environmentalism, Oil & Gas, Property, Property Theory, Sustainability, Takings | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Meyer on Community Participation in Environmental Cleanup Decisions
The last installment in the Cityscape trilogy is Peter Meyer's Brownfields, Risk-Based Corrective Action, and Local Communities. Here's the abstract:
This article addresses the problems facing communities that suffer both environmental risks from past contamination and depressed economic activity. In such settings, redevelopment of contaminated sites and the associated economic development may require compromised standards for environmental mitigation. This potential conflict is often resolved through risk-based corrective action on sites cleaned only for their prospective use. But partial cleanups can be shown to face inevitable failure at some future date. Thus, in such an approach, communities face risks that they need to understand and should be capable of accepting or rejecting. The article considers these risks and assesses four alternative land use control strategies for assuring community participation in making decisions about both the cleanup process today and the response to risks of failure in the future.
Jim K.
February 24, 2011 in Community Design, Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, HUD, Industrial Regulation, Nuisance, Redevelopment, Scholarship, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Howland on The Private Market for Brownfield Properties
Like yesterday's featured article from Cityscape, Marie Howland's (U. Md.- Planning)The Private Market for Brownfield Properties also takes advantage of Baltimore's industrial heritage to track brownfield sales. Here's the abstract:
This study examines land sales over a 10-year period - 1990 to 2000 - in one southwest Baltimore industrial district - Carroll Camden - to determine the effect of land contamination on property sales and sales price. I tracked all sales, selling price, time on the market, and the presence of land contamination in the 5,580-acre area. The results indicate that after the mid-1990s, contaminated parcels sold on the private market, with price discounts that accounted for contamination and cleanup. Out of the 144 parcels sold over the 1990-to-2000 decade, positive and market-clearing prices were found for 45 parcels with either confirmed or historical-reasons-to-suspect contamination. Interviews with owners and brokers of parcels on the market for 2 years or more and analysis of the data indicate that the contaminated parcels that did not sell within the 2-year period (1) had above-market asking price; (2) were small and odd-shaped; (3) had inadequate road access for modern trucks; (4) had outdated water, sewer, and telecommunications connections; or (5) had incompatible surrounding land uses. Two policy implications result from these findings. First, if a city such as Baltimore wants to revitalize an industrial area - maintaining its industrial function and remediating contamination - government-subsidized cleanups may not be the most cost-effective policy. Rather, the city should (1) modernize the outdated infrastructure, including roads and fiber optic connections; (2) remove the outdated residential structures that sit in the midst of the industrial area and diminish the desirability of some land parcels for industrial use; (3) consolidate small and odd-shaped properties that are not conducive to modern manufacturing, warehousing, or other industrial uses; (4) ensure city services are efficiently provided, including trash cleanup and police and fire protection; and (5) improve access and egress for modern trucking. The evidence from the Baltimore study indicates that the private sector will discount land prices and assume cleanup responsibilities. The second policy implication is that the market is capable of brownfield cleanup in some locations.
Jim K.
February 24, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, HUD, Nuisance, Redevelopment, Scholarship, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Guignet and Alberini on Voluntary Cleanup and Brownfield Redevelopment
A recent issue of HUD's Cityscape journal contains several articles on land use and remediation of environmental contamination. The first featured here is Voluntary Cleanup Programs and Redevelopment Potential: Lessons from Baltimore, Maryland by Dennis Guignet and Anna Alberini (both U. Md.--Ag. & Resource Econ.). Here's the abstract:
In the United States, policy has increasingly shifted toward economic incentives and liability attenuation for promoting cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, but little is known about the effectiveness of such policies. These policies include, among others, state Voluntary Cleanup Programs (VCPs), which were established in the United States in the 1990s and, to date, have been implemented in nearly every state. This article focuses on 116 Baltimore properties that were enrolled and participated in the Maryland VCP from its inception in 1997 to the end of 2006 and examines what type of properties tend to participate in these programs, how these properties compare with other eligible but nonparticipating sites, and what the redevelopment potential of VCP properties and implications is toward open-space conversion.
We find that most applicants (66 percent) actually requested a No Further Requirements Determination directly, rather than proposing cleanup. Nevertheless, the VCP led to the identification and environmental assessment of 1,175 acres of contaminated land in the city of Baltimore alone. In Baltimore, VCP properties tend to be industrial, located in areas zoned as industrial, and away from residential neighborhoods. In more recent years, larger properties have increasingly enrolled in the program. Most participating sites are reused as industrial or commercial properties. In contrast with Alberini (2007), these findings suggest that, in Baltimore, pressure for residential development has not driven VCP participation to date. Based on differences in zoning requirements, the VCP may reduce demand for potentially contaminating activities on pristine land by as much as 1,238 to 6,444 acres, in Baltimore alone.
Jim K.
February 23, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, HUD, Industrial Regulation, Nuisance, Redevelopment, Scholarship, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
New Atlantic Yards Movie
Perhaps I am late to the game on this one, but I just saw the trailer for a documentary about the Atlantic Yards controversy. The movie, called Battle of Brooklyn, tells the story of Brooklyn's use of eminent domain to build a sports arena. I am a big fan of eminent domain (hmm.. not sure if that is the right way to put it), but will likely see this movie that appears to focus on the protesters.
