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Washtenaw Avenue shopping center project wins approval from Ann Arbor City Council
The approval came without any of the debate that sometimes surrounds new developments in Ann Arbor. Instead, council members offered only praises for the project, which includes constructing a 90,700-square-foot complex at Platt Road and Washtenaw Avenue.
Located directly across the street from Whole Foods, the proposed development is on a 7.45-acre site at 3100 Washtenaw Ave.
The property has been vacant since a former car dealership was demolished to make way for a previously planned project that was never developed.
Image courtesy of developer
Council Member Tony Derezinski, D-2nd Ward, said the site plan was reviewed by the Planning Commission in detail before coming to council.
"This development takes a piece of land that you've been looking at across from Whole Foods there and really makes it something that I think is going to be very attractive for the area," he said. "It also comports with a lot of the themes that we're working on for the Reimagining Washtenaw Avenue — for instance, sidewalks, a bus turnabout."
Added Derezinski: "The parking will be in the back, rather than in the front, which is again one of those things that really comports with how we want to see that corridor look."
Council Member Christopher Taylor, D-3rd Ward, said he wanted to echo Derezinski's enthusiasm for the project.
"This has been an area of the city and the ward which has long been underutilized, and it will, I think, be a great benefit to the area and the neighborhood," he said.
The site plan calls for demolishing six vacant buildings and constructing four retail buildings with some potential for office space. It also includes 310 parking spaces, 30 covered bicycle parking spaces, new public sidewalks, a covered bus stop and a new traffic signal.
Plans for the site were unveiled in February 2011, and received a mostly warm welcome from neighbors and residents at a public meeting. Council Member Marcia Higgins, D-4th Ward, praised the developer for working cooperatively with neighbors.
Plans have been in the works for a retail development at this site for years. In 2006, City Council approved a site plan and development agreement for The Shops at Arlington, a 138,000-square-foot retail project with underground parking.
However, plans for the $9 million project, which was originally developed by Gordon Mathews and Bill Conlin, expired in fall 2009 as lender Comerica Bank sought to sell the property following foreclosure.
Ann Arbor real estate owner and developer Campus Realty bought the property from the lender in 2010, and is partnering with Chicago-based North Shore Properties Group on the Arbor Hills Crossing development.
Earlier this year, Tom Stegeman of Campus Realty said that Arbor Hills Crossing will have no large anchor, such as the Whole Foods Market across the street.
He said he hopes to attract national chains, regional players and local businesses. It will include a mix of tenants, including most likely food use, apparel and specialty retailers.
He also said North Shore, who is handling tenant selection and leasing, has been in serious discussions with a number of potential tenants, and there is strong interest.
To help finance the project, the developers proposed a brownfield plan to remove contaminated soils at the site, which are a result of the former dealership and gas station.
A brownfield property is one in which site conditions present an obstacle to redevelopment. Brownfields can can include properties that are contaminated, blighted or functionally obsolete.
Ann Arbor's Brownfield Review Committee voted in September to approve tax-increment financing assistance for the project. The City Council offered a 10-0 vote of approval Monday for the brownfield plan, which now awaits county approval.
The brownfield plan includes $6.7 million in tax-increment financing that would be paid back over a period of 19 years. Of that total, $5.4 million would reimburse the developer for eligible expenditures, and the remainder would cover administrative fees and other costs.
Council Member Margie Teall, who was present for part of Monday's meeting, was not in attendance when the votes were taken on Arbor Hills Crossing.
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Wed, Nov 23, 2011 : 4:37 a.m.
This development is an indicator of where this country is going, yet one more shopping center to purchase imported products with credit cards.
Edward R Murrow's Ghost
Wed, Nov 23, 2011 : 1:42 p.m.
You, of course, have better use for this land that will create the same number of jobs and that will generate the same amount of tax revenue? Let's hear it! GN&GL
Wed, Nov 23, 2011 : 1:09 a.m.
I just wish all you people that have negative comments and want what you want on it would have bought the property and paid the taxes and built what you wanted on it until then shut up
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 11:54 p.m.
City council spent two years evaluating City Place and two minutes on this development. We know where their priorities lay.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 9:42 p.m.
Some of the residents who own houses on Washtenaw across from this "development" have "for sale" signs in front of their homes......I wonder why. More congestion, more traffic, more noise, and more unneeded retail. Who would want to live across the street from that? Look at all of the empty stores in Arborland, down the street. This entire stretch of Washtenaw Ave is a traffic and congestion disaster, so the city approves more unneeded development, that only fattens the pockets of the developers. Of course, the city loves the added tax revenue, if the stores ever materialize. Do the empty stores still pay taxes, like Borders and Circuit City in Arborland? Most likely. This development has no large anchor store and no retail commitments. It is a disaster from the beginning. So why build it? To fatten the developers, who walk away after their carnage is done. It is impossible to turn into or out of the existing retail "strips" along Washtenaw, so let's add another one! Oh, and while they are at it, why not make the parking spaces even smaller than the ones in the Whole Foods parking lot, that were apparently designed for mini coopers. Let's see how many more huge SUVs and vans and trucks can be crammed into miniature parking spots and how many more dents their open doors can make in the adjacent cars. Good decision, Ann Arbor city. Thanks for adding more pollution and congestion to our quality of life.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 10:09 p.m.
So, when the various business that were located along that strip were running, did they not already have 3 entrances onto Washtenaw Avenue? Platt Road will be the main entrance into the new retail center. As far as the homes along Washtenaw... the traffic buildup has little to do with the businesses located there. It's the traffic going into campus and downtown that are causing the congestion. You might as well blame Ann Arbor for being here. Anyone owning a home along Stadium or Washtenaw has seen traffic go up dramatically in the past 20 years -- long after those homes were built. Expet for those monstrosities by the Hoover mansion, that is.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 8:33 p.m.
I am surprised that Kunselman missed the opportunity to proclaim that the abandoned car dealership should be declared a historic district.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 7:08 p.m.
It's a good thing developement in AA isn't left to the tree hugging liberals...They would create a city, in which no one would want to live. Including themselves! Yes, of course we all love the nature of the GREEN ways set forth in AA, but with out the development this city would be nothing. You cant support a college like, U of M, with parks and nature walks. Like it or not, UofM runs this city, and thrives on staying "Cutting Edge" in everyway possible. As a planner on this project, i can stand behind the nature of it. Utilizing blank space, that has been an eye sore on the city for far to long! Re-working brownfields into useable space! COME ON PEOPLE! This alone should have the population on board.. As previously mentioned, their are far to many cites out there leaving abandoned properties like this to waste. With very few companies willing to work with brownfields and otherwise contaminated sites like this one, i dont see that changing anytime soon. I hope people can learn to take the positives, as is, and move forward..
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 6:58 p.m.
I bet this wouldn't "fly" on the West Side. It's going to look like any other "strip mall", rear parking will create a safety issue, and vacancies are already high in the area. Traffic management is non existent in this area. council should have brought in a traffic management specialist prior to approving any developments. The developer may have negotiated road improvements to better manage the traffic. Right now, there's cars coming and going out driveways going every which way and cars that willingly block intersections because traffic light timing and spacing is inappropriate. Good planning city council......maybe you'll even put another couple of poorly marked and planned crosswalks in to further the traffic confusion.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:56 p.m.
Pedestrian bridges and tunnels are not free. A HAWK signal costs ~$100,000, whereas a pedestrian bridge probably costs ~$1.5 million. Moreover, if you have to go up a ramp and down a ramp, most folks won't use them. (They will use them if they are level with the surrounding terrain, i.e. going over a freeway that's lower than the surrounding terrain.) Here's one of many sources I found by googling: http://www.americantrails.org/resources/structures/ChooseBridgeBuild.html Look at the Cost Comparison discussion at the bottom. If we're going to build bike / pedestrian bridges (and I think we should), I'd much rather we spent the money building safe pedestrian crossings across freeways, where they will be much more likely to be used, and use cheaper solutions like HAWK signals in town.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:33 p.m.
1. The new traffic light at Washtenaw & Platt, which isn't mentioned much in the article, will slow things to a crawl on that stretch during busy weekday rush hours. 2. 310 parking spots? That's gotta be about the same or less than the experiment in Darwinian scarcity that is already the Whole Foods lot. 3. Great, more coffeeshops, a fast fresh burrito joint, and lots of empty storefronts. No anchor spells disaster.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:04 p.m.
Great news, but PLEASE include a pedestrian overpass or underpass between the north and south sides of Washtenaw. A shopper should be able to park their car once and move between all stores. It will be a traffic nightmare if people try to drive between stores on both side of Washtenaw.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 6:27 p.m.
Why? There will be two traffic lights that pedestrians can cross at. People can use the perfectly good crosswalks at the traffic lights.
Daniel Soebbing
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:58 p.m.
I like the sentiment, but the reality is that most people would still drive back and forth.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:26 p.m.
Great idea Judy. I fully agree.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:03 p.m.
Considering that the property has been pretty much a wasteland for the past 5 or 6 years, I see it is an big improvement. I live within a mile of the development, and have no problems with it. Before people get all cranky about needing more "green space" -- County Farm park is right next door. The design looks appropriate, and while yes, there are empty stores at Arborland, that's the problem of a non-resident management company that doesn't give a rat's butt about Ann Arbor, remember?
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 3:05 p.m.
You would think that the only activity valued in A2 and the U.S. is shopping.
Rob MI
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 4:30 p.m.
It is. Nothing else matters anymore as evidenced by the horror that "Black Friday" has become over the past 10 years. Disgusting.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 2:24 p.m.
Previous articles have stated there will be a new traffic light at Platt and Washtenaw.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 2:20 p.m.
Build Baby Build!
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Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 1:55 p.m.
1 - can we get a larger copy of the image, I can't read any of the text 2 - where are the plans for new traffic lights in the area? 3 - are they also getting a pass on having enough parking?
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 5:36 p.m.
Click on the link that says "site plan and development agreement." It will take you to the City Council meeting documents, and the .pdf dated 10/18/11 has the site plan drawings. The labels read Building A1, Building A2, Building B, Building C1, Building C2 and Building D. The text underneath indicates the square footage of each planned building. Follow the links in the story.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 1:50 p.m.
An apparently well-designed development is approved that will bring tax dollars and jobs and so far all of the comments are negative. Are you kidding me? I work in Flint and we're happy when an abandoned property is torn down before it burns down. There are blocks and blocks of abandoned businesses. Maybe some of you should move to Flint where there is no traffic and you won't have to make comments like: "Just what Ann Arbor needs is another shopping center!" Personally, I'd prefer to see more development downtown rather than on Washtenaw, but this is what the market seems to support right now. Let's keep this all in perspective, people. We are very fortunate to live in a city where development is still happening and there is economic growth. I say bravo to this project!
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Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 10:33 p.m.
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Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 3 p.m.
New development is not really happening when we keep tearing down abandoned stores and building new stores as other stores continue to be abandoned. Use some of the buildings that are not being used or make them into parks or naturalized areas.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 1:24 p.m.
The traffic on Washtenaw is already a nightmare, I can only imagine what the construction and then opening of a shopping center will do. I think there would have to be another traffic light somewhere for turning in and out of both shopping centers.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 6:58 p.m.
Yes, there would be a traffic light at Washtenaw and Platt road according to the site plan. Which is really just formalizing the fact that traffic backs up past there anyway during high traffic periods, but at least it would provide a safe(r) pedestrian crossing.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 1:06 p.m.
to dconkey -- Why not just leave it? Let some trees grow back and leave it as a natural forest. Natural beauty can be in that area, not more stores and cars.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 6:56 p.m.
Why not leave it open space? The owners of the land are paying taxes on the land, and no doubt have a debt load on it. I am going make an educated guess and say they are a for profit company, and therefore want a return on their investment. They only it would end up as open/park land is if the city/county were to buy it, and we all know how much extra monies they have. On top of that, by developing it, you are adding jobs and increasing the tax base to the municipalities.
Jamie Riddle
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 12:34 p.m.
I have an idea, turn that area into some type of parking garage. That way people can park there and walk to Arborland or the Whole Foods complex or any of the other shopping complexes throughout that area of Washtenaw. I think that would help to alleviate some of the parking issues that are associated with a lot of the shopping areas around there.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 12:24 p.m.
This is exactly what Washtenaw Ave needs in that area, more traffic. It would be nice if the city council would do something to address the traffic issue in that area instead of adding to the problem.
Wed, Nov 23, 2011 : 2:18 a.m.
well maybe a park would suit you. no traffic, no taxes, no jobs ... greenspace, not greenbacks. when all of our streets have reduced traffic, we have a problem.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 7:32 p.m.
What?! No roundabout?
Usual Suspect
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 2:31 p.m.
... and crosswalks.
Urban Sombrero
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 12:31 p.m.
Have faith, they will! Expect them to narrow the road to one lane (each way), add in islands and bike lanes. Stadium Blvd. part deux.
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 11:51 a.m.
Just what Ann Arbor needs is another shopping center! Hollywood Video has been empty for years. Look at all the empty stores in Arborland too. Probably not much parking either like Whole Foods. I just don't understand the waste!
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 : 12:09 p.m.
So, what would you propose be done with this tract of vacant land?


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- • Church of St. Lezer (6.4 mi/10.4 km from the city center)
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My other half loves his coffee and I thought it would be the perfect gift for him. But as it was the 22nd December I thought it was a bit late for a Christmas present, but I decided to order some anyway for his birthday in February. How wrong was I?! The following day the parcel was delivered by courier, perfectly packaged and smelling great when I opened it. I have never had such an amazingly fast service from a company like that so close to Christmas.
I picked Amaretto Almond, Cinder Toffee and Very Vanilla. It was a tough choice as I was equally tempted by Chocolate Orange, Double Chocolate and Irish Cream. But maybe next time eh?
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Lisa Flynn, E-RYT 500, RCYT, is founder and CEO of ChildLight Yoga® and Yoga 4 Classrooms®, organizations providing evidence-informed yoga and mindfulness education to children, as well as training for educators and other professionals who support their well-being. She is the author of the Yoga 4 Classrooms Card Deck: Tools for Learning, Lessons for Life (2011); and Yoga for Children: 200+ Yoga Poses, Breathing Exercises, and Meditation for Healthier, Happier, More Resilient Children (Adams Media, 2013) and her work has been featured on TV news programs including Fox News, as well in publications such as Parenting, Yoga Journal, Kiwi, and Yoga Therapy Today. Lisa contributed to the first research study to use subjective and objective data to examine the acute and longitudinal effects of a school based yoga intervention in young children. The manuscript was recently published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. Recently honored as Dover, NH region's "Small Business of the Year," her studio, ChildLight Yoga Studio and Training Center, serves as headquarters for its internationally recognized trainings and products while providing award-winning programming for expecting parents, babies, toddlers, children, teens, families and adults. Created with accessibility and sustainability in mind, Lisa's programs and products are successfully used in thousands of homes, schools and communities worldwide.
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Brad Reifler is a financial professional. He obtained his degree at Bowdoin College. His degree from Bowdoin College was in Economics and Political Science. He has had a successful career thus far with several achievements.
In the year 1982 shortly after graduating Brad Reifler established Reifler Trading Corporation. Eventually, after establishing Reifler Trading Corporation he established Pali Capital. While being involved with Pali Capital he achieved tremendous success.
As a skilled, knowledgeable, and hardworking individual he recorded around $200 million in profit during his time serving as a CEO of Pali Capital.
According to Bloomberg, Brad Refiler is also noted working with the Foresight Research Solutions and European American Investment Bank during his distinguished career. He has been part of the investment industry for thirty years. His capability to contribute towards this industry is well admired by many. Learn more about Brad Reifler: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/bradreifler-226
His expert advise has helped many individuals increase their invested money and be on the road to economic opportunities. In the year of 2009 in May Brad Reifler established Forefront Capital, LLC. Currently, he is a professional consultant for the firm he works at.
Brad Reifler is associated with investors that are non-accredited as well as accredited. His interest towards investors that are non-accredited came about when Brad Reifler's father-in-law gave him his savings to use as an investment.
When he turned towards investors that were accredited he noticed it was a challenge for investors to want to undergo possible risk and/or loss. After preserving through having limited possibilities he ventured into teaching the lower and middle-class about investment.
His expert advice is undeniable. Brad offers individuals the tools and advice to become a prosperous shareholder. He helps individuals decipher and figure out the reason behind an investment, intention of an investment, and be able to confide with shareholder executives.
PR News Wire stated that Brad Reifler is very passionate about teaching individuals about the legal and efficient way when deciding to invest. He like many others that work beside him have made it a mission to help numerous shareholders conquer fear, understand his or her capability, and be efficient making some money.


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Korean Boy Band Star Minho Joins Melania Trump in Korea – High School Girls Nearly Faint (VIDEO)
First Lady Melania Trump spoke to a group of school children in South Korea on Tuesday.
The First Lady was joined by Korean boy band super-star Minho for the event.
The little girls nearly passed out when they turned around and saw Minho.
THE GIRLS REACTION AFTER SEEING MINHO BESIDE MELANIA JHCBDHJBC I CANT STOP LAUGHING pic.twitter.com/m7sMq4jZuV
— mina #PEEKABOO (@_softkth) November 7, 2017
i'm glad that even melania and especially the kids lmao fell in love with choi minho i mean who wouldn't??? obviously tho pic.twitter.com/GiKzM8BYLg
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ok but what was minho doing with melania pic.twitter.com/rorxiNASv8
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Minho is quite the superstar in Korea.
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Passo Tonale Ski Resort Guide
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Slope Stats
- Acres of ski:-
- Pistes:30
- Snowmaking:50%
- Halfpipes:-
- Terrain Parks:-
- X-Country:30 km
- beginner10%
- intermediate50%
- advanced40%
Sitting at the top of the Passo Tonale, this is another resort that offers year round riding thanks to glacier access (Presena). Passo Tonale is part of the Adamello ski area that includes the Presena glacier, Temù and Ponte di Legno. Passo Tonale is a good bet for some summer action as it is rarely busy but has good conditions. In winter it is also quiet mainly due to the lack of big tour operators. This means smaller lift queues and quiet slopes. The 80 km of pistes at Passo Tonale are spread over the ability range and should keep most people happy. Snowboarders will love the terrain, if only there was a park and pipe. Off the hill, Passo Tonale looks a bit bleak but it does cater for most budgets and tastes. Prices are reasonable but the choice of nightlife destinations is limited.
- Nearest Airport:Verona
- Nearest Train Station:Edolo - Male
- Tourist Office Phone:+39 0364 92066
- Tourist Office Website:www.passotonale.it
- Slopeside accommodation:yes
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- Issued:14 Dec
- Last Snowfall:27 November 2018
- Snow Depth (upper):230cm
- Snow Depth (lower):0cm
- Piste:Packed
- Off-piste:-
Today's Weather (2492 m)view full snow forecast
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Resorts close to Passo Tonale include:
- Presena Glacier 4km
- Ponte di Legno 5km
- Pejo 9km
- Peio 10km
- Temu 10km
Passo Tonale Location Maps
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Passo Tonale, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
Visitor Reviews of Passo Tonale
Ifat from Israel writes:
Visited site 28/2-7/3. Enjoyed it very much.
Safety: kids learