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Experience traditional Greece on this relaxing cruise around the quiet coves and harbours of Evia Island. Join our captain, Thanos, on board his traditional Greek sailing boat and explore the beautiful bays and ancient ruins scattered along this historic coastline. Along the way we drop anchor at tranquil fishing villages and local taverns to sample the delicious Mediterranean cuisine.
Itineraries on some departure dates may differ, please select the itinerary that you wish to explore.
Join trip at Athens International Airport. We then travel by bus to the port of Rafina where we catch a ferry to the island of Evia. On arrival it is a short taxi / minibus ride to Karystos where the caique is moored. MV Isidoros II is a traditional wooden caique with a large sundeck and a comfortable galley for meals. There is also a boat ladder to make the most of swimming opportunities. All of the cosy cabins are en suite.
Thanos, our Explore Leader, has been working with Explore for many years and prides himself on showing the best parts of Greece to the many customers that have travelled with him over the years. Discovering many places that he himself used to sail around as a boy, he is a very proud Greek and loves nothing more than to voyage with us on the boat that he owns around the beautiful waters of the Aegean.
Please note that three lunches are included on our boat cruise, but the days these are taken on will vary depending on cruising conditions. The days of the itinerary may also change order because of the cruising and weather conditions.
Our first destination is the harbour town of Karystos, we stop briefly at an anchorage close to Bouros for a swim, before continuing on for an afternoon's exploration of the town. You could visit Costello Rosso or the famous winery Estete of Montofoli.
Our next destination is Panagia, a small fishing village lying in the shelter of a fjord. En route, we will stop to swim in the waters off the rugged and undeveloped coastline. Once at Panagia, you could walk to the inland village of Argyro where the tiny red-roofed houses are dwarfed by the mountains or visit the beautiful church of Panagia renowned for its frescoes and the two historic olive trees of 2,500 years old next to the small stream full of turtles. Dinner in one of the small family run tavernas by the waterfront.
Today we will cruise to the limit of the Gulf of Evia, where the island splits from the mainland. Greek legends romantically claim that the divide was caused by Poseidon piercing the earth with his trident. We travel via Porto Buffalo - a beautiful and private lagoon before continuing a leisurely cruise to Eretria, one of the best well known cities of ancient Greece, the birthplace of our alphabet - wrongly named Latin - and an extensive archeological site with a superb museum. We enjoy our evening in the long cosmopolitan promenade of the town watching the small ferries coming and going to the mainland.
We make the most of this morning's perfect location for a swim and snorkel before cruising towards Nea Styra, an area of stunning beaches and coastline. The rolling hills above the small summer resort, lead to the silver-green valley of olives, which we'll have the opportunity to explore this afternoon. As the sun sets in the historic bay of Marathon, the promenade comes to life with all the locals and visitors experiencing the typical Mediterranean strolling before dining al-fresco.
This morning will see us cruising towards Porto Lafia, a peaceful hamlet where we can swim off the boat in Lafia Bay. From here we continue to Marmari, of typical Aegean fishing village with numerous small tavernas and cafes dotted along the promenade.
Our last day cruising takes us towards the Archipelagos of Petali, where seven private and exclusive islands offer the best of the 'Jet Set' in the Aegean. Once the summer residence of the Greek Royal family, today the playground of Picasso family, the Embiricos family and other shipping tycoons. Maria Calas spent many summers of her lifetime here. From here we will return to Karystos where we will overnight in a small hotel.
Today we leave Karystos and take the short taxi / minibus ride back to the ferry for the journey back to Rafina. From Rafina we are transfered to Athens International Airport where our trip ends.
* The itinerary may vary depending on local weather conditions
Greece has predominantly hot, dry summers, May - October with tempertaures reaching into the mid thirties in July and August. May and October themselves can be less predictable and may have some rain and cooler evenings. Wild flowers bloom in April and May adding much colour to the trails. At the beginning and end of the season the villages tend to be very quiet. Seasonal weather patterns can be unpredictable. Up to date information on the weather worldwide can be found by following the BBC weather link on this page.
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Castello Rosso (by taxi) - €10.00 per person Montofoli Winery Estate (by taxi) - €10.00 per person Styra village (by taxi) - €10.00 per person Eretria Museum entrance - €2.00 per person Optional excursions can be paid for by credit card except for any local buses or taxis used, which will need to be paid for in cash.
July and August are the hottest months though the islands are freshened by cooling winds. You'll need your swimming gear and an extra towel. Early and late in the season, there may be an occasional shower and you will need a warmer sweater and/or fleece for the odd chilly breeze whilst we travel between the ports.
Footwear is not generally worn on board but bring trainers, walking sandals for shore excursions or walking shoes for longer walks on the island.
Space is limited on board so only bring what you need. A soft bag is strongly recommended as it is more easily stored than a hard suitcase. A daysac is useful for shore excursions.
Water bottle, a torch, sunhat, sunglasses and sunblock. Please note that if you intend to sleep out on deck on some nights, as many travellers choose to do in good weather. Please bring a sleeping bag with you (the sunbathing cushions are available to sleep on the boat but cabin bedding can't be taken on deck).
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MV Isidoros II - Our traditional wooden caique has a large sundeck and a comfortable galley for meals and indoor relaxing. There is also a boat ladder to make the most of swimming opportunities. There are two double cabins on the main deck and six twin cabins on the lower deck. Cabins on the lower deck have portholes and cabins on the upper desk have windows. All are en suite. The cabins are cosy and can get warm in summer as there is no air-conditioning but each is equipped with a fan and all have power sockets (European 2 pin round). Bath and face towels are provided on the caique, so there is no need to bring your own. A safe for your personal valuables is available in the wheelhouse of the caique. While our intention is to adhere to the day-to-day route printed, a degree of flexibility is built into the itinerary. Overnight stops and even islands visited, may vary due to weather, sea conditions and the availability of mooring space in harbours.
We strongly recommend that you check your government's travel advisory for up-to-date information and advice about your destination: safety and security, entry requirements, health, local laws and customs. For UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice click here.
