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On September 23, 1916, flyer Kiffin Rockwell died in aerial combat over France. Documenting the American South pays tribute to Rockwell, who is often remembered as the first Carolinian to fall in World Word War I.
Rockwell's father, Baptist minister and poet James Chester Rockwell, hailed from Columbus County, North Carolina, and his mother, Loula Ayres, was the daughter of a Confederate veteran from South Carolina. Rockwell was born September 20, 1892, in Newport, Tennessee, but his parents' strong ties to their home states earned him the Carolina heritage for which he is best known. Rockwell briefly attended Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University in Virginia before leaving to pursue a career in advertising that allowed him the opportunity to travel in the United States and Canada. When Europe erupted into war in the late summer of 1914, Rockwell and his brother Paul left immediately for France to join the French army. After he was wounded in 1915, he began learning to fly planes, and when he finished this training, he joined the famous Escadrille LaFayette, an elite band of flyers.
In a short article from The North Carolina Booklet, R.B. House gives a detailed biographical sketch of Rockwell that spans from his youth to his death and summarizes his achievements: "Kiffin Yates Rockwell was the first North Carolinian to give his life in the world war, the first American volunteer for service in France, the first American to bring down a German plane, the premier fighter of his time in the Escadrille LaFayette, and after Victor Chapman, his comrade, the first American airman to fall in battle" (151).
House goes on to say of Rockwell: "Kiffin Rockwell's achievements in the air and previously in the trenches rank him as one of the greatest of the allied fighters. For his services he received the highest honor the French Government can give. But the most remarkable feature of his life is the perfect coordination of purpose and achievement in his spirit. He was indefatigable in battle because he was invincible in his conviction that he was defending civilization" (154).
In his article "North Carolina's Part in the War," published in the Training School Quarterly, John Wilber Jenkins gives details about the fight that led to Rockwell's death. He explains, "This brave Carolinian lost his life [ . . . ] in a desperate duel in the air over the French lines near Verdun. Plunging through a rain of bullets, he engaged a powerful German machine. He was struck by an explosive bullet and killed instantly; his aeroplane was riddled and crashed to earth" (5). Jenkins also quotes one of Rockwell's fellow fliers, who said that his friend and comrade "was imbued with the spirit of the cause for which he fought, and gave his heart and soul to the performance of his duty. He said: 'I pay my part for Lafayette and Rochambeau,' and he gave the fullest measure. The old flame of chivalry burned brightly in this boy's fine and sensitive being." (5).
Both House's and Jenkins' articles are part of DocSouth's "North Carolinians in the Great War" collection, which examines how World War I shaped the lives of North Carolinians on the battlefield and on the home front as well how the state and federal government responded to war-time demands.


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Oprah Winfrey apologized to Robin Givens on Friday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" over how she dealt with a comment made by the star's ex, former boxer Mike Tyson, last month.
"I was really hurt, really, really hurt," Givens told Winfrey of the TV show host's and her audience's reaction to the boxer's October "Oprah" show comments about the actress' 1998 Barbara Walters interview. Tyson previously claimed on Oprah's show that Givens lied during the interview and he added, "At that particular moment, I truly wanted to sock her, but I didn't do it," as the "Oprah" audience laughed.
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Givens, who is a spokesperson for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, said the reaction was difficult to take.
"I just wanted you… When he said 'I've socked her before,' to say, 'That's not right!' And it wasn't right and it was painful," Robin said. "There are so many women like me out there… if you hear laughter about it, it lightens it."
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Although Oprah tried to explain what the mood was like that day in her studio, she apologized to Robin for what happened.
"In that moment, I didn't know – the audience laughed because they were uncomfortable, and the word 'sock,' you think of a cartoon character, they weren't laughing at you," Oprah responded. "I should have said something, 'This isn't funny.' I regretted… that moment. To you and every woman who's ever been hit, I feel that I did not handle that as well as I should have – I apologize to you, and to every woman in that situation, for not being sharp enough."
The subject of domestic violence has been a hot topic on "Oprah" recently, with Oprah feuding with Chris Brown after he said he was upset she did not help him out following his assault on Rihanna in February, and for doing a show on domestic violence not long after the incident.
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And more recently, Oprah shelved an interview with BeBe Winans after coming under fire for taping an interview with the gospel singer, who is facing domestic assault charges. The show with Winans will not air until the abuse charges are resolved, a rep for "Oprah" announced earlier this month.
"Rihanna said it quite well, she said, 'You know what I did not cause this,' and you know what? I did not cause this and any women out there, you're not causing it," Robin told Oprah on Friday.
"I hope you accept my apology," Oprah told her. "I had a lot of empathy and compassion for Mike Tyson and still do, but that never makes hitting women OK. It's never OK."
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GSA Breathes New Life into Historic Civic Center Plaza Landmark
November 6, 2013
Modernized federal building to reopen as GSA regional headquarters
November 6, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Mayor Edwin Lee and local leaders gathered to celebrate the completion of a major renovation to one of the Civic Center's cornerstone facilities, the 50 United Nations Plaza Federal Building (50 UNP). A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in the building's central courtyard to celebrate the reopening of the historic landmark as the home of GSA's Pacific Rim Regional headquarters.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, this project provided much needed repairs and seismic upgrades to the federal building. It also brought the historic building up to 21st century office space standards and incorporated many sustainable design strategies. The renovation included: environmental remediation; new mechanical, electrical, lighting, and plumbing systems; roof replacement and refurbishment of existing historic wood windows; restoration of the historically significant interiors and central courtyard, as well as redesign of work spaces to create an open, collaborative office environment. The building now includes photovoltaic panels to generate electricity and its living roof is a verdant insulator. Incorporation of these high-performance green building features is expected to result in a LEED® Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
"In today's environment, sustainability and stewardship are predominant drivers in the design and maintenance of our federal portfolio," said Ruth Cox, GSA Pacific Rim Regional Administrator. "GSA recognizes that we not only have an obligation to increase the sustainability of the federal government by reducing cost of operations and the environmental impact of its buildings, but also to provide workspaces that will reshape the culture of the Federal workforce."
The renovation combined an ambitious agenda for the treatment of historical facilities, a strong expression of sustainability, and modern space planning. It met these critical measures, as well as energy performance goals, while respecting a unique historical asset. For GSA, the building is a proving ground, a demonstration to its employees, consultants and clients of the approaches and technologies that can make any facility more comfortable and reduce its carbon footprint. It answers basic questions about how to approach historic buildings and outfit them to function in the 21st century without losing the essential character that gives them value and connects us to our heritage.
