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To survive the economic catastrophe we must stand up and speak out against the Bush-Cheney horse and sparrow economics that the Republicans want to keep in place with their idea that the huge tax cuts for the richest people will fix the economy.
The Republicans cry that Obamas stimulus plan will be a tax burden on our grandchildren. But where were both political groups when Bush-Cheney ran the national debt up from $5 trillion to $10 trillion?
They all went along with the free market deregulatory banking and speculative real estate bubble that gave the illusion of prosperity until it burst.
The Democrats went along like cowardly zombies when Dick Cheney was promoting invading Iraq based on the lies about weapons of mass destruction, and before its done Iraq will cost the US taxpayers trillions of dollars, if we include the lifetime disability to wounded and sick.
There was a total lack of common sense in Congress and the White House by selling China interest-gaining bonds to pay for the war, with now $2 trillion in debt to China.
John McCain didnt have a clue how to get out of this economic mess. Lucky for us he was not elected, or someone like Rudy Giuliani.
Work-a-day Americans are mad as hell about how those bankers used that first economic stimulus bailout money to give themselves huge bonuses. Rudy Giuliani stood up for Wall Street bankers and almost cried and said, Those multimillion-dollar bonuses they got trickle down to clerks to sales staff to waiters in swank restaurants and real estate agents selling mansions and gardeners and housekeepers and trash collections.
That is horse and sparrow economics, whereby if you let greedy horses gorge on oats, some of that grain will pass through their systems and be deposited on the ground for the sparrows to peck at and enjoy.
Al Hamburg
Torrington, Wyo.
Russell Baker, the popular former New York Times columnist, was so right when he wrote that were not only what we eat, but also what we read. I only wish every person in America could read Margot Ford McMillens, Confined Animals Sink the Farm [3/15/09 TPP]!
If they could, wed all be compassionate consumers by never again eating meat or eggs, or drinking milk from animals imprisoned and tortured in factory farms.
Instead, we would launch a grassroots movement to return farming and animal husbandry to the small farmers in Americanot only because they love farming and take pride in their work, but also because they are the best custodians of the land.
And we would no longer entrust our land, our food, or our health to the greedy hands of corporations whose only concern is profit.
David Quintero
Temple City, Calif.
As Mark Engler seems to put it in his article The End of the End of America [3/1/09 TPP], since Obama won, its time to pull the wooden horse outside the city gate into the city and party. Naomi Wolf was wrong. We were never in any danger to lose our freedom [Engler seems to believe].
No, Naomi Wolf is right and Mark Engler is wrong. Just look at the facts. Obama won because the economy is bad and not for any other reason. The Military Commissions Act and everything else Naomi Wolf wrote in The End of America remain unknown to most people. Indeed, had not the economy tanked, Sarah Palin, a woman with strong ties to both the Alaskan Independence Party and the Aryan Nations, would now be just a heartbeat away from being president. Also, the power that Bush gave himself are passed on to the next president, and every president to follow. If that very fact is not a danger to our freedom, what is?
Engler said that what Bush has done is nothing new, and he cites the Cointelpro raids as an example. But never before has a president set forward a policy of which the aim is to destroy the Bill of Rights and our form of government as we know it. And Bush came by close to it.
Sadly, people like Mark Engler still dont get it.
David Raisman
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Regarding Ted Ralls Thats It? If Bushies Escape Justice, Whats Left of the US? column [2/15/09 TPP], last month a letter writer mentioned Vincent Bugliosis The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (2008). ... [T]he most serious crime ever committed in American historythe president of this nation, George W. Bush, knowingly and deliberately taking this country to war under false pretenses, a war that condemned over 100,000 human beings, including 4,000 American soldiers, to horrible, violent death. That, of course, is the most serious consequence of Bushs monumentally criminal behavior. State attorneys general may find this actionable and justice would be served.
On the other hand, President Abraham Lincoln had a policy of Malice to none and charity to all. Confederate Gen. Bedford Forrest massacred the mostly black garrison of Fort Pillow: 300 strong, after they had surrendered to him. This proved counter-productive because the black soldiers (whom Union Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler called his Native Guard) used Remember Fort Pillow ever since, and they were about 179,000 strong, according to the National Archives.
Forrest was pardoned after the Civil War and became a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan that he left when it seemed to violent for him. An editorial in the now defunct St. Louis Globe-Democrat once recommended naming a St. Louis public school after him.
Hindsight is 20-20. Bring charges for 9/11 against Osama bin Laden to the International Criminal Court in the Hague based on his video testimony; with an indictment from it, the Taliban would most likely turn him over and there would be no reason to invade Afghanistan. There never was a valid reason to invade Iraq. Radio talk show host Randi Rhodes calls that a shell game: Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleum and so forth.
Joseph J. Kuciejczyk Jr.
St. Louis, Mo.
In Pardon the Miscreants, 3/15/09 TPP, Joe Conasons sentence, But the president is understandably reluctant to be perceived as punishing the previous administration and exacerbating divisions-even for the loftiest purposes of democracy and justice, is either an attempt at dark humor or a non sequitur. If Conason thinks Obama can seek truth without vengeance then there has to be a massive amendment to the Constitution of the US, which will enable us to violate at will the Torture Ban Treaty and all of the Nuremberg Tribunal laws. Given the speed with which the US has enacted the Equal Rights Amendment, we have a long wait ahead. The logical consequences of the Bush Junta getting off scot free is that we have to open all prison gates and let the torturers, murderers and rapists go free. Collectively their crimes pale to insignificance when compared with our crimes in undertaking illegal preemptive wars all over the world since 1945.
Bernard J. Berg
Easton, Pa.
I was born in 1923 and remember the Depression very well. I remember sitting with my farm family and listening to the Fireside Chats. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a man to be honored and respected in our home. And he made mistakes, which he corrected and persevered and he kept the peoples confidence with his honesty.
There are so many problems, serious problems, and are we being informed? Obama quotes FDR and indicates his profound respect and honor but Im beginning to see that he is no Roosevelt. How can our people survive if there are no jobs? That was the first thing Roosevelt did to stop the effects of unbridled greed that had been the modus operandi of the years that preceded the Great Depression. Does anyone see the similarities between then and now? When will the men in power address the big problem of the jobs here in America going global? What were they thinking? With no jobs here, how can taxes be paid? Shouldnt that be a priority?
My little mutual fund has gone from stability for me to in the tank. I could access from it to pay insurance and taxes before but no more! Im 85. Social Security is not enough to live on. Health care is too expensive. Taxes are punishing. How do old people cope?
Betty Smith Graham
Greenville, Ohio
I woke up this morning remembering my dream. I was at work as an economics instructor at Wichita State University (Kansas) in the 1960s and 70s. As a newly trained economist then and as a lowly instructor, I was given the task to teach Consumer Economics, and I loved it, my all-time favorite course. In due time, in the course, there was a section on the Stock Market. There was not the time to go into all the details, just the function of the stock market in the economy, a little history and a little investing philosophy. Which is: NEVER invest more in the market than you can afford to lose! Always remember the risks, and there are many.