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Please note that some countries require proof of parental consent when travelling overseas with under 18s. Please check requirements with the relevant embassy or consular office well in advance of travel if this applies to your party.
Once your booking has been confirmed we guarantee the price will not increase, whatever the circumstances. Before booking please ensure you have read our important tour pricing information.Booking Conditions
Greece: Visas are not required by UK, Australian, New Zealand, US and Canadian citizens. Other nationalities should consult their local embassy or consular office.
If you do require assistance in obtaining a visa then you may consider applying through Explore's recommended visa service in the UK, Travcour. See www.travcour.com to download the relevant visa application for your trip, if applicable (UK citizens only), along with details of how to apply for your visa through Travcour. The Team at Travcour will be happy to answer specific questions relating to visa applications, please call them directly on 0208 5431846.
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You may also be eligible for the Free Explore Transfer.
Customers booked on the 'Land Only' arrangements will now receive a Free Transfer, provided you arrive and depart on the tour only itinerary start and end dates. The transfers will be from the Explore designated airport or train station to the joining point of your tour, and then back from the ending point to the designated airport or train station. The exception to this rule is customers who are booked on a tour where the joining and ending point is at the designated airport or train station.
Free transfers are not available for Self-Guided, Polar, Tailormade or Tours for Churches customers.
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CHICAGO - Arlington Park plans to scrape clean its racing surface and conduct a survey of the surface's limestone base shortly after the conclusion of the racing meet, according to Arlington's president, Roy Arnold. The post-meet scraping of the dirt track has been performed for the last four years, but the limestone base has not been surveyed since the current track surface was installed in 1984.
The planned maintenance comes at the end of a difficult season for the track, which experienced a rate of catastrophic breakdowns much higher than normal during the early and middle portions of the meet. The incidence of breakdowns has subsided since early July, returning to a rate well within typical historic parameters.
Arlington scraped clean a portion of the track surface around the far turn in June, when Joe King, a racetrack consultant who designed and installed the surface here in 1984, was brought in by Arlington as a consultant after an initial wave of bone injuries to horses racing and training. No obvious problems were found with the exposed section of limestone base, but, as with the post-meet scrapings of recent years, the base inspection was performed visually, not with surveying equipment and expert engineers.
A surveying team has not yet been contracted, Arnold said, and bids will be solicited from a group of firms that have been recommended to Arlington. Arlington plans to keep its main track open for about a week after the meet ends Sept. 12, and Arnold said the training track on the northwest portion of the Arlington property will remain open slightly longer to help accommodate stables waiting to ship to Keeneland, which races during October.
Arlington trackman Javier Barajas said the process of removing the dirt track takes 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. Once complete, the survey will be performed and the results matched with the original specifications for the track. King will examine the survey results and compare them with the original track blueprints, and King also will work with Barajas to make any necessary alterations to the limestone base. Arlington may have to purchase limestone to add to the base, or it might merely need to regrade the existing material.
"We won't know what work needs to be done until the survey's complete," said Barajas.
Once work on the base is finished - if any is required - Barajas will run the dirt surface through sifters before laying it back down. Pine bark shavings, which were added to the surface in July to help provide cushion, will remain a part of the mixture. Arlington plans to complete the process during the fall, and Arnold said he hoped to bring back Michael Peterson to inspect the track in the spring. Peterson, who uses ground-penetrating sonar to evaluate track surfaces, conducted an inspection of the track in July at the behest of the Illinois Racing Board. Peterson's was the second board-mandated track inspection, the first having been called into question when a racetrack consultant met with Arnold before presenting his findings to the racing board, and sent Arlington recommendations for track maintenance that weren't part of his final report to the board.
Keeneland may be next for Sprint 1-2
Keeneland and its great unknown - the synthetic Polytrack surface - might lie in the future of both Gold Storm and Coach Jimi Lee, the one-two finishers here Saturday in the Arlington Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Both horses exited the race in good shape, their trainers said, and while Gold Storm is expected to start next in the Phoenix Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, trainer Jimmy DiVito mentioned that race as only one possibility for Coach Jimi Lee, who was beaten 1 1/2 lengths by Gold Storm.
Gold Storm, who won the Arlington Sprint for the second time and set a stakes record in so doing, has returned to trainer Bubba Cascio's base in Louisiana.
"He was pretty happy, came over and ate his feed up, so that makes you feel pretty good about him," Cascio said.
Cascio said he planned to ship Gold Storm to Keeneland early enough to work over the new synthetic track surface there, which will be ready for the fall meet.
DiVito thought Coach Jimi Lee might have won Saturday had he broken from an outside post rather than the rail. Trapped on the inside all the way, Coach Jimi Lee held his ground until deep stretch.
"I thought he ran a great race considering the circumstances," said DiVito.
DiVito said Coach Jimi Lee "might go to Keeneland, but it's a track I've never run over, that Polytrack, so who knows."


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Almost two out of every three people incarcerated in California ends up back in jail for a repeat offense. "If we were talking about a business that had a failure rate of that number, we would reorganize," Attorney General Kamala Harris said.
LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Wednesday an initiative to reduce the state's prison population, which is among the highest in the country, by reducing its recidivism rate.
California has a prison population of more than 134,000, according to the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Much of it is repeat offenders. From 2009 to 2011, 64% of those released from prison or jail ended up committing another crime within three years.
"If we were talking about a business that had a failure rate of that number, we would reorganize, we would re-examine and we would guide our approach by a well-proven method which asks us to think about what is our return on our investments," Harris said. "That's how we our approaching our work going forward."
California's prisons, currently at 144% of capacity, must be reduced to 137.5% capacity by February thanks to a three judge federal panel ruling.
The Division of Recidivism Reduction and Re-Entry will identify successful programs already being implemented throughout the state that can be duplicated. Harris mentioned Los Angeles County as a model for the rest of the state.
Los Angeles County provides trade skills training and clergy for inmates, Sheriff LeRoy Baca said. The county found that of inmates who participated in its 12-week course that taught life skills, drug rehabilitation, occupation preparation and resume training, the recidivism rate was 36.7%, nearly 30% lower than the statewide level. The county is home to the largest jail population in the United States with 19,000 inmates and five facilities.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has "pledged his help" in California's efforts, Harris said, and an emphasis would be put on seeking grants and "innovative sources of funding" for the initiative.
