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By Ryan McGreal
Published September 18, 2012
Just what is with kids nowadays? After decades of enthrallment with automobiles and the supposed freedom they confer, young people are rapidly losing interest. A post on Streetsblog today corrals recent essays from the L.A. Times, Slate and CNN that all point to the same conclusion: not only is driving falling among teenagers and young adults, but interest in driving is falling as well.
The trend predates the economic crash of 2008 and is not merely a matter of young people not being able to afford the maintenance, gasoline and insurance that go along with driving. Kids in Los Angeles, once a shrine to easy motoring, are simply interested in other things.
The changes in Crenshaw's car culture have been even more dramatic. In the 1990s, the Los Angeles Police Department cracked down on the Sunday night cruising ritual, which barely exists now. More recently, African American teenagers, like teenagers across Southern California, have traded an obsession with cars for ones with smartphones and bicycles.
"Personally I don't really want to drive that much because I don't want to pay for gas," said Terry Monday, a 17-year-old high school student.
"Me and a couple of friends, we'd rather work on our fixies," he added, referring to customizable fixed-gear bikes that have become popular among L.A. teenagers, "or spend money on clothes or on our phones."
At dusk on a recent Sunday evening, it was easy to see evidence of the shift. At the corner of Crenshaw and Imperial Highway, a gleaming burgundy Chevrolet Impala convertible carrying three middle-aged African Americans idled at a red light.
Before the light could turn, a half-dozen African American and Latino teenagers passed by on their bikes, some of which were as carefully polished as the Impala. Three more teenagers on fully detailed bikes went by, then another four, laughing as they raced east into the darkness.
These days, L.A. is becoming known as much for a tall, dense downtown core serviced by practical high quality transit as for its epic freeways and herculean traffic jams. Residents and politicians from both parties have voted to invest in a network of rapid transit lines including light rail transit, subways and busways (demonstrating, once again, that competent leadership in great cities transcends partisanship).
But the trend is widespread across North America. Young people would rather live in more urban environments and have easy access to social networks - both online and in real life - than have to pay for a car that is more troublemaker than liberator.
A report in CNN Money notes that new car purchases among 18-34 year olds has dropped 30% since 2007. Noting that re-urbanization has put more people in reach of transit, the report adds:
But mostly it's the explosion of social media. Car ownership just may not be as socially important as it used to be. "What we used to do in cars, young people are now doing online," said one analyst at a recent oil conference.
The ability to meet and interact with people on the Internet is largely replacing the need to hop in a car and cruise down the strip.
Couple that with more recent restrictions on driving - later ages for licenses, limits on how many people can be in the car, restrictions on cell phone use - and the Internet may be surpassing the automobile in the category that gave cars so much appeal: freedom.
"When I got into a vehicle, it represented me going to meet my friends," said Craig Giffi, automotive practice leader at the consultancy Deloitte. "For them, it cuts them off from their friends."
More data, this time from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, confirms that annual per capita vehicle miles travelled among 16-34 year olds dropped from 10,300 miles (16,576 km) in 2001 to 7,900 miles (12,714 km) in 2009 - a 23 percent decline.
Meanwhile, cycling is up 24 percent among the same age group.
Curiously, the decline in driving was biggest among the most affluent young people, suggesting that the shift is more cultural than economic. 16-34 year olds with a family income over $70,000 USD increased transit use by 100 percent, cycling by 122 percent and walking by 37 percent.
The question is: will Hamilton ever get serious about reforming our land use and transportation policy to take this shift into consideration?
If we continue to build on the assumption of ever-increasing driving, we will not only continue to allocate scarce public resources on infrastructure with poor returns and big negative externalities, but will also miss out on attracting a whole generation of young people whose idea of high quality living does not mean a suburban house and a commute.
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(h/t to Jason Leach for finding the Streetsblog article.)
By Springfield (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 15:02:18
I don't know if I would say $70K+ is an affluent household. It's strikes me as simply the supra-median. (Hamilton's median household income in 2006 was $66,810, for example, compared to $69,156 province-wide.)
When I read that "16-34 year olds with a family income over $70,000 USD increased transit use by 100 percent, cycling by 122 percent and walking by 37 percent," I do wonder what the baseline numbers were like, and where they were recorded.
Did they only take a couple of bus trips a year but ended up logging four? Was there a huge increase in subway traffic in major metros, but negigible gains elsewhere? And why do we seem to be comparing "use" to "distance" in some of these formulations? Does anyone calculate "vehicle" miles for car/bus/bike classifications?
Household earnings notwithstanding, what role might historic levels of youth unemployment (around 20% in the US, apparently twice that in some areas of Europe) have with regard to new car purchases among that cohort? Are they simply buying used cars and driving less? Or are those who buy cars actually driving them further (eg. 30% fewer cars travelling 23% fewer miles).
I'm not disputing that there's something happening here, but IMHO what it is ain't exactly clear.
By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 15:05:29
you start by stating that youngsters have less interest in driving and more interest in other things like fixies. Then the rest of your essay goes on to quote some of these youngsters as saying "Personally I don't really want to drive that much because I don't want to pay for gas,".
That does not sound like a lack of interest in driving but as a lack of funds to support driving. I have 2 kids in that age group and interest in driving with them and all their friends is very much alive and well.
The single reason their are not more cars amongst them and their friends is lack of money. Kids are staying in school longer and not starting to work at a decent job until later in their life thus putting off the day that they can afford to get their own set of wheels. The cost of insurance alone is a major obstacle to young guys getting their own cars.
You can try and bend the facts to support your own biases and beliefs but the truth is not that hard to figure out.
Is their a real reason that my old screen name now comes up "Sorry, but that screen name is not available."
just wondering
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted September 19, 2012 at 06:38:31 in reply to Comment 80980
Since you seem to favour reasoning by anecdote, here's an anecdote for you.
I grew up in a Toronto suburb and really started to feel trapped by the time I was a teenager. It was difficult and unpleasant to get anywhere without driving: the community design was low density and single-use, sidewalks were narrow and scarce, and the bus system was bare-bones.
I turned 16 in late 1989 and immediately went out to get my 365 (what we called the Ontario driving learner's permit at the time), just like every single person I knew when they turned 16. I also promptly bought my first car, an old Plymouth hatchback, even though I couldn't drive it yet.
I got my licence in mid-1990, just as war in the Middle East was heating up and the country was crashing into a sharp, deep recession following the collapse of the real estate market (sound familiar?). Oil prices tripled in just a few months and jobs were scarce, but that didn't stop me from trading my hatchback for a metallic brown 1980 Firebird.
I really couldn't afford it, but the mere idea of not owning a car, let along having a driver's licence, was pretty much unthinkable.
I was lucky to have a job (I lived in a single-parent household and had to pay for the car myself), but even people who couldn't afford their own cars were still able to beg-borrow their parents'.
Neither our collective fear of the Gulf War, nor the oil price shock, nor the recession caused by the Bank of Canada's tight monetary policy, came anywhere close to stopping me and my peers from getting our licences and pursuing our own cars.
If someone had shrugged and said they'd rather work on their freaking bicycle than get a car, we would have thought they'd gone loopy.
That's car culture in a nutshell: the automobile is so deeply ingrained in one's identity and sense of mobility that it's not even a matter of discussion, let alone debate. To paraphrase O Brother Where Art Thou?, "you ain't no kind of man if you ain't got wheels."
That just isn't true any more. My older son is 17 and he has no real interest in getting a licence any time soon. (None of his friends are in a rush to get their driver's licences, either.) It's not a matter of not being able to afford it, either: in inflation-adjusted terms, our household is more affluent than mine was when I was his age.
Rather, there are two new dynamics at play: 1) his identity is not tied into whether he can drive; and 2) he does not feel trapped inside his house, since he has far more options to walk, cycle or take transit to a wide variety of destinations.
I'd add: 3) walking, cycling and transit are no longer regarded as inferior to driving. When you're connected wirelessly to the largest dynamic repository of human knowledge and realtime communication in the history of the world, driving is a liability and walking/cycling/transit are liberating.