The main protester that the film follows actually agreed to a $3 million settlement and moved out. I wonder if they include that tidbit.
- Jessica Owley
February 17, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Community Economic Development, Constitutional Law, Development, Economic Development, Eminent Domain, Environmental Justice, New York, Property Rights | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Gonzalez on Climate Change and Community-Based Food Production
Carmen Gonzalez (Seattle) has posted Climate Change, Food Security, and Agrobiodiversity: Toward a Just, Resilient, and Sustainable Food System. Here's the abstract:
The global food production system is in a state of profound crisis. Decades of misguided aid, trade and production policies have resulted in an unprecedented erosion of agrobiodiversity that renders the world's food supply vulnerable to catastrophic crop failure in the event of drought, heavy rains, and outbreaks of pests and disease. Climate change threatens to wreak additional havoc on food production by increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, depressing agricultural yields, reducing the productivity of the world's fisheries, and placing pressure on scarce water resources. Furthermore, the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis are occurring at a time of rising global food insecurity. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports that 1.05 billion people currently suffer from chronic hunger – a figure that represents one sixth of humanity.
This article examines the underlying causes of the crises in the global food system, and recommends specific measures that might be adopted to address the distinct but related problems of food insecurity, loss of agrobiodiversity, and climate change. The article concludes that the root cause of the crises confronting the global food system is corporate domination of the food supply and the systemic destruction of local food systems that are healthy, ecologically sustainable, and socially just. The article argues that small-scale sustainable agriculture has the potential to address the interrelated climate, food, and agrobiodiversity crises, and suggests specific measures that the international community might take through law and regulation to promote sustainable agricultural production.
Jim K.
February 15, 2011 in Climate, Community Economic Development, Environmental Law, Environmentalism, Food, Sustainability | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
'A classic example of state-sponsored, de-greening gentrification'
This is the characterisation of a development project in central London, near the Elephant & Castle, where social housing is being demolished in the name of regeneration, to be replaced by privately owned accomodation with 25% protected as 'affordable'. The project was initiated by the Liberal Democrat majority on Southwark Council and is now being implemented by the currently Labour controlled council. (Both are parties that have conventionally been understood as being on the left of British politics).
These projects are public-private collaborations, at their simplest, the public authority applies for the permissions (particularly for compulsory purchase of the existing properties) while the developer (here (essentially) the Australian-based Lend Lease) provides the cash. There are clear analogies with the approach upheld in Kelo (although here there is no outrage on legal grounds) and there is little doubt that this development will be built. The 'decanting' of existing socially housed residents is already underway, either by buying them out or by re-housing council tenants 'nearby'.
One reason given for the regeneration is aesthetic, with proponents arguing that brutalist architecture brutalises people. There is certainly wide agreement that Heygate is not an objectively attractive development. Yet residents emphasise the extent of community spirit on the estate.
A further justification for redevelopment has been that this prime piece of real estate provided relatively spacious accommodation with significant green space, which should be developed more intensively with the majority available for private ownership. Indeed, the specification for the re-build is such that the project was selected as one of Bill Clinton's 17 'climate positive' neighbourhood developments.
So it will be a 'climate positive' example of 'state-sponsored, de-greening gentrification'.
Antonia Layard
February 9, 2011 in Community Economic Development, Comparative Land Use, Redevelopment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Housing and Community Development, 4th ed.
Carolina Academic Press has just released the 4th edition of Housing and Community Development: Cases and Materials (Amazon has a substantial preview). Barbara Bezdek (Maryland) has joined the already prominent list of eight community development and law professor editors. The first revision in more than eleven years clearly bears the imprint of Barbara's hard work. New excerpted material puts the very timely topic of revitalization front and center and includes post-Kelo redevelopment, vacant building receivership (full disclosure, this one's mine), tenants of foreclosure properties, Peñalver and Katyal on Property Outlaws.
Jim K.
January 8, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Books, Community Economic Development, Development, Economic Development, Eminent Domain, Federal Government, Financial Crisis, Housing, Planning, Property, Property Rights, Race, Redevelopment, Sustainability, Takings | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, December 31, 2010
Introducing Jim Kelly
We are very glad to announce that Prof. James J. Kelly, Jr. is joining us as an Editor of the Land Use Prof Blog. Jim has been an Assistant Professor and the Director of the Community Development Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law. In the Spring of 2011, he will be a Visiting Professor at Washington & Lee. I'm also pleased to announce that Jim has accepted a permanent position beginning in the Fall of 2011 as a Clinical Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School, where he will direct a new community development project. I'm really glad to see that Notre Dame will be bringing Jim on board--to the campus where his now brother-in-law was my freshman roomate back in 1991 (small world dept.).