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Daniela Pelaez, a former valedictorian at North Miami High, avoided deportation two years ago after a rally and worldwide attention. Now, she has been granted a two-year extension to finish college in the United States.
The two-year stay was granted last week under a federal immigration act that protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors.
"It's a bittersweet victory," Pelaez, a sophomore at Dartmouth College, said Wednesday from her dorm room via Skype.
"It doesn't solve the structural issues with our immigration system," she said. "But another two years gives us a chance at a better life."
Pelaez, studying anthropology and biology, is a student of firsts: the first undocumented immigrant to get a two-year stay under the federal act and also the first to get the stay renewed under the same act, according to her lawyer.
Pelaez, 20, came from Colombia with her family when she was 4 and grew up in Miami-Dade County.
"All the Dreamers in the United States should not lose hope," said Nera Shefer, Pelaez's attorney, referring to immigrants who came to this country as children. "Daniela's case ... should be followed by every Dreamer in America."
Shefer said Pelaez received her renewal despite opposition from some in Congress as well as political gridlock over comprehensive immigration reform.
Last Friday, for instance, the House passed a bill that would kill the act — Deferred Action for Child Arrival, or DACA —paving the way for possible deportation of students like Pelaez. The Senate has not taken up the bill.
"I don't foresee that the benefits are going to suddenly stop by the opposition in Congress," Shefer said. President Obama "said even if this passes the Senate, which is very doubtful, he is going to veto such a law."
Even so, Shefer said the opposition to the act might cause delays in processing applications for extension. As it was, Pelaez's application took 4 1/2 months to process.
Pelaez noted the issue's importance in South Florida in getting support. Two years ago, hundreds turned out for a rally for her cause.
At Dartmouth, in New Hampshire, the immigration issue is not at the forefront.
"I don't think it's about them not caring," she said. "I think it's just a different context."
Last spring, Pelaez started a coalition to raise awareness of and advocate for immigration rights. Her latest contribution with the coalition includes a campaign calling for a ban on the term "Illegal" in describing undocumented immigrants.
"For awhile, I thought I didn't deserve to be in here," Pelaez said about her life as a college student at Dartmouth.
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Changes to unrelated-adult housing rules could bring intentional communities out of the shadows
At first glance, the term "intentional community" seems odd. It seems to me that most communities are somehow unintentional, that unless you map out your social structures ahead of time you're dropping some kind of ball.
But in a way, that's exactly right. Most families and neighborhoods don't involve much forethought; as most teenagers would attest, you can't choose your parents. Intentional communities — a form of housing co-operative where residents form a household organized around an idea — have a long history in cities like Minneapolis. But thanks to the city's longstanding "unrelated adult" ordinances, these unique households have often been forced to remain off the books, technically illegal but overlooked by trusting neighbors.
That might change this year as people from Minneapolis' intentional communities are pushing changes to the city's housing ordinance. If the proposed change passes, intentional communities might be embraced not just culturally, but legally in Minneapolis.
Technically illegal idealism
"I originally got into them through things like couch surfing," Lisa told me this week, describing her discovery of intentional communities. "I briefly lived in one when working in a Grand Forks grocery co-op and community garden. [It's just] a house where people could live together all these different ways."
Today Lisa lives in one of Minneapolis' many intentional communities. (Note: I've omitted Lisa's last name in order to protect the whereabouts of her intentional community household, which technically exceeds the city's "unrelated adult" restrictions.)
The legal status of intentional communities in Minneapolis depends on the context. Some, like the Students' Co-operative on the University of Minnesota campus' "frat row," persist under antiquated zoning which allows for more residents. But most intentional communities in Minneapolis operate under the bureaucratic radar. It's a tacit concept that doesn't sit well with people like Lisa.
"My understanding of the law is that more than five unrelated folk can't live together legally," she said. "[Intentional communities] function because we don't cause too much trouble, and people who live there know their City Council member or something. It has to function through people's privilege, which is pretty messed up."
Victorian morality and the nuclear family
"In our first zoning code in the 1920s, what they said about density was that dwelling units should be occupied by one family," Robin Garwood, who is the council aide for Ward 2's Cam Gordon, explained. "It didn't really say anything more than that. It didn't say what constituted a family, and didn't have numerical limits. Later on, they adopted more stringent definitions."
Here's what the actual Minneapolis city code says about unrelated adults:
546.50. - Maximum occupancy.
(a) Dwelling units. The maximum occupancy of a dwelling unit located in the R1 through R3 Districts shall not exceed one (1) family plus up to two (2) unrelated persons living together as a permanent household, provided that the family plus the unrelated persons shall not exceed a total of five (5) persons. The maximum occupancy of a dwelling unit located in the R4 through R6 Districts shall not exceed one (1) family plus four (4) unrelated persons living together as a permanent household, provided that the family plus the unrelated persons shall not exceed a total of five (5) persons.
(According to Garwood, domestic servants remain an exception to the "unrelated adult" rule.)
As zoning developed in the early 20th century, evolving from limiting industrial activities into focusing on single-family living, limits on unrelated adults became part of a package. These rules worked together to foster early suburban single-family neighborhoods centered on home ownership and the nuclear family.
For cities, the historical focus on the family has had unintended consequences. As demographic trends have changed, there's a mismatch today between housing, age, and family types. Twenty-first-century families are far more likely to be smaller (often much smaller!) than those of past generations. More and more people are eschewing families altogether, living alone or not having children. Meanwhile, the average home size grows ever larger.
"People don't stay with their families until they're married anymore," said Rebecca Orrison, who lives in the Students' Co-op at the university, and has been working with the Minneapolis Coalition for Intentional Communities. "They uproot and go off to college and live with their friends. It isn't as much of a family environment. Part of what our culture gives us is this void of human connection. If you just live with two other people, maybe in a low-zoned area, you come home to an empty house. I'd much rather live with people around me to support me. It's not just a young person thing."