The landscape is shifting. The postwar suburban consensus is breaking up. Even many people who buy suburban houses only do it because they can't afford to live in more location-efficient neighbourhoods - and that, in turn, is due to a legacy of federal, provincial and municipal policies and subsidies that artificially reduce the cost of sprawl while artificially raising the cost of urban development.
The faster we recognize that the market is changing and revise our policies to reflect the growing demand for high quality urban living, the sooner we will be able to take advantage of the essential economies of cities that make high quality urban living so desirable and productive.
If we fail to do this, the city will continue to underperform economically and culturally while municipal revenues lag further and further behind burgeoning operating and lifecycle costs.
We have an epochal opportunity to change the city's trajectory after more than a half-century of suburban sprawl and urban decline. We have an opportunity to fire up the city's economic engine and breathe new life into its streets and neighbourhoods, to cultivate the next generation of innovative businesses, to celebrate the fruits of human creativity that flow out of the rich and serendipitous connections that only city living can provide.
Now is not a good time to cling fearfully to the status quo.
Comment edited by administrator Ryan on 2012-09-19 08:25:31
By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 21:16:25 in reply to Comment 80990
I am not reasoning by anecdote. I am merely trying to show you the error of your ways. It is way to easy to look at a study's numbers and jump to the wrong conclusion, especially if you are desperate to find anything to justify your existing beliefs.
I bought an African amulet some years ago that was said to ward off man eating tigers. I don't believe in such superstitions but I really liked the thing as a piece of jewelry so I bought it. Now 22 years later I have never been threatened or even seen a man eating tiger so obviously the amulet really does ward off man eating tigers. It must be worth millions.
Any assumptions drawn from a study's numbers must be looked at very carefully and great care taken to get the right cause and effect.
By Chris Angel (registered) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 11:55:51 in reply to Comment 81062
The desire NOT to own an automobile is nothing new. I tried relying on public transit, walking and cycling from 1973-1978. I had a drivers licence but I did not want to own a conventional vehicle. It seemed to me that many people were working largely to own a vehicle while the commute was depleting the vehicle. Like a dog chasing its tail the process never ended. I did not enjoy driving enough to participate in this or the "trade in every 3 years" or status rituals associated with automobile ownership. I thought I was prepared to wait either for a vehicle not based on planned obsolecence or that I would be satisfied with the public transit option. However employment is a neccesity and public transit at the time was not up to providing access to where I needed to work. I capitulated and bought a vehicle. Public transit is somewhat better today but it is still not very good. By carefully choosing where you reside it may be possible to rely on transit to get you to work. However given the average employment duration these days you are likely to move every 3-5 years; perhaps less frequently if you are lucky enough to find two succesive jobs in the same area. Yes there are still conflicting forces at work but a public transit commute is feasable for more people now than ever before. This trend is likely to continue. High unemployment and the service industry / part-time / no benefit / low wage employment trends will continue as well at least for the next few years. This will make vehicle ownership impractical for anyone in that situation. Though I really do not enjoy negativity these concerning trends may last longer than just the next few years. Ontario's industrial based economy has been decimated. It was shipped to the south eastern US & Mexico and from there to China & India. It is not coming back without a political will that does not exist at this time in any provincial or national party. Conventional vehicle ownership will at laest be questioned by more people than ever before. This is not a left / right political thing. I think from your comments you feel it is "the left" calling the sanctity of car ownership into question when there is no such trend. It really is a matter of simple logic. Given the state of the North American economy and the increasing cost of vehicle ownership how could it be otherwise? I think the kernel of logic in your arguement is that perhaps temporarily there may be an incremental trend away from vehicle ownership and that this will disappear when the economy improves. I have no doubt that some will purchase cars as the economy or their personal finances improve. Others will discover they don't really need or want to own one. In the middle ground many will find (as a family) they do not need two vehicles or that they are well served owning one highway capable vehicle and one 70Km /Hr "town" vehicle. I know they don't exist right now but they could and they should. It would help rebuild that decimated industrial base in this province. Keep an open mind, the trend away from car ownership is not huge right now, people still love their cars as did their grandparents. The factors affecting car ownership are different now. We live in a landscape of dollar stores, franchised business staffed by minimun wage part-time workers and the remains of an industrial economy uncommitted to this province or even this country. The day of the horse & buggy ended with the mass produced automobile. The transition to alternative transportation will not be as revolutionary a change but I am quite certain of its arrival by sheer necessity.
By nolol (anonymous) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 08:03:15 in reply to Comment 81062
"It is way to easy to look at a study's numbers and jump to the wrong conclusion, especially if you are desperate to find anything to justify your existing beliefs." Oh the irony.
By jason (registered) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 15:17:23
Please explain the rise in urban living, walkable communities and other modes of transport seen all over N. America. Hamilton is seeing the rise in urban living and families downtown, but due to intentional choices meant to eliminate options we're not seeing much of an increase in cycling, transit use or walking...although, even in harsh, hostile, dangerous conditions we are seeing increases...just very small ones. With any leadership or 21st Century thinking at the Hall, we'd see great gains in these area of transport especially given our dense, compact urban core.
Comment edited by jason on 2012-09-18 15:18:48
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 16:11:02
There's certainly a shift happening, but it has yet to present itself in demographic heft. I would wager that Burlington is growing population in its core more successfully than Hamilton is.
Hamilton EcDev: "Downtown residents tend to be single people. Downtown families tend to be smaller. Average number of children per family: Downtown 0.9; City 1.2"
"Wards 1-5 lost an average of 423 residents each between 2006 and 2011.... Meanwhile, the two wards responsible for most city-wide growth between 2006 and 2011 are wards 11 (Glanbrook) and 12 (Ancaster), which grew by approximately 38% and 12%, respectively. Needless to day, nearly all that growth was single family residential sprawl on new greenfields."
"Over the past five years Hamilton has grown at a rate of 3%, falling 50,000 people short of growth plan forecasts for 2031. Between 2001 and 2006, the growth rate was only 2.9%, one of the lowest of Ontario cities and less than half of the actual provincial rate (6.6%) for that time period."
Compare this to 2006-2011 growth rates among our eastern neighbours: 6.9% for Burlington, 10.2% for Oakville, 6.7% for Halton and 56.5% for Milton. And yet by some accounts we're supposed to be the country's hottest real estate market. Go figure.
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted September 19, 2012 at 06:59:14 in reply to Comment 80982
The whole problem in Hamilton is that our development policies still punish and deter infill and urban form in general and strongly favour/incentivize single-use suburban sprawl. My thesis is that this is a bad idea that is leaving us with a legacy of economically under-performing, expensive-to-maintain land use while we miss out on the opportunity to attract young people looking for a more urban lifestyle.
Even now, many people are buying suburban houses only because that's all they can afford (thanks to market-distorting public policies), not because that's the lifestyle they're looking for. "Drive 'til you qualify" isn't exactly a celebration of long commutes and attenuated social lives.
By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 07:14:43 in reply to Comment 80991
The cheapest housing in Hamilton is not located in the burbs. No matter how much you wish to distort the truth the cheapest housing is located in the inner city. Yet people with the financial ability tend to avoid it like the plague. For the price of one house in Ancaster you could buy half a dozen homes in the core yet people with money flock to Ancaster and avoid the core.
This is not just Ancaster but applies to Dundas and Stoney Creek as well. Just compare the price of a new home on the south mountain to an existing home in the core and the more affordable home is certainly not on the hill. How do you get away with distorting the truth and your blatant lies.
I can appreciate and to a certain extent commend your passion for your pet causes, LRT, urban intensification, etc. but please stop the blatant lying and fabrication.
By Anon (anonymous) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 09:19:50 in reply to Comment 80994
You'll have to let me know where these 6 for 1 deals are in Durand and Kirkendall........2 neighourhoods that are a comfortable walk from the core.