Inside this 1936 building is a new workplace model. While a dynamic mix of open spaces encourages dialogue and collaboration, workstations and other private zones allow employees to perform focused tasks. This combination also uses existing building areas with greater efficiency by planning for telework and other forms of digital-era mobility, as well.
"GSA is replacing buildings built around hierarchies from an era where people used the telegraph with workspaces more suited to today's world," said GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini. "The kind of open office environment incorporated here and being adopted in other federal facilities across the nation encourages collaboration and cooperation. It also saves money by reducing space needed by federal agencies."
Located in the heart of the facility is Cliff Garten's Ribbons, a GSA Art in Architecture project that has transformed 50 UNP's central courtyard. His artwork, "a sculptural matrix of paving, seating, fountains, and planting" updates the classically symmetrical, Beaux-Arts 1932 Arthur Brown designed courtyard.
The restoration and re-occupancy of this historic gem with its new landscaping will add beauty and synergistic vibrancy to the Civic Center area and will bring an additional influx of employees to the plaza in the upcoming months.
"After nearly six years empty, soon 50 United Nations Plaza will bustle with the labors of 700 federal workers, bringing new energy to the Civic Center and Mid-Market area," said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. "The Recovery Act's investments created hundreds of good-paying jobs renovating and modernizing the structure and prepared this historic building for the demands of the 21st century. As the work of recovery remains unfinished, we know that we can continue to breathe new life into our nation-just as we have breathed new life into this building."
"The transformation of the historic federal building into a sustainable, energy efficient landmark is another major milestone in our City's efforts to revitalize and reimagine UN Plaza and the Central Market neighborhood," said Mayor Edwin Lee. "The federal investment from President Obama, Leader Pelosi and the GSA breathes new life into this facility, and we're excited to see an upgraded, seismically safe building reopen and reactivate the area."
Speakers at the ribbon cutting ceremony included: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; Mayor Edwin Lee; Dan Tangherlini, GSA Administrator; Ruth Cox, GSA Pacific Rim Regional Administrator; Michele MacCracken, Associate Principal and Senior Vice President, HKS Architects; and Cliff Garten, Cliff Garten Studio.
For additional details about GSA's Federal Building at 50 United Nations and building images see www.gsa.gov/r9news and click on For the Media.


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You don't have to be an architect to notice that something peculiar has been happening to architecture. Something that people find very agreeable.
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by Scott Boyle
San Juan softball and volleyball player Tatiana Su'e Su'e was named Female Prep Athlete of the Year at the third annual Utah Governor's State of Sport Awards last Tuesday night.
She led the Broncos to the 2A state softball title as a sophomore last season and was named Ms. Softball by the Deseret News after blasting 15 homeruns and going 17-2 from the mound.
This season, the Broncos just wrapped up the Region 15 softball title with a 6-1 record with one game left before beginning defense of their 2A title of a year ago. It looks like they'll match up with 4-6 Kanab in the first round of the 2A softball championships.
Su'e Su'e has four homeruns and eight doubles this year to go along with 11 victories on the mound entering the stat tourney.
Kellie Palmer, a Bronco senior, has had a big year at the plate for the Craig Swenson's team, blasting five homeruns and 10 doubles to be in the top three in both 2A categories.
Jessica Swenson has one homerun and eight doubles while Emily Royer has six doubles and Presley Mainard, five.
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The Buckaroo baseball team wrapped up the regular season with a home contest against Moab Tuesday and are preparing for the state tournament.
Coach Bryan Bowring's team made the state tournament for the first time since 2011 by virtue of their fourth place finish in Region 15 2A play, with a 7-5 record (10-7 overall).
The Bucks looked to have third place wrapped up until North Sevier snuck ahead of the Bucks by upsetting Region leading and number one ranked Emery last week.
Monticello will play in the 2A opener on Saturday at 11:00 in Gunnison or Manti playing Millard, Beaver or Parowan.
Austin Maloy leads the Buckaroos into the state tournament from the mound and the plate. Maloy has cranked out four homeruns this season, three triples and eight doubles while posting the best record for the Bucks on the mound at 3-1.
Six different pitchers have picked up wins on the mound for Monticello, making them a tough matchup at state. Curtis and Drew Baird, Shane Christensen, Easton Nielson, and Austin Wilcox have all earned one win.
Austin's little bro, Makade, has been stellar as well, with one homer, one triple and seven doubles on the year.
Christensen has one homer, two triples and five doubles and Wilcox has blasted two home runs and three doubles.
Dillon Maughan has doubled six times, while Hunter Bowring tripled twice and doubled twice. Drew Baird, Chandler Draper and Jake Giles all doubled twice and Draper and Giles also hit one triple each.
The Bucks last entered the state tournament in 2011, when they lost to eventual 2A state champion, Enterprise, 11-1.
San Juan Baseball
San Juan finished in sixth place in Region 15, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in over 15 years.
The Broncos won three state championships in those 15 years, in 2001, 2006 and most recently in 2010, also placing second in 2009 and 2005.
That 2009 runnerup finish is a painful one to remember. The Broncos had a 12-2 lead in the fourth inning, only to see Kanab score 10 runs, tie the game, and take the lead in the bottom of the sixth.
The Broncos dramatically tied the game in the top of the seventh, only to have Kanab win in the seventh on an equally dramatic play at the plate.
Freshman Bronz Eldredge led the Broncos from the plate in 2014, with five homeruns, four triples and four doubles in 19 games.
Rye Nielson had two wins on the mound for the Broncos to lead the pitching effort and also clubbed a home run, two triples and eight doubles. Chase Richmond had one homer and four doubles, Tanner Taylor had three triples and a double, and Braxton Brown hit a triple and three doubles for coach Charley Taylor's cohorts.
Wasatch Academy
There is justice in the sports world, don't you think? What goes around, comes around, maybe?
Much was made in the 2A basketball ranks this year and last about the state of Wasatch Academy basketball, who captured their second consecutive 2A state basketball title in easy fashion.
Complaints centered around the Tigers ability to draw students from around the world to join the basketball team whereas most other 2A teams draw from around the county.
For example, this year's WA basketball team, whom Sportshorts watched in a game against the Broncos back in Blanding in January, boasted players from France, Canada, Mali, Peru, Chicago, and eastern Europe.