Intentional communities
There are many types of intentional communities in Minneapolis, including Lisa's example, which grows out of the co-op movements. There are vegan houses, grad student houses, international houses, houses focused on gardening, thrifting, or agriculture.
"Co-ops have been a big part of my life, very important to me for few reasons," Devin Case-Ruchala told me. Case-Ruchala is on the board of a housing co-op and works managing loans for Shared Capital Co-Operative, a national co-op financing group.
"Just personally, they have been functional," Case-Ruchala said. "They're a good way to meet people, to get exposed to new ideas and connected with a community by the nature of where you live. They're also more economical when living with people sharing all the expenses and sharing the chores of cooking and cleaning and all that stuff."
As I understand it, the typical intentional community might have four to 10 people who split the rent, divvy up chores, share with house maintenance and so on. Glancing at the intentional community websites, I see that most of them are governed by "consensus," which sounds like it involves a lot of meetings, and intentional communities almost always have some sort of larger social focus. And often the intentional-communities home is owned by one or two of the members, but this is not always the case.
The proposed ordinance
For the last six months, prompted by the desire of intentional communities like the Students' Co-op to potentially expand, a group of Minneapolis intentional-community fans began meeting to discuss how to change city rules to begin officially permitting intentional communities.
(Given that intentional communities are often governed by consensus, I can only imagine how carefully and thoughtfully these meetings must have proceeded. As with Quakers, listening skills are highly valued within the intentional community social landscape.)
The proposed ordinance would allow intentional communities to register with the city, and allow them to bypass the unrelated-adults rules.
"We define intentional community in a fair amount of detail," Robin Garwood, the City Council aide, explained. "They would register with the city. The zoning code max occupancy would not apply to the unit. Instead the building and housing code occupancy based on the size of the structure and fire safety would apply. If you have a house that would safely accommodate five people, you could live in that house, rather than the three people under the existing code."
Other provisions involve limiting intentional community registration to one per landlord (or property owner), and making the certificate revocable depending on noise or nuisance complaints. According to Garwood, the coalition has received pushback from both sides. Pro-density urbanists argue that maximum-occupancy requirements should be dispensed with altogether, while people who value low-density neighborhood remain worried about things like increased noise, traffic and parking. There is a meeting tonight (Tuesday, May 31) at the Minneapolis Central Library (7:30 – 8:30) to discuss the issue publicly for the first time.
More flexible living arrangements
When I moved back to St. Paul from New York, just a few years out of college, I found myself working as a temp and living in my mom's basement. Needless to say, it wasn't ideal, but given my very limited means, it was the best I could do. That is, until a friend of mine offered me a room in her "student house" in the Grand Avenue neighborhood. The very small room was $250 a month, and I'd be living with five other people in a lovely house in the heart of St. Paul. It was the perfect situation for me at the time, and I still fondly look back on those years filled with collegiality and an improvisatory social life. The memories make me wonder: Why shouldn't more people be able share homes, and live cheaply among friends?
"Right now intentional communities are not able to talk or promote themselves," Devin Case-Ruchala said. "If they're able to become legal by changing the ordinance to allow more than three unrelated people to live together, and call themselves an intentional community ... . Once we're able to do that, I will be able to find them, and for my own personal purposes, and from a policy standpoint, that's meeting a need that's already out there."
Given how influential Minneapolis' environmental and social justice cultures have been, many of which were formed in intentional communities, it would be nice if they could find their way out of the bureaucratic shadows.
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A questionable regulation
The existing rule regarding "unrelated adults" could be challenged as an undue restriction on freedom of association.
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of zoning ordinances that limit the number of unrelated individuals who can live in the same residence. Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas, 416 U.S. 1 (1974).
Not just for the young
Many of us of the older generation were charmed by the movie - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - which looked at the subject of communal senior living. Really, what difference is there between a big building where everyone has separate apartments and a big building where people have their separate bedrooms (or living with a roommate) with common areas? The first is isolating and expensive - the second warm and reasonable.
With women outliving their husbands, shouldn't they have the option of a legal arrangement where they can live in a home with other women supporting each other than trying to maintain big, expensive houses or moving in buildings with small apartments with no outdoor space for a garden. Why wouldn't a neighborhood want to have such a house present, with these women sort of looking out for things, as often neighborhoods are deserted during the day with two adults working and the older kids at school? And who really cares of men and women are living together, when that is as much of a norm as marriage.
They would be a visible and useful part of a neighborhood, rather than tucked away in segregated spaces isolated from younger people. Particularly as more older people have no children or other family members living nearby, it is part of making senors an integral and useful part of their commuunities again.
Family undefined = loophole
As a "family" of any number can live together by the wording of 546.50(a), and family does not appear defined in the code, that seems to be a logical loophole.
Family isn't undefined
The definition of "family" in the Minneapolis Zoning Code is:
"Family. An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, domestic partnership as defined in Chapter 142 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, or adoption, including foster children and domestic staff employed on a full-time basis, living together as a permanent household. This definition of family is established for the purpose of preserving the character of residential neighborhoods by controlling population density, noise, disturbance and traffic congestion, and shall not be applied so as to prevent the city from making reasonable accommodation where the city determines it necessary to afford handicapped persons living together in a permanent household equal access to housing pursuant to the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988."
Interestingly, it used to be much simpler, in the original code that passed in 1924:
"Family. A Family is any number of individuals occupying a single housekeeping unit not herein defined as a Boarding House, Lodging House, or Hotel."
If the definition of "family" had remained that general, this change would indeed not be necessary.
Thanks for finding definition
Its at 520.160 for those that would like the citation: https://www2.municode.com/library/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinance...
The current zoning code
The current zoning code already provides for certain legal congregate living situations, where large numbers of single adults share a residence. Besides boarding houses, lodging houses, fraternities and sororities, convents, etc., cooperatives are allowed. The Student Co-operative near 18th and University Ave. SE, on the U of MN campus, is an example (contrary to what they may think, the Co-op was not created before current zoning code rules). So is the International House. And, huge families are also permitted: you can have dozens of relatives, from various generations and multiple branches, living in one house. It's not healthy for the structure itself, of course.
So, one questions the real need for this ordinance change.