By jason (registered) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 09:21:04 in reply to Comment 81005
I just spent more per sq. foot for my home in Strathcona than one I could have purchased in a new development near Redeemer U in Ancaster. Yes, the central lower city is cheaper than the burbs, but neighbourhoods around downtown have seen a real jump in prices the past decade.
By jason (registered) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 18:19:07 in reply to Comment 80982
however, over the past 10 years two of Hamilton's highest growth census areas were downtown. Which is much more impressive than a growth rate of 30 plus % on land that housed mostly animals and weeds the previous census.
We should be comparing ourselves to Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto etc... not suburban areas like Milton. Been there. Done that. It doesn't work.
By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 21:25:12 in reply to Comment 80983
I would like to know where you get your 30 plus% from. Just from being around the city for a few years I have not seen any area that could realistically claim a 30% increase. At least in the inner city some of the burbs have gotten a lot bigger by constructing whole subdivisions of new expensive housing. Still doubt it's 30% that's a pretty big jump.
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 09:12:00 in reply to Comment 81063
Ward 1 = 1,836 population loss (5.8% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 2 = 780 population loss (2% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 3 = 1,779 population loss (4.4% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 4 = 400 population loss (1% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 5 = 1,897 population loss (4.8% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 6 = 1,280 population loss (3.2% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 10 = 1,024 population loss (4.3% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 15 = 413 population loss (1.7% decrease, 2001-2011)
Ward 7 = 5,845 population growth (10.4% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 8 = 2,298 population growth (4.9% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 9 = 2,630 population growth (10.8% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 11 = 16,051 population growth (78.1% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 12 = 9,823 population growth (38.8% increase, 2011-2011)
Ward 13 = 513 population growth (2.1% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 14 = 2,312 population growth (15.1% increase, 2001-2011)
Ward 11's explosive growth is chiefly due to the roll-out of Multi-Area Developments' Summit Park (a billion-dollar subdivision of 3,200 homes said to create "a 10,000-resident neighbourhood") and Losani-Branthaven collaboration The Fairgrounds (with its million-dollar sales centre), which have largely come online during the last census period.
By LOL all over again (anonymous) | Posted September 22, 2012 at 06:21:12 in reply to Comment 81079
Thank you for looking up the numbers to show what is really happening to this city. Everyone of the growing wards is on the mountain. Everyone of the shrinking wards is below the hill.
I wonder how the faithful will try to warp these numbers to fit in with their beliefs?
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 19:12:09 in reply to Comment 80983
I'm less convinced of this phenomenal upswing in urban living, much as I would like to be.
Four tracts in Ward 2 registered population gains in the last census. Only one spiked: CT5370036, home to the Terraces on King. That tract logged a 701-resident gain in the last census, the only one of the four to score a triple digit increase. The other three combined added 175.
The bigger picture has been remarkably sedate. Ward 2's population has experienced net growth of 1,702 over the last 25 years, peaking in 2001.
1986: 35,865
1991: 36,550
1996: 36,699
2001: 38,349
2006: 37,815 / 37,408
2011: 37,569
For sake of comparison, Ward 7 experienced net growth of 2,051 between 2006-2011.
I cited Halton only to demonstrate that the suburban inclination is not an exclusively Hamiltonian tic. Again, as much as I adore Hamilton's core, I would wager that yawned-about places like Burlington and Oakville are growing population in their respective downtowns more successfully than Hamilton is.
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted September 19, 2012 at 07:02:13 in reply to Comment 80984
I would wager that yawned-about places like Burlington and Oakville are growing population in their respective downtowns more successfully than Hamilton is.
That in itself is the most damning indictment of Hamilton's abject failure to leverage its existing built form - a free gift from the past - for urban reinvestment. How can we, when we explicitly limit density targets so they don't threaten Hamilton's sprawl plans?
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 09:27:41 in reply to Comment 80993
Just for kicks, here are the recent GRIDs projections for Ward 2...
2006: 39,934 residents in 19,711 units
2011: 41,256 residents in 20,825 units
Part of this is doubtless optimism around the City's ability to both build more units and overcome the ward's singles-heavy demographic.
In any event, Ward 2 has fallen considerably short of the mark -- 3,687 residents fewer than anticipated.
By jason (registered) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 09:24:57 in reply to Comment 81007
You make a great point here that I keep harping on - the need for family friendly housing downtown. Be it stacked towns, high-rise 3 bedroom apartments/condos etc.... I know downtown's are quite often 'singles-heavy'. Look at TO. Hardly a kid or married couple in sight downtown. Hamilton has the advantage of great family home neighbourhoods mere steps from King and James. Parks, rec centres, local shops, safe streets, waterfront links etc.... are all necessary to lure more families downtown.
My neighbourhood has seen a real jump in young families during the past number of years, as has Kirkendall and now even Durand and the North End. But we need to add thousands of new families to all the singles that will surely purchase condos and lofts coming up.
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 19:22:43 in reply to Comment 80984
Correction: 1,704 over 25 years.
And again, this is simply meant to illustrate that whatever else is happening in Hamilton, urban density still presents itself unevenly. I'll leave it to my betters to postulate about the reasons why this is the case.
By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 21:06:43 in reply to Comment 80985
That works out to an average net gain of 68 residents a year (or, if you prefer, 340 per census instalment, just under 1% growth every five years) in Ward 2.
I haven't seen the latest numbers on families downtown, or delved into the historic performance of tracts. Just going off EcDev's "Downtown Profile", as linked.
By jason (registered) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 20:22:42 in reply to Comment 80985
many reasons...most notably, Hamilton is still sprawling as much as ever. Yet, downtown is seeing real estate values increase quite nicely and families are moving back downtown after decades of leaving. Imagine if we ever saw a council that made downtown a priority, or even put it on a level playing field with sprawl? I think it would boom.
By Paper Cranes (anonymous) | Posted September 18, 2012 at 21:15:21
"The Hamilton-Burlington economy will be the fastest growing in 2012 among Ontario cities tracked in a new Conference Board of Canada report.
The region is expected to churn out steady growth of 2.5 per cent this year, thanks to increases in the manufacturing and construction sectors, and will match that on average over the next four years, according to the Ottawa-based research centre.
And that 2.5 per cent figure is the actual gross domestic product growth recorded in the local economy in 2011.
Hamilton ranks fifth in projected 2012 economic growth among 13 cities tracked in the Metropolitan Outlook report. The top four cities are Edmonton, Calgary, Regina and Vancouver. Toronto comes in at sixth with 2.3 per cent growth and Ottawa-Gatineau, the only other Ontario city tracked, comes in last at 1 per cent.
The manufacturing and construction sectors will lead the way in growth for the *Hamilton-Burlington census metropolitan area, which also includes Grimsby....
Total construction growth is expected to come in at 3.8 per cent this year and then slow to 1.8 per cent in 2013.
After falling 31 per cent in 2011, the board predicts total housing starts will surge by 39 per cent this year thanks to steady economic and population growth and continued affordability. The board expects to see starts rise an average of 7.7 per cent from 2014 to 2016."
By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted September 19, 2012 at 23:48:24
Of our oldest 5 kids, ranging in age from 17-24 years of age, none has bothered to obtain a driver's license. They know that we will not pay for their insurance or their gas, and have decided it is not worth the trouble and expense.
By Sky (anonymous) | Posted September 25, 2012 at 10:53:20
My three children ages 24, 25 and 28 all have their license...My 15 year old will go for her's on her 16th birthday.
I agree that we have to make our streets more friendly to INCLUDE safe walking and bikes, yet have difficulty swallowing the bashing on where I choose to live.
IMHO this entire discussion tries to push that we should all live in the core ~ taking away from my and my children's love for the rural way of life.
It would be great if we could work at having the BEST OF ALL WORLDS ~ moving forward!