During the game in Blanding, SS talked with a JV player from Vietnam, his last name being Haong. It was an interesting conversation.
After being asked how he liked the Four Corners area, Haong remarked, "I don't know geography. I don't even know where I am." Haong has been at Wasatch Academy for two years, a delightful young man. Wasatch Academy thrashed the Broncos 101-58, by the way, and they were good, athletic, smooth, quick, polished basketball players.
Wasatch Academy boasts a four-year basketball record of 94-8 with three state titles.
They have outscored their Region and 2A (1A in 2011) opponents by an average score of 71-40, while going 35-2 against region and state tournament opponents. They won the 2A state title against runnerup Enterprise this year by a score of 76-47. Much to the relief of most 2Aers, Wasatch Academy will be independent next year, with no state affiliation while playing a national schedule.
So, here is the justice. Wasatch Academy's baseball team went 0-12 this year after failing to win a game for the sixth year in a row.
The Tigers lost those 12 games this year by an average score of 23-1, including 32-0 to Grand and 30-0 to Emery. They lost four games to MHS and SJH by a combined 89-4 score. They were shutout six times and no hit twice. Not one game went past five innings so it could have been worse but for the mercy rule. Ya think some of those 2A teams had basketball on their minds as they pounded out those 23 runs a game?


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The 8th ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop was held in Tongariro National Park, New Zealand (map) during 1-5 September 2012. A couple dozen participants gathered to talk about maps, mountains & enjoy outdoor recreation. Martin, Tom, and I joined from the United States and other participants ranged from Argentina to Norway and the usual contingent from Switzerland and Austria. We had wonderful hosts in New Zealand organizing committee.
I've gathered our presentations together here as a reference, enjoy.
PDFs are linked below. Original Powerpoints over there »
Aileen Buckley: NAGI Fusion Method
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Benjamin Schroeter: Glacier variations – Projects at the Institute of Cartography, TU Dresden
Martin Gamache: Cartography beyond the Planimetric
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Nathaniel V. KELSO: Cartography at Stamen Design
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Geoff Aitken: The Tramper's Map of the Tararua Mountain System circa 1936
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Dusan Petrovic: Designing photo-realistic and abstract mountain maps for a 3d mapping study
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Martin Gamache: Americans on Everest – 50 year anniversary, mapping with the iPad
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Roger Wheate: Visualization of changes in the alpine glaciers in western Canada
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Lorenz Hurni: Glacier DEM reconstruction based on historical maps: A semi-automated approach
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Sebastian Vivero: A new digital terrain model for the Tasman Glacier, New Zealand, using digital photogrammetry techniques.
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Karel Kriz: User interaction and design issues for the Tyrolean AWC Portal
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Stefan Raeber: Panoramic Maps – Evaluating the usability and effectiveness
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Karel Kriz: Decomposing an exhibition map
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Roger Smith: Texture maps with Photoshop
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Georg Gartner: Putting emotions in maps – Towards supporting wayfinding
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Karel Kriz: Needs, concepts and realization of a mountain compliant smartphone app
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Antoni Moore: Multi-modal exploration of rugged digital terrain on mobile devices
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Martin Gamache: Relief approaches at National Geographic Magazine
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Roger Smith: Maps & geomorphology
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Geoff Aitken: New topographic mapping
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Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso: Create your own terrain maps
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Tom Patterson: Mountains unseen – Developing a relief map of the Hawaiian seafloor
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Martin Gamache: Yosemite National Park and El Capitan
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Getting a government document in the Philippines is not an easy thing, I think you know what I mean by this. There are other ways to get a Philippine passport, but this is how I get mine and it's easy for me; you can share at the comments if you have one. I'm sharing this experience I consider an adventure and a challenge. I'll try to keep it short as I can, but I think this would be a long post.
Teleserv and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) forged an agreement to give this online service to millions of Filipinos who are dying to leave the country every minute. I like the power of business process outsourcing (BPO) of Teleserv tapped by the government to make a quality service.
For a new passport application,the first on the list that I chose to accomplish is the NSO birth certificate since it does not require any valid ID. Make sure all the entries are clear and readable; mine was in old handwritten format which is not accepted by the DFA. Now what? Go to your local civil registrar and make a request for endorsement letter to the regional NSO. It took me years to have the electronic version of it, I even had a heated argument with the regional NSO staff asking if it's already endorsed by the local registrar. She told me about the Presidential Decree that no one can view the endorsement which I'm not aware of. My point is, I don't want to pay again for the handwritten version, just a waste of money. It's a long story that I have to make another post for that. Try to have the documents listed in the requirements , a bunch of valid ID will get you going: a TIN card from the Bureau of Internal Revenue is the surest valid ID you can have, printed on a cheap paper then laminated and my company ID which is considered valid, too. This completes all my documentary requirements. Sum it up, I have 3 documents the NSO birth certificate, TIN card ID, and my company ID.
Set an Appointment
Here is the only online part. Set an appointment to DFA Online Passport Application, and read all the never ending notes there. Fill up all the required entries, avoid or make no errors and make sure it matches with the other documents to save time from going back again to the DFA. Choose your preferred date and time slot, that is, morning or afternoon slot. I would recommend a morning slot; I'll let you know why on the next step so keep reading. A confirmation email will be sent to you,and be sure to click it within 24 hours. If not, the link will expire and cancel your appointment. You need to have a PDF reader installed in your computer such as Foxit Reader or Adobe Reader to be able to read the electronic forms. The process is automated, so don't try to fool the system: cancel your appointment if you can't come on the set date by using the appointment cancellation. This is to avoid problems in the future applications. My personal appearance was set in the DFA Consular Office – Manila at ASEANA Business Park, Bradco Avenue corner Macapagal Boulevard, Paranaque City.
Personal Appearance
Going there by public transport is easy, buses have DFA signs and will drop you next to ASEANA building. If you have your own vehicle, a big parking space is on the next block with security guards.The adventure begins here after a long wait along EDSA for buses going to the DFA. This time, by the way, I was accompanied by Joel and his brother. When we alighted from the bus, some people told us where to set an appointment. To our surprise, we were directed to go the Shell gas station right across the DFA. Don't be fooled by this. Fixers are not an option in getting any government documents. Also you won't be needing any of the ball pen or passport sleeve jackets, sold by peddlers. Aside from selling it forcibly ( yes, forcibly ), the prices are astromonical.