When did the whole country go to sleep and believe the dream that the market would always rise and there was no risk? From the top to the bottom, it seems everyone bought in. Bush wanted to put Social Security in the market. Employers moved the risk of maintaining pensions to their employees/retirees in 401ks. And so on. Now that we are in a rapid contraction, it almost seems like we feel the record rise in the market is/was an entitlement. It had been bloated for years anyway, with greed and spending beyond our means.
So lets get real and let go of the illusions and build our way back to balance and diversification on more solid footing and not demand the impossible from our leaders. I get a little tired of all the second-guessing already of President Obama. He does not have the power to recreate for us all our assumed losses. We have to begin by making better decisions ourselves, too. The Stock Market is not the only place for savings/investments. Time to wake up!
(Yes, I have an IRA, like others, and it is down in value of course. I am shouldering that risk and trying not to whine. Also I am hoping a few of my students remembered what I told them so long ago.)
Linda (Graham) Gruer
Shelton, Wash.
The word consumer is now used almost exclusively by the media and those speaking for big business and/or the obscenely and in most cases criminallyalthough not so recognized by our corrupted and servile governmentsuper wealthy. The use of consumer instead of the respectful word patron or customer to denote members of the middle classes is intended to subconsciously convince the average person that his or her sole function is, by spending ones meager income, to enable the wealthy to become even wealthier. Consumer brings to my mind a picture of pigs feeding at the trough. The masses now apparently accept the word; but I find it denigrating and insulting. Ironically, it is the Robber Barons, as they were correctly called in the early 1900s, who are feeding at the trough, slurping down the national wealth produced by the workers.
FDR was a great president, but what he accomplished after 1929 was exactly what he intended; that is, he saved capitalism. He was a member of the elite but realized he had to do what he did to prevent either the rise of socialism or the decline of the USA. Although I voted for Obama both because I thought it was about time that someone at least half black filled the office of president, and because I feared the results if McBush got in, I will be much more satisfied the further Obama moves to the left. Socialism is not communism (as we know it). European countries are socialist (in varying degrees) but most, even in the Balkans, are at least as much a democracy as we are.
Phil Sullivan
Woodstock, N.Y.
Seize Non-Profits
Is there any research organization willing to uncover the amounts of capital stashed in foundations, trusts and other non-profits?
Tax-exempt enterprises privileged status is overlooked in the rigors of a nation under threat of takeover by global lenders. Resources enough to cover payoff of our national debt probably rest therein.
Impounding resources of tax-exempts, leaving their earnings to continue their operations, could not kill the gooseying mechanisms of golden egg producers.
To unnecessarily enslave dwindling numbers of tax-generating Americans axes the neck of the real golden goose.
Freeing hidden wealth set aside in times of largesse seems the better expedient for this financial crisis.
Emily B. Hughes
Nashville, Tenn.
Having served during three wars, 1942-1973, I feel remiss in not offering concern on the wars in which we are engaged. Although you are responsible and have info I dont have, I offer the following:
I am against any further excursion into Afghanistan. The Russians, even with short supply lines, after nine years left with their tails between their legs. Also, I see no reason for staying in Iraq.
The Christian world does not understand (not that I do) the Muslim world and their constant battles between different sects of their faith. We are considered Infidels, worthy only of bloody destruction.
Let them solve their problems. I dont have the answer, if anyone has. I am tired of seeing us waste our youth where they not wanted. Also, the financial drain on our faltering economy. Because Democracy is good for us doesnt mean it is for other nations.
I certainly pray this never ending war will not be your Waterloo. People are getting tired of war, even just ones, much less fighting in an area for an idea the warring nations do not want to even consider, PEACE.
For what it is worth!
Col. Colin J. N. Chauret, USAF Retired
Universal City, Texas
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Ok well i got a new Dell Studio 435 Tower in april or so i7 920, 6gb 1066 tri-channel, 1gb ATI 4870, 750GB WD Black Caviar... i was running x64 Vista Home Premium and it was smooth as butter... had a 5.9 WEI and was pretty happy with performance.
2 nights ago i saw that the W7 RTM was available on MSDN so i snagged x64 W7 Home Premium... upgraded in place fine but now its much slower than my x64 was!
It takes longer to both boot up and shut down, some programs freeze when opening or closing them... i re took the WEI and it went down to 5.5. For some reason all my other scores shot up to 7.5 except my Ram which fell to 5.5 and my HDD which fell to 5.9 ???
I started investigating and it now says that i have 6GB installed and 1.99GB usable. What? When i was using Vista it said nearly all of it was usable.
I went into my bios... updated it to the newest version along with the intel chipset... in bios it states that i have 2048 available out of 2048 installed??? I have combed my bios and don't see ANYTHING that will let me mess with ram period.
I did the whole start>run>msconfig>boot>max ram, but no matter what i do it always defaults back to 2048 when i reboot my machine and go back to it.
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do a clean install. Upgrading from Vista leaves a lot to be desired.
I upgrade my HP 2710p Tablet PC from Vista 32bit to W7 Ultimate 32bit. Never again.
I had no issues with the Beta and RC and other builds - but RTM just does not upgrade Vista very well, at least in my experience.
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Wha? Is that really the answer?
I mean its the obvious first option, but i was hoping there would be a way to fix it without blowing it away...
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+1 to what John said ... Take the time to back up your important files, then do a clean install, You'll be glad you did...
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Ok tomorrow i'll perform a clean install.
Would it even fix my ram issue?
Strange that my mobo only reports a possible/utilized 2gb
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blew it away this afternoon after transferring all my data...
This time i installed Ultimate instead of Home Premium.
It does seem to run a little smoother but the ram issue still exists.
Right click my computer properties says 6gb installed, 1.99gb usable.
My dell chipset/bios have been updated but still says only 2048 installed and usable.
***Just did the WEI on this fresh install as well (it was blank) and got a 5.5 again! What gives? x64 Vista gave me a 5.9, but W7 is a 5.5? Frustrating because all other scores have jumped from 5.9 to 7.5 except the ram(5.5) and HDD(5.9)
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Reuben Leatherwood, born abt. 1797 North Carolina. Married Elizabeth Garrison 29 March 1822, in Burke County, North Carolina. known children Rebecca Leatherwood b.1824, NC, Aquilla "Quilla" M. Leatherwood b.1843 Tenn. Reben Leatherwood b. 1836 GA. Elizabeth Leatherwood b. 1840 GA. John Leatherwood b. 1844 Ga, Martha Leatherwood b.1847 Georgia.
He is listed in the 1840 Gilmer County, Georgia Census. In the 1850 Union County, Georgia, Census. He retuned to Cherokee County North Carolina, later Clay County around 1860. Enlisted in the Confederate Army there 25 February 1863. Nothing on him after that date, though I don't believe he was killed in the Civil War. He may be buried in Clay County, NC.
His Wife Betsy shows up in Polk County, Tennessee in the 1870 Census. She is living with son Aquilla M. Leatherwood, and his family. Nothing else on her after Census.