This new ordinance, then, is about ersatz families, large informal groupings or "communities" of young people who don't want the loneliness of living with only two or three other people. According to comments here, they want there to be somebody home when they come home, more than one or two people to greet them. And, they want not to pay high rents.
Are older men and women clamoring for this kind of housing?
There are lots of requirements to this proposed ordinance, a necessity when one is proposing a body blow to the concept of low-density housing in Minneapolis. Cam Gordon's amendment addresses some powerful problems with "intentional community" exemptions to our density rules, to avoid abuses that landlords already commit with occupancy levels (they ignore them). He might want to include a rule about how many of these "intentional community houses" can be on one block, for example. Can they be clustered in a neighborhood, as a lot of group homes already are in certain parts of the city? Generally, there are so many requirements that a city not known for enforcing its existing housing rules would certainly not be able to control compliance for new types of group homes like these.
There are weaknesses: If the intentional community breaks up, please tell the city about it? Really? If the landlord (person or Limited Liability Corporation) owns more than one such intentional community residence, please tell the city? Really? If you present a floor plan to Inspections, does it include rooms you or the landlord have created out of the basement and attic and front porch, beyond the original nature of the structure? Is it possible to limit the number of vehicles owned by members of this community in one house? Should there be a lot-size requirement? How quickly or often can the membership in the "intentional community" change before it loses its certificate--a percentage of residents? a time frame criterion?
The ordinance as proposed does not seem to require the kind of commitment-to-explicit-community-values tie that seems to bind the groupings in the "intentional community" movement. Sharing the vacuuming and gas bill is not enough. Especially when a good part of the attraction of this kind of grouping of young single adults is the "social" aspect, the fact that the group is always, by definition, just an inch this side of a perpetual party.
I wish I could be convinced that this elimination of legal occupancy levels in low-density residential units is something needed in Minneapolis.
A Body Blow?
Why is "low density housing" so important? It drives up housing costs, uses more land and resources than is necessary, and is based on a social paradigm that seems to be shifting. Perhaps its universality is an idea whose time has come and gone.
"Especially when a good part of the attraction of this kind of grouping of young single adults is the "social" aspect, the fact that the group is always, by definition, just an inch this side of a perpetual party." I've got a strong suspicion that the existing noise or nuisance ordinances will remain untouched. If a community housing unruly people who want to save money on rent gets out of line, there are ways to deal with that, just the same as if a single, low density family decided to throw a loud, albeit expensive, shindig.
"I wish I could be convinced that this elimination of legal occupancy levels in low-density residential units is something needed in Minneapolis." A lot of us think that finding ways to limit the growth of housing costs in the city is a good thing.
One way to limit the cost of
One way to limit the cost of rental housing in Minneapolis would be for the city to require that any residential unit be rented only by the unit. Not by the bed.
In areas around universities and colleges, real estate investors some twenty years ago decided, en masse or as an industry, if you will, to advertise and rent out rental spaces by the bed. Not by the bedroom, and categorically not by the traditional rent-the-unit of single-family homes, duplexes, two-bedroom apartments, and so forth. They made bedrooms (or, room for beds) everywhere they could in the rental unit, and then rented beds to individuals at a monthly cost that didn't look too bad (today, anywhere from $500 a month per bed to $1500 a month per bed, around the U of MN). The house, or duplex unit, though, was thus rented out for double, triple, or quadruple what its previous rent had been (multiply $500 per month by 7 young adults, and the house rents for a cash-flow of $3500 a month, versus the $1500 or $2000 max that it had pulled in when rented entire. Young people never stop to think how they're getting . . . cheated by greedy landlords.
Destroying occupancy level rules for low-density areas of Minneapolis does not equate to lower housing costs. Ask any savvy real estate investor.
I Did the Math
You are confusing the landlord's gross revenue with the cost to an individual renter. If I pay $500/month for a bed (I presume I get more than that--access to a chair, perhaps?), I am still paying only $500/month for a place to live. This is significantly less than what an apartment or house would cost me.
... it needs work
Constance, I appreciate your skepticism, though when you say "I wish I could be convinced" it sounds a bit like you've already decided not to be. I wonder if you've had some bad experiences with group living situations that you want to share? I think we should know about them, if you are comfortable explaining the problem more in depth. You shouldn't be at all ashamed to talk about those problems directly and express your concern, even if you have to change names to protect yourself.
As someone who had never lived in one of these communities myself, I was pretty concerned about noise levels and abuses too, but I was given the opportunity to live in one when I had few options available to me and I was blown away by the maturity and responsibility and care with which they managed a larger home without neighbors even knowing what amazingly responsible and social agreements existed within. Minneapolis has been the home of some wonderful communities.
Contrary to what you speculated, zoning is not something all young intentional communities are unaware of. Rather, they are aware that zoning has existed for a long time. (Did you know the University was incorporated before the City?) Their knowledge that it's very difficult to be given a Group Home license now is genuine. There are other examples of previous legal opportunities changing with the times.
Forgive me if I am misreading you, but there also really is no need to put the social aspect in quotes as if it means something else. The genuine social value of urban intentional communities that presently exist, and which are presently illegal because of old laws (laws that include language about servants!), is a genuine reflection of the value of not living as an urban hermit, getting into snits with neighbors because communication has broken down to the point that only legal language can be used to maintain mature working relationships with fellow citizens one lives among. Social living nurtures relationships between people with quite diverse opinions, it creates alternative economies and it gives opportunities to the disenfranchised. People who live in communities go to jobs, travel, shop and eat food just like real human beings. They even car pool and negotiate other travel arrangements such as Light Rail, bicycles and shoes. Parking hasn't really been a major issue at any of the ones I've visited. Often times, none of them even owns (or wants) a car. Shocking as it is.
It tells me that there should be some kind of language change to acknowledge these communities, as well. Did you know that one community, the Students Cooperative, spearheaded a neighborhood beautification project in the Marcy Holmes neighborhood (and got an award for it), while running their own house, keeping a plot in the nearby community garden and all while members pursued various degrees at the University which require boundless energy on top of that? Their "parties" (often to coincide with academic achievements or breaks in the school year) were often laid back affairs compared with the Frats and Sororities -- involving rooms for conversation, a strict limit of drinks with a drink ticket system, and self-appointed "police" walking their home. Also, contrary to popular belief, cooperative residences are not all rental situations. Some are owned by the homeowner residents, and "rent" is paid to a pool of money in order to maintain the house and upkeep it, as is the case with them. Presently, the Students Cooperative occupies a 100+ year old house for its 76th consecutive year.