Open, honest, sincere dialogue leads to change...throwing out non truths "buying urban houses is all they can afford" ~ "imagine if we ever saw a Council that made downtown a priority"~ Really? Take a look at all of the loans/grants etc. for STRICTLY the core for re-development, outside facade improvement, interior renovations, sewer back-ups etc...and then try to find any such thing for any suburban, rural howmeowner. (These subsidies, interest free perks are also alive and well for downtown busineeses.)
The way to change for the better, is to work at betterment ~ for all.
Have an amazing day everyone.
By fairness (anonymous) | Posted September 25, 2012 at 13:28:38 in reply to Comment 81230
"and then try to find any such thing for any suburban, rural howmeowner" Please tell me you're just taking the piss and don't actually think you don't enjoy huge grants and freebies as a suburban, rural homeowner.
Just one single corner at Peters Corners is costing $5.7 million dollars to turn into a roundabout to help drivers. http://www.raisethehammer.org/blog/2496/another_example_of_our_transportation_spending_priorities
Did you pay for that yourself? No, I helped pay for it (you're welcome) even though it doesn't help me one bit. It's called living in a society but you don't seem to think downtown deserves the same kind of support that lets you give your children a "rural way of life".
I'm pretty sure you're not a farmer, so you're just living in the rurals to enjoy it for it's own sake, let's not romantacize a lifestyle.
By Ryan (registered) - website | Posted September 25, 2012 at 11:27:56 in reply to Comment 81230
There's nothing wrong with choosing to live in the suburbs or exurbs or rurals. I don't think everyone needs to live in the core, but I do think what we pay for our lifestyle choices should reflect what those choices actually cost.
The public costs and negative externalities of suburban living - including the per capita cost of public infrastructure, energy consumption, air pollution and GHG emissions, not to mention the much lower per capita rate of innovation and economic development - is far higher than the cost of living in a more "location efficient" community, and the price of an individual's choice should reflect that.
Currently, the balance of financial and regulatory incentives provides a huge subsidy for suburban/exurban living while at the same time actively deterring more urban living with similarly huge financial and regulatory disincentives.
The modest programs City has put in place to encourage urban infill development are not nearly enough to overcome the overarching system of deterrence, particularly our toxic Zoning By-Law, which bluntly tries to impose a suburban land use and transportation form onto any effort at urban reinvestment.
The sprawling of Hamilton over the past several decades is not the "free market" at work, it is the predictable result of a massive program of subsidies for suburban living, including the highways and roads that make it possible to live far away from everything else and drive to all destinations.
Despite these huge ongoing incentives and disincentives, for various reasons the demand to live in urban environments has been increasing over the past decade or so, as young people increasingly decide they would prefer to live in a city than a suburb.
Hamilton is great at enabling suburbs for people who want to live in a suburb, but poor at facilitating urban neighbourhoods for people who want a more urban lifestyle. This produces several damaging results:
Our infrastructure is extremely inefficient. As it stands, every new suburban house built in Hamilton actually increases the city's net liabilities, since development charges and property taxes aren't enough to cover the lifecycle costs of suburban infrastructure.
The endgame of that strategy is currently playing out in Mississauga, which is experiencing big annual property tax increases and is now desperately trying to build a downtown core because it has run out of land to expand outward and its expensive suburban infrastructure is coming due for replacement.
Our downtown core continues to underperform, resulting in lower property values, lower property tax assessments, less efficient use of existing infrastructure, and - crucially - a lower level of innovation and new business development. This keeps us from becoming a centre of innovation - instead, we're left bribing existing manufacturers to consolidate their operations on heavily subsidized industrial parks with a net loss in regional employment.
Young people who want an urban lifestyle must go elsewhere to find it, and Hamilton misses out on the influx of a generation of young, energetic and creative citizens.
The bottom line is that we can't afford the suburbs and rurals you prefer unless the city is generating enough wealth to pay for it. That means we need to recalibrate the system of financial and regulatory incentives to make it a lot easier for people to live in urban environments - and to make it a lot easier for developers to build urban environments so that they don't become unaffordable.
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1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Conservative clothing hides a great new truck.
Chevrolet has completely re-engineered and redesigned its line of pickup trucks. Now called Silverado, the new pickup is better than the old one in every respect. It rides better, it handles better, it stops quicker, it's faster and more powerful and it's more comfortable. The new Silverado is the most luxurious pickup truck we've ever driven. It may be the best full-size pickup on the market.
Our only problem with it is that it looks exactly like the old one. Where Dodge and Ford broke new ground in truck design with their Ram and F-150 pickups, Chevrolet has chosen a conservative design for its new Silverado.
Chevrolet argues that its customers are so happy with their trucks and so loyal to the brand that they want the new trucks to look just like the old ones. That may be, but we still think they look a bit on the bland side.
Underneath its conservative looks is a great truck that has almost nothing in common with the old one. Even the name is new. The old C/K designation has been dropped in favor of the new Silverado name.
The 1999 Chevrolet Silverado is built on a completely new frame that is the stiffest and lightest truck frame General Motors has ever built. The front frame rails are hydroformed, a process that uses high-pressure hydraulics to shape steel. Tubular crossmembers and roll-formed mid-rails increase rigidity further. This stiff structure enhances handling and ride quality immensely, while improving crashworthiness.
Three new V8 engines are available, in 4.8-, 5.3- and 6.0-liter displacements. All three are based on the new GM small-block architecture that was introduced on the Corvette two years ago and shared with the Camaro and Firebird last year. A 4.3-liter V6 is still available and comes with a number of improvements, but the V8s will be sold in much higher volumes.
A 5-speed manual gearbox is standard in the base truck, but most opt for the 4L60 and 4L65 4-speed automatics with a new delayed-upshift feature for towing; they are excellent automatics.
There's a new aluminum short- and long-arm front suspension, with coil springs on 2-wheel-drive models and torsion bars on 4-wheel-drive models. Brakes are large, heavy-duty discs on all four corners, and ABS is standard on all models.
As with the exterior design, the Silverado interior reflects traditional Chevrolet thinking. The doors and door openings are now the largest in the industry, while the cab is the roomiest.
The instrument package looks like a cross between what is found in the new Corvette and what was used in the previous C/K trucks. It comprises a large speedometer and tachometer flanked by four smaller gauges. All use pleasant graphics in white on black. The sound system control panel is located above the climate controls. The climate control system uses a rotary dial layout that works perfectly. There are three 12-volt outlets at the bottom center of the dashboard for radar detectors, cellular telephones, laptop computers, and other accessories.
Our test truck was an LT Extended Cab equipped with leather bucket seats power everything that provided good support in hard corners. The front seats were equipped with optional heaters. The doors lock automatically as soon as you pull away, but this feature can be de-programmed at the dealership.
The LT package comes with a lockable floor console. Large enough to hold a picnic lunch for a family of four, it comes with a reversible, removable cup holder tray and a storage nook in front of the lid. Air conditioning outlets and a set of drop-down cup holders are built in for rear-seat passengers.
A compass is incorporated into the LT model's overhead console, along with three storage areas for sunglasses, garage door opener, and small items. The door trim is a nice combination of vinyl panels and dotted velour that is soft and warm to the touch.
We were pleasantly surprised when we climbed through the third door of the extended-cab Silverado and into the back seat, which has been redesigned and remounted for far greater room and comfort. At 6-foot 4-inches, I'm often uncomfortable in the back seats of extended-cab pickup trucks, but not in this one. When cargo capacity is more important than hauling passengers, the entire rear seat assembly can be removed through the side door with a wrench and a heave-ho.
About the only thing we didn't like was the design of the interior door handles, which operate in an up-and-in arc and felt loose whenever we used them. We think they need more resistance and a more positive feel.
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We loved every mile we put on the Silverado LT. It drives like a luxury car and is supremely smooth and quiet--unlike the Dodge and Ford trucks.