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A big part of Fat Tuesday, and the upcoming Lenten season, is the food.
They were making fauschnauts Tuesday at the New York Bakery in Frackville. Nearly 1,400 fauschnauts and donuts were cooked, ready for sale. It takes dedication and hard work.
Those who run the bakery know that Fat Tuesday sales makes the registers ring.
"Right after Christmas you have a lull. You look forward to Fat Tuesday, donut day. It like gives you another holiday and we've been busy like a holiday," said Robin Tybursky of New York Bakery.
Some customers take this day and what's coming up seriously.
"The journey to Lent and fasting for the next 40 days," said Stacy Folk of Delano. "The next 40 days should be spent honoring why we are here and what's leading up to Good Friday and Easter Sunday."
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Geological Evolution Of A Pleistocene Rhyolitic Center - Sierra La Primavera, Jalisco, Mexico
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AbstractThe Sierra La Primavera volcanic complex consists of late Pleistocene comenditic lava flows and domes. ash-flow tuff, air-fall pumice, and cold caldera-lake sediments. The earliest lavas were erupted about 120,000 years ago, and were followed approximately 95,000 years ago by the eruption of about 20 km3 of magma as ash flows that form the compositionally-zoned Tala Tuff. Collapse of the roof zone of the magma chamber led to the formation of a shallow 11-km-diameter caldera. It soon filled with water, forming a caldera lake in which sediment began to collect. At about the same time, two central domes erupted through the middle of the lake and a "giant pumice horizon", an important stratigraphic marker, was deposited. Shortly thereafter ring domes erupted along two parallel arcs: one along the northeast portion of the ring fracture, and the other crossing the middle of the lake. All these events occurred during a period of approximately 5,000-10,000 years. Sedimentation continued and a period of volcanic quiescence was marked by the deposition of some 30 m of fine-grained ashy sediments virtually free from pumice lapilli. Approximately 75,000 years ago, a new group of ring domes erupted at the southern margin of the lake. These domes are lapped by only 10-20 m of sediments, as uplift resulting from renewed insurgence of magma brought an end to the lake. This uplift culminated in the eruption, beginning approximately 60,000 years ago, of aphyric lavas along a southern arc. The youngest of these lavas erupted approximately 20,000-30,000 years ago. The four major fault systems in the Sierra La Primavera are related to caldera collapse or to uplift caused by the insurgence of the southern are magma. Steam vents and larga-discharge 65°C hot springs are associated with the faulting. Calculated equilibrium temperatures of the geothermal fluids are ~170°C, but temperatures in excess of 240°C have been encountered in an exploratory drill hole. A seismic survey showed attenuation of both S and P waves within the caldera, P waves attenuated more severely than S waves. The greatest attenuation is associated with an area of steam vents, and the rapid lateral variations in attenuation suggest that they are produced by a shallow geothermal system rather than by underlying magma.
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Are Tyrants Necessary?
At the Dawn of Tyranny: The Origins of Individualism, Political Oppression, and the State
The story is told about Herbert Spencer that when T.H. Huxley discovered that in his youth Spencer had written a tragedy, he remarked that he knew what the plot must have been: "a beautiful theory killed by a nasty, ugly, little fact." It is a story which comes immediately to mind on reading the back jacket of this book by Eli Sagan, who teaches at Berkeley and has previously published books on cannibalism and on violence in ancient Greece. There we find the following astonishing comment by Professor Robert N. Bellah on Sagan's thesis about the origins of the state:
As social theory, Sagan's analysis of the necessity for the concentration of power in the hands of the tyrant in order to make the transition from kinship structures to nonkinship structures is one of the most profound insights that I know of in the whole range of social science.
Profound it may or may not be; but it is false. States—that is, permanent forms of central political organization independent of kinship—do often originate through, as Sagan has it, a "tyrannical monarch" with "the power to overthrow the kinship system." But this is by no means always so. There are exceptions, and they disprove the rule.
The most obvious are those where the transition to statehood comes about not through a surrender of sovereign power into the hands of a single person but through its being placed in the hands of magistrates whose scope for abusing power is deliberately circumscribed in advance. Magistrates can, to be sure, turn into tyrants. Aristotle, who knew at least something about what had gone on during the period when the city-states of Greece came into being out of the anarchy that followed the collapse of Mycenaean civilization, is quite explicit about the risk that an elected "overseer" might use his term of tenure to usurp monarchical power, as happened, for example, in Miletus. And awareness of that risk by contemporaries themselves is strikingly confirmed by the survival of an inscription of the seventh century BC from Dreros, in Crete, in which a chief magistrate who has held annual office is specifically forbidden to hold it again for another ten years. But even if the restrictions imposed did not prevent the emergence of tyrants later on, when one or another war leader, administrator, lawgiver, or noble was able to secure a sufficient following to put down any opponents or rivals, it cannot be argued, as Sagan does, that the change from rule by the heads of lineages, clan chiefs, or village patriarchs to statehood in its proper sense comes about always and only through the successful assumption of quasi-divine omnipotence by charismatic heroes (or villains).
Even in early Mesopotamia, where kingship was intimately and explicitly associated with divinity and conquerors like Sargon of Akkad behaved as tyrannically as any of the rulers whom Sagan has in mind, the initial transition to statehood appears to have come about by way of local councils—reminiscent of…
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A poignant and timely video created by our friends at Ecomotive Limited in Bristol. Thanks to Jackson Moulding for interviewing our Mark Lakeman and featuring some familiar projects :)
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As part of the multi-disciplinary Permaculture and Social Equity Team (P+SET) selected to research issues of climate change in the Bay Area and propose design ideas to promote resiliency, Communitecture conceived of this Regional Resource Park on Mare Island.
The Context
Mare Island is a peninsula within the city limits of Vallejo, CA but separated from the city by the mouth of the Napa River. Vallejo boasts a high level of cultural and racial diversity as well as civic engagement but is plagued by poverty, lack of jobs, crime, and disease due to pollution and lack of access to nutrition. The assets of Mare Island include the abandoned buildings of a naval base that was shut down in 1996, a historic cemetery, a marsh, a grassroots volunteer-run wildlife and heritage preserve and a lot of open space. Some of the needs that were highlighted in our research were green jobs, housing, local food production, carbon sequestration, protection from flooding, and a ceremonial place for collective grieving in times of tragedy.
The Solution
This proposal matches a tremendous regional resource with important and timely needs. The extent and scale of the former naval structures on Mare Island is matched only by the scope and scale of the City of Vallejo and the Bay Area's need to become resilient. By enacting the adaptive projects and features described and illustrated in this proposal, Mare Island can help answer the call to provide equitable jobs in urgently needed resilient technology, more equitable jobs in related educational and cultural fields, and adjacent affordable housing in a smart growth configuration. All adaptive development will ensure that existing wildlife areas and resources are protected and enhanced.