Another community regularly creates artistic works that the public enjoys and which is celebrated in local write ups in newspapers. Others are owned by a single owner, who maintains the standards that attract prospective members, and if someone leaves it doesn't damage the integrity of the system.
There are so many ways that people have been living together just fine.
You may be right that the language may need tweaking based on community feedback, but the point is to not shame people or make them use undignified loopholes for living responsibly, because of a generally agism (or anti-social philosophy that would characterize society and culture as merely the auspices of such), any of which is errantly preserved in legal language.
So how about those bad experiences you've had with them? I want to know which communities to avoid!
As I said, there are already
As I said, there are already legal ways for people interested in congregate living arrangements to set up in Minneapolis. Nothing "shaming" about applying for legal permission, it seems to me. And no need to eliminate our occupancy limits for low-density neighborhoods for loosely-formed "intentional communities."
I live in an area of Minneapolis that has been savaged by real estate investors who routinely rent to too many single young adults per unit, for profit only (most of those investors live in suburbs, themselves). After they have owned a single-family home for a few years, the property is fairly well trashed from the hard use by too many occupants, and frequently by cheap creation of extra bedrooms, so the house can be rented to more people. These investors thumb their noses at the city's rules, tell renters not to let Inspectors inside.
There is little chance that the house will ever again be bought by an owner-occupant, because the sale price is now based on the rich rental cash flow and net profit (renters usually pay all utilities in our area, so it's just taxes subtracted from gross cash flow). Instability for the neighborhood, destruction of viable housing, no access for families--they still exist!--because of high purchase cost. Aside from noise, etc.
Perceived loneliness in the city from living alone or with only two or three roommates seems not really to be enough to change carefully-thought-out zoning rules.
Over - occupancy
The 2 person per bedroom rule should still apply. Any additional bedrooms must be code compliant. The codes were written to solve problems. Over - occupancy is always a nuisance in a single family home neighborhood. Leave it alone Cam Gordon.
Rooming houses and more..
Codes determines the capacity of the following systems: plumbing, mechanical and electrical. Parking is the least of their worries.
Airline Intentional Communities
In googling "Unrelated Renter Ordinances", this article popped up.
I am unofficially representing a large number of airline pilots and flight attendants that seek out shared living arrangements in the cities they are domiciled (where they start and end their trips) so they may live and raise their families in other towns. 50% of all airline crew members chose to commute to work because we can fly for free and we only have to do it four times per month.
The airlines do not pay for these accommodations because it is our choice to commute so we are on our own.
It's a wonderful benefit to have the choice on where you live but it brings on the stress and additional cost of getting to work on time and finding a place to sleep so that you can show up to fly and be well rested. It's important for aviation safety and customer service.
Although airport hotels with transportation are ideal, availability and costs prevent them from being reliable and cost effective to be used every week. Consequently, illegal "Crash Pads" exist all over the world an have been in existence since the '60s. 3 BR houses with 12 beds for people who will only use them for 4 nights/month, but still illegal.
My goal is to obtain an officially sanctioned "Intentional Community" status that can be lobbied for in every city that needs it.
Any inputs or legal representation would be gladly welcomed by thousands of airline commuters!
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Clancy: My face is expressive, age is the price of wisdom.
She thinks this is funny but she also thinks he should relax and stop looking through the paper for unsolved crimes to solve in his spare time. He ignores her ripping an article out of the paper (I hope it's his paper and it doesn't belong to the diner).
Clancy is annoyed because the woman – called Abbie – is running away to join Quantico. Also in the background there is a very dodgy looking priest watching them. As they leave, Clancy – who is the Sheriff – and the dodgy priest greet each other and I'm starting to realise that this is the kind of show where you trust no one.
Abbie and the Sheriff get a call about the horses being spooked. The Sheriff can't believe Abbie is giving up this kind of excitement for a shot at the FBI.
More establishing shots. It's night and if they had ever seen a horror movie they would know that if something spooked the horses in a town that is full of mysterious happens then you're probably going to die. They should probably run, or they could split up when the reach the creepy farm house, that's also an idea.
Abbie goes to check the house, there's no answer. That's probably because Mr. random farm owner is lying by his truck, well most of him is. He's also missing his head.
Inside the barn, Sheriff Corbin has more or less luck depending on how you look at it. He finds out what spooked the horses, unfortunately it was a headless redcoat wielding a hot ache with a fetish for decapitation. It's the same guy from the battle at the beginning so shooting him doesn't do any good. Sheriff Corbin tries to remain cool but in the end he loses his head… literally (RIP Clancy).
Abbie watches the horseman ride away on a white horse (he stole a horse – poor horse) and then finds her partner's body. All in all she's having a bad day. She calls for back up but they couldn't put Sheriff Corbin together again.
JOHN CHO! He's also a cop in Sleepy Hollow. He hears Abbie's call but gets distracted when he almost runs Ichabod down in the middle of the street so he arrests him because when you almost hit someone the next logical step is to arrest them.
In a jail cell Abbie insists that Ichabod is not the one that decapitated Sheriff Corbin… he's at least a head too tall (lol so many headless puns to come). As she is describing the man she saw Ichabod jumps in – he knows the man she speaks of.
Abbie: Who is he? When was the last time you saw him?
Ichabod: When I cut off his head.
Well someone has a flair for the dramatics. Zoom of doom x 3. (John Cho is there too).
Cut to Ichabod being interviewed – he's attached to a polygraph, which is does not understand. He's very upset by everything that is happening, as you would be if you woke up 250 years into the future (it's actually closer to 230 but what's 20 years between friends). His name is Ichabod Crane and he's a suspect in Sheriff Corbin's murder. He was a professor of history at Oxford. During the war he defected and became a spy under the command of General Washington… as in George. The last thing he remembers is beheading that guy and passing out in triage with his wife – Katrina – by his side. Now what he really wants to know is where he is?