Be there at least 1 hour before your appointment. There's no need to be there by 1 A:M just to be the first on queue. The system implemented is by batch, so you don't have to worry about that. Hundreds of applicants swarm the building a day that they have 3 holding area. This is why you have to pick the morning schedule; everyone is being held a box like perimeter line outside the building, literally on the streets. A bottled water and something to cover you from the heat of the sun are must-haves. There are no chairs to sit on, and you can't even lean on the wall of the adjacent S&R shopping center. The guard will surely aim his shotgun at you for doing so. You should have all your printed and photocopied documents with you, incomplete documents will lead you nowhere but home. The guard will check your schedule in the printed appointment form. Don't bring anyone who doesn't have any transaction at the DFA since that person will not be allowed to enter the gates. My appointment was scheduled at 11 A:M, but we were lining up by 10 A:M. Finish your food and water before entering the gate. No food is allowed inside, or you'll be asked to leave it at the counter.
I was with Joell and his brother who is a government employee. Here's the catch. Government employees have a courtesy lane, so they don't need to battle the long line. I phoned the 737-1000 Pilipinas Teleserv customer service if one whose parents or brother are government employees can use the courtesy lane. I was told that I could only use it if my parents are with me and is also applying for a passport. Also, I should be single if I will use my brother's privilege, but he must be with me,too! I can't use the courtesy lane because all of those government employees in my family are not available. This is a great news for Joell, so along with his brother, they happily entered the building and I waited outside. Here comes the bad news. He was not accepted at the courtesy lane since the staff told him only the parents and not his brother privilege is being honored. Joell insisted that he had the privilege to use the courtesy lane based on the information given to him by the customer service about the issue. The staff handed him a piece of paper saying that only applicants whose parents are present are honored at the courtesy lane. Knowing this, he left his brother and joined me in the morning heat outside. Though it also happens in other companies, the lesson here is that customer service on the phone and the staff in front of you are totally in a different world. It only took an hour for Joell's brother to finish all the entire process.
The next holding area is a big tent inside the DFA compound, with chairs enough to accommodate the whole batch. Having a seat is such a relief, but one annoying guy playing loud music from his mp3 player added to the noise from the applicants.We moved like a train going to main building,
Patiently, I waited for the chance to be in the air-conditioned holding area before reaching the teller window where I submitted the requirements. When I was near the window, I overheard the lady telling the officer that she already paid for the passport for Php 3000 to a person who promised her to process her documents the soonest. She was told that it must be a FIXER .This time, we moved at turtle pace though at last I was able to submit the documents; this time I was done in minutes and ready for the next step at the second floor.
I got a transaction number, and this step is the fastest in the whole process. At the second floor, a decent number of cubicles that can accommodate a large volume of applicants can be found. Each cubicle has its own digital camera, fingerprint scanner, and digital pen for signature. The E-passport saves time in terms of processing and offers a lot of security. It took 5 hours just to get a new passport, a big "time-waster" is the long line of applicants.
You don't have to pay for or spend on anything than the passport itself, depending on the processing days. If you want to save some cash go for the regular processing at Php 950.00 for 20 working days. When the need arises and circumstances require you to have a passport immediately then go for the rush processing at Php 1,200.00 and have it after 10 working days. Now, fees are rather cheaper that it used to be years ago.
I don't want to go back to the DFA and to undergo the same process of standing on a long line just to get the passport. So, I wanted it to be delivered, but an additional Php 200 for the delivery of the courier company of your choice like 2Go and LBC was an extra. I was expecting the delivery of the passport by October 17 through 2Go; I've waited till noon but no luck. With the Air Waybill (AWB) and Consignment Note (CN) numbers in hand, I tried tracking it using my mobile phone, but I got no confirmation or response. The online tracking feature on their website is not really tracking, it's just a detail of the package, I'm expecting something like this. I contacted the branches of 2Go Laguna hub for a follow up in San Pedro ,but they redirected me to Sta. Rosa where the phone was not even ringing.I rang the customer service in Manila (+632) 5287-136 that gave me a repetitive message " your call is important to us" for 6 minutes and it's not a toll free number! The last resort I did was to email the Laguna hub guys. The next morning I received a reply saying they got the passport at DFA on October 17 in the evening. I think I will blame the DFA for the delays not 2Go. With all the labors I undertook and hassles I underwent, I was ecstatic to finally receive my passport on the 18th of October. Such a labor. Below is the preview of the inside pages of the new electronic passport.
WORDS OF CAUTION : The passport contains sensitive electronics. Do not bend, perforate, or expose this to extreme temperature or excess moisture.
Here are some tips to enjoy your adventure in Getting Philippine Passport Through DFA Online Passport Application.
- Don't deal with fixers.
- Don't buy anything from the peddlers.
- Bring anything that will shield you form the heat of the sun.
- A bottled water.
- Remember the old adage: Patience is a virtue. Have lots of them with you.


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Troubled Currencies Project Update: Syria, Iran, and Egypt
Syria: Since August 26, when U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry began laying the groundwork for military intervention in Syria, the Syrian pound (SYP) has taken a beating on the black market. Indeed, the SYP has lost 24.07 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar (USD) in the two days since Kerry's announcement. Currently, the exchange rate sits at 270 SYP/USD, yielding an implied annual inflation rate of 291.88 percent. In countries with troubled currencies, there is no better measure of economic expectations than the black‐market exchange rate. The recent deterioration in the SYP/USD exchange rate clearly indicates that Syrians are anticipating Western military intervention in the near term.
Iran: The initial weeks of the Rouhani presidency have seen renewed economic confidence, as reflected by the Iranian rial's (IRR) black‐market exchange rate. The new central bank governor, Valiollah Seif, has stated that his primary concerns are to rein in inflation and boost economic stability. Over the past few weeks, the rial has strengthened on the black‐market, and inflation has moderated somewhat. That said, recent international saber‐rattling over Syria clearly has spooked the Iranian public. In the two days since Secretary Kerry first made his case for intervention in Syria, the value of the Iranian rial has dropped 4.74 percent on the black market, to 32,700 IRR/USD. This yields an implied annual inflation rate of 52.10 percent, up from 44.89 percent, prior to Kerry's announcement.
Egypt: Since the fall of the Morsi government, public confidence and support for the military regime has boosted the value of the Egyptian pound (EGP). Prior to the military takeover, the black‐market exchange rate sat at 7.6 EGP/USD. Since Morsi's ouster, the pound has appreciated by 7.34 percent, to 7.08 EGP/USD. This yields a current implied annual inflation rate of 18.62 percent, down from 27.85 percent in the final days of the Morsi government. In recent weeks, the Central Bank has been auctioning off up to $40 million in foreign exchange, three times per week. This rather modest sum has adequately met the demand for foreign exchange at rates close to the official exchange rate of 6.99 EGP/USD.
For more information on troubled currencies in these countries and others, see The Troubled Currencies Project.


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I prompted a flurry of PostGIS hate (and some love) on Twitter last week, documented via Storify.
I've been using PostGIS for around 2 years now both at Stamen and before that at The Washington Post. Let me say upfront that PostGIS is amazing and is definitely in the top 5 best FOSS4G (free and open source software for geo) out there. It is a super powerful spatial data store that is free to download, install, and use (even in commercial projects!). It's can also be mind numbingly difficult to install and use.
It doesn't matter how awesome something is unless it's usable. If we want the FOSS4G community to grow and be adopted by more everyday users of GIS and general users for spatial data needs, we need to improve this situation. "Patches welcome" is a programmers crutch. Actually following up with user's real world issues is where it's at.
Besides the specific issues outlined below, PostGIS lacks basic functions required for spatial analysis found in ArcToolbox. Those are slowly being rolled out as sidecar projects running on top of PostGIS, and CartoDB is a good case in point. But unless you're a programmer and can roll your own (and your project budget can afford it), that's a #fail.
@PostGIS asked me for details on how it could be friendlier and I've itemized around 20 below.
Top 3 areas for PostGIS improvement
If a project that is considered core to the FOSS4G stack (eg Mapnik, PostGIS, etc), the project needs to act like it.
Our servers at Stamen run Ubuntu Linux and we have a variety of them, running different combinations of applications and operating systems. Our staff machines are Mac laptops. There's some pretty good installers now for Windows and Mac it seems. But the Ubuntu support has been out of sync too often.
- Request 1a: Core FOSS4G projects should be stable and registered with official, maintained APT Ubuntu package list.
Distributing via private PPAs that are hard for end-users to discover and more cowboy in robustness is poor practice.
- Request 1b: The APT package distribution of core FOSS4G projects should work with the last 2 versions (equivalent to 2 years) of Ubuntu LTS support releases, not just the most recent cutting edge dot release.
As of today, the latest LTS is 12.04, before that is 10.04. We just upgraded to 12.04 and are slowly upgrading the rest of our FOSS4G stack. This type of staggered versioning is standard in production environments.
While it's nice to have cutting edge features, we also need to acknowledge that one app's cutting edge features & cutting edge dependencies are another end-user's dependency hell when installed with other software in the FOSS4G stack.
What's amazing about Ubuntu is that they tell you up-front exactly how long they plan to support a particular version, in months and years (view timeline).
There should be an overlap period between the versions distributed in major package systems and the versions supported by the developers themselves, as well as an overlap with the release cycle of a system like Ubuntu. For instance, Mapnik is now thankfully in this state but for a long time supported the widely available 0.7 release inconsistently, but 0.7 was the only version widely available.
- Request 1c: Backport key bug fixes to the prior release series.
We've all been burned by FOSS4G maintainers when say they've fixed problems in newer versions, but they don't back port those changes to point or patch releases that are still compatible with LTS. Sometimes it's unavoidable. Most of the time it's not.
2. EASY DATA IMPORT, EXPORT, and BACKUP
Once PostGIS is installed it should be 100% usable without learning additional magic workflow. The existing workflow might seem normal to a Unix nerd or pro DBA administrator, but it's not intuitive for a new user.
I should be able to import shapefiles, the defacto geodata format, easily like this:
shp2pgsql import.shp
Instead of:
shp2pgsql -dID -s 900913 import.shp <destination_table> | psql -U <username> -d <my_new_db_name>
How to get there is detailed below. Note that the advanced power of the import flags and even the piping of raw SQL is still there if you need it as a power user. But the basic import (and export) should be that simple.
- Request 2.1a: Include a default PostGIS spatial database as part of the basic install, called "default_postgis_db" or something similar.
This new database would be the default import location for shp2pgsql and other utilities if the user did not specify a named database. This will reduce the learning curve for new and novice users as they wouldn't even need to create a spatial database to get up and running.
If the user needs more than one spatial database because of project managements, they can still create new spatial databases and import into those.
This would remove the requirement of becoming a postgres super user to create the first (and likely default) spatial database.
- Request 2.1b: Include a default PostGIS Postgres user as part of the basic install, called "postgis_user" or something similar.
- Request 2.1c: If I name a spatially enabled database in shp2pgsql that doesn't yet exist, make one for me.
PostGIS should be making my life easier, not harder. If a database of that name doesn't yet exist, ask if it should be made (y/n) and create it, then import. If a database is named but doesn't have the spatial tables enabled, ask if they should be enabled (y/n) and do so.
- Request 2.1d: It's too hard to manually setup a spatial database, with around a printed page of instructions that vary with install. It mystifies Postgres pros as well as novices.
The support files for PostGIS's functions and spatial reference systems have been stored in a variety of places on the file system, requiring us to remember what files to add, a search to find their location, then incantations to actually import those onto a new database to enable spatial power.
Fixed? I hear this is fixed as of Postgres 9.1 by using `CREATE EXTENSION postgis database` to create databases that are spatialized. That's super awesome!
- Request 2.1e: Default destination table names in shp2pgsql.
The required destination_table should be optional if I want to not use the filename of the shapefile as the table name:
shp2pgsql -dID -s 900913 import.shp <destination_table> | psql -U <username> -d <my_new_db_name>
Could be:
shp2pgsql -dID -s 900913 import.shp -U <username> -d <my_db_name>
- Request 2.1f: Automatically pipe the output to actually put the raw SQL results into PostGIS.
The | (pipe) in the shp2pgsql command workflow is confusing. Pipe it automatically for me. I know this is a Unixism. It's also super confusing to new users.
- Request 2.1g: If my shapefile has a PRJ associated with it (as most do), auto populate the -s <srid> option.
It's 2012, people. Map projections are a fact of life that computer should be making easier for us, not harder. Manually setting projections and transforms should be a last resort for troubleshooting, not every day routine.
- Related 2.1h Projection on the fly: If you still can't reproject data on the fly, something is wrong. If table X is in projection 1 (eg web merc) and table Y is in projection 2 (eg geographic), PostGIS ought to "just work", without me resorting to a bunch of ST_Transform commands that include those flags. The SRID bits in those functions should be optional, not required.
- Request 2.1i: Reasonable defaults in shp2pgsql import flags.
Your mileage may vary, but everyone I know uses the following flags to import data: -dID.
Make these the default. Add warnings and confirmation prompts as appropriate.
- Request 2.1j: Easier creation of point features from csv or dbf.
This is a basic GIS type operation. Now I need to import manually into a table and use SQL to create the point geometries detailed here.
If PostGIS's claim to fame is as a spatial data store, and no more, it needs to get better at accepting all data, and releasing it to the wild again.
I often get invalid geometries reporting from PostGIS on import of geo data that works perfectly fine in Mapnik, OGR, QGIS, ArcGIS, and other GIS applications. PostGIS is too obsessive.
- See Section 3 below for more specific requests.
I'm still researching PostGIS 2.0 to understand whether this has all been fixed. It sounds like it's been partially fixed in that it's now easier to "bless" the geometry into a structure PostGIS likes better, but the underlying problems seems to remain.
- Request 2.3a: Forward compatible pgdumps. Dumps from older PostGIS & Postgres combinations should always import into newer combinations of PostGIS and Postgres.
Data should not be trapped in PostGIS. We need an easy, transparent, forward compatible method of backing up data in one PostGIS database and restoring it into a new PostGIS database, either on the same machine, or a different machine, or the same machine with an upgraded version of PostGIS.
I should be able to backup data from PostGIS and have it be restored into newer copies of PostGIS without a problem (I constantly have this problem, especially between Postgres 8.3 and 8.4, maybe it's fixed in Postgres 9.x and PostGIS 2.x?). I should be able to upgrade my DB and machines without it complaining.
- Request 2.3b: Offer an option to skip PostGIS simple feature topology checks when importing a pgdump.
PostGIS might approach this with a two-pronged system. If there's a problem with the data, it could keep around the original version untouched alongside a cleaned-up interpretation, and be able to dump either on request. Or, there could be a flag on a geometry row that specifies whether or not strict interpretation is applied. Defaulting to strict makes sense to us and maintains backwards compatibility with old version, but offers an escape hatch for data funk with topology and other PostGIS errors. This is especially troublesome for the Natural Earth data, which is slowly being edited to conform with PostGIS's overly "right" view of the world.
Falling under the heading: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder": Real world data has self-intersections and other geometry burrs. Deal with it. I often get invalid geometries reporting from PostGIS on import of geo data that works perfectly fine in Mapnik, QGIS, ArcGIS, and other GIS applications. PostGIS is too obsessive.
- Request 3a: Topology should only be enforced as an optional add on, even for simple Polygon geoms. OGC's view of polygon topology for simple polygons is wrong (or at the very least too robust).
I understand that PostGIS 2.0 now ships with a clean geometry option. Woot woot. I think there are underlying issues, though.
- Request 3b: Teach PostGIS the same winding rule that allows graphics software to fill complex polygons regarding self-intersections. Use that for simple point in polygon tests, etc. Only force me to clean the geometry for complicated map algebra.
ArcGIS will still let you join points against a polygon that has self intersections or other topology problems. Why can't PostGIS?
- Request 3c: Teach OGC a new trick about "less" simple features.
The irony of the recursive loop:
- PostGIS points finger at GEOS topology.
- GEOS (JTS) topology is based on OGC Simple Feature spec.
- OGC Simple Feature spec is based on an overly simplistic view of the world. It might be convenient in the expedient programing sense, but it's not practical with real world data.
- Everyone at OpenGeo is happy as it's self consistent.
- It's hard for other people with real world data to actually use the software, sad face.
- Request 3d: Beyond the simple polygon gripe, I'd love it if GEOS / PostGIS could become a little more sophisticated. Adobe Illustrator for several versions now allows users to build shapes using their ShapeBuilder tool where there are loops, gaps, overshoots, and other geometry burrs. It just works. Wouldn't that be amazing? And it would be even better that ArcGIS.


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My Advice on Google Sitemaps - Verify, but Don't SubmitBlog Post: February 20, 2007
Just to give some insight, I don't believe sitemaps will hinder a website in any way. I did a little research and found that the regular crawl methods and sitemaps appear to be completely seperate.
Taken from Google's FAQ section on Sitemaps:
"A Sitemap provides an additional view into your site (just as your home page and HTML site map do). This program does not replace our normal methods of crawling the web. Google still searches and indexes your sites the same way it has done in the past whether or not you use this program. Sites are never penalized for using this service."
Source: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318&topic=8465
"No. Using Google Sitemaps will not influence your PageRank; there will be no change in how we calculate the ranking of your pages."
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Shelbi Olson is one of four Harvard hitters with a batting average above .300 on the season (Harvard Athletic Communications).
The Particulars
The Ivy League North-leading Harvard softball team takes on division rival Yale in a pair of Ancient Eight doubleheaders this weekend in New Haven, Conn. The Crimson shares the overall Ivy League lead with Cornell as both squads boast 7-1 Ivy records.
Series History
Harvard has been dominant in the all-time series with Yale, owning a 50-18 record in 68 career matchups. The Crimson has won 14 of the last 16 meetings, including the 10 most recent matchups.
Last year, Harvard made short work of the Bulldogs, invoking the eight-run rule in three of the four games played. Two-hit games by Ellen Macadam '11, Stephanie Regan and Ashley Heritage helped Harvard to an 8-0, six-inning victory in Game 1 behind nine strikeouts from Rachel Brown, and Whitney Shaw's four RBI led to an 11-1, five-inning final in Game 2. Yale found its offense in the third game of last year's series, but it was once again outdone by the Crimson as Macadam picked up three hits in a 12-11 slugfest. Kasey Lange drove in five runs in the series finale, capping the day with an 11-3 win to seal the season series sweep.
Scouting The Crimson
Jane Alexander continues to be the offensive sparkplug for the Crimson. She leads the team, and is ranked 10th in the nation, with a .447 batting average, and also has a team-high 42 hits, eight doubles, three triples and eight steals. Kasey Lange is hitting an impressive .376 and is the team's top run producer with 25 RBI so far this season. Lange also holds the team lead with five home runs, and is the defending Ivy League Player of the Week.
Rachel Brown has been steadily racking up strike outs through the season and leads the Crimson with 157 on the year. She also has a team-best 1.62 earned run average and as pitched 112.0 innings this year for Harvard. Laura Ricciardone has also been solid on the mound, boasting a 1.93 ERA to go with her 8-5 record.
Scouting the Bulldogs
Yale enters the weekend series with Harvard with a 1-7 Ivy League record, along with a 7-23 overall mark. Yale's lone Ivy win came against Columbia March 30, a 4-3 victory for the Bulldogs.
Jennifer Ong leads the Yale offense with a .363 batting average, 37 runs scored and 16 RBI. Senior Meg Johnson is next in line with an average of .316 and has team-high totals of 17 runs scored and seven steals. She also has the lone home run on the team this season.
Sophomore Chelsey Dunham is Yale's top pitcher with 96.2 innings pitched this season. She has a team-best 4.06 earned run average and 58 strikeouts on the year.
Up Next
Harvard takes on a pair of local rivals during the week as it travels across town to face Boston University Tuesday at 3 p.m., and welcomes Boston College to Cambridge for a 4 p.m., game Thursday.


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Spicy Tomato & Turkey Soup with Ditalini is quick and delicious, and easily made gluten-free. Ready in 30 minutes, too!
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Yes, you!
(PS How ya gonna hate on soup?)
Ben doesn't normally care for it, which puzzles me to no end, but even he scooped this one down with a vengeance when I made it last night. Then emailed the following picture to me at 9:00 this morning, confessing to already demolishing the bowl he'd brought in for lunch.
Lay off me, I'm starving…
Which was in response to my email confessing that I had already polished mine off by 9:30.
I'm telling you – there's something about Spicy Tomato & Turkey Soup with Ditalini! I mean, it's ready in under 30 minutes, contains pantry & kitchen staples, and JUST TASTES SO DANG GOOD. Plus it's easily made gluten-free. I had two bowls of it for supper last night. Fine. It was two and a half. I couldn't help myself!
Start this easy, spicy soup by sauteing 99% lean ground turkey breast with carrots, onion, garlic, and salt & pepper until the turkey is cooked through.
Add in chicken broth, great northern beans, spices like Italian seasoning and crushed red chili pepper flakes, and the star of the soup – marinara sauce.
I used Giada de Laurentiis' Savory Tomato Sauce from her Target Line. It was sensational!
I'm usually only buy local Gino's Marinara Sauce for my marinara sauce needs, but for this soup – it was absolutely fantastic.
After the liquid comes to a boil, pour in gluten-free or regular ditalini pasta (or any short cut pasta,) then let the soup cook until the pasta is al dente. Tip: This soup freezes great, but wait until reheating to add/cook the pasta!
Isn't this pasta shape just the cutest?
When the pasta's cooked – it's time to eat!
Spicy Tomato & Turkey Soup with Ditalini
Spicy Tomato & Turkey Soup with Ditalini is quick and delicious, and easily made gluten-free. Ready in 30 minutes, too!
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 10 baby carrots (or 2 whole carrots), chopped
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1lb 99% fat free ground turkey breast
- salt and pepper
- 1 jar marinara sauce (23-28oz will work fine)
- 42oz chicken broth
- 1 can cannellini or Great Northern beans, drainedand rinsed
- 1/2 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup gluten-free or regular ditalini, or other short cut pasta
- Heat oil over medium heat in a large soup pot. Add in carrots, onion, garlic and turkey breast, and season with salt & pepper. Cook until turkey is no longer pink, breaking it up as it cooks.
- Pour in marinara sauce, chicken broth, beans, red chili pepper flakes and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil, then add in pasta. Simmer soup for 10 minutes, or until pasta is tender. Add more salt and pepper if necessary then ladle into bowls and serve.
- This soup freezes really well - wait until reheating to cook the pasta though as frozen >> thawed pasta can get mushy.
This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Girl Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.
The textures in this soup were fantastic, and it was hearty, yet light.
I could really taste the parmesan cheese in Giada's Savory Pasta Sauce, and it complimented the other flavors so well. The tiny kick of heat from the red pepper chili flakes really did it for me too. SO YUM!
Supplemented with a nice side salad.
I'm telling you – make a double batch of this stuff. I wish I had!
In other news…
I'm still suffering from the unfortunate condition known as "vacation puff", and am not quite ready to face the crowds at the gym just yet – well, that combined with the fact that I realized I'd had a huge chunk of masking tape on my scarf and a giant patch of dark and scaly-looking powder on the right side of my face the entire time I was running errands this afternoon, and wasn't about to risk anymore chances of public embarrassment – so I hopped over to my parent's house to use their treadmill after work, where I pushed through this INTENSE Sprint Interval Treadmill Routine:
Followed by a 4x10x10 At-Home Workout I got from Tina:
10 Push-ups
10 Sit-ups
10 Mountain Climbers (10 each leg, 20 total)
10 Air Squats
Repeat circuit 10 more times, for a total of 100 reps of each exercise.
A few more days of workouts + continuing the non-stop flow of H20 I've been guzzling since we got back, and I should be ready to face the crowds in no time. ;)
'Til then, I'm off to do some laundry (the type A in me HAD to unpack last night!) then settle in with some freelance work, with a side of Teen Mom.
Have a great night!
What time do you usually eat lunch everyday? Do you eat it all at once, or spread it out throughout the afternoon?
What's your favorite soup/stew?


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Adam Lambert's show-stopping performance at the 2009 American Music Awards shocked the crowd – and not because of his trademark rock 'n' roll wail.
The star brought some bedroom moves to the stage during his performance of "For Your Entertainment," the first single from his album of the same name – dragging a female backup dancer by the leg, simulating fellatio with a male dancer and kissing an androgynous male keyboardist. Adam noted to Rolling Stone after the performance that the lucky keyboardist was straight.
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The racy performance may have been too much for ABC – during some portions of the performance, the camera cut away from Adam's moves during the East Coast broadcast.
At least one celeb had to turn off the TV — Sherri Shepherd, who Tweeted, "Did Adam Lambert just grind some dude's head in his crotch…. TO MY NIECE… GO TO BED NOW!
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The AMAs were a show full of wild moments, including Lady Gaga performing with a flaming piano after smashing a mirror and then later smashing liquor bottles onto it. Amongst the other unexpected moments were on-stage stumbles by Jennifer Lopez during her performance of new single "Louboutins," where she momentarily fell before picking herself back up and launching back into the performance, and by Lambert and presenter Kate Hudson.
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Gentle beeps accompany flashing yellow lights that peek out just above the pavement at the new WRTA hub at 60 Foster St.
Intended to assist people with disabilities, the automated duet of sound and light will help guide pedestrians and alert bus drivers at the transportation center. There's even a yellow strip carved out through the walkway to help blind riders get to where they are going.
Wires and antennae hung from the rafters on a recent afternoon as contractors chased down final details ahead of the hub's June 1 opening. Buses coming into the terminal will be mined for location, ridership and route data, which will be transmitted to the administration and the public.
Off to the rear of the platform is a large device hanging from overhead that will eventually provide a charge for electric buses. All the high-tech features put the WRTA on par with much larger public transit networks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, said Chris Hamman, a technology consultant working with the WRTA.
"I like to think we're ahead of the MBTA, too," Mr. Hamman said.
The technology is state of the art, but the very existence of a public transportation hub in the city is a pretty new concept, too. No longer will crowds of riders have to sit out in bad weatheron Main Street across the street from City Hall, braving the elements or hopping over snowbanks. They won't have to dash across Main Street after getting off for a transfer at City Hall.
Once they get off at the new, $16.4 million facility, they will be able to either check their phones or one of several screens and signs at the gleaming new hub to get real-time updates on routes. They will be able to go inside and get a coffee at Dunkin' Donuts, or just sit and wait. There are public restrooms. There will be terminals on the platform or inside the hub to add money to Charlie Cards. Staff at a customer service window will be available.
"For the first time for the WRTA there's a place for people to get out of the elements," said WRTA Administrator Stephen F. O'Neil. "They can go inside."
Mr. O'Neil said the new building represents a "new chapter, a new page," in the history of the organization, which serves around 3.7 million riders annually.
The shift to the new hub brings together administrative, customer service and paratransit operations into one place. It does not mean the front of City Hall will be devoid of bus activity, however.
According to the WRTA, beginning June 1, the authority will be moving all bus departures to the new hub. The WRTA administrative office, currently located at 287 Grove St., and the customer service center currently located at 317 Main St., will be moving to the new facility.
For example, Mr. O'Neill said, a student from Quinsigamond Community College coming downtown on a bus and looking to transfer to a bus to the Auburn Mall will go through the new hub. A rider on a bus that happens to have stops on Franklin or Front streets will continue to get off at City Hall, Mr. O'Neil said. An average of around 15,000 passengers is expected to pass through the hub daily, he noted.
The building has connections to the parking lot of Union Station, and by extension, the Union Station parking garage. Since the Blackstone River Bikeway is planned to eventually extend all the way to Union Station area, there is a large bike rack outside, complete with an air pump bolted to the floor. There are benches with large metal hoops every foot or two to discourage people from sleeping on them, Mr. O'Neil said.
There has been some discussion as construction has progressed about the building's aesthetics. Panned by some as ugly, Mr. O'Neil defended its looks, and said the design has grown on him. He noted that the brickwork is intended to mimic the brickwork on the side of Union Station, and said he felt like the building fits as sort of a transition from the "innovation district" buildings at CitySquare to the historic majesty of Union Station.
There is certainly plenty of glass, and views from either of the building's two towers afford a picture-frame like look at downtown landmarks such as Washington Square. Mesh runs up the exterior of the towers; ivy planted below will eventually follow it up the side of the building.
Photovoltaic cells line the roofs of the bus platform; the electricity generated by the solar panels will be fed back into the grid and the WRTA will receive credits, Mr. O'Neil said.
A ceremony Tuesday morning will mark the grand opening of the transportation hub; before the hub's actual activation June 1, staff will be at City Hall stops in the meantime doing public outreach to make sure riders understand the changes, Mr. O'Neil said.
Thomas J. Coyne, WRTA assistant administrator, said riders should speak up if they are confused about what buses will be going through the new hub.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Propelled by a 73 percent shooting performance in the first half, Maryville College downed the Birmingham-Southern men's basketball team, 82-75, Tuesday evening in Bill Battle Coliseum.
The Panthers fall to 12-9 with their third straight loss and first home loss of the year, while the Scots move to 15-6 with their 11th straight victory.
Tonight's game was originally scheduled for Jan. 29 but was postponed due to winter weather and hazardous road conditions.
After three ties in the first five minutes of play, the Panthers pulled out to a 10-point lead, 28-18, by the 11:06 mark. The lead lasted until the 6:10 mark when Maryville pulled ahead 34-32 on a 16-4 run, and the Scots led by as much as seven, 41-34 with 2:21 left in the half before taking a 43-38 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The Scots shot an impressive 16-22 (72.7 percent) in the first half, including 5-8 (62.5 percent) from three-point range.
Maryville opened the second half with eight straight points to go up by 13, 51-38, and maintained the lead for the rest of the game, leading by as much as 14, 55-41, at the 14:41 mark. With 6:46 left to play, the Scots led 71-58, and the Panthers made things interesting, cutting it back to six, 71-65, on a free throw by senior Griffin Schamp and then two straight three-pointers from sophomore Ross Welch off assists from junior Larry Thomas. The Scots responded with four straight points to go back up by 10, 75-65, with 3:20 left, and BSC cut it to six again with 24 seconds left, but were unable to overcome the Scots.
Thomas led the Panthers with 16 points, with most of those coming off free throws, where he went 9-10. The team and the Southern Athletic Association's leading scorer struggled from the field, hitting 3-16 overall and 1-8 from three-point range. Thomas led on the boards, though, pulling down 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season, and also led with four assists. Schamp was also in double-digit scoring with 15 points on 5-10 shooting.
Oscar Butler led four Scots in double figures with 19 points, hitting 7-10 from the field. Jaumonee Byrd had 17 points and a team-high eight rebounds, and Christian Ford had 12 points and a team-high four assists.
After their 73-percent performance in the first half, Maryville shot 48 percent in the second half for a 59.6 percent (28-47) showing for the game. BSC on the other hand had one of its lowest shooting percentages of the season, hitting 24-62 for 38.7 percent overall and 9-25 for 36 percent from beyond the arc.
The Panthers led in rebounding 34-29 and also committed fewer turnovers with 12 to Maryville's 14.
BSC is at home again this weekend, hosting league-leading Centre College on Friday at 8 p.m., and Sewanee on Sunday at 3 p.m.