This proposal integrates numerous existing development plans for the island while adding new ideas and features. Art is joined with ecology in the new cultural village at the Southeast edge. An outdoor education village at the southern extent brings regional youth outdoors to explore land and water. This proposal also expands the existing naval memorial site by bringing community to the top of the island where they will find spectacular views from an expanded memorial facility. There is also a proposed energy and food production, job-creating facility located on the highlands of the island. As an educational and productive resource, this facility can generate power for 1800 homes and provide lots of locally grown food. Lastly, on the western side of the island there is an Equity & Livelihood Village where more than 400 people from most vulnerable populations can find family housing and green jobs. In this case, "equity" refers to a village of active engagement and involvement in all processes and decision-making.
Adaptive Reuse Naval Base
Mare Island Heritage Preserve & Interpretive Center
Arts & Ecology Village
Outdoor Education Campus
Southern Island Heritage and Wildlife Park with Memorial
172 Acre Energy and Food Farm (2nd Phase)
Equity & Livelihood Village
Post by Jason Fifield
Photo from the Kenton Women's Village
Please join us in this inspiring project to support veterans who are experiencing houselessness in Clackamas County. This project involves a unique collaboration between Communitecture, the Pickathon Music Festival, the Portland State School of Architecture Center for Public Interest Design (CPID), and the S.A.F.E. Pod, designed by SRG Parternship. The Treeline Stage at Pickathon was designed and built by CPID students using trusses from the S.A.F.E. Pod design so that the stage could be disassembled and repurposed to provide shelter. We hope this innovative collaboration will be repeated for future festivals.
The trusses will be used to build 15 sleeping pods that will be located at the Veterans' Village in Clackamas County. In addition to utilizing repurposed trusses, this project will provide much needed shelter and other services at a low construction cost through the efforts of volunteer work parties.
We invite you to participate in this exciting opportunity to construct shelters for houseless veterans in Clackamas County! All skill levels are welcome - training and tools will be provided on site, led by Born and Raised Construction. Work parties throughout October are generally Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 1:00 to 5:00 and Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 - 5:00.
See the link from City Repair for more information and to sign up: http://www.cityrepair.org/cc-vet-village/
For the village as a whole, we are working diligently on the land use review process, building permits, and site plan design. We are honored to be working with such great partners on this project, which also include Clackamas County, Catholic Charities, and the Village Coalition.
This year's Village Building Convergence (VBC) was a huge success! We would like to highlight some great work parties at our headquarters building in SE Portland, and to thank the volunteers who helped with these fun and informative projects. We installed an planted an espalier fence, we gathered discarded urbanite from a driveway demolition and built an urbanite planter wall, and we painted the roof of our building white to reduce the urban heat island effect (and to keep our 2nd floor office tenants a little cooler this summer). Thanks again for everyone involved! Stop by to check out these projects!
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Communitecture is very excited to be working with two great organizations that provide so much value to our community:
ROSE Community Development:
25th Anniversary Celebration - May 4, 2017 - Rosette Sponsor
Portland VOZ:
2017 Annual Dinner - Trabajo Sin Muros; Work Without Walls - June 14, 2017 - Presenting Sponsor
ROSE Community Development has been advocating for and providing affordable housing and economic opportunities in SE Portland since 1992. In an era of gentrification and increased housing prices, ROSE provides community ownership that helps to control prices and allows many people in need to have a safe, clean place to live. ROSE's impact has greatly contributed to our city through affordable housing, youth initiatives, support for families and young children, and many other community resources.
Portland VOZ allows for day laborers and immigrants to come together and promote civil rights, fair labor practices, job training, education, and leadership skills. They are a worker-led organization, with the intent of providing workers with the knowledge and experience to obtain long term employment. Additionally, Portland VOZ has created the opportunity for workers to organize and reduce discrimination and wage theft. Portland VOZ represents many who provide valuable and important work throughout our region.
Communitecture is honored to be supporting and working with such wonderful organizations. We hope you will join us at these fundraising events!
The renovations at our new property are nearly complete--we are officially moving in--and you could too! We have a lovely office available to rent to a business or non-profit that compliments our office culture. We are a vibrant community of activists, architects, community builders and volunteers who form friendships at work, share home-cooked meals, garden together, and keep each other inspired to make Portland a better place. The landscape surrounding the office will be cultivated as a permaculture demonstration site. Non-profits, designers, engineers, women-owned and minority-owned businesses encouraged to apply.
The private office is 170 SF, featuring a window, vintage hardwood floors, lovely natural paint, a walk-in closet, and built-ins with a sink. It's in the upper level of two-story converted house. $625/month. Available immediately. One year renewable agreement preferred.
- Utilities included
- High-speed wi-fi and an ethernet port
- 24/7 access
- Security system
- Use of shared conference room
- Shared full kitchen and break area
- Outdoor space w/ gardens and fruit trees
- Sign facing Division Street (at cost to you)
- On the 4 Bus Line; two blocks to the 70 Bus Line; four blocks to MAX Orange Line stop
- Close to restaurants, coffee shops, New Seasons, People's, Ladd's parks
- Cleaning services
- Off-street parking
- Phone line (can be added for monthly fee)
Please note: You must climb a flight of stairs to access your space. The conference room is on the ground floor, but there are a few stairs to enter the building as well.
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Post by Jason Fifield
After the State of Oregon removed a ban on inclusionary zoning earlier in 2016, the City of Portland followed with the approval of inclusionary zoning on December 21, 2016. Inclusionary zoning is a policy that requires developers to build a portion of housing units to be sold or rented at a lower rate for low income families and individuals. To offset lower revenues, most jurisdictions allow for other incentives with these projects, such as increased density, lower parking requirements, expedited permits, and subsidies. Prior to the change in Oregon state law, Oregon and Texas were only states in the US that did not allow inclusionary zoning. Over 200 communities in the US have adopted inclusionary zoning in some form.
Beginning in February of 2017 in the City of Portland, developers of multi-dwelling projects of 20 or more units will have two basic options:
1. Provide 20% of the units to residents that make no more than 80% of the region's Median Family Income.
2. Provide 10% of the units to residents that make no more than 60% of the region's Median Family Income.
- Developers may choose to pay an additional fee instead of selecting one of these options - Note: The Portland region's Median Family Income for a family of 4 in 2016 is $73,300
The intent of inclusionary zoning is to allow more diverse neighborhoods to exist, to provide options for low income residents to live in all neighborhoods of a city, and to address the housing crisis by requiring affordable housing to be built along with market rate housing. Many low income families and individuals have benefited from this practice by being able to live in an area of their community that allows them to have access to good schools, transit, and business opportunities.
Portland City Council and many affordable housing advocates have applauded this development, but there are mixed reviews about the success of inclusionary zoning. Critics state that it increases the cost of construction, which will reduce the number of new housing units being built and thus increase the cost of housing. Also, while the affordable housing units in a given development are available at lower costs, the market rate units in the same development are likely to be more expensive to offset revenue losses of the lower rate units. Finally, the housing crisis in Portland is so extreme that the number of affordable housing units built through the inclusionary zoning process is likely to be far less than the demand for these types of units.