Random Detective: The question isn't where, but when.
He saw the chance, he took it. Well done Sleepy Hollow, well done.
Ichabod passes the polygraph, which is very confusing for everyone involved because there is no way he's actually a revolutionary soldier so he must be legitimately crazy. The only person that doesn't think he's completely crazy is Abbie and that's only because she actually saw a headless horseman.
Abbie begs the Captain to let her interrogate Ichabod but he says no. Then she pulls out the puppy dog eyes and he doesn't stand a chance, he folds like crate paper in an origami class. Abbie is allowed to transport Ichabod to the mental institution but that's all she gets.
Abbie – 1. Captain – 0.
Abbie heads for the jail cell to find Ichabod and set down a few ground rules before they begin their journey. I'm just going to post this conversation because everything about it is perfect and wonderful.
|I'm no longer going to make facial expressions. I am just going to carry screencaps and hold them up.
Abbie: Mr Crane. I'm Lieutenant Abbie Mills.
Ichabod: A female Leftenant… in whose army?
Abbie: You're not gonna break character huh?
Ichabod: You've been emancipated I take it?
Abbie: Excuse me?
Ichabod: From enslavement?
Abbie: Okay I'll play along here. I am a black female Lieutenant for the Westchester County Police Department. Do you see this gun? I am authorised to use it… on you.
Ichabod: If you're insinuating I endorse slavery, I'm offended.
Abbie: Wait back up – you're offended.
Ichabod: I'll have you know I was a proponent of the abolition act in front of the New York assembly.
Abbie: Congratulations, slavery has been abolished 150 years. It's a whole new day in America.
Ichabod is pleased by this revelation and as such decides to move on to more pressing matters, like the fact that he remains locked up. Abbie reminds Ichabod that she is in charge and they head off on their adventure together.
Ichabod knows that Abbie needs his help because he knows that she saw the headless horseman and that she hasn't told any of her colleagues. Abbie thinks the whole thing is impossible.
Ichabod: Oh really? Oh well that's wonderful news thank you for the clarification. Here I thought I'd actually awoken in the future and that my wife had been dead for 250 years. I'm glad that everything I'm seeing and hearing and touching impossible because that means it isn't actually happening.
Ichabod is a sarcastic bastard and I love him almost as much as the expression on Abbie's face whenever he speaks (it's this cross between complete annoyance and utter awe at his existence – coincidently that's exactly how I feel when I look at Abbie).
In the car Ichabod is impressed by the power windows (Abbie is annoyed) and upset by the fact that the town he loved has been overtaken by Starbucks. Abbie makes fun of Ichabod being a heavy sleeper and Ichabod does not think it's funny because he can't understand anything she's saying and why since when did ladies wear trousers. Abbie ignore him and asks him where the cave he woke up in is. Ichabod is very aroused by Abbie's blatant violation of direct orders (same Ichabod, same). Also the priest is there again (Ichabod recognises him).
They find the cave pretty easily – on account of Ichabod noting the water feature. Abbie gives Ichabod a torch tells him to point and shoot. NGL I would watch a whole series of Abbie trying to help Ichabod negotiate modern life. Ichabod finds a dirty bible with a passage marked. It's from the book of Revelations (not to be confused with the book of Revelation). The gist is the headless horseman is not just any horseman but actually one of THE four horseman, specifically death. Basically, it's the end of the world.
Again Abbie does not believe him because it's her job to be the skeptical realistic one in this relationship. A handsome man with fantastical ideas that believes there is something more is paired with a straight wheeling but tough female law enforcement… that sounds awfully familiar.
|OTP: Ichabod/George
Meanwhile the horseman has found the creepy priest who is looking particularly dodgy carrying a shovel. Turns out the priest has magic, but the horseman has a hot axe. The priest will never tell the horseman where it is, he's prepared to die for it. That's good because he gets his wish (RIP creepy priest).
Ichabod and Abbie arrive at the scene – Abbie tells Ichabod to wait in the car. Ichabod is not really down with that plan but can't do anything about it because he can't work the door handle yet.
The Captain is having none of Mills shit. The bird/raven/crow/whatever is back and Ichabod got out of the car but that's not even the craziest thing that is happening right now because three POC are having a conversation with each other! Three POC with names and ranks and stories. I don't know what this show is but I like it.
Abbie really wants to keep Ichabod but the Captain says no and John Cho REALLY thinks Abbie should just walk away. Please.
Ichabod has found his wife's grave. She was burned for witch craft.
Abbie: I told you to stay in the car.
Ichabod: And as you know I'm insane and therefore impervious to simple commands.
Abbie needs proof or she's going to end up in a mental institution with Ichabod and that would put a damper on her Quantico dreams. The way Ichabod's face falls when he realises Abbie is leaving town is my new favourite thing ever. His response is no. No Abbie is not leaving town. The end. Abbie leaving town is the most unacceptable thing that has ever been suggested and Ichabod will not stand for it.
Abbie just doesn't want to be along AGAIN arguing a case that she cannot understand. And so the plot thickens, something happened to Abbie in the past that made her doubt herself. What could it be?
If you were thinking they would draw this mysterious out you would be wrong because as soon as they arrive at the institution (Abbie got Ichabod a private room) she tells him her secret. When she was in high school Abbie and her sister were walking through the forest – they saw four white trees and heard a strange voice. Then they blacked out. Everyone said they were crazy and her sister Jenny believed them. She's been in and out of institutions, she's battling demons (it's funny because it's supposed to be metaphorical demons but it's actually literal demons).
They've bonded. Ichabod is sorry for Abbie's lost and they have reached a first name basis. Louis, I think this is begging of a beautiful friendship (or URST filled will-they-wont-they romance but you never know).
Abbie sneaks into the Sheriff's office. There are photo's all very sentimental but wait hidden plot device – taped to the back of Abbie's picture is a key. She searches the room to figure out what it opens. Obviously it opens the super heavy duty file cabinet in the corner.