That smooth, quiet, unified feel is largely due to the new chassis, which offers a 23-percent increase in stiffness. New mounting and isolation hardware reduces noise and vibration. A cast magnesium beam behind the instrument panel and a lateral steel beam between the magnesium beam and the right side of the dash further reinforce the stiff body. Squeaks and rattles have been completely eliminated, even when flying down a rutted dirt road at 50 mph. This is one strong truck, and its strength lets the suspension soak up and manage all the bumps and ruts and tar strips so well that its overall ride behavior is near-luxury. A long, 143-inch wheelbase improves the ride further and enhances high-speed stability.
A massive four-spoke steering wheel connects to a new rack-and-pinion steering system (recirculating ball on 4X4 models). The steering has a fairly wide dead spot in the center when cruising, which Chevrolet says is designed to minimize steering corrections on the highway. The steering feels a bit too light, but we found it tracks beautifully and handles well on pavement, loose dirt, deep dirt and off-road.
Although the 4.8-liter small-block V8 is the most popular engine for this truck, our Silverado LT had the optional 5.3-liter (324 cubic-inch) engine, rated at 270 horsepower and 315 foot-pounds of torque. That's enough torque to smoke the rear tires at will. This engine has a fat torque curve, which makes it useful for light towing and hauling, but it's also a lot of fun for commuting and touring. The new engine is a much better small-block than before, and we recommend the 5.3-liter over the smaller 4.8-liter version.
Brakes have been improved substantially over the previous model and it's a welcome improvement. The four-wheel disc brakes are huge and powerful and come standard with ABS. Braking force comes into play only an inch into the pedal travel, a welcome improvement over the mushy pedal on the previous C/K pickup. A new feature called Dynamic Rear Proportioning improves stability under heavy braking whether the truck is loaded or empty. Chevrolet promises huge improvements in fade resistance, pad life and heat dissipation, and after beating these brakes hard we believe them.
The Chevrolet Silverado is by far the best among the newest generation of full-size pickups from the Big 3, perhaps because it is the newest design.
The Silverado LT we drove is the smoothest, quietest, most civilized, best equipped, and most enjoyable pickup truck we've ever driven. The new Chevy Silverado ranges from $15,995 for a two-wheel-drive regular cab base-trim model to about $31,365 for a four-wheel-drive 3-door extended cab in LT trim. (All prices include $640 destination charge.) All offer a smooth, quiet ride and quality feel.
The base V6 model offers the same smooth, quiet ride and quality feel. If you're shopping for pickup truck this year that you'll still want to be driving in 2008, check out this Silverado. That is, if the conservative clothing doesn't put you off.
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NEW BERN � Sam Shell (88) passed away on October 15, 2013, at the Crystal Coast Hospice House in Newport, N.C. He was born May 6, 1925, in Fayetteville, N.C., to Roland Grady Shell Sr. and Margaret Speight Carter Shell.
Sam grew up in Fayetteville, attending local schools. He was a WWII Navy veteran and served on the USS James E. Craig Destroyer Escort 201 in the Pacific. After his service, Sam joined his parents in Havelock, N.C., where he met his lifelong love JoAnne Ferguson; they were married in 1950. He graduated from the first Naval Apprentice School Class at Cherry Point, N.C. in 1947 and later completed his Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management in 1979.
Sam worked at the aviation maintenance facility at Cherry Point from 1942 until his retirement in 1986. He served in many roles while there, ranging from helper to Production Department Head.
Sam was a Mason for over 60 years and was active in the Scottish Rite. He was an active member of Garber United Methodist Church. Sam had many enthusiasms including photography, RV�ing, computers and a love of dogs. Sam and JoAnne traveled to all 50 states and many countries.
Sam was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Howard T. Shell and George E. Carter, Sr. , and his wife of 62 years JoAnne Ferguson Shell. He is survived by his daughters Suzanne Shell of New Bern, Judy Buchanan and husband, Buck, of Huntsville, Ala., and Margaret (Peggy) Faulkenberry and husband, Billy, of New Bern. He is survived by his grandchildren, Megan Buchanan, Erin Buchanan, Caitlin Faulkenberry, and Ryan Faulkenberry, as well as his sisters-in-law Frances Shell, Sue Ferguson and Vina Ferguson Stroud.
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Services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Garber United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Greenleaf Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the atrium of the Ministry Center at Garber.
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Volume 19 Issue 17 | September 8 - 14, 2006
Back to School 2006
State Senator Tom Duane with I.C.E. Admissions Director Meryl Meisler in May 2006. Meisler was the original faculty member who assisted Duane in his Civics According to Tom Duane seminars at I.C.E.
School politics prove popular in state senators class
By Lawrence Lerner
On a crisp, golden Friday morning this past spring, students dressed in jeans, T-shirts and other informal attire filed intermittently into a classroom at the Institute for Collaborative Studies, or I.C.E., a small, progressive school that occupies the fifth floor of the former Stuyvesant High School, on 15th St. just west of First Ave. Draping their bodies into chairs, they greeted one another casually before a girl with long black hair and an impish smile asked, Wheres Tom? as she peered around the room at her classmates. Another girl wearing her hair in a ponytail chimed, Not here yet, I guess.
Ten minutes crept by as the kids entertained themselves, either by talking amongst themselves or, for the studious, peering down at books. A moment later, an imposing figure well over 6 feet tall shuffled into the room wearing wire-rimmed glasses, khakis, a white button-down oxford shirt and striped tie. As he peeled off his jacket, he apologized for being late before playfully turning the tables on one of the kids.
Molly, nice to see you at last. Thanks for blessing us with your presence today, he said. Hi, Im Tom Duane. Remember me?
The students responded with a combination of laughter and good-natured ribbing aimed at the new arrival, who by now had become the center of attention and with good reason.
Its not every day a New York state senator let alone a charismatic one teaches your high school civics class. But that is, in fact, what State Senator Tom Duane has been doing with his Friday mornings for some time now, not as penance for some personal sin but as a labor of love.
This week, he begins his sixth year teasing, inspiring, cajoling and motivating the kids at I.C.E to excel, and Duane, the faculty and the students here wouldnt have it any other way.
I get a tremendous amount from teaching these kids, said Duane, who first showed up at I.C.E. in 2000 accompanying his friend activist David Rothenberg, who was teaching a criminal justice workshop at the school.
It then occurred to me that I could do what he was doing and teach my own class, said Duane. I actually had wanted to be a New York City public high school teacher, but when I left college in the mid-1970s, the city was laying off teachers.
Duane, who became the first openly H.I.V.-positive elected official in the country when he won a seat on the New York City Council in 1991, made history again in 1998 when he was elected to the New York State Senate, becoming the first and only openly gay, openly H.I.V.-positive elected member of the Albany Legislature.
During his tenures in both the Council and State Senate, Duane has made it a point to visit schools in his district including I.C.E. speaking to entire school communities or engaging students themselves in discussions about L.G.B.T. issues, H.I.V./AIDS, education, school funding and other topics.
The trick for my staff was always how to get me out of the schools once I got inside, said Duane. I always wanted to stay the whole day.
After visiting Rothenbergs class, Duane proposed teaching a civics class at I.C.E., which was opened in 1994, has just over 400 students in grades six through 12, and boasts a 15-to-1 teacher-student ratio. Principal John Pettinato loved the idea.
Tom wanted to make local government more accessible for the kids, he said. That sounded great to me.
They decided the class would meet once per week on Friday mornings, a slot that to this day is reserved for the kids, despite Duanes hectic schedule.
Im not in Albany on Fridays, and its pretty much nonnegotiable that this hour is taken up by the class. I make it a priority, said Duane.
Back in 2001, when Duane first began teaching at I.C.E., the class was an elective for juniors and seniors. A couple of years later, the administration expanded enrollment to include the best students in grades nine through 12, all in a single class. Needless to say, Duanes course has been popular with students.
I thought it would be cool to have a class with a state senator. I wanted to hear what he had to say about issues, said I.C.E. junior Nikoo Fadaifard, who took Duanes class last year.
According to Pettinato, kids fight to get into Duanes class.
Weve even had students sneaking in from other classes. And kids whove had attendance problems seem to still show up to his class.