Despite these shortcomings, inclusionary zoning is a positive step in the fight against the housing crisis. Through its implementation, many will receive the housing assistance and opportunities they need to advance and make further contributions to our city. Neighborhoods and cities are stronger and more vital when they are inhabited by diverse people and families, which is encouraged by inclusionary zoning. Also, tax exemptions, systems development charge waivers, and other credits will help to subsidize revenue losses to developers. However, inclusionary zoning should not be seen as a complete solution to the housing crisis. Many additional strategies are critically important to provide an equitable and diverse housing market as Portland's population is expected to increase by approximately 250,000 by 2040.
One additional policy change that provides some of the strongest protection for many of Portland's residents came as a result of a unanimous City Council vote on Thursday February 2nd. After hearing many hours of testimony from residents, property owners, and other concerned citizens, Portland's City Council approved a law that requires property owners to pay relocation costs of between $2,900 and $4,500 to tenants when rents have been raised by more than 10 percent or when a no-cause eviction has been issued. This law was approved as part of Portland's declaration of a housing emergency in 2015. It will be in place until October when the State of Emergency in Housing is scheduled to lapse, although it can be extended past that date.
No-cause evictions often plague long-time residents as neighborhoods are gentrified and pressure builds for property owners to sell and redevelop buildings, so this law will provide much needed assistance. Property owners have also been known to increase rent by extremely high percentages, which often serves as a default eviction since it prices out many residents. Like inclusionary zoning, advocates admit that this law isn't perfect. But, as pointed out by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly: "This is the only tool the City of Portland has to protect renters and we are using it."
With many issues coming forward that affect the present and future of housing in Portland, we will keep you updated with the latest developments and insights.
Post by Robin Koch
While there is not one blanket solution to the problem of houselessness in Portland, some of those in need are finding relief in self-made villages. Communitecture's involvement with this effort dates back to the early days, when our principal designer Mark Lakeman was involved in creating Dignity Village fifteen years ago. Today, new iterations such as Hazelnut Grove are growing in to refuges for self-organized groups of people who desperately need a safe place to rest.
Earlier this year, Mark began collaborating with the Village Coalition and the Center for Public Interest Design to engage architects from all over Portland in building new solutions. On October first, a vibrant room full of creative and hopeful minds got together to brainstorm design ideas to shape sleeping pods ranging from 48 to 80 square feet. Architects, activists, and homeless people sat down together with pens and paper to share ideas. From this charrette, fourteen design teams formed and were each awarded a $2,000 grant by the mayor's office to build their designs.
Photos by Julian Dominic
Many of us worked late in to the night over the last three weeks to build our structures in a big old warehouse on the river. As the roof leaked rain drops on to our table saw, and temperatures dropped, City Repair volunteers made sure we had coffee and pizza and encouragement to get us through the long hours. Our friends as well as volunteers we've never met showed up to lend a hand, simply to be part of this important effort.
Since yesterday morning, the pods have been making their way downtown to be publicly displayed over the weekend. Snow and sleet fell as they were unloaded from the truck as a perfect reminder of how important basic shelter is to our fellow Portlanders.
The Communitecture design team consisted of Mark Lakeman, Dylan Thomas, and Robin Koch, joined on the construction site by builder Elwood Johncox. Our design--known as the "doorplex"--exhibits at least three unique characteristics that set it apart from the other pods. Firstly, it's largely composed of repurposed materials including hollow-core doors as walls, metal construction site signs as roofing, and cabinet doors fitted with plexiglass as windows. Secondly, we carved two separate living spaces out of one 64 square foot space by stacking sleeping bunks, each with their own entrance. There are so many people needing shelter this winter that we wanted to push the envelope and shelter more than one. And last, the curved roof shows just how much we care about making this structure special.
See all 14 of the pods arranged in a village layout this weekend at the north end of the NW Park Blocks (511 NW Broadway Ave.) They will be on display all weekend, with a panel discussion at PNCA on Saturday at 11am. A closing reception will be held the following Saturday, December 17th, 11am - 2pm at the same location.
Following the display the pods will be moved to a new homeless village to shelter those who need them most.
Photo by Priti Shah
Photos by Dylan Thomas and Robin Koch except where noted. Rendering by Dylan Thomas.
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Post by Robin Koch
One of the most urgent issues in Portland these days is finding a place for everyone to live in an equitable way. It's heartbreaking to hear of elderly citizens, people with disabilities, and families with children being displaced from their homes, where they may have been paying hard-earned rent for many years, while developers profit from the booming real estate market. The use of land as a commodity has blinded many to what should be the true values and functions of a community. That's why the City of Portland has been pressuring the state to lift its ban on inclusionary zoning and has recently succeeded.
With the passage of SB 1533 on June 2, 2016, the state allows local governments to use inclusionary zoning and to implement a new 1% construction excise tax to support affordable housing. Portland is on its way to implementing inclusionary zoning later this year and has already passed the tax to fund it.
If you apply for a building permit after this Monday, you will notice a new construction excise tax in the amount of 1% of the project's value when you pay for your permit. (Note that ADU's and projects under $100K are exempt.) For many of our clients, this tax will increase project costs by at least a couple thousand dollars, so we wanted to know: What will the tax be used for?
Commercial projects are expected to generate at least $2.5 million per year for the Portland Housing Bureau's new Inclusionary Housing Fund to support the production and preservation of units at and below 60% median family income. This fund was just created under this bill, to subsidize a zoning ordinance that hasn't been passed yet, so I haven't found detailed information on its use.
According to the development activity in the last 5 years, residential projects (1- and 2-family) are likely to pay at least $5.4 million annually toward this tax. In accordance with state-mandated percentages, Portland will allocate 50% of revenue from residential projects for developer incentives for inclusionary zoning, via the Inclusionary Housing Fund. Essentially, as developers create market-rate housing, they will soon be required to create affordable housing as well, and these funds will help make that feasible. 35% of it will support affordable units (like the commercial project revenue). 15% will go to the state's home ownership programs, which assist with down payments.
We will keep you abreast of the progress as the city develops the inclusionary zoning ordinance over the coming months. We all want to know how this will affect our neighborhoods, our projects, and the future of Portland.
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I have come for the McCamembert, but I'm told the burger has sold out all across France, so I settle for a McRaclette, named for the famous cow's milk cheese from the Alpine highlands. ... Afterward, I decamp to the McCafé for a cappuccino and a plate of green tea macaroons. ...
McGowan talks reverently about Tokyo's Tuna McMuffin, with a note of disappointment about the thin pumpkin soup served in Hong Kong, and in general astonishment of the spicy stir-fries—a touch of fish sauce, shallots, and fresh mint—served at McDonald's Thailand (his favorite McDonald's country in the world).
Comb through McDonald's menus and you begin to see a more adventurous way to eat in what many consider to be the least adventurous eating establishment on the planet.
For breakfast, why not a bowl of chicken congee with fried garlic and chilies by the beach in Bali? Or Gallo pinto—spice-charged rice and beans—on the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica?
Big Mac no longer holding your interest? Order the Bulgogi Burger in Seoul, a tray of Currywurst in Berlin, or a grilled chicken pita in the Middle East.