Jim is an expert in community development law and practice, and has written extensively on the topic of land trusts for affordable housing: see his pieces Homes Affordable for Good and Land Trusts that Conserve Communities. He went to UVa and Columbia and has extensive experience with community-based nonprofits. As we mentioned last week, Jim and his clinic played an important role in the recent passage of Maryland's Affordable Housing Land Trust Act. Jim guest-blogged with us last summer, and it's great to have him here in 2011.
Matt Festa
December 31, 2010 in Affordable Housing, Community Economic Development, Land Trust, Property, Scholarship, Teaching | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)


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The Bella, by Alice Padrul
The Bella, by Alice Padrul
Allure Bridals 8915
I had a bride last week who would have loved this dress. Unfortunately we no longer have the sample in my salon. Sad day, indeed.
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Soft by Rosa Clará 106/Jara
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Available in ivory. It makes an absolutely gorgeous silk bridal gown.
EDIT: This dress has been discontinued since posting. If you still love it, go to a reputable bridal shop that carries Stephen Yearick. They will often cut discontinued gowns, but for an additional fee.
Rosa Clará 110/Baiona
Rosa Clará 141/Benin
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File: Kevin Macari had two touchdowns in the Hoyas losing effort.
Oct. 6, 2012
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Sophomore quarterback Stephen Skon (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) came on strong in the second half, leading three scoring drives with two touchdown passes, but the Georgetown University football team (3-3, 0-0 Patriot League) allowed Fordham (4-2) into the end zone last, then could not score on its final two drives to fall, 38-31 on Saturday afternoon at Jack Coffey Field.
Skon completed 18-of-34 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions, while rushing for 90 yards on 18 carries, while sophomore wide receiver Kevin Macari (Stamford, Conn./New Canaan) had five catches for 70 yards with two touchdowns. Junior running back Nick Campanella (Roselle, Ill./Montini Catholic) also had one rushing and one receiving touchdowns in the losing effort.
Overall, the Hoyas defense stopped the Rams behind the line of scrimmage 15 times, as senior linebacker Robert McCabe (Newtown Square, Pa./Malvern Prep), the FCS leaders in tackles per game, had 15 tackles with three tackles for loss. Sophomore defensive tackle Jordan Richardson (Athens, Ga./Athens Academy) had eight tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss and junior linebacker Dustin Wharton (LaVale, Md./Allegany) had 11 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss to hold Fordham to 101 yards on the ground.
The Rams would excel in the passing game and on special teams, as Patrick Murray got Fordham on the scoreboard first, converting a 30-yard field goal to take a 3-0 early in the first quarter.
GU responded two series later. Skon completed a deep 32-yard pass down the right sideline to Macari, who adjusted and out-jumped the Rams cornerback. One play later, Macari rushed for a four-yard touchdown to give GU a 7-3 lead midway through the first quarter.
The Hoyas lead was short-lived, as Fordham drove 69-yards on nine plays, as Rams' quarterback Ryan Higgins ran away from trouble and found Greg Wilson for an 18-yard touchdown pass, to put the Rams back in front 10-7.
Georgetown moved the ball down to the one yard line early in the second quarter, but were kept out of the end zone by a strong Rams' defensive effort. Instead, taking a 19-yard field goal from Matt MacZura (Cranberry Twp., Pa./Central Catholic) to tie the score at 10 points apiece.
Murray would kick a pair of field goals in the second quarter, to send the Hoyas into halftime trailing 16-10. In the third quarter, the Rams appeared to break the game open, as Carlton Koonce converted a fourth down and short with a 44-yard touchdown run to take a 23-10 lead with 11:59 remaining in the third quarter.
But Skon and the Hoyas offense responded, using 11 plays to travel 82 yards, capping the drive with a two-yard touchdown pass to Macari to bring GU back within six points, at 23-17.
The Hoyas defense stuffed Fordham, but it looked as if the offense would stall midway through the third quarter. But Matt MacZura's punt was mishandled by the Rams and sophomore Daniel Wright (Washington, D.C./St. John's College) recovered inside Rams' territory. Skon took over, faking a hand-off, then completing a 28-yard pass to Brandon Durham (Mesquite, Texas/Dallas Christian) to get down to the five-yard line. On the next play, Campanella caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Skon, as GU regained the lead, 24-23.
On the ensuing drive, Higgins moved the Rams down the field picking up 74 yards on nine plays, capping the drive with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Blake Wayne. Fordham converted a two-point conversion pass to Dan Light to take a 31-24 lead at the end of the third quarter.
Early in the fourth quarter, Campanella took matters into his own hands, running for 31 yards to get down inside the Fordham ten yard line, before diving over top of a host of Rams' defenders for his second touchdown of the game, tying the game at 31 points.
Again, Fordham responded. This time, starting its drive inside Georgetown territory, the Rams went 47 yards in six plays, as Koonce rushed for a one-yard touchdown, his second of the game, to take a 38-31 lead.
Georgetown converted on three third down plays and were helped by two costly Rams' penalties, but were eventually stuffed three times on the one-yard line, to give the ball back to Fordham with under two minutes left in the game. Georgetown's defense held strong, forcing a punt with just over a minute left in the game to give it's own offense a final chance, though the Hoyas were unable to muster a comeback, falling 38-31.
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