Those at the school say the reason is Duanes generosity and gregariousness.
Toms a warm guy the kids really take to. They are comfortable giving him a hug, and they know enough not to fear that he is H.I.V.-positive, said I.C.E. Admissions Director Meryl Meisler, who assisted Duane with his class when he began teaching at the school.
I.C.E. junior Hannah Galgiani, who studied civics with Duane each of the last two years, put it even more candidly.
He was one of the first politicians to come out. I think a lot of us were, you know, really impressed, she said. You also have this preconceived notion of what a politician looks like. Youre thinking of this kind of stuffy suit all dressed up with a briefcase and saying, O.K. class. This is what were going to do today. But Tom was, like, this really exuberant, happy guy who never talked down to us.
The state senator ingratiates himself even more by going the extra mile for the kids, connecting them with internships, writing college letters of recommendation, and providing them with referrals when they or their family need assistance.
Tom cares tremendously about making a difference in the lives of young people, said I.C.E. Assistant Principal Brett Schneider, who currently assists Duane with his class. And his familiarity with the current issues and players makes his class discussions invaluable.
Class discussions, indeed, play a big role in Duanes civics class, along with a plethora of other activities, including debates, reading and writing assignments, small-group work and presentations. He credits experience, I.C.E. faculty members and a 2004 seminar at Harvards Kennedy School of Government with helping him evolve as a teacher.
In conceiving the course, Duane approached the content formally at first, lecturing about the different levels of government and how they work, and explaining how the New York City Charter impacts city government. Soon, he brought current events into the mix, talking about the Electoral College in the 2000 presidential elections, for instance, and debating the pros and cons of this system with the students during his inaugural class.
Over time, Duane has added a host of other topics, including the war in Iraq and the draft, faith-based initiatives, education funding, sexual orientation and adoption, labor unions and municipal strikes, gambling and addiction and abortion.
In practice, the lectures and current-events discussions are mutually reinforcing, says Duane.
When Christine Quinn was elected City Council speaker, I not only had the kids read news articles and talk about how she got elected but also used that to open a more formal discussion on the role of the mayor and City Council, he said. So, discussing current events opens up opportunities to talk about the structure of government and vice versa. Anytime they need background information, I provide it.
Duane provides a dynamic learning environment in other ways, too.
To discuss gender equality in the workforce with his class, for example, Duane brought in Brenda Berkman, whose 1979 lawsuit against the New York City Fire Department helped her break the gender barrier and become the citys first female firefighter.
Duane also takes his class to Albany once a year to meet his colleagues and to see their teacher and the State Legislature in action.
Next January, he will attempt to set up a lobbying day for the kids at the state capitol. If those sessions materialize, students will develop priorities and strategy, and actually lobby Duanes colleagues on education funding and other issues.
Ill also set up my colleagues to ask tough questions of the kids and make them defend their positions, Duane said.
In fact, developing arguments and defending them is paramount in his class, since thats what we do in government, said Duane. To facilitate this, he also has the kids create a state budget.
They have to develop priorities, which is interesting in itself. Then they have to put their priorities up against others and argue it out like in the Legislature, he explained. The kids have to be persuasive and stick to their guns, while at the same time listening to others and keeping an open mind. Its a hard balance to achieve, but it helps them hone their opinions more precisely and gives them confidence.
As challenging as that may sound, the students seem to have taken to it.
When kids are uncensored and speak their mind freely, that makes for the best arguments, said junior Fadaifard. And Tom just lets us go at it and have long debates, which is the best part of the class.
Duane appreciates hearing such affirmation, given how seriously he takes his role, even in the funniest of moments, which come quite frequently when you have Tom Duane as your teacher. Having him at I.C.E. has touched everyone in the school, not least of all Duane, who is grateful for the experience.
I hope Ive helped increase the kids knowledge and curiosity on how government works, how issues are debated and decisions made, he said. But I cant imagine any student has gotten more out of my class than Ive gotten from being a teacher. Its a privilege to be here. It is, in fact, my favorite hour of the week.
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LAKELAND | A pair of lawmakers want to rescind a state law Sheriff Grady Judd urged through the Legislature two years ago. It eased the path for Polk and other counties to take over housing young defendants.
LAKELAND | A pair of lawmakers want to rescind a state law Sheriff Grady Judd urged through the Legislature two years ago. It eased the path for Polk and other counties to take over housing young defendants.
The effort to get rid of the law comes almost a year after a still-unresolved federal civil rights lawsuit that alleges abuses at the Polk County Jail involving juveniles.
Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, and Rep. Mia Jones, D-Jacksonville, announced bills Thursday that would repeal the 2011 statute, which allows counties to house juvenile defendants without state oversight.
They discussed the two proposed laws during a press conference in Tallahassee, and were joined by members of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Polk County community organizations.
State law previously gave counties the option of housing juveniles awaiting their day in court, but required them to adhere to state Department of Juvenile Justice standards and undergo quarterly inspections. Counties also had to pay for the monitoring.
The 2011 law change saved counties money, Judd said, because counties no longer had to decide whether to pay the state to house juveniles or deal with the state's regulations and monitoring costs.
After that law passed, counties could take over housing from the state if they kept juveniles separate from adult inmates, met Florida Model Jail Standards and maintained state and national accreditations.
Joyner, who voted for the initial law, said in an interview Thursday that lawmakers were promised children would be kept safe, but "it didn't work out that way."
Polk has subjected juveniles to harsh standards suited to adult inmates, she said, in particular the use of pepper spray. Guards at the Polk County Jail carry a bottle of it with them, something DJJ doesn't allow.
If the practice continues and other counties follow Polk's lead, Joyner said she thinks a juvenile could be injured. Her concerns echo a Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit filed in March that alleges the excessive use of pepper spray by detention deputies.
"We don't want Polk County Jail to become the model," she said.
Judd urged former state senator J.D. Alexander, R-Lake Wales, to sponsor the initial bill, arguing the county was paying the state exorbitant amounts of money to perform a job the county jail could do better and for millions less. The law passed with the full support of Polk's lawmakers.
Judd has argued the Florida Model Jail Standards and accreditations required under current law exceed DJJ standards.
And pepper spray, he said, is a last resort for deputies and prevents physical confrontations.
"It's not a mandate," Judd said. "It's an option, a tool."
Judd said he thinks the Southern Poverty Law Center is pushing for the law change because "their malicious, fictitious lawsuit is not working so well for them."
David Utter, policy director for the Southern Poverty Law Center's Florida Office, said the proposed laws aren't related to the suit.
"The bills are about protecting children across the state," he said. "No children should be treated like they do in the Polk County Jail, and we're trying to make sure that all children are protected."
A federal judge has yet to rule on a motion that would temporarily keep the jail from using pepper spray until a trial in the lawsuit, which is scheduled for May.
Judd criticized Joyner and Jones for not visiting the jail to decide for themselves whether children were in danger.
"They didn't do their due diligence, and neither did their staff," he said. "I think it would have changed any reasonable person's mind."
Rep. John Wood, R-Winter Haven, who voted for the 2011 law, said he doubts the proposed bills will reach a vote. If the alleged abuses are true, he said, they can be remedied without changing current law.
"That's a knee-jerk reaction," Wood said, "And I think that's why there won't be much traction on this legislation."
Still, Joyner said she is optimistic.
"This is the Florida Legislature," she said. "Anything could happen."
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How much does it cost to hire a caterer?
Catering prices depend mainly on how fancy you want the food and service to be and how many guests you'll have. When you're first looking to hire a caterer for your event, consider how many guests you'll have and your total food and drink budget. The national average for event catering is $340, but catering prices can range into the thousands depending on your menu, guest count, and service.
Event catering is a broad term that covers everything from fully prepared, ready-to-eat food that the hosts plate and serve themselves to full-service, multicourse meals, including rental of linens, glassware and other items, with service staff organized by the catering company. Usually a caterer will determine cost based on the type of event you're having, how many guests will attend, the level of service you desire, and what type of menu you'd like to have. For example, if you have a set catering budget, say $1,500, and you plan to have 50 people attend, that means you have $30 per person for food. If you have the same budget with 100 people, you have $15 per person for food. In this way, the number of people you want to attend your event and the level of food you want to serve them determines how much catering will cost.