Inside it's filled files detailing all the mysterious happenings in Sleepy Hollow including the existence of two witch covens – one good one evil. Montage of Abbie going through the files until she finds the one about her and her sister. Apparently they were not the first to see the four white trees. Also Sheriff Corbin was getting paranoid – he didn't know who to trust.
That's when the Captain turns up – suspicious but then maybe he's too obvious to be bad or maybe this show is just that cheesy. I can't tell yet because sometimes this show seems extremely tongue and cheek at other times it takes itself way too seriously. Especially at this moment because after Abbie leaves the Captains does a soap-opera turn to camera and look suspicious. I half expected him to stroke his chin and laugh.
Ichabod wakes up – but not really because of all the soft focus and white. It's his wife, Katrina. She's in the mirror. She's got a bunch of exposition to give him so there's no time for romantic reunions.
The horseman's skull is in her grave. She is a witch, supposedly a good one. Ichabod and the horseman are bound together by blood. A lot of blood. Like how did he survive the loss of that much blood. Oh right, magic. The horseman cannot survive the sunrise (vampire horseman, cool). Ichabod is the first witness. He has to prevent the horseman from reclaim his head and if he has any spare time she could use a rescue.
He wakes up in his hospital bed just as the doctors are trying to sedate him. Luckily Abbie Mills to the rescue. She pulls rank and forces the doctors to release him into her custody – they have to work fast because the court order she handed the doctor is actually a practice sheet from her academy exam – Abbie Mills is better than you.
They got this – Ichabod knows what the horseman is after and Abbie has a map. Ichabod has seen the map before, you know when he was hanging out with his good friend George… George Washington. Oh and Ichabod saw the trees Abbie saw, she's only as crazy as he is, which is not particularly reassuring.
Abbie calls John Cho for back up – because the Captain wont believe her on account of her BFF is a dude who thinks he's a revolutionary soldier that is destined to prevent the biblical apocalypse. Too bad the horseman is already waiting for John Cho PLOT TWIST John Cho is in cahoots with death.
Ichabod digs up the grave, Abbie keeps watch. They find a skull in a jar – lovely. Well this is a horror show after all – which is especially evident when the skulls eyes open. No time to celebrate though because the horseman has arrives thanks to the information provided by John Cho who broke everyone's heart by being evil.
The horseman shoots at them with a shotgun but it's okay because he's not a very good shot. There's a reason his weapon of choice is an axe. Abbie runs, Ichabod hides in the grave. Just as it looks like the horseman is going to get Ichabod Abbie shoots him, a lot, giving Ichabod the chance to fight back with a shovel – which is pretty effective actually. Horseman is not so good at hand to hand combat apparently.
John Cho arrives and Abbie still thinks he's good so she trusts him until he knocks her out, after that it's pretty clear he's not on team Ichabbie. Then he starts to get really creepy, stroking Abbie's face and whispering about how he's going to protect her. Abbie Mills is having none of that – she bites him on the hand and gets his gun pointing it at his face.
Abbie – 1. John Cho – 0.
That's when back up arrives – jumping out of their car to point a gun at the guy in the red coat standing in the middle of the road.
Random Cop #1: Put the weapon down, put your hands on your…
Random Cop #2: Can he even hear us?
Get it, he can't put his hands on his head because he's got no head – I'm telling you it's the gift that just keeps on giving. This show is completely bonkers and I love it.
Ichabod calls for his Leftenant but there is no need to fear because the sun is rising and as we were informed but the great exposition witch – the headless horseman is in fact a vampire. The horseman rides off into the sunset to fight another day. My favourite thing about things that go bump is that they only do it at night.
|*heart eyes*
Back at the station the Captain wants to through Abbie in jail but not really because they have two terrible cops that confirm her story and John Cho confessed. So yay. A win for the good guys. The Captain refers to Ichabod as Captain America so I'm going to assume he's a good guy because only good guys make marvel references.
Abbie decides that she is not going to Quantico and Ichabod looks like he's about to burst rainbows he's so proud. Then he tells Abbie that he thinks they are the two witness that have to spend seven years fighting evil or something. Abbie is not impressed, they need to talk to John Cho.
Too bad a demon just arrive in his cell. John Cho begs for his life but the demon doesn't listen because it's a demon. The demon breaks his neck and it's super gross (RIP John Cho). Like so gross that it's making my neck feel all weird just thinking about it.
Ichabod and Abbie arrive but it's too late – he's already dead. They do see the demon disappear into the mirror though… Sympathy for the Devil starts playing again and that's all for this week folks.


text: I got a Beatmania controller, Tatakon (Taiko Drum Master controller) for PS2. Hooked up to PS3 via an adapter, launched Taiko Drum Master. "Press PS button" Well, shit. There's no PS button on tatakon. Tried every button, buncha combinations of buttons, holding START for 2 minutes (not literally), all failed. And yet us.playstation.com backwards compatibility list says "No major problem with this game." So.. Uh.. No controller recognition is not a problem? What, I have to use Dualshock 3 to play Taiko? I'm so mad. Like, I haven't been this much pissed in the last 9 years or so. Was it really hard to add a PS2 controller slot on PS3, when even compact sized Wii has gamecube controller slots? The game itself runs smoothly and looks good. But if I wanted to play Taiko with buttons I'd play the PSP version which even has DLC, instead of looking like a nerd playing a Taiko game with Dualshock 3 listening to Jackson 5's ABC.


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It is a great pleasure to announce the 5th International Conference from Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials to Nanodevices and Nanosystems (IC4N). Following four previous successful conferences, this year's IC4N goes to the exclusive area of Porto Heli, Argolid-Peloponnese. Argolid is one of the most historical and beautiful locations in Greece and home of the ancient sites of Mycenae, magnificent theater of Epidauros, and Nafplion.
As in previous editions of this highly popular conference series, the overarching goal of this event is to combine a very high quality of scientific dialogue with a relaxing environment. This is a unique opportunity for both senior and junior researchers to exchange ideas and stimulate collaborations on a global scale. This year's event kicks off with plenary, keynote and invited lectures by renowned scientists from all over the world making IC4N the Nano forum of the highest quality.
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