Don't want fries with that? You can try caldo verde in Portugal, gallo pinto in Costa Rica, yucca sticks in Venezuela, cheese empanadas in Chile, or a block of DOP Parmigiano Reggiano in Italy. Late-night munchies? A heaping poutine in Canada will soak up a bit of that booze.
This isn't just a matter of swapping ranch for chimichurri or subbing ground chicken for ground beef. These new additions represent a paradigm shift in the McDonald's way: in the sourcing of ingredients, the assembly line preparation, and the local perception of America's most famous export. Consider Israel, where McDonald's offers 100 percent kosher restaurants, and the beef is leaner and grilled over charcoal fires—more in keeping with the local desire for a healthier meal. Or India, where beef and pork have never made the menu, McDonald's is about to go one step further this year and open its first ever vegetarian restaurant. And in Italy, where the opposition to McDonald's was once so fierce that it sparked the global Slow Food movement, the fast-food titan has joined forces with supermarket superpower Barilla to offer up a line of pasta dishes. The first creation on tap? Penne with tuna, tomatoes, olives, and capers.
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By preparing in advance, you can minimize the time you spend shopping for your new floor. Begin with a sketch of the space where the hardwood will be installed. The sketch should provide the locations of entryways and windows. Take notes as to the type and color of the flooring in adjoining rooms. Include measurements of the length and width of the space, including closets, if applicable.
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The Zuffa axe swung this week, chopping seven fighters from the UFC roster based on recent performance coupled with overall potential. The entire group of since-scrapped scrappers all took to the Octagon this month with the biggest name in the bunch also representing the largest affected athlete – heavyweight Phil De Fries.
According to MMAOpinion, De Fries' nineteen-second knockout loss to Matt Mitrione at UFC on Fuel 9 resulted in his release. The defeat dropped his UFC record to 2-3 with all of his stumbles coming via strike-based stoppage.
Joining De Fries in free agency are Strikeforce veteran Chris Spang, as well as Ultimate Fighter 17 cast-members Kevin Casey, Adam Cella, Jimmy Quinlan, Collin Hart, and Gilbert Smith. All six of the men received the proverbial "one and done" treatment in terms of in-ring appearances under the UFC banner.


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Fla. Health Care Decision Reads Crucial Clause out of Constitution
Adam Winkler, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, individual mandate, McCulloch v. Maryland, Necessary & Proper Clause
By Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor at UCLA School of Law.
Judge Vinson's opinion striking down the Affordable Care Act was remarkable for the ease with which it jettisoned two centuries of settled law. Ever since McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court has held that the Necessary and Proper Clause gives Congress the authority to reach matters otherwise beyond the strict confines of Congress's enumerated powers. Yet Judge Vinson - like Judge Hudson in the Virginia decision several weeks ago - effectively reads the Necessary and Proper Clause out of the Constitution.
Vinson's logic goes like this. The minimum insurance requirement, he says, falls outside of Congress's power to regulate "commerce . . . among the several states" because it regulates inactivity, rather than activity. Of course, nowhere in the text of the Constitution is Congress's authority limited to regulating activity, but ignore that for the moment. Because Congress doesn't have power under the Commerce Clause to require taxpayers to purchase insurance, the Necessary and Proper Clause can't be used to justify the law either.
The judge's decision can't deny that the insurance requirement is necessary. Indeed, it is so central to this comprehensive health insurance regulation that he held the whole law had to be struck down. The problem, he says, is that the minimum coverage provision isn't "proper" because it falls outside of Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause.
If Vinson's tautology were applied to past Necessary and Proper Clause cases, they would come out the other way. In McCulloch, the law chartering a federal bank would be invalidated because Congress doesn't have any explicit power to charter a bank. In Gonzales v. Raich the Court upheld a federal ban on homegrown marijuana because, Justice Scalia's influential concurring opinion explained, it was an essential piece of a comprehensive regulation of a market - even though the growing of marijuana for personal use was beyond the reach of the Commerce Clause. Vinson's reasoning would mandate the opposite result. And just last term, the Supreme Court held in United States v. Comstock that the Necessary and Proper Clause empowered Congress to detain certain sex offenders even though, again, doing so was outside of any other enumerated powers.
The basic purpose of the Necessary and Proper Clause is to give Congress the choice of means it can use to make a regulation of, say, interstate commerce effective. That is exactly what the minimum coverage requirement does. There's no doubt that the Affordable Care Act is a broad, comprehensive regulation of the health insurance market. Requiring individuals to finance their own medical expenses is closely and directly tied to the viability of that broader regulation. That's why it is both necessary and proper, however those terms are defined.


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Information, Communication Systems – this is an expression which defines many of the possibilities a computer system can achieve and do today. Information; is important to society and population – it keeps us in check with most of all our necessary daily routines and has merged to become one of the most versatile tool nowadays. Communication hence; us a bridge and pathway which connects two people closest to hearts – on a broader scale; however, we are faced with the ongoing crisis of what is known as a different spectrum. Now – even meetings are conducted via many of the numerous tasks a computer can do, it has broadened the scope of intelligence and is further up in developing its skills and very well manufactured skills which are the essential plus point to be regarded when technology is at play. The world is at the peak of gaining its intellectual systems as it maintains the very highest standard quos of the century – hence, the building up of such hardware is expanding itself.
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Uma Thurman was one of the few not to wear Gucci on the red carpet for the 2011 LACMA Art and Film Gala in LA on Saturday night.
She wore a Lanvin Fall 2011 ensemble.
The pearl-white silk blouse with gathered shoulders was teamed with a long black silk-taffeta skirt with a bustle at the back.
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Why will paying attention to Paris Hilton destroy the universe? How can one number be better than the other? Are saber teeth really necessary for a good movie monster? Would Hollywood as we know it exist if not for Jennifer Aniston's hair? These questions and more are asked, and answered, in the only book that dares to explain how jellybeans are related to the apocalpyse. Essays on pop culture, things that are The Best, and life show a provocative, and hilarious, way of looking at the world.But dona#39;t think you just have to be able to spout esoteric information (not trivia, either a some of the categories call for information that is ... and you have to gauge your knowledge of a category and make your Final Jeopardy! wager before even seeing the question. ... By watching Jeopardy! and answering the questions.
|Do Pizza Samples Really Exist?
|Briane Pagel
|Lulu.com - 2010-02-16
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LAKEWOOD – Chase Austin hit a solo shot out to left to start the eleventh inning, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers took the first of a four game series against the BlueClaws 4-3 Tuesday night.
It was Austin's 14th homer of the season. Lakewood managed to get the tying run to second in the bottom half of the inning but stranded him there. Sandy Rosario (7-2) threw two scoreless innings for the win, while Ebelin Lugo (5-3) was saddled with the loss.
The win moves the Hoppers to within five games of first place Lakewood. Hickory lost Tuesday, so the Claws lead atop the division stays at three-and-a-half games.
Greensboro (25-25) got on the board first on an RBI single by Jose Torres in the second, but the lead was short-lived.