How much should catering cost per person?
Catering prices can range from about $10 per guest on the low end to $150 or more per person on the high end. Catering costs represent the quality of food, presentation, variety, ingredients and service. But catering prices are more than the cost to cook the food that will be at your party; they also include the cost for the company to do business. Here is a simple breakdown of catering prices:
- Menu: The food you serve your guests will directly affect the price per person. Organic ingredients, complex recipes, elaborate presentations, or high-ticket items like lobster or filet mignon all add to the cost.
- Service: Buffet, family style, plated dinners — how you serve the food affects the cost per person. For example, a true plated meal can cost about twice the price of a staff-assisted buffet because of staffing costs. Hiring waiters, bartenders and cleanup crew will all be calculated into the per-person catering price.
- Drinks: Providing beverages and alcoholic drinks for guests greatly increases your catering budget. Hosting an open bar can cost as much per person as the meal.
- Rentals: Seating, plates, glassware, etc., will all have an effect on the cost per person for catering. For example, a plastic conference table that seats 10 costs about $6 to rent on average, while a wooden farmhouse table is about $80 to rent on average.
- Business costs: Any catering cost will also include the cost for the company to do business such as insurance, employee wages, commercial kitchen space and more.


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St. Marys will travel to Altoona tonight for a 6 p.m. meetBELLEFONTE – The St. Marys Area gymnastics squad traveled to Bellefonte on Saturday to compete in the Bellefonte Bash Invitational. "The girls did really well and we are continuing to see our scores go up, especially on our two most difficult events - bars and beam," said St. Marys Area coach Irene McCandless. "We seem to be staying pretty steady score-wise on vault and floor."McCandless noted that senior Michaela Sorg had an "awesome" floor routine and hit her career highest score of 8.475. "Our top four bar girls - Mackenzie Neureiter, Nicole Florio, Abby Wittman and Michaela Sorg - were all again able to gain qualifying scores for states," McCandless said. "All of our girls in this event hit their highest bar scores of the season thus far. Most of the girls are becoming a little more comfortable in competing."We are continuing in the right direction with upping our scores and becoming better at performing. The new girls are starting to come out of their shells and starting to compete better. I was very pleased with the performances of the girls at this invite." In the vault, Sorg placed fourth against other seniors with a score of 8.2. Abby Wittman was also fourth against other juniors competing in the event with a score of 8.1. Sophomores Mackenzie Neureiter and Katlyn McCandless were sixth and 12th, respectively, with scores of 8.25 and 7.2. At the freshmen level, Cheyenne Bothun was fifth with a score of 8.0, Nicole Florio was seventh with a 7.9, Allison Prokop was tenth with a 7.7 and Marissa Pangallo was 12th with a 7.4. In the uneven bars, Sorg was second against her fellow seniors with a score of 7.9. Wittman was second among the juniors with a score of 7.35. At the sophomore level, Neureiter finished tenth with a score of 7.25. Florio, Madison Quesenberry, and Bothun were fifth, ninth and 10th, respectively, among the freshmen with scores of 7.0, 6.4, and 6.3. On the uneven bars Sorg was second against her fellow seniors with a score of 7.9. Wittman was also second among the juniors with a 7.35. Neureiter was 10th at the sophomore level with a 7.25. Florio, Quesenberry, and Bothun were fifth, ninth, and tenth among the freshmen, respectively, with scores of 7.0, 6.4, and 6.3. On the balance beam, Sorg finished sixth out of all the seniors with a score of 6.2. Wittman was also sixth among the juniors with a score of 5.9. Neureither finished 10th against her fellow sophomores with a score of 7.05. Freshmen Florio, Bothun, and Quesenberry were fifth, eighth, and 10th, respectively, with scores of 7.15, 5.55, and 5.2. In the all-around, Sorg was fourth among the seniors with a 30.78. Wittman was also fourth among the juniors with a 28.70, and Florio was fifth among the freshmen with a 30.00. The Lady Dutch will be back in action tonight as they travel to Altoona to take on the Lady Lions in a 6 p.m. meet.
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LONDON (MarketWatch)—Italian bank shares dropped sharply on Monday, after the country's technocratic Prime Minister Mario Monti over the weekend said he was prepared to resign, while the broader European stock markets tracked Wall Street higher
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.42% climbed 0.1% to close at 279.55, its highest closing level since May 2011.
The index reversed in afternoon trade, as U.S. stocks moved higher on hopes policy makers were getting closer to reaching a budget deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. See: U.S. stocks edge up; fiscal-cliff talks in focus
"We are in a range-bound market and we have seen European stocks trade in a fairly close range over the last weeks and it's obviously due to the uncertainty about 2013," said Morten Kongshaug, chief strategist at Danske Bank in Copenhagen.
"Italy is just an excuse to take a bit of profits and I don't think [Silvio] Berlusconi will have the same effect on Italian politics as he has had," he said.
Shares of Man Group PLC EMG, +1.20% surged 5% in London, after the investment firm said Emmanuel Roman, its current president and chief operating officer, would succeed Peter Clarke as chief executive when he retires in February 2013. See: Man Group surges 6.4% after CEO announcement
Shares of STMicroelectronics NV STM, -1.57% climbed 4.4%, after the chip maker said it plans to exit its loss-making cellphone-chip joint venture, ST-Ericsson. Shares of Ericsson LM ERICB, +0.10% rose 1.7%.
Turmoil in Italy
Italian banks were among notable decliners, tumbling as political developments over the weekend set the stage for early elections, which could come by February. Monti said he was ready to step down as soon as parliament passes a pending budget law, after Silvio Berlusconi's PDL party last week withdrew its support for Monti's technocratic government.
In addition, Berlusconi said he would run for the prime minister position in an effort to roll back some of Monti's tough austerity measures. See: Watch yield spreads as Monti calls it quits
"The campaigning looks set to be more confrontational with Berlusconi's PDL party looking likely to step up the antiausterity and anti-German euro leadership rhetoric thus leaving markets nervous that Italy might find it difficult to maintain their current reform program," analysts at Deutsche Bank said in a note.
The political uncertainty also spurred selling in the bond market, with the yield on 10-year Italian government bonds IT:10YR_ITA jumping 28 basis points to 4.81%, according to electronic trading platform Tradeweb. Yields rise as bond prices fall. A basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.
"If we do see a widening of Italian bond spreads as the election approaches it may serve to remind voters and Italian politicians of the still precarious economic situation that Italy is in," the Deutsche Bank analysts said.
Shares of Intesa Sanpaolo SpA ISP, +3.88% slumped 5.2%, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA BMPS, +3.10% dropped 5.9% and Banco Popolare SC IT:BP slid 5.7%.
The FTSE MIB index XX:FTSEMIB dropped 2.2% to 15,354.01.
Selling in Spain's financial markets was also spurred by Italy's uncertain situation. The yield in 10-year paper ES:10YR_ESP rose 9 basis points to 5.54%, while the IBEX 35 index IBEX, +0.91% dropped 0.6% to 7,804.40.
Shares of Banco Santander SA SAN, +1.50% SAN, -0.22% lost 1.7% and BBVA SA BBVA, +1.25% BBVA, +0.00% gave up 1%.
Kongshaug from Danske Bank said investors worried that Spain's interest rates would mirror a jump in their Italian counterparts, ultimately forcing Spain to formally ask for a bailout to trigger bond purchases from the European Central Bank.
"You will not see a crisis in Italy without it spreading to Spain," he said.
"Spain cannot live with higher yields right now. Even with lower yields it looks unlikely to meet it's budget deficit target of 4.5% of GDP and if interest rates come up as well they will have to ask for a bailout."
Meanwhile, the Athens General Index GD, -0.75% jumped 1.4% to 852.63, as Greece extended the deadline for participating in its bond-buyback program until Tuesday 12:00 London time, or 7 a.m. Eastern. The initial deadline was last Friday at 5 p.m. London time.
Banks were also on the decline in other country-specific European stock indexes. In France, shares of BNP Paribas SA BNP, +1.21% slumped 1.9% and Société Générale SA GLE, +0.99% fell 1.6%. Credit Agricole SA ACA, +1.38% lost 2.6% after Goldman Sachs cut the stock to sell from neutral.
The CAC 40 index PX1, +0.60% gained 0.2% to 3,612.10, with shares of Total SA FP, -0.07% TOT, -2.41% up 0.9% on the back of higher oil prices. See: Oil futures rise after four-session decline
In the U.K., shares of Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDSB, +1.03% RDS.B, -1.29% gained 0.5%, while those of BG Group PLC UK:BG added 0.7%.
Pointing in the other direction, WPP PLC WPP, +2.11% fell 1.1%, after Deutsche Bank cut the advertising firm to hold from buy.
The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.90% rose 0.1% to 5,921.63. Read more about U.K. stocks
And in Germany, shares of Deutsche Bank AG DBK, +0.86% DB, +1.05% lost 1.1% and Commerzbank AG shares CBK, -0.57% gave up 1.6%.
The DAX 30 index DAX, +0.60% however, closed 0.2% higher at 7,530.92.
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Abdominal point tenderness is the pain you feel when pressure is placed over a certain part of the belly area (abdomen).
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Abdominal tenderness
The abdomen is an area of the body a doctor can easily examine by touch. Thehealth care providercan feel growths and organs in the belly area and find where you feel pain.
Abdominal tenderness can be mild to severe. "Rebound" tenderness occurs when the tissue that lines the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum) is irritated, inflamed, or infected. Such a condition is called
Common Causes
Abdominal abscess Appendicitis
- Certain types of
hernias Meckels diverticulum
- Ovarian torsion (twisted Fallopian tube)
Call your health care provider if
Any person with point tenderness should call the emergency number (911) or go to an emergency room to be examined right away by a health care provider.
What to expect at your health care providers office
Your health care provider will examine you andgently push on different areas of your belly. Persons with peritonitis will often tense the abdominal muscles when area is touched. This is called "guarding."
The doctor will note any point tenderness. This is a general term that means you have tenderness in a certain area.
For example, if you have appendicitis, you will likely have point tenderness when a certain part of your belly area is touched. This area is called McBurneys point.
The health care provider will also ask questions about your symptoms and medical history:
- When did the symptoms start?
- Is this the first time you have had such discomfort?
- If not, when does the discomfort tend to occur?
- What other symptoms do you have? For example, do you have:
Constipation Diarrhea
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- Fever
The following tests may be done:
Abdominal x-ray Abdominal CT scan(occasionally)
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Mcquaid K. Approach to the patient with gastrointestinal disease. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 134.
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Skateboarders Garrison and Kevin, and Garrison's on-and-off girlfriend, Skye, are in many ways living the archetypical American teen life. Growing up in the small southern California town of Santa Clarita, they hang out, listen to punk music, change their hairstyles (and hair colors) and complain about living in a place with nothing to do. They explore friendship, discover first love (and heartbreak) and dream about the future. They are unconventional, perhaps, because they combine their Christian faith with American teen culture. They also show remarkable candor in front of the camera.
As beautifully and vividly captured in the new documentary Only the Young, something else is different--the America around them. Foreclosed homes, empty swimming pools, trashy underpasses and a closed mini golf course form much of the visual poetry of Garrison and Kevin's daily skates around town. As high school graduation approaches, these signs of a nation in economic turmoil become dramatic realities that complicate the teens' relationships and their hopes for the future.
Garrison and Kevin have been best friends since they were 13. The film opens with Garrison and his girlfriend, Skye, lying on the floor and staring at the ceiling, speaking dreamily of life and love. All the elements for a romantic coming-of-age story are in place. As the two wrestle with the progress of their romance, trying to understand the difference between love and friendship, it comes out that Kevin and Skye, in a moment of "wasted" abandon, kissed. The revelation threatens the boys' friendship. When Garrison and Skye later break up, both find new romantic interests.
While Skye says she is content to be friends with Garrison, she can't help but disparage his new girlfriend, Kristen, for being "a hip-hop dancing crazy liberal," which in turn brings a collective effort by church members to break up the young couple. Meanwhile, Kevin, the more alienated member of the trio, who sometimes engages in the practice of cutting his arms, competes in a skateboard competition offering a prize that would pay for college or trade school.
Only the Young vividly captures the tones and feelings of these milestones, evoking the poetry of youthful idylls, but also plumbing these kids' particular experiences to reveal the grain. Garrison and Kevin reconcile their faith with cultural tastes typically seen as rebellious. As Shannon Hudson, Garrison and Kevin's mentor and head of Ignition Skate Ministry, says at one of the group's charity events, "We come out here to show the love of Jesus Christ though skateboarding. I know that's kind of weird-sounding 'cause a lot of skateboarders are looked at as punks or outcasts and whatnot, and we kind of gladly accept that image." For Garrison, Kevin and Skye, it doesn't sound weird at all.
As in all good coming-of-age stories, the realities of adulthood begin to intrude on the exhilarating experiences of first love, early friendship and budding dreams. Garrison and especially Skye and Kevin begin to feel the consequences of the scenes of economic decline that surround them. Kevin is the first of the three to graduate, but his parents cannot possibly afford to send to him to college or trade school. The family decides to move to Tennessee with the hope that he will be able to afford further schooling there, which entails uprooting the 18-year-old at the precise moment when, as he says, "I don't know what I'm doing."
Skye faces challenges as well. She was lovingly raised by her grandparents, and just as she's waiting for her father's release from prison, she discovers that her mother is trying to re-enter her life by "friending" her on Facebook--a strange moment when new technology meets old wounds. Skye rebuffs her mother, but faces additional turmoil and an uncertain future due to her grandparents' shaky finances. Throughout Only the Young, she has been the most resolute in her faith, and now it is sorely tested: "I had so much faith that everything was going to be okay," she says, "and I've waited so long to have my dad back."
Only the Young is a beautifully filmed portrait of contemporary American youth, combining the authenticity of documentary with the narrative pacing of fiction, accompanied by a soulful soundtrack featuring original songs by Nick Thorburn (The Unicorns). It suggests that youth will always be a font of profound personal and social questions and that teen life will always have a special place in American culture. But it also shows that the economic future that the young in today's America face is more troubled than it has been for generations.


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RastaPitLover wrote:Marinepits wrote:Can you teach MY husband to cook?
If you can teach my wife how to cook. Thank god my mother taught me how to cook cause i'd be a toothpick by now.
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hahahaha! i dont cook my bf does and thank godd!!!!! i love it when men cook! when i have children if i have a boy hes learning how to cook and clean hehe
Marinepits wrote:Oy, that pic with the leaf in his mouth! Tooooooo cute!
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Thomas Muller says Bayern Munich will respect Borussia Dortmund when they meet at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
The fixture gives the Bavarians the chance to stretch their lead at the top of the table, but despite already being 11 points ahead of third placed BVB, the forward insists Jurgen Klopp's side still pose a dangerous threat.
"Dortmund have been convincing this year in the Champions League, and this achievement should be respected," he told reporters at a press conference.
"We are not under any pressure. It is time for us to win, that is what we are aiming for. We are very motivated as it is a clash between the top two teams. We may have won the Super Cup, but that is just the Super Cup, there is prestige at stake too."
Muller's team-mate Franck Ribery also revealed his determination to take all three points from the crunch clash, following a poor run of results against the reigning Bundesliga champions in recent times.
"This is an important game for us," he explained.
"It is like the Champions League. We have lost the last five games. We played them twice in the league, played very well, but still lost 1-0. This time we need to play freely and without pressure."


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