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Factory cheap clean used man shoes bulk high quality mix used shoe
Collecting Fashional types and good shape and fresh color used clothing,shoes, bags, also
bed sheets and blankets, our items all from modern big cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai,
Ningbo, Zhejiang, Beijng and so on.
Clothing: No dirty, no torn, fresh color, very clean, enough fashional.
Shoes: No dirty, no torn, fresh color, very clean, enough fashional.
Bags: Fashionable styles, without drop paint, Good materials.
1.Used shoe are well sorted into high quality 1 grade.
2.All items No Dirty,No Torn,No Stain,Clean and Original Mixed used shoe.
3.All used shoe are packed in 25KG bales. Or according to customers requirements.
4.Customers are warmly welcomed to visit our warehouse at any time you want,and supervise the whole process,sorting,cleaning,packaging and loading.
5.Men leather used shoes, men sports used shoes , children used shoes , ladies used shoes ,mix used shoes.
Men's leather shoes:2-6 pairs
Men sport shoes:6-8 pairs
Children shoes:3-12 pairs
Others ladies shoes:25-30pairs
Weight :25kg/sack
Total 47~52 pairs
20ft container, about 360 sacks of 25kg/sack
40 ft container, about 860 sacks of 25kg/sack
1.The sports shoes include men,ladies and children.
2.The ladies shoes include sandals, leather, high heel, casual shoes,etc
3.We can also package according to customers' requirments.
Our Services Provide commitment with superb service.
2.12 Hours/Day online chats services through WeChat, WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, etc.
1. Welcome any customer to visit our factory directly.
2. If customer arrived Tianjin , we will pick up the customer to the airport at the appointed time.
3.We can help customer book hotel in advance .
1.We are very glad that customer give us some suggestion for price and product quality.
2. If any question, please email me or just call me, We can deal with them for you.
1st,material only from 1st level cities of China , like Beijing ,Shenzhen, Shanghai ,Tianjin, etc.
2nd,quality checking before offloading the material, no good then reject.
3rd,Workers are required to undergo a rigorous training before they begin to work.
4th,workers are skilled and stable for more than 3 years.
5th,We have two times of sorting, first sorting, second sorting, and finally to do strict quality control.
A:T/T 50% in advance ,balance 50% against copy of BL. Or directly pay cash .
A:All used clothes are packed in 100kg bales, loading 286bales.Or according to customers
A:Our Minimum order is a 20 foot container. Pictures available upon request.
A:We are used clothing factory, we perform one stop service for you, we collect materials, sorting, baling and load containers.
A:Since2006. We have grow up from 5 workers to 80 workers ,and from 2 containers/month to 20 containers/month.
Contact Us
- Qingdao Leyee Lucky International Trade Co., Ltd.
- ContactAlex Xu
- Phone86-532-86116158
- Address1004, 2nd Unit, 6th Building, No. 77, Hushan Road, Licang Dist.
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Julie Jason: Make your tax-deductible donations by year end
Don't know what to do with clothing the kids have grown out of, a painting you're not too fond of, or a fur coat you don't wear anymore? If you are charitably inclined, you may be able to donate these items before year end and earn a tax deduction at the same time.
While you might feel charitable when you give a gift to a child or elderly relative or a needy stranger, those gifts are not deductible. To qualify for a deduction, the donation must be made to a "qualified" charity that has tax-exempt status.
You can ask the charity about its status or you can look that up yourself. Go to www.IRS.gov. Locate the "Exempt Organizations Select Check" tool http://tinyurl.com/a72f74x. The tool will give you a list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions -- as well as those that may not qualify as charities.
Look out for recent revocations of tax-exempt status under section 501(c )(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Also look at the list of organizations that had their tax-exempt status automatically revoked for failure to file annual information returns for three consecutive years. There are 5,807 revocations listed for organizations in Connecticut and 31,482 in New York.
If you find your charity on the automatic revocation list, don't panic. Call the IRS' customer account services toll free at 877-829-5500 to see if the charity took action after the revocation so that it is currently recognized by the IRS as tax exempt.
Be aware that your deduction will depend on the value of your donation at the time you make the gift. Cash is easy. If you write a check for $1,000 to your charity, you will report a deduction of $1,000.
But what about art, collectibles such as coins, stamps, books, gems, or sports memorabilia -- or a house, a car, furniture or used clothing?
That's a little more complicated. The IRS allows you to deduct only the fair market value of that property, not your purchase price. How to determine fair market value depends in part on the type of property you are donating.
Different rules apply for patents, art, vehicles, life insurance policies, interests in a business, real estate, stocks, bonds, and so on. A good resource for more information is IRS Publication 561 "Determining the Value of Donated Property." You can find IRS publications online at www.irs.gov. Or you can call 1-800-Tax-Form to request a printed publication be sent to you by mail.
In some cases, such as valuable art or a fur coat, you may need to get a written appraisal. Generally, an appraisal is called for when you donate property valued at $5,000 or more, but there are exceptions to this rule. For example, you'll need an appraisal for an item of clothing valued over $500. You'll find specifics in Publication 561.
If you do need an appraisal, it will need to meet IRS guidelines. It needs to be within 60 days of the donation. It needs to be done by a qualified appraiser, who must sign a declaration that his or her fee was not based on a percentage of the appraised value. The declaration is part of IRS Form 8283, which is filed with your Form 1040.
In some cases (for example, art valued at $20,000 or more), you'll need to attach the appraisal to your 1040.
By the way, the IRS may disagree with your appraisal and ask for more information. The IRS can also review the appraisal internally or even externally if special expertise is needed to discern value.
To claim a deduction, you'll need to prove you made the donation. Keep a written record. Ask the charity to give you a written receipt showing the date you made the donation and the value. If you made a payment by check, keep the cancelled check. If you made a payment by credit card, keep a copy of your credit card statement. Have these records handy for tax time and keep them on file to prove the deduction in an audit.
When you make your donation, watch your timing. If you want to use your credit card to make a 2012 donation, submit the charge by Dec. 31. Even if you don't pay the bill until 2013, the deduction will count for 2012. If you put a check dated in 2012 in the mail before the end of the year, that counts for 2012 as well, even if it clears in 2013, according to the IRS.
Finally, you need to be aware that the IRS takes it very seriously if you overstate the value (or cost) of donated property. You could be facing a severe tax penalty of 20 to 40 percent of the underpayment of taxes due to overstating the value of the donation.
Be sure to talk with your accountant or tax adviser before valuing the property you are donating. If you are making a noncash donation, read IRS Form 8283 and instructions to that form. Also read IRS Publication 526 called "Charitable Contributions."
Julie Jason, JD, LLM, award-winning author of "The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad," and "Managing Retirement Wealth: An Expert Guide to Personal Portfolio Management in Good Times and Bad," is principal of Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers of Stamford. Please email her with questions at email@example.com or write to her c/o The Advocate, 9A Riverbend Drive South, Box 4910, Stamford, CT 06907. Copyright 2012 Julie Jason.


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Cardinals SS Furcal to gets 2nd opinion on elbow
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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal is getting a second opinion on his ailing elbow.
General manager John Mozeliak said Furcal would be examined Wednesday by Dr. James Andrews.
The 35-year-old Furcal is out indefinitely after reinjuring the elbow he hurt late last season. Furcal and the team elected to try rehab rather than reconstructive surgery in the offseason.
The Cardinals also have Pete Kozma, who stepped in last fall as a rookie, and offseason pickup Ronny Cedeno at shortstop.


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As soon as the chaplain hands me a hard hat and a high visibility jacket I realize that this is not going to be a walk in the park. We drive around the wharves and loading piers of the docks, and I know that what he has told me is true: We have entered an invisible world. The chaplain, representing the Roman Catholic charity Apostleship of the Sea, has made his home here in this continually shifting and apparently godforsaken world that extends for many miles along the northeast English coastline, and his profound love for the place shines out of his eyes. The remaining millions of us switch on our lights without a thought for the men who have been at sea for the last nine months, carrying coal across the ocean to make this possible. But the chaplain sees the invisible. He knows that God is here.
His very modest room overlooks the quayside, and no ship enters or leaves the port without passing beneath his loving scrutiny. The walls reveal jagged cracks from the juddering of huge cargo ships through the narrow lock just below his window. His constantly changing companions in this inhospitable wilderness are the thousands of foreign seafarers—Filipino, Chinese, Ukrainian, Iranian, Indian and so many more—who pass through these docks, literally like ships in the night. They would be anonymous if he did not shake their hands, ask their names and make them welcome. They would be stranded for as long as their ship is moored if he did not ferry them back and forth to the chaplaincy center. They might well be unpaid and undefended if he did not make it his business to watch out for exploitative practices and alert the law enforcement authorities.
We make our way through showers of coal dust and iron ore and towering stacks of containers, carefully observant of the movements of huge overhead cranes, and board a newly arrived vessel. The chaplain points out the discs attached to the top of the ropes to prevent the wharf rats clambering on board. He remarks that the tide is low and the climb up the gangplank will be easy this morning. High tide would mean a much steeper gradient to scale.
A Filipino seafarer asks him for help wiring money home to his family. No problem. We take him to a place where he can do this as cheaply as possible. On the way back he tells us it is school enrollment week in Manila. His regular pay has not been sent to his home account for three months. The school will not wait. He needs to send the pocket money he has saved. When the transaction is complete, his relief is palpable. The simple offer of a ride to the money exchange office means that three Filipino children will now be able to go to school for another year. Mighty trees can grow from tiny seeds of kindness.
Another seafarer has never seen his little son, born several months ago. In the chaplaincy he can talk by Skype with his wife back home. The tears flow as he proudly shows his little one on the screen. Here the Gospel is a phonecard or a webcam bringing sight to the blind, reconnecting the disconnected, mediating God's love to these lonely, far-from-home fathers.
Not infrequently the crews of ships sailing under flags of convenience, for which no nation considers itself responsible, speak with the chaplain about withheld pay, insufficient food, physical abuse or even the manifest unseaworthiness of their vessel. He has been around these docks for decades now, and he knows how to evaluate such complaints. The Coast Guard trusts his judgment. A call to the maritime police can cause the vessel to be detained and investigated. The Gospel here is a watchful eye from someone who cares enough to take those first steps to set captives free and bring support to the oppressed and the afflicted.
The chaplain has asked one newly arrived crew whether there is anywhere they would like him to take them while they are moored. They come back with their astonishingly modest request: "Father, would you take us to somewhere where we can walk on grass?" they ask. He takes them to a nearby park, where they take off their shoes and socks. Weary, calloused feet that have trodden only heaving steel for the past many months rejoice to feel the cool firmness of the fresh and living grass.
"Anyone would think I had given them the earth," the chaplain comments with a quiet smile. And, of course, he has. Along with a glimpse of heaven.
Just as Ignatius found God everywhere, she has a gift for sharing God with others wherever she is - and God seems to find her everywhere.
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Your rules would make for a pretty boring class. Arguing with professors is the most interesting part.
Like many other 1Ls, my section has quite a few gunners. Some other section mates and I are trying to nail down some "rules of classroom etiquette" for a quasi-Socratic dialogue. Tell me what you guys think of these rules:1. When the professor asks you a direct question pertaining to a case, statute, or hypothetical, answer directly and in as few words/sentences as possible. Do not pontificate or wax philosophically. We are all trying to learn black-letter law, and your gray-letter hazy b.s. is frustrating that goal.2. If you are unprepared, and the professor asks you a question, say "pass" and allow somebody else to move on (this is an option at our school) with the discussion.3. Do not volunteer for questions or comments unless the professor invites such discussion.4. Do not discuss personal experiences. Period.5. Do not argue with the professor. You're a 1L. They're older than God. Do the math.5. Do not invoke hypothetical scenarios involving some sort of factual distinction from the present rule discussed unless explicitly invited to do so by the professor.6. Limit yourself to one question or comment during volunteer periods in class per session. Quit hogging class time trying to prove to other people in your class, who had the same GPA and LSAT score that you did, that you are smarter they are. You aren't making friends with your future colleagues.7. Only use Instant Messenger for the purposes of making fun of the people who are presently violating these rules. Do not use AIM to talk to your significant other when you should be trying to figure our venue under federal question subject matter jurisdiction.8. All discussion not permitted under this code shall be reserved for study groups, professor e-mails, office hours, and lonely nights in wish you alternate between Dungeons and Dragons and your casebook. For the love of God. Who is still younger than your professor.


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Today I had another attack. Firewall message:
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Since I have applied all XP patches and have updated firewall and AV, are there any additional secutiry tools I could get to work to:
Hide my PC as a web server (I am deploying Apache for web development) or hide it completely from IP scanners and other stuff
Do anything that could protect me more?
I am about to ompimize security additionally using LANGuard. Is there any better tool?


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Even though the Solstice building currently looks like a paper cut-out...
...on Thursday I attended the Grand Opening, to view a "furnished model." The model is a mock-up, built inside some trailers on the northeast corner of the Solstice property.
This is the reception area, with a looping video showing computer-generated views of the interior and exterior of the building (complete with live-action actors), a scale replica of the building, and interactive computer screens I forgot to look at (I think they show the view from all the units in the building). I did remember to get a glass of white wine, however.
Here's the living room (and dining area) of the 3-bedroom model -- obviously with south views. The terrace is nice (note the grill), but those slanted windows made me dizzy. I'm not kidding. I didn't expect it from the architectural drawings, but in real life they disoriented me for a while until I got used to them, especially in juxtaposition with the straight steel posts of the guard rail on the terrace.
Amenities include a pool, a BBQ area, a sun-deck, and a garden on top of the garage structure. The pool is unfortunately not shaped to allow lap swimming, which is a mistake (Jeanne Gang, take note!), given the segment of the market that Solstice will be courting. There will also be a well-equipped health club and a fancy party room.
The price ranges are:
My brother (the Sicilian one) and I disagreed on whether it's realistic to expect that people with that sort of money will choose to move to Hyde Park. I think that compared with what you get on the north side, these apartments may be a better value, and the proximity to the lake and Metra can't be beat. There are several north-side Lab School families waiting to move to the neighborhood, and discouraged by the lack of available houses close to school. I also wouldn't underestimate how much the presence of a Treasure Island in the neighborhood has removed at least one mental hurdle for high-end buyers. He thinks the price for a similar unit in the 1700 E. 56th building right down the block is less than half of that, so no one will pony up that kind of cash.
Word is that three units and two penthouses have already sold. I may be winning this argument.


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Also I wouldn't be surprised if 7 try and get more syndication deals for TARAu to compensate for some of the shows budget (they recently sold the rights to air TARAu in South Africa)
Quote from: theamazingracer21 on July 11, 2013, 02:00:15 AMI am thinking 10 teams with 1 from NZ to drum up excitement across the Tasman(like MKR3) and 11 legs instead of 12/13. NO. Please no. I don't really care much about less legs, but please not a team from NZ, we don't want to see that.
I am thinking 10 teams with 1 from NZ to drum up excitement across the Tasman(like MKR3) and 11 legs instead of 12/13.
When Seven announced a reboot of The Mole, fans got excited.It had been 8 years since we saw the competition show, hosted for 4 seasons by actor Grant Bowler and 1 by Tom Williams.Such was the enthusiasm for the show that it regularly topped polls on this site gauging viewer anticipation. But since the show debuted, the reaction has been less than enthusiastic, reflected in overnight ratings and rescheduled by Seven from 3 nights a week to just 1.But those same viewers have also been calling for the return of The Amazing Race Australia, shelved for the year in favour of The Mole.In its first season TARAu did great business in an early timeslot against MasterChef Australia, with solid ratings plus plenty of buzz in media and social. Last year it faced stiff competition from The Voice on Nine and was moved to a 9pm timeslot following Australias Got Talent, which attracts an older demo. It even went into a hiatus during the Olympic Games making it harder for the audience to connect.The Amazing Race Australia proved to be a rare case of a local series adaptation being just as good as the original, backed up by an International Emmy award, an AACTA Award, plus Directors Guild nominations and two Asian TV Awards. It was the first Reality show to film in Cuba and of the international Amazing Race franchise, it remains the only international version to race in Israel, outside of the local Israeli version.You can also see its legacy in the casting of other hit Seven shows: My Kitchen Rules and House Rules now cast their couples with Amazing Race-like branding, sometimes even down to the colour coding.With so many accolades, it begs the question, why is Seven holding off a third season? It even called for contestants last year for a third season.And if they dont want the show, could another network pick it up?The short answer to that is: nope, not yet.Seven still retains rights to The Amazing Race brand and has a close relationship with format-holders Disney. Co-creator Bertram van Munster knows Seven has been with the Race since day one and is fond of Seven CEO Tim Worner. But he was also a consultant on the Australian series and keeps a close eye on the shows performances around the world, including time slot moves and audiences.Disney declined to comment for this article.activeTV, which produced TARA, has since produced versions in The Philippines, Ukraine, Israel and is planning another in Asia.activeTV also declined to comment.Fortunately, Seven did comment when approached by TV Tonight.Its one of our favourites here at Seven and is under consideration for 2014, a spokesperson said.So over to you, dear reader.Should Seven return The Amazing Race Australia next year?
Well if they would be so kind as to lower the age limit to 18, I could apply.
Quote from: racer on July 17, 2013, 09:01:36 AMWell if they would be so kind as to lower the age limit to 18, I could apply. What is it now? 21?
Quote from: Bwils927 on July 18, 2013, 10:06:54 PMQuote from: racer on July 17, 2013, 09:01:36 AMWell if they would be so kind as to lower the age limit to 18, I could apply. What is it now? 21?Think so
I miss TARAus
Quote from: αirlinesguy on August 26, 2013, 09:07:06 PMI miss TARAus
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The casting in both of TAR Australia's seasons were 2 of the best overall ever IMO (especially 2)
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Monday, 04 November 2013 07:48 AM
Corn fell 50 percent from its peak during last year's U.S. drought, boosting profit for Tyson Foods Inc. and other poultry producers and expanding supplies of broiler meat the government says will reach a record this year and next. Wholesale prices will drop 7.1 percent to 92 cents a pound in 2014, according to the median of seven analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Chicken companies increased egg production in six of the first seven months this year, government data show. Processors are earning 5 cents a pound compared with losses of 4 cents to 5 cents a year earlier, the National Chicken Council said. More birds mean lower costs for Costco and McDonald's, and expanding supply may help extend the drop in global food costs that the United Nations says reached a three-year low in September.
"We're seeing relief with the improved crop this year," said Michael Helgeson, the chief executive officer of St. Cloud, Minnesota-based GNP Co., founded by his grandfather in 1926. GNP uses 9 million bushels (228,600 metric tons) of corn a year, a major expense in raising more than 104 million birds, he said.
The wholesale price for U.S. broilers, or young chickens suitable for cooking, will average 98 cents to $1 a pound this year, as much as 15 percent higher than in 2012, the government estimates. The Standard & Poor's GSCI Index of 24 commodities is down 5.3 percent this year, led by a 39 percent drop in corn.
Egg Laying
There was an average of 345.5 million egg-laying hens in September, 2 percent more than a year earlier, U.S. Department of Agriculture data show. Production of meat from broilers will rise 2.1 percent to a record 37.809 billion pounds this year and 2.5 percent to 38.75 billion pounds in 2014, the USDA says.
Feed including corn makes up about 68 percent of the costs of raising a live bird, according to Tom Elam, president of FarmEcon LLC, an agriculture and food-industry consultant in Carmel, Indiana. While that's less than the 72 percent cost for hogs and as much as 85 percent for cattle, poultry farmers can move more quickly to expand production.
It takes as few as eight to 10 weeks from the time an egg is laid until the bird enters the processing plant. That means a farmer can add more hens and expand production in about six months, Elam said. Boosting output takes about a year for hogs and about three years for cattle.
Worst Drought
U.S. farmers are collecting a record corn crop of 13.843 billion bushels this year, 28 percent more than in 2012, when the worst drought since the 1930s cut output and sent prices on the Chicago Board of Trade to an all-time high of $8.49 a bushel in August 2012. The grain closed at $4.2725 on Nov. 1.
Processors slaughtered 705.7 million chickens in September, 4.5 percent more than a year earlier, and birds on average weighed 5.95 pounds, a gain of 1.2 percent, the USDA said in a report on Oct. 24.
Restaurants will pay 5 percent to 10 percent less for chicken next year, said David Maloni, the president of the American Restaurant Association Inc. in Sarasota, Florida. The decline may be curbed by rising demand as consumers seek a cheaper alternative to beef and as restaurants add more chicken to their menus, he said.
McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant chain, started serving bone-in "Mighty Wings," Burger King Worldwide Inc. introduced buffalo chicken strips, and Wendy's Co. is offering a chicken sandwich on a pretzel bun. Yum! Brands Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer David Novak said on an Oct. 9 earnings call that Pizza Hut will increase marketing of chicken strips and wings next year.
Dry Pastures
Whole chickens averaged $1.528 a pound at U.S. grocery stores in September, the most this year, while boneless round steaks averaged $4.874 a pound, 3.1 percent more than a year earlier, Bureau of Labor data show. U.S. beef output will drop 5.7 percent to 24.150 billion pounds next year, the lowest since 1993, after the drought dried up pastures and cattle producers culled herds in response to rising feed costs, USDA data show.
Tyson, the largest U.S. meat processor, will buy extra meat rather than expand output, Chief Executive Officer Donald Smith said on an Aug. 5 earnings conference call with analysts. Rising demand and lower feed costs contributed to record profit for the Springdale, Arkansas-based company's chicken unit in the three months through June 29.
Commodity Costs
Cheaper birds will provide "margin relief" on the $4.99 rotisserie chicken at Costco, the largest U.S. warehouse-club chain, Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said on a conference call with analysts Oct. 9. The Issaquah, Washington- based company sells more than 60 million chickens a year, generating $300 million in revenue.
Chicken, beef and bacon had the biggest impact on commodity costs for Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's, "partly offset by some of the lower grain costs," CFO Peter Bensen said on an Oct. 21 conference call to discuss third-quarter earnings.
Increased supplies of chicken wings helped lower costs and boost third-quarter earnings for Buffalo Wild Wings Inc., a Minneapolis-based restaurant chain with almost 1,000 stores. There is "plenty of supply out there," CFO Mary Twinem said Oct. 29 on a conference call with analysts to discuss third- quarter earnings.
Fieldale Farms Corp. in northeast Georgia is paying $4 million less a month compared with a year earlier for its weekly chickenfeed ration of 400,000 bushels of corn.
"All of our competitors are expanding a little bit here and there," said Tom Hensley, the president of Fieldale, which produces 3 million chickens a week. "But it all adds up when you put the big picture together."
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All Applications and No Performance makes Work a Dull Boy
At your last visit to the endodontist for that rootcanal (ouch!), you were pleasantly surprised that she had all your case history in her office—on a sleek tablet, no less. While you recovered from the procedure, did you notice how the front desk sent your prescription off to the nearest drug-store, filed your insurance claim, and also updated your family dentist with your procedure outcome? All digitally. Impressive, eh? And this was in the hills of Santa Cruz, where your son had trouble accessing his apps on the mobile phone.
You noticed the endodontist throw the tablet on the seat next to hers, when she drove off after your appointment. Nice.
Imagine this on a larger scale.
Handheld devices, touch screen computers, gaming boxes that double up as powerful processing machines—all come today filled with numerous rich and multi-faceted applications. And then again, who uses these is blurring—the employee is the consumer, the physical workplace is now the device, and the hours of use are completely dictated by the user in a global workplace.
In the last post on Rich Applications + Poor Networks, we examined the network ecosystem, and how it is evolving in light of the rich applications that users are expecting to use almost instantaneously. To recall, Cisco Borderless Networks embraces five key considerations: Mobility or users in motion, Energy efficiency, Integrated network security, Application performance and Video services. A borderless network eliminates the disconnect between applications and network designers by allowing the network to be aware of the applications that traverse it and endpoint capabilities that it connects.
In this post, I'd like to showcase the concept of Application Velocity, a systems approach to deliver network based application performance over the Cisco Borderless Network. The approach addresses three user-centric concerns: Application Performance Visibility, Network and Application Optimization, and Application Agility.
Visibility: As the old adage goes, "You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure." Application Velocity begins with gaining visibility into the network and the applications that it supports. Once the applications have been identified, appropriate prioritization and control policies can be applied to provide the right performance for the right application.
Much of the visibility and control technology already exists within a Cisco network infrastructure such as NBAR or Network Based Application Recognition for discovery, NetFlow for usage analysis, Network Analysis Module (NAM) for performance measurement and baselining, and QPM or QoS (Quality of Service) Policy Manager for analysis.
Another aspect of the visibility and control technologies is their ability to measure performance, compare to baseline metrics, and monitor them to assure user experience expectations are being realized.
I'll discuss the other two critical components – Optimization and Agility – in the next blog…
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A world leader in international student placement services
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With over 2,000 staff and over 100 years' experience, CPIT is one of New Zealand's largest tertiary institutions. CPIT is a government guaranteed institution with a reputation for providing high quality degree, diploma, certificate and English programs. The CPIT experience is all about learning, respect, innovation, connection and success.
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CPIT provides Christchurch with an alternative education experience offering study with a strong practical focus. Foundation studies are offered through to Post Graduate qualifications. The institution has a history of over 100 years and in this time has earned an outstanding reputation. Staff at CPIT is made up of industry professionals, chosen for the exceptional knowledge and experiences that they can share with students. CPIT has two main campuses, both located in the city. Courses offered at CPIT cover a broad range of subjects from fine arts, and building to business and science, with many more options also available.
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CPIT has an ethnically and academically diverse student body. It celebrates these differences as a key part of the culture at the institution. Polyculture week is an international celebration festival held every year at CPIT. The festival recognises the 60 different nationalities represented at CPIT. All students are invited to get involved in the eating and entertainment based events.
CPIT hosts New Zealand's only school for radio journalism and communication, the School of Broadcasting. Because of its unique character it has only limited capacity for international students.
CPIT places a strong emphasis on practical skills Because of the current rebuilt of Christchurch, the following programmes are particularly exciting at CPIT: Architecture, Engineering and Applied Management.. These qualifications are highly regarded due to CPIT students receiving a large amount of practical experience as well as theory prior to completing their studies. Graduates of these programmes will find excellent employment opportunities in Christchurch
CPIT offers a range of fine arts programmes for students including, fashion, music and others. These arts schools are provided a space each year for students to display their creative work to other CPIT students and the public. The fashion school hosts two fashion shows each year that are highly regarded.
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Achieving your goals and experiencing the essence of student life can be both exciting and challenging. CPIT's support services are devoted to helping students enjoy all the benefits of being a student.
Support services staff can help from enrolment to accommodation advice through to learning support and choosing a career. There is plenty of opportunity to socialize with several cafes and outstanding recreation facilities.
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Following Services are provided to the students of CPIT:
- Childcare
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- Benefits Bookshop
Campus Life:
Christchurch offers CPIT a perfect place for its students to learn in a city undergoing immense change. It presents a location of exciting potential for CPIT students and staff to participate in the rejuvenation of the city. The local business community has a strong relationship with the institution and work experience is often encouraged as a key aspect of the study experience. The two campuses are both located close to the CBD, which has recently put forth innovative and safe approaches to retail such as the colourful ReSTART mall.


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1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Brooks County, Block 2
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Sunday, 5 February 2012
Love to Cook - Rumer's Cookery Book Tutorial
Let's gather up all the bits and pieces that you will need:
Two contrasting fabrics
Cotton, pins, thread, tape measure and scissors or rotary cutter, ruler and mat
Iron and ironing board
Chop stick
Box of matches
First measure your book from the top of the cover to the bottom of the cover and add 1 1/4" + 1" - write it down, now measure from the front edge, over the spine and across the back to the other side, whilst the book is closed add 6" + 1 1/4" and write it down. Now press your fabric before cutting them out to the size that you have written down and make sure you have the fabric running the right way... remember to check twice and cut once.
Now pin the wadding to your top fabric, find the centre point on your fabric at the top and pin a piece of ribbon to the fabric (it should be the length of the cover plus an inch and a half) and if your ribbon has a pattern put it right sides together when you pin it in. So that that you don't do something really stupid, pin the loose end of the ribbon up so you don't catch it when you are sewing the cover up and sew the front fabric and wadding together using a 1/4" seam.
Now we are going to decorate your front cover. I have decided on a heart design picked out in buttons because Rumer loves to cook, so I will be tracing around a heart-shaped biscuit cutter. Your design will need to be at least 5" in from the right hand side and 2" above the bottom seam (I left it a little tight on mine... *sniffs* I believed my eye and not the tape measure!)
You might want to use fabric paints to stencil on a design and stitch around it, or do some applique. You can work the design within the following dimensions to fit it on the front of your cover.
Now pin your backing fabric to the wadding , pin it all round, leaving a 3" gap on one of the sides and sew them together using a 5/8" seam allowance. Now cut across the corners to give you sharp pointy corners.
Turn the cover inside out and press the fabric together, tuck in the 3" seam and press it closed. Now sew the down each side with a running stitch.
Place the book in the centre of your square, now fold the sides in so that they tuck snugly around the book. Do not assume it will fit, you need to check. Pin the folded fabric in place.
Cut two pieces of ribbon to act as your ties for the book cover, place it in the middle of the side seam with the right side facing the fabric. To ensure that the ends of the ribbon do not fray, light a match and gently flame the ends which will melt the ribbon. Now using either a running stitch or an embroidery stitch, sew all the way around the rectangle you have created.
When you put the cover on your book, fold the cover back to slip the cover on... a bit like when you get small children to stick their arms back to get them into their coats.
I am not sure if you have noticed but there are loads of amazing entries on Handmade Monday and I think that this week will be really special as it is week 52... I have not managed to do everyone but the one person who has is the wonderful Wendy who hosts this great crafting blog party. So let's hear it for Wendy... Hip, hip... Hurrah!
And finally just to show that I am not a lazy bones, here's a pic I shot while out before 9.00am this morning, our local church St Clement's in Leigh-on-sea, just before the bells started to peal.
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- CHRISTMAS PIE CRAFTS said...
Another great tutorial Ros - thank you. Like you, and lots of people I am sure, I have collected recipes over the years form my own makes, my mum's and also her mum's. Looking through them does bring back lots of good memories too. Hope you have a good week.
- 5 February 2012 at 19:12
- Wendy said...
Another brilliant tutorial and a brilliant idea too - love it x
- 5 February 2012 at 19:24
- Handbags by Helen said...
What a lovely idea.
- 5 February 2012 at 20:01
Another fab tutorial, thank you! I love the idea of using a Biscuit cutter to draw around!
- 5 February 2012 at 20:04
- butterflyblossom said...
I LOVE this Ros!! This is definitely one I plan to make but since I am no good at cooking I will use it to make an ideas/doodle book for my projects! Thank you so much for sharing! xXx
- 5 February 2012 at 20:05
- Adaliza said...
That's SO pretty - biscuit cutters are great templates! I use them for needle-felting too. You were out and about early - your photo looks lovely - serene and very cold! Enjoy what's left of the weekend.
- 5 February 2012 at 21:00
- Jo Wylde said...
Another reason to start learning to sew! My Fiancee is a chef and late last year he came home armed with paper and card announcing that he was going to write a cook book...it is yet to be started!! Maybe if I made him something like this he may get motivated again! Jo
- 5 February 2012 at 21:37
- Martha said...
beautiful creation Ros, you have used lovely fabric and bits and bobs. thanks for sharing it with us :)
- 5 February 2012 at 21:49
- Filipa Sompy said...
Lovely project! Thank you for sharing. :)
I could swear we have that same church here in Ipswich...
- 5 February 2012 at 21:59
- Ros Made Me said...
Filipa - the church dates from c 1400 although there are records of priests there from 1248. It is a lovely church from both the outside and within :)
- 5 February 2012 at 22:22
That's a brilliant idea and such nice ticking.
- 5 February 2012 at 22:32
- fatmonica said...
It's a fabulous idea!
- 5 February 2012 at 23:08
- Caroline Nash said...
Great tutorial and a fab idea Ros
- 6 February 2012 at 05:56
- mcrafts said...
Great tutorial Ros - would make a good gift for someone too. Love the picture of the church. Mich :)
- 6 February 2012 at 07:24
- Helen said...
Fab idea and something. I may make in the future, thanks!
- 6 February 2012 at 08:08
- Jam Dalory said...
Another brilliant tutorial, I have a recipe book which is just a plain notebook with random recipes on bits of paper stuck inside it. This would make it so much prettier. x
- 6 February 2012 at 08:23
- Picto said...
That is lovely fabric for your book cover, great tip with the flame to stop the ribbon fraying, that's what I do but for those without matches or for youngsters you can use a bit of clear nail varnish.
The church picture is lovely, so picturesque.
Jan x
- 6 February 2012 at 09:43
- The Seat Bottomer said...
Great tutorial Ros and that's a lovely pic of the church in the snow.
- 6 February 2012 at 10:02
- CarolC1 said...
And you just happened to have your camera with you too. You sound like me. I take the dog over the common kitted out with wellies, mobile phone (Well you never knowat my age) and my small digi camera so I don't miss anything. Mind you, the dog makes that much rattle it would be amiracle if I managed to photograph anything live. lol.
Love the cook book idea and your instructions are, as always, very clear to follow.
- 6 February 2012 at 11:53
- Blue Forest Jewellery said...
That looks so easy and effective. Don't have any recipes as I'm the world's worst cook, but I think even the ingrediant lists from ready meals would look cute in the book!!
Enjoy your snow :-)
Alison x
- 6 February 2012 at 12:10
- ZukieStyle said...
Lovely picture at the end, looks so peaceful. Great cover, what a good idea! And the fact that you can do it for allsorts including gardening etc, great idea for Mothers/Father's day. xx
- 6 February 2012 at 13:33
- Susie said...
I love this, would make a great gift! Thank you for the tutorial and idea! As always!
- 6 February 2012 at 17:34
- Kat Shenton said...
As soon as I can work out how to make a blog award I have decided you should be voted for being the best Muse in blog world. Everything you make a tute for I want to make... which leaves me with lots to make and very little time!!! Another great post.
- 6 February 2012 at 19:38
- Highland Monkey's said...
Thanks for taking the trouble to do this tutorial. It's such a good idea to keep old recipes all together.
- 6 February 2012 at 19:55
- Liz@Violet Posy said...
What a lovely tutorial, a really lovely idea for a present.
- 6 February 2012 at 21:17
- Ali said...
I love your tutorials Ros - this one really makes me wish I could sew!
Lovely photo of the church in the snow too.
Ali x
- 6 February 2012 at 23:45
Love this tutorial - definitely going to have a go at it when I've got some time!
- 7 February 2012 at 10:25
- Charo Murciano Santos said...
Is perfect. Thank you
- 8 February 2012 at 13:37
- Libby said...
Great tutorial - I love ticking!
Fab blog, you've so many useful tutorials - a lot of work has gone into this!
I'll be back!
- 10 February 2012 at 11:39


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N.D. Supreme Court
Judicial Conference
Executive Committee
North Dakota Judicial Conference
June 16, 2011
Ramada Plaza Suites
Fargo, North Dakota
Present: Judge M. Richard Geiger, Chair
Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner
Justice Daniel J. Crothers
Judge Patrick Weir
Absent: Judge Douglas Herman
Judge Steven McCullough
Staff: Sally Holewa
The Executive Committee of the Judicial Conference met on June 16, 2011. Chair Geiger called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.
Justice Crothers moved to approve the minutes of the April 27, 2011 meeting. The motion was seconded by Judge Weir. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.
The committee was advised that there is a need to appoint two judges to the Pattern Jury Instruction Commission. Judge Gail Hagerty's term will expire on June 30, 2011, and she is not eligible for reappointment due to term limits. Judge Daniel Narum's term will expire on June 30, 2011, he is eligible for reappointment and has indicated his willingness to remain on the Commission. Chair Geiger said that four people have expressed interest in being appointed to the Commission: Judge Cynthia Feland, Judge David Nelson, Judge Steven Marquardt and Judge Fair McEvers.
After further discussion, Justice Crothers moved that Judge Daniel Narum and Judge Cynthia Feland be appointed to a three-year term on the Pattern Jury Instruction Commission, beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2014. The motion was seconded by Justice Kapsner. Motion carried
There being no further business to come before the committee, the chair adjourned the meeting at 1:39 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Holewa
Executive Secretary to the Judicial Conference


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Windier and colder than I wanted it to be. I even wore gloves. Wind was especially whipping along Pennsylvania. Didn't seem to slow down the drivers, but this caravel was having a hard go of it. After seeing another driver make a u-turn across the bike lane, I think it's time to talk about some solutions to this fairly serious problem. I have a couple of ideas, one of which involves gators, but I think the most workable would be to simply install white bollards every 3 feet for the entire length of the bike lane. Space them wider than that and drivers will pull right through. Space them narrower than that and you'll probably have spent the entire city's bollard budget. Also, that wouldn't be necessary. This winter has shown that bollards can be removed, and fairly easily, so really, enough is enough. The Illegal u-turns are an absolute pandemic and it needs to be stopped before someone gets really grievously injured. And if the bollard thing is too exteme, I mean, DC was a swamp the judicious deployment of a dozen alligators, with the proper training and deputization, would also get the job done.
Good crowd at coffee this morning and some new faces too. Here's some information about the Ride on Washington and your opportunity to join the ride for its last couple of miles. You should try to look extra-fatigued so you can pretend that you camethe whole way from New York. (When people ask, just say "yeah, I rode from New York" and simply elide the "Avenue" part. Just don't do it on a Bikeshare bike in that case because that would totally blow your cover.)
|Yes, this is a picture of a flyer. What?
When we left coffee, Jon and I rode past the White House through the rather imposing security perimeter that smushes bicyclists and pedestrians together between metal barriers and gates and walls in a way that's pretty uncomfortable. This didn't stop another bicyclist from dinging his way through the crowd in a manner that I thought was a bit pushy and totally unnecessary. When there's that little space, I'm not sure that bicyclists should really expect the right of way. At the security bollards at Madison Place, a woman walked in front of me and was all like "thank you, thank you. thank you" for my not running her down. Is bicyclist behavior really that bad that such pleading and gratitude is considered necessary? Geez, guys. If it is, yikes.
Fine going on 15th, though there was a driver who blocked the lane at Rhode Island by not being able to fully pull into the driveway at that hotel. That was kind of annoying, but nothing worth losing sleep over. I remember being struck by the rather wide variety in bicyclist attire, ranging from those shivering in shorts to others sweating in winter coats. Why can't it just be spring? My calendar says spring. Sure, it's a calendar from the Diamond Wire Spring Comapny, but still. And for all of you season "literalists" out there, I'm fully aware that spring doesn't start until the Easter Bunny reads that "Pastel Proclamation." Like everyone else, I learned that in high school science class.
If I told you that I have a love-hate relationship with the last 3 miles of my commute, would you believe me? Would you have reason to doubt me? Are you that distrusting and am I that dishonest? It's slow and uphill and I can't say that I especially care for it, except for when I do. Some day I'll live closer to work and I'll look back fondly on these rides, but on windy days after a long week, I have a hard time enjoying it.
Saw this:
|A question for these trying times.
It's a pretty good question and one fraught with meaning and symbolic importance, especially when written over the crossed-out animal avatar for a Christian holiday. Paganism, folks, is on the march in Cathedral Heights. Don't say you weren't warned.


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Swarovski Tranquility Necklace 1179727Tranquility Necklace
With its feminine and delicate silhouette, this rhodium-plated necklace is ideal for weddings or other special occasions. It features a stunning accumulation of fancy cut clear crystals and is perfect for enhancing your décolleté. Add the matching earrings for extra impact.
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text: [Solved] Poor performance on RoundCube using ISPConfig 3 I've been using ISPConfig 3 for a year or so. I've got a bunch of email accounts setup, each one has 5000+ emails in it. Whenever I go to RoundCube and click on Inbox it can take up to 2-3 seconds for the list of emails to load (locally not over the internet). This server is running on high-end components. Also not on SCSI but SSD - so disk and internet load shouldn't be a problem. Now my question. Can this be result of poor server configuration? Or is there a problem with RoundCube? What should I do? Am I using the wrong email client?


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- I draw a triangle to a Multisample Texture without blending.
- Then i draw another triangle to the same buffer with alpha blending.
- Then i extract only subsample 0 to my final image
- In the results it looks like the subsamples are not blended together independently (see the undesired anti-aliasing for each subsample in the following images)
Is this expected behavior? Isn't it said in the documentation that blending should be done independently for every sample?!
I have a GeForce GTX 560 and use the newester driver (301.42) (tried it before with a 29x.xx version)
Edit: Tried it with a Radeon Card and there the blending is correctly done sample-independently.
Does this seem to be a Driver-Bug or is it more likely, that i introduced undefined behaviour anywhere (the provided code that follows this post is almost the whole program code)
(My Code is embeded in a freeglut project using glew with an 4.2 compatibility context)
Initialization of the Framebuffer:
Code :glGenFramebuffers(1,&fbo); glGenTextures(1, &texMS); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE,texMS); glTexImage2DMultisample(GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE, 2 ,GL_RGBA, windowWidth, windowHeight,true); glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, fbo); glFramebufferTexture2D(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE, texMS,0);
Drawing of Geometry
Code :glEnable(GL_MULTISAMPLE); glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, fbo); glDrawBuffer(GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0); glClearColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0); glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT); glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION); glLoadIdentity(); gluOrtho2D(-1,1,-1,1); glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); glLoadIdentity(); glUseProgram(0); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glColor4f(0.0,0.0,1.0,0.5); glVertex2f(-1.0,-1.0); glColor4f(0.0,1.0,1.0,0.5); glVertex2f(1.0,-0.7); glColor4f(1.0,1.0,1.0,0.5); glVertex2f(0.5,1.0); glEnd(); glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW); glLoadIdentity(); glTranslatef(0.1,0.05,0.0); glUseProgram(0); glEnable(GL_BLEND); glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES); glColor4f(1.0,0.0,0.0,0.5); glVertex2f(-1.0,-1.0); glColor4f(1.0,1.0,0.0,0.5); glVertex2f(1.0,-0.7); glColor4f(1.0,0.0,1.0,0.5); glVertex2f(0.5,1.0); glEnd(); glDisable(GL_BLEND);
Fragment Shader that extracts sample 0 (drawn as a fullscreen quad)
Code :#version 330 out vec4 myPixelColor; uniform sampler2DMS tex; void main() { myPixelColor.rgb = texelFetch(tex, ivec2(gl_FragCoord.xy), 0).rgb; myPixelColor.a = 1.0; }
Am i missing something?


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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 18, 2012) - Canada's health insurance system, the sixth most expensive among OECD countries, trails its international counterparts in terms of providing Canadians with medical resources and services, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, Canada's leading public policy think-tank.
"Despite having one of the highest levels of health spending worldwide, Canada's health insurance system is not providing Canadians with the same levels of access to medical resources and services as most other comparable countries," said Mark Rovere, Fraser Institute associate director of health policy studies and study co-author.
Value for Money from Health Insurance Systems in Canada and the OECD: 2012 Edition uses comparable data from 2009, the most recent year available, to compare the amount 28 OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, including Canada, spend on health care against the availability of medical goods and services represented by 20 indicators of medical resource availability and output of medical services. Population health outcomes are not used in the analysis.
"The output of medical treatment is human health but in order to determine if a country is getting value for the money it spends on health insurance, you need to measure how readily patients can obtain medical goods and services," Rovere said.
The study found that in 2009 Canada had the sixth highest rate of health insurance expenditures at 11.4 per cent of GDP, only behind the United States (17.4 per cent), the Netherlands (12.0 per cent), France (11.8 per cent), Germany (11.6 per cent), and Denmark (11.5 per cent).
While Canada's health insurance system was among the most expensive, it ranked below the majority of OECD countries on 15 out of 20 indicators representing the availability of medical resources and services. Canada ranked particularly low on the number of practising physicians per population (19th out of 23 countries), the number of acute care beds per population (tied for last out of 26 countries), the number of percutaneous coronary interventions per population (26th out of 27 countries), and the number of hip replacements performed per population (21st out of 28 countries).
The report highlights the fact that Canada is the only OECD country where private comprehensive medical insurance is effectively prohibited, and one of only four OECD countries that do not require some form of patient cost-sharing for medically necessary care.
The study also shows that countries which produce better value for money from health insurance had some or all of the following policies in common:
"Canada's government-run health insurance system is defined by rationing of health services, unnecessary waits for treatment, and poor availability of new medical technologies. Canadian taxpayers are not getting good value for money from their health insurance," Rovere said.
"Governments should consider reforms such as patient cost-sharing, competition, and private insurance options. Other developed countries produce better value for money from these sensible policies and Canada should follow suit."
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Jim McGuffey, a local security consultant recently passed an examination for certification as a Professional Certified Investigator (PCI®).
McGuffey is also a Certified Protection Professional (CPP®) and a Physical Security Professional (PSP®). The PSP® designation is the certification for those whose primary responsibility is to conduct threat surveys, design integrated security systems that include equipment, procedures and people, or install, operate and maintain those systems.
As of Nov. 7, there were 57 security professionals in the world who held all three ASIS board certifications in security.
CODA volunteer, RPS John Dillard, U.S. Navy, has been chosen Military Person of the Year by the Rotary Club of Beaufort. The honor is given to military personnel who reach out and become involved in the community during their time in Beaufort.
The Alabama native has volunteered at CODA for two years. During that time, he has helped with the children's group at CODA's shelter, spoken to youths and parents at the Beaufort County Sheriff's DAPP Program and helped plan Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities.
Marie Tate, a member of CODA's board of directors, graduated from Beaufort County Sheriff's Citizen Police Academy on Nov. 15 at the Bluffton campus of Technical College of the Lowcountry.
The academy's curriculum is a community-oriented program designed to provide citizens with interactive training about law enforcement activity in Beaufort County.
In her talk to fellow graduates, Tate described her motivation for participating in the program. In 2002, her husband, Lance Corporal Dana L. Tate, Sr., and his partner, Corporal Dyke "AJ" Coursen, were killed responding to a domestic violence call. Since the tragedy, Tate has committed her energies to ending domestic violence.
She noted that 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of the deputies and invited fellow graduates to attend the Tate/Coursen Memorial Walk/Run which will be held Saturday, Jan. 7 at Beaufort Academy.
Registration will be at 9 a.m. and participants can do the 10 laps anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The event is co-sponsored by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office and Beaufort Academy. Proceeds of the event will assist CODA as it continues its mission sheltering and supporting victims of domestic violence and working toward the goal of a violence-free community. For more information about the walk, call 524-8283 or go to www.codalowcountry.org/tatecoursenrun.html.
Hampton Lake has announced that "The Daufuskie", one of its popular Cottage Collection"LifeSmart ™ Series" built by David Weekley Homes, was a top winner at the 12th annual Lighthouse Awards Ceremony held on Hilton Head Island.
The Lighthouse Awards are presented annually to builder members of the Hilton Head Area Homebuilders Association to recognize quality craftsmanship and design excellence in the construction of homes throughout the Lowcountry.
Jeff Waddle, division president for David Weekley Homes, said "The Daufuskie won first place everywhere it was entered" — Best Kitchen, Best Bath, Best Exterior and Best Overall in its category.
Ashley Feaster, executive director at the Homebuilders Association said 54 homes were entered in the competition by 21 different builders.
Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone has been appointed by Gov. Nikki Haley to serve on the S.C. Commission on Prosecution Coordination.
Stone joins four other solicitors on the commission as well as Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell, House Judiciary Chairman James Harrison, Chief of SLED Mark Keel and Director of the Department of Public Safety Leroy Smith.
The group is tasked with coordinating all activities involving the prosecution of criminal cases in South Carolina.
Stone has served as chief prosecutor for Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper and Allendale counties since 2006.
Stone's term expires on June 30, 2014.


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Choruss Goes From Vaporware To Nowhere
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We received some upset emails from Warner Music and Jim Griffin over those claims, and so we put together a much more detailed explanation for why such a "music tax" doesn't make much sense. Jim and I then met in Nashville, and he tried to explain the program in more detail, but again everything was unclear. Griffin seemed to only tell us what it was not, rather than what it actually was. The only thing anyone seemed to be able to pin him down on was that it was "an experiment." An experiment with a compulsory license? No. A voluntary license? No. A file sharing system? No. A subscription music program? No. A collection society? No. That last one was confusing, since every presentation where he described Choruss he used the very first collection society as the key example of what he was trying to do -- but when I wrote it, I got an angry email from Jim insisting Choruss was nothing like a collection society. There were no clear answers, and we kept being told that we couldn't criticize it while it was still just an experiment. We had planned to discuss these issues publicly at "The Free Summit," but at the last minute Jim was unable to make it (for perfectly legitimate reasons).
After a few more email exchanges, in May of 2009, Jim Griffin agreed to answer all of our questions about Choruss. So, I posted my list of questions and many of our readers added their own questions as well. A few months went by and there were no answers. I sent him a list of questions via email, and he again promised to answer them. Last I heard from him was about a year ago, when he promised he was ready to answer the questions. But never did. Around that time, reports started surfacing claiming that tens of thousands of students had signed up for Choruss, with a plan to have it start in the fall of 2009. That seemed odd to me, since no one could say what it was. I started asking around for any university student who had "signed up" for Choruss, and not a single one came forward.
Earlier this year, we heard that Choruss had suddenly split from Warner Music, and was changing its focus to "make it faster, easier and simpler to pay for music." Again, we noted our confusion over the whole thing (and still wondered where the tens of thousands of students were).
The latest reports suggest that Choruss is more or less gone. Apparently, the folks from Audiogalaxy, one of the early P2P file sharing apps that was shut down due to legal issues, had "partnered" with Choruss to build a new "legal" Audiogalaxy, but that fell through when Choruss turned out to be the vaporware that many folks had expected all along. Griffin is now admitting that the project is "on hiatus." He is taking the blame for "blowing" the opportunity, but then suggests the real problem was the difficulty in finding the rightsholders to get them to sign up.
So, now, his answer is he thinks politicians need to step in and create compulsory or statutory licenses for file sharing, pointing out that "it's impossible to negotiate with each and every rights holder individually." It is impossible, but that doesn't mean the answer is to have the government step in and break the market again. Perhaps we should just accept that it's impossible and let the market work, as it seems to be doing without such licenses. Musicians are figuring out business models on their own that don't require some big bureaucracy to collect and distribute the cash or requiring the government to step in and set rates out of thin air.
Now, as much as I've clashed with Jim over the past few years (and the man does have a knack for writing incendiary emails), I never doubted his sincerity in trying to "fix" what he saw as the problems in the industry. It's just that all of the evidence suggested he was tackling the wrong problem, which was more about setting up a new middleman bureaucracy, rather than enabling musicians to embrace new business models on their own.


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Crankshaft wrote:I am curious to see who will be the starting 1B next season. Probably Garrett Jones.
TheGhostofGoulet wrote:Tom Singer of mlb.com is reporting that Burnett, Byrd & Barmes are the Pirates priorities.
I don't have a problem bringing back any of them, especially if Barmes is used as a defensive replacement late in games or platoons with Mercer.
Byrd, to me, is a question mark. He was great this season and would be the obvious right fielder. I just worry that if he gets a nice new contract, which Byrd will the Pirates pay? The one from last season, or the one that had to play in Mexico?
Troy Loney wrote:Not many options for the pirates. I don't think they should spend the kind of cash it would take to bring in a productive position player. Getting Byrd on a 2 year deal should be the best case scenario (no way he signs a one year deal). That's not really going to block Polanco as there's a good chance any of McCutchen, Byrd or Marte will get hurt and then They can bring up Polanco.
I don't mind the Mercer / Barmes split. I think Mercer should be given the opportunity to prove to everyone that he can't do the job before a legit replacement is brought in for SS.
I say just non tender Jones and bring him back for a lower value and let him compete with Lambo in spring training. Could care less about Sanchez, i'd say give him the same tactic. Non tender and then try at a lower salary. Exclusive platoon guys that play first base are replaceable for cheap.
I think they're still in a position where they need to keep loading up the farm system. McCutchen and Tabata (unfortunately) I think are the only guys that are really signed on for a long time. They don't really have any pieces on the ML roster that they can move to fill holes. They have depth in the bullpen, but I'm not sure what sort of trade value someone like Watson or Wilson have. They are still years away from a prospect being legitimately blocked to the point where they could make a need for need trade.
Chicago Now's Tom Loxas has been told that the Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins and New York Mets would be the potential suitors along with the St.Louis Cardinals to acquire shortstop Starlin Castro.
ville5 wrote:James Loney
According to MLB.com's Tom Singer, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington recognizes the first base issue and he has a specific player that he wants to target over the offseason. The player that tops Huntington's wish-list for the offseason is Kendrys Morales.
ulf wrote:Please no Castro
TheGhostofGoulet wrote:Mark Trumbo. :pop:
thehockeyguru wrote:ville5 wrote:James LoneyAccording to MLB.com's Tom Singer, Pirates general manager Neal Huntington recognizes the first base issue and he has a specific player that he wants to target over the offseason. The player that tops Huntington's wish-list for the offseason is Kendrys Morales.
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Since coming to the Raptors last season Matt Devlin has been a frequent visitor to the Starting 5 on the Dino Nation Blog. Today we catch up with Matt in that thin air or Denver Colorado as he gets ready to call tonight's game between the Raptors and Nuggets. We talk a lot of things Raptors and even a little about the College Basketball Marathon they have broadcasting on ESPN. If Jack Armstrong looks a little tired tonight listen to this interview and you will no why. We break down the match-up and Matt gives his keys to the Raptors escaping Denver with dare we say it but a win. Also some talk about the point guards both Jose Calderon and Jarrett Jack. A little Amir Johnson love is dished out as well. Along with some thoughts on Demar Derozan and Chris Bosh. As well as thoughts on the Nuggets two main weapons in Chancey Billups and Carmelo Anthony. Should the Raps look to make a change and have Demar DeRozan come off the bench? Should the 2 point guard look go for good? Questions I heard fans raising that I got Matt's take on as well. There is a bit of a gremlin that makes some unwanted noise(Around the 7 minute mark). Did my best to make it go away. But did not want to cut it out entirely. The noise is only in my questions not in Matt's answers so it should not impact on things to bad. Just wanted to give you folks the heads up. Maybe the this thin air effects cell phones...I have no idea.
Always a pleasure to have Matt pay us a visit and when we enter Year 3 of the Dino Nation Blog (November 27th) I am sure we will enjoy many more visits with Matt. Thanks for his time as always and we have another guest in the Starting 5 tomorrow making I believe his second appearance in the DNB. Who is it? Come back tomorrow and find out along with a recap of this game in Denver.
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Fear and greed are said to be the two most powerful motivations for investors. Unfortunately, investors tend to alternate between these potentially destructive emotions.
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Collectively, investor greed and fear helps accentuate the up and down cycles of markets, and individually, otherwise sensible people can make irrational decisions based on these emotions. But if you can recognize some of the ways people tend to fall victim to fear or greed, it can help you avoid being influenced by these emotions.
Here are three common symptoms of greed and three common symptoms of fear. If you experience these symptoms in the course of your investing, it may be time to re-examine your motives.
Symptoms of greed
- Holding onto gains for too long. Investors tend to look at hot-performing stocks like superstar athletes: They expect them to continue to repeat their excellent performance over and over. The problem is, once the market recognizes an outstanding company, the upside becomes more limited and the risk increases. Don't be too reluctant to sell your winners and move on to the next opportunity.
- Chasing a rising market. In the 17th century, a mania for investing in tulip bulbs reached the point where a single bulb could cost an entire year's salary. Just within the past fifteen years, there have been bubbles in Internet stocks, real estate, oil and gold. For some reason, investments seem different than most other things people buy -- people are more attracted to them the higher their prices get. Greed is the culprit here. When a market seems to be providing easy money, everybody wants to pile on the bandwagon. That's why so many people tend to be in a market when it finally collapses.
- Falling for scams. With the stock market unreliable and savings account interest rates near zero, it's natural to look for alternatives. However, it's greed that gets people to put their trust in something they should know is too good to be true. These scams are surprisingly common. For every high-profile perpetrator like Bernie Madoff, there are perhaps hundreds of small-time scams offering impossibly high returns that the perpetrators claim are guaranteed. Don't believe them.
Symptoms of fear
- Panic selling. When you buy a stock, you need to have conviction in what you are buying, and why. Understand that the price will fluctuate up and down. As long as the fundamentals of the underlying company haven't changed, don't let a change in market price alter your perception of that company's potential value.
- Pulling out of a down market. Just as greed leads people to jump on a bandwagon when prices are high, fear pushes them off it when prices fall. Buy low and sell high seem like incredibly simple principles, but it is amazing how emotions like fear and greed can interfere with them.
- Not getting started. Sitting on the sidelines and putting off even beginning a retirement savings program is an unfortunate response to the oft-confusing stock market. But it may account for why personal savings rates have drifted lower as the market has become more turbulent. Remember though, low returns are actually a reason you need to save more, not less.
Investors constantly clamor for that extra piece of information that will give them an edge over the market. But the truth is that it is often more discipline -- not more information -- that will help them succeed.
The original article can be found at Money-Rates.com:Are fear and greed harming your investments?


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High School Students of the Month for November.
High School Students of the Month for November include front row from left, Hannah Sellner, 11th grade, Communications; Samantha Krebsbach,12th grade, Careers; Brady Brazle, 12th grade, Agriculture; Hannah Schroepfer, seventh grade, Music; Jasmine Alonzo, 11th grade, Career Exploration and Samantha Villanueva,11th grade, Health. Second row from left, Jeniffer Kotten, ninth grade, Science; Caleb Christensen, eighth grade, Social Studies; Kyle Domeier, seventh grade, Mathematics; Tyrah Stoll, eighth grade, Physical Education; Lauren Laffen, ninth grade, World Languages and Mario Gomez, 12th grade, Art.


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VICTOR � Firefighters from five area departments responded to a house fire Monday night at 590 Yale Circle, off Gillis Road in Victor. Although the home was significantly damaged, no injuries were reported.
Ontario County sheriff�s deputies said the home was occupied by Steve and Jennifer Young, their two children, and a dog. There were no injuries, said Fishers Fire Chief Andy Stromfeld, who said the fire was called in at about 7 p.m.
Deputies said Delanie Young, 14, told emergency personnel at the scene that she heard the fire alarms going off downstairs and that she saw smoke coming from the basement, so she had everyone evacuate the house and she called 911.
�When we arrived there was a large amount of smoke coming out of the home,� Stromfeld said. �It took us a while to get to where the fire was, and it was about 15 minutes before the fire was knocked down.�
Ontario County Fire Coordinator Jeff Harloff said an electrical device in the basement caused the fire.
The basement of the home sustained substantial fire and water damage, with smoke damage throughout the house, Stromfeld said. The heat of the fire also appeared to have melted the solder on a copper water pipe fitting, causing a water leak, he said.
Firefighters shut down the water main, and RG&E turned off the power while firefighters worked. Red Cross representatives responded to assist the family members and dog, who were displaced as a result of the fire.
�It was definitely not a good day for the family, but we�re going to try and make it better for them, at least as much as we can,� said Stromfeld.
Following the fire, the home�s upstairs windows were opened wide for ventilation before an investigation began.
�There�s a high level of gas that�s created from by-products of the fire,� said Stromfeld. �We�re trying to reduce the level of gas because we want to be able to do the investigation without air-packs.�
Fire departments from Bushnell�s Basin, Egypt, Victor, Mendon and Fishers, along with Victor-Farmington Ambulance, assisted at the scene. Stromfeld said it was an excellent example of the teamwork area departments have fostered in recent years.
The fire was actually a �dual response� situation because of its location, Stromfeld said. Both Fishers and Victor fire departments were sent to the same fire at the same time, and arrived together.
�We�ve been working for a number of years now on the working relationship between the two departments, and this is a perfect example of all the efforts that we�ve had over the last three years,� said Stromfeld. �The lines going inside � the search teams that were inside � were a mixed bag of both fire departments with officers from both fire departments. It doesn�t matter to the people working inside who�s telling them what to do. They know you�re a boss from that department, and they�re just going to do what you tell them to do.�
According to Stromfeld, he would normally have taken the lead at a fire in this geographical location.
�It�s actually my fire,� he said. �I arrived a little later, and I didn�t take command. Chief Murphy from the Victor Fire Department was on the scene already and running the fire, and I saw no reason to take command over from him � he was doing fine.�
Stromfeld said he instead tended to other things, helping out in other ways. That�s not something a lot of fire departments would normally do, he said: They�d be more apt to drive up and take over, he said. For him, the collaboration was a sign of strength and growth.
�In the past we would arrive at the scene together but we would sort of stay as separate fire departments operating here,� said Stromfeld. �This was not like that. This was really like one fire department. The people that were standing watching as we were arriving � other than the fact that a truck said Fishers or Victor � there�s no way to tell the difference between us. We were operating at the scene as one unit, and that�s great � really great. It�s something I�m proud of, and I know the Victor chiefs are proud of it as well. We�ve worked really hard at getting to this point.�
Victor fire damages home, displaces 4 residents
VICTOR � Firefighters from five area departments responded to a house fire Monday night at 590 Yale Circle, off Gillis Road in Victor. Although the home was significantly damaged, no injuries were reported.


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How BitTorrent Plans To Get Sued
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While the entertainment industry may not really understand BitTorrent, they know they don't like it, and they know they've been searching for a good reason to sue Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent. It looks like he might be handing them just what they're looking for. It appears that Cohen and a few others are getting ready to launch a BitTorrent search engine. Prior to this, the main reason that BitTorrent wasn't getting sued, was because it was clear that the technology was just the protocol. Suing over BitTorrent would be like suing "FTP" or "SMTP email." It's just the protocol. The real issue, was the ability to search and find unauthorized material -- which BitTorrent was totally separate from... until now. Hollywood has already gone after other BitTorrent search engines. While we agree that running such a search engine should be perfectly legal, clearly the entertainment industry doesn't see things that way. After all, it's just a search engine finding what's already out there. There shouldn't be anything illegal about that. However, with the Supreme Court still figuring out the final decision in the Grokster case, it seems like this BitTorrent search engine is the type of thing entertainment industry lawyers will pounce on. Of course, maybe that will just lead to another landmark lawsuit. The BitTorrent folks are being smart about the positioning on this one, by the way. They're making it clear that they view this BitTorrent search engine as a way for anyone to distribute their own, homemade video works -- rather than a system used to support unauthorized transfers of content.


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Flying in space is a risky business. Rockets are dangerous, there's no air, and radiation is a constant threat. And then there's the problem with fingernails....
The human body doesn't seem to like flying in space. In the microgravity environment of Earth orbit, muscles don't have to work as hard as they do on the surface. So under the principle of "use it or lose it," astronauts lose muscle mass. But they can minimize the loss with exercise. In fact, astronauts aboard the International Space Station spend up to two hours a day doing aerobic or resistance training.
In addition to muscle density, astronauts also lose bone density, especially in the lower half of the body -- about one and a half percent for every month in orbit. So an astronaut who spends six months on the space station comes back with bones that have lost about a tenth of their thickness -- something that would take decades here on Earth. Exercise doesn't help -- and neither does anything else. And scientists are still debating the cause of the problem.
The fingernail problem is a little easier to understand. About one-tenth of spacewalkers suffer damage to their fingernails -- including losing the nails entirely. Some even have their nails removed before traveling into space. The problem is their gloves. They're extremely tight and stiff, so they cut off circulation.
That problem could be fixed with a new type of spacesuit. More about that tomorrow.
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The sullen cyborg Sith Lord of the original Star Wars trilogy has starred in films, comics, books and nightmares since 1977, but Darth Vader's appearances in video games has often been overshadowed by the likes of Luke and company.
Despite having one of the most recognizable visages in geekdom, a voice imitated more than Richard Nixon, Arnold Schwarzenegger and ALF combined, and recently topping IGN's Top 100 Star Wars Characters list, Darth Vader has had a somewhat spotty career in gaming, with appearances ranging from awesome to downright debasing. We pried open IGN's carbonite-sealed vaults and thawed out some of Darth's more memorable pixilated moments over the past 30 years for this retrospective. In the pages below we celebrate the man, the mask and the moroseness of Darth Vader.
Star Wars: Jedi Arena (1983, Atari 2600)
Star Wars: Jedi Arena for the Atari 2600 pitted Luke against an anonymous opponent in a lightsaber-waggling duel. The primitive graphics left plenty to the imagination, so it wasn't too much of a stretch to assume the guy with the red rod was Vader. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.


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This, according to the US Forest Service document entitled "Obliterating Animal Carcasses with Explosives," is the right way. See those rectangles? Those represent sticks of dynamite. Their placement demonstrates how they should be positioned in order to achieve what the document calls "total obliteration."
Pro-tip: The diagram up top illustrates how to explode a carcass when it needs to be eliminated quickly and absolutely. Under less urgent circumstances, the explosive placement illustrated below (corresponding to "partial obliteration") should suffice.
Pro-tip #2: In some cases, it is probably best to err on the side of caution and just go with wholesale vaporization, lest chunks of rotting animal remains rain down from on high.
For more details, visit the always-enlightening Improbable Research blog.


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GORHAM, Maine – For the second game in a row, senior Zach Kabelac (Potomac, Md.) powered MIT's offense with a goal and an assist in the Engineers' 3-1 victory over St. Joseph's College (Maine) in the Southern Maine Husky Fall Classic on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Cardinal and Gray improved to 2-0-0 on the season while the Monks dipped to 1-1-0.
For his outstanding performances this past weekend, Kabelac was named the Tournament MVP. Juniors Ben Lewis (West Hartford, Conn.) and Thomas Fronk (Ueberlingen, Germany) along with freshman John Kramer (Glastonbury, Conn.) were selected to the All-Tournament Team.
Kabelac opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he headed in a cross that came from sophomore Jonathan Tebes (Hamden, Conn.) on the right wing. The Engineers continued to pressure St. Joseph's, but they would not increase their lead despite an 8-1 advantage in shots. The Monks' lone shot yielded their only goal, a free kick by Mike Sanfilippo from 27 yards out that went over the wall in the 41st minute.
The second stanza was a defensive battle as MIT tallied four of the six shots during the frame. However, the Engineers ended the deadlock in the 72nd minute when Kramer corralled Kabelac's through ball and unleashed a strike that deflected off goalie Kenny Grade into the net. MIT increased its margin with 7:13 remaining in regulation when freshman Chester Chambers (Columbia, Md.) raced down to the end line and drove a pass across the front of the goal that was misplayed by the defense and resulted in an own goal.
In net, senior Dylan Rankin (Providence, R.I.) picked up the win without making a save for the second straight game while Grade finished with five saves for St. Joseph's.
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LEH SPLY&MFG Braided Bar Wraps
Carson Leh of LEH SPLY&MFG is on a roll right now! He just sent some photos of these great braided bar wraps over (see more below), all of which are on sale and heavily discounted for the next two weeks. He's also holding an Instagram contest through this Friday where you can enter for a chance to win some of these braided handlebar wraps. All you have to do is follow LEHSEATS on Instagram, post a photo of your handlebars and tag it #slipongrip – most "likes" will win a set of wraps! Hurry up, you've got 'til the end of Friday.


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Detroit, once a modern city thriving with industry, is sadly decaying and often reported as one of America's most dangerous cities. Parts of the city will remind one of the ghost towns of the west with whole city blocks left abandoned and forgotten by time. However, there is a faction of the community, which has now turned mainstream, pushing to do something unheard of! They are proposing the city's economically ravished neighborhoods be turned back into farmland. The new farms will produce crops not only to feed the city's population but to generate revenue. An idea on this scale has never been attempted before and would be an amazing feat if actualized.
The idea to turn urban landscape back to original farmland was first proposed in the 90's when Detroit was already a city falling to ruin. However, with the latest recession, the city has seen the fallout play out tenfold. With the retreat of the automobile industry, the city has little left to fuel its economy and has some residents scavenging the urban landscape for food: even turning to rodent meat at times. There are no concrete details as of yet, the basic plan is to demolish largely abandoned neighborhoods and turn them into cultivating farmland. The city would be re-structured to include an Urban Core at the center and urban pockets and farmland stretching out around the core. New Geography did a great article and provided maps and pictures of the New Detroit plan. Commuters that once drove through miles upon miles of suburban and urban sprawl could possibly commute through miles of pristine farmland.
This plan, of course, is the hope for the future. Currently the mayor, Dave Bing, is trying to put forth a plan that will begin with demolishing some 10,000 abandoned homes and buildings within the next 3 years and pour investment money into stronger and more populated neighborhoods. This feat is a good starting place and looking at the whole plan may seem daunting, as metro Detroit is larger than the cities of San Francisco, Boston, and Manhattan combined! However, supporters of the plan are confident this can be done, pointing out that other urban cities have done similar downsizing plans such as Youngstown,OH. And Detroit leads the way in urban farming with over 500 small farm plots currently supplying food for some of the city's poorest residents. Mayor Bing has also pointed out that with the recession and budget out of control, the city can no longer afford to patrol the most abandoned neighborhoods.
The idea of downsizing urban areas sounds amazing and we love the innovation. However, there are some serious issues to consider. First, the funding for such a massive project of this scale will be through the roof. Detroit will either have to raise taxes, and with much of the city struggling this is unlikely, or look to the Federal government for funding. On top of funding political and socio-economic issues will come in to play. For instance who will decide which neighborhood to demolish and if people are still living in those sections of the city, what will happen to them? There is already backlash for some residents in this regard, as many have occupied their homes for generations. Just one look at history, and we know displacement is not an easy thing! Another issue to consider is where is all the waste from the demolition going to end up? Hopefully not landfills! And since this is an old city there are infrastructures to consider such as plumbing and power lines. Both will take extra energy to uproot not to mention money. We also hope the soil will be farm-able after centuries of industrial waste and occupation.
Whatever the issues are, the idea of reversing urban expansion and turning it into green space, growing crops to feed and bring in revenue for a whole city, is inspiring. We hope to see more details and a full plan produced in the coming years. If Detroit can pull it off, it will be inspirational for many cities dealing with recession woes and a shrinking population and growth. Is this a turn towards de-modernization of our current idea of the urban landscape? Is this just one hair brain scheme or are we on the cusp of a new era in cultural organization?
-Gina Williams