The BlueClaws (30-20) plated two in the bottom of the second thanks to some wildness from Hoppers starter Edgar Olmos. Olmos walked lead-off hitter Jeremy Barnes, then hit Michael Dabbs. One out later Korby Mintken walked, and Leandro Castro delivered a two run single to make it a 2-1 game.
That would be the last hit Olmos would allow over the next 4 1/3 innings. After walking four and hitting two through two innings, the Greensboro lefty retired twelve straight, seven via strike out.
The Grasshoppers offense struck in the sixth against reliever Kyle Carr. Jeff Corsalettti singled with one out, Kyle Jensen singled, and Kyle Skipworth reached on an error by Jeremy Barnes to load the bases. Chad Cregar then came through with a two-run base hit to put Greensboro up 3-2.
The Claws managed to get the tying run to second with no outs in the seventh and eighth innings, but stranded that runner each time. When presented the same opportunity in the ninth Lakewood capitalized.
Barnes drew a walk to start the inning and advanced to second on a passed ball. That set the stage for Michael Dabbs, who doubled down the left field line to tie the game at three. Reliever Alejandro Ramos made it out of the rest of the inning unscathed, but the BlueClaws stayed alive to force extras.
The BlueClaws bullpen had to cover nine innings after starter Brody Colvin left the game at the start of the third. Wes Long hit a one-hopper that bounced off Colvin and shook him up. He had to leave the game although he walked off the field under his own power.
Wednesday at 7:05 pm RHP Trevor May (5-2, 2.44) will be opposed by RHP Erick Carillo (5-5, 4.44).
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Bully vs. Bullee
Sure they sound the same, but they are vastly different. One does the hurting physically and/or mentally, the other is hurt. One does the teasing, pushing, shoving, the other is teased, pushed, and shoved. Alright, so "Bullee" isn't really a word, but is there actually a word for the one suffering? I remember being in highschool, barely 16 and having just "come out" to a few of my friends. It was such a scary, yet liberating moment for me. It wasn't until I was in a relationship (with my then girlfriend/now wife) that things got complicated for me. Coming from a Catholic family, attending a Catholic highschool, and being gay weren't three things that necessarily went together. I definitely learned that the hard way after one of my so-called friends outed us to practically the entire school. Being gay didn't change who I was as a person, but to some it changed who they became towards me. The names we were called, the out-casting from certain school events, and even during a religious retreat! Let's just say that the last 2 years of highschool weren't exactly pleasant, to say the least! The only thing I'm thankful for is that all of this took place long before the internet was a "thing". It was hard enough being bullied at school, I couldn't imagine it following me home, like it does with kids today. Skipping ahead a few years, shortly after our wedding, we decided it was time to grow our family. Let me tell you, making this decision was very tough for us as we had to factor in how having 2 moms might affect our unborn child. We thought long and hard, and in the end decided that there was nothing wrong with having 2 loving parents (regardless of gender) who would do anything and everything to ensure their child's happiness.
|From Left to Right: Niamh, Lyle, Mikaela, and Sara.
She is the best decision we've ever made, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Believe it or not, contrary to our belief, it isn't her classmates that have an issue with her having 2 moms, it's their parents. I strongly believe that a child's understanding of the world truly is a product of their environment. We have brought up our daughter to appreciate differences, not to discriminate against them. If these parents had only done the same, maybe we would live in a different world where there is less violence, less hate, and more love. I sometimes wonder what that world would look like.
While we were at the event, my daughter told me that a kid in her class was always bugging her at recess and always pushing her. I asked her what she did, and she boldly told me and the other moms that were there "You know, after a few days of this always happening, I found my voice! I told her that I wanted her to stop bugging me and asked her to ask herself how she would feel if someone was doing that to her!" That was amazing to hear; my little girl stood up for herself. She then continued to tell us that the girl has since stopped bugging her, and that she was glad that she found her voice. Those words have stuck with me ever since: "Find Your Voice". It's amazing how important it is to just stand up for yourself and speak your mind, let the bully know that what they're doing/saying is upsetting you. A life lesson learned from an 8 year old! I wish I had her level of courage when I was in highschool.
A huge thanks goes out to RioCan and their great anti-bullying campaign. Together with the help of the cast of Degrassi and Leave Out Violence (LOVE), they are helping to create a safer environment for their shoppers, guests, and staff. I wish more corporations would join them and take on this amazing initiative. Sometimes it's the awareness of the issue that is lacking.
|Some fellow bloggers, my little princess, and I with the cast members of Degrassi.
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Top Trudeau aides Butts, Telford expensed over $200,000 for moving homes — An extradition treaty with China is a dangerous idea — Carbon tax or cap-and-trade? McKenna signals choice for provinces — Trudeau says Ottawa can do 'better job' for First Nations kids — Elections Canada ups cost of 2015 vote to $474.2 million — Online paywalls tested in Blacklock's case — Lisa Raitt's emotional tribute — UN 'ready to resume' aid convoys — State of emergency declared in Charlotte — Clinton leads Trump by 6 points in nationwide poll — And finally, Trudeau takes on the haters.
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They were talking money in Question Period yesterday and you can be pretty sure it's going to come up again today. After a rash of documents tabled Monday showed that more than $200,000 in moving expenses were paid out for two PMO employees, Conservative MP Blaine Calkins wanted to know "which of [the Prime Minister's] friends" received the money? House Leader Bardish Chagger replied only that many people move across the country with their families for work and "some employees received help in relocating."
The problem with that is it turns out these moves were from Toronto — just four hours down the highway — and involved two of the prime minister's top aides: Principal Secretary Gerald Butts and Chief of Staff Katie Telford. As the Globe and Mail reports, most of the money was for legal and real estate fees. That's likely to get lost in the uproar, as it involved the sale of million dollar homes that each turned a profit of more than $500,000, while, as Calkins noted, people in Alberta are losing their homes. It also involves those closest to the PM, which as our Stephen Maher predicted, is going to turn into "a bit of a nosebleed." We suspect the government is gonna have a gusher on its hands.
There were all kinds of questions and concerns yesterday about Canada's plan to explore an extradition treaty with China. It came up in Question Period and when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took questions at a press conference. While critics are concerned given China's very weak record on human rights, Trudeau referred to Canada's "extremely high standards" on extradition treaties. But as our foreign affairs columnist Jonathan Manthorpe writes, negotiating such a treaty with China sets Canada down a dangerous and dark road for a number of reasons, not the least of which is this: "There is a fundamental problem with doing deals with a Beijing regime that does not believe it is subject to the rule of law."
Carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system? There were signs from Catherine McKenna that every province could have one or the other before too long. With the Liberals set to announce a national policy for carbon pricing this fall, the environment minister indicated that she intends to apply a specific definition for what meets that standard. CP's Alexander Panetta has that story from the Big Apple, where McKenna was attending environmental events at the United Nations.
Although he says no government has taken as many steps to repair the relationship with indigenous Canadians, Trudeau told a news conference yesterday that more must be done to improve the lives of young people in First Nations communities. As CP's Kristy Kirkup reports, however, he still refused to acknowledge an outstanding human rights decision that his government has yet to honour.
Like a credit card bill in the aftermath of Christmas, this tally keeps rising. That's what the 2015 election is to Elections Canada, which has revised the cost to $474.2 million. And the bill is still climbing. The national electoral agency has had to pay out around $31 million more since offering its initial estimate of $443 million for the election in a report published in February. Most of the new costs come from reimbursing candidates and parties for the exceptionally long writ period. Our James Munson has more on the growing tally.
Yesterday was day three of a five-day trial that's testing a paywall in Federal Court for the first time since a 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act included technological protection measures. The Blacklock's Reporter case pits the Ottawa subscriber news site against the Department of Finance in a suit over the legality of sharing content obtained behind a paywall. Our Beatrice Britneff was there.
To mark World Alzheimer's Day, an emotional Lisa Raitt stood in the House to urge people to speak out about the disease that affects so many — and not to whisper. Those affected include her husband, who was recently diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's. The Conservative MP also paid tribute to those who care for the many Canadians afflicted by the illness.
Don't forget to check back with us later this morning for Susan Delacourt's report on an intriguing new plan being put forth by ex-senators Hugh Segal and Michael Kirby to make Trudeau's dream of a post-partisan Senate actually work.
- Question period gets underway in the House at 2:15 p.m.
- Statistics Canada releases employment insurance figures for July.
- The Supreme Court of Canada renders a decision in eight leave to appeal applications.
- Trudeau to greet Chinese premier at a welcoming ceremony with military honours at Cartier Square Drill Hall, holds bilateral meeting with Premier Li Keqiang at Centre Block, attends signing ceremony with Chinese premier at the Hall of Honour and holds joint media availability. Trudeau and his wife will host a dinner for the Chinese premier and his wife at the Canadian Museum of History tonight.
- The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission hosts an online discussion on how the Wireless Code is helping Canadians address the issues with their wireless services.
"The UN has said it is ready to resume aid convoys in Syria after halting operations in response to a deadly attack on an aid mission on Monday. Trucks will start rolling to some areas but 'carefully and cautiously', the UN envoy to Syria Staffan di Mistura told the BBC. Meanwhile, the US has called for all planes to be grounded in key areas of Syria to preserve the truce."
In North Carolina, protests over the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott by police turned violent for a second night, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency in Charlotte and send in the National Guard.
It should come as no surprise that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are at odds over the most recent fatal shootings of black men at the hands of police officers. As Politico notes: "Hillary Clinton doesn't know what the answers are, but Donald Trump believes the question itself exemplifies why he should be president." He also thinks the best way to stop crime in black communities is to broaden the use of stop and frisk. In other news, Clinton has a six point lead in a new nationwide poll.
Finally this morning, we leave you with the prime minister, rating his online critics. Trudeau seems to think the Twitter has gotten nicer. We're not so sure…but perhaps we're at a hair disadvantage?
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This richly detailed study highlights the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a prominent religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. It is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. Rolling Away the Stone focuses on her long-reaching legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that threatens religious belief and practice.Eddy to John L. Wright, March 3, 1903, L06998; and quoted in Erwin Canham, Commitment to Freedom, 15. 67. Miscellany ... Adam H. Dickey to McLellan, August 12, 1908, L06474; and Dickey to board of trustees, August 14, 1908, L07269. 74. Tomlinson ... William McKenzie, aMrs. Eddya#39;s Instructions re The Monitor.a 79.
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|Indiana University Press - 2011-02-23
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The Gallery 4 presents
"Ancient Gods & Hidden Worlds" Allegorical paintings by Hannah Grace Clark
"Ancient Gods & Hidden Worlds" opens Saturday, September 6th, 2014 and runs through Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at The Gallery 4 (206 S. Highland Ave., Shadyside, 412-363-5050). The opening reception will take place Saturday, September 6th, 2014 from 7-11 PM and will be opened to the general public with complimentary refreshments and cocktails provided by The Gallery 4. The Gallery 4 is open Tuesday through Saturday 1- 8pm.
The Gallery 4 is pleased to welcome Hannah Grace Clark. Painter Hannah Grace Clark was born in Texas in the spring of 1989. On account of a steady stream of fairy tales from her mother, her fathers ever-present books on Jungian Psychology, and inspired by the southern flora and fauna of her hometown, she developed an interest in painting and creating her own mythology from an early age. Clark earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Tulane University in 2011. During her time in New Orleans, and after her studies, she worked as an elementary art teacher and in early childhood education, specializing in creating imaginative learning experiences for children. In the fall of 2011 she settled in Pittsburgh along with her husband and two sons, where she currently works from her home studio. In 2010 she was selected to display work in the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and has participated in many juried shows across the country. Most recently, Clark has exhibited at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, RAW Artists Pittsburgh, and showcased her work as an Emerging Artist with the Three River's Art Festival. The Gallery 4 was first introduced to the works of Clark via our annual group Salon Show exhibition in 2013, and we're so glad to've made her acquaintance.
Hannah's current subjects and motif reflect the creation of a complex inner world: fantastic beasts and the dreamlike environments in which they dwell. The creatures and beings that inhabit her paintings embody human traits: both the divine and lucid aspects of ourselves as well as the shadowy, confused parts we often try to hide. Clark employs a powerful imagination as well as a masterful understanding of character form, subtleties in natural lighting, an exquisite palette of colors, and an accomplished oil painting technique - to convey the lively, complicated story. The personal narrative is enacted quickly - the pieces, transcendent. With ease, Clark instantly delivers the viewer to another place - though familiar, inviting; we are reconnected with a part of the spirit which engages with the world in a childlike manner: playful, awe-inspired, and enchanted by life.
These interior lands and the entities that inhabit them, embody "Ancient Gods and Hidden Worlds". Featured in this a series of oil paintings on wood panel, Clark explore themes of hope, courage, and harmony. In these allegorical compositions, you will find tranquil, ethereal landscapes which house a variety of gentle beasts: Fantastical beings, and oversized bears tend to gardens of mountains and collect moons in mason jars. A journey of continually perceiving wonder and learning anew through the inside world to the outside world. Sweet dreams!
Hannah, on the works -
"This body of work was made over the last year of my life. Every night for the past year, after I tuck my children in to bed, I walk up the stairs to my attic studio and sit down to paint. Here in this quiet space, alone with my thoughts, and half asleep, inspirations and memories from the day escape my head and swim about the room - Days with my children spent finding bugs, discovering secret places, buried treasure, and enchanted rocks, talking to stuffed animals with secret lives and reading countless children's stories marinade with my own frustrations, worries, guilt, love, joy and and all the things I feel which I can' t quite articulate with words. In these paintings I explore my thoughts and feelings about parenting, responsibility, and the excruciating desire to explore my own truth and passion in life."
The Gallery 4 is committed to redefining the nature of a conventional gallery. We feature works from a variety of national artists and local talent. We also carry a variety of limited edition toys and clothing. Fine art should be within the reach of everyone, and at The Gallery 4 we are making this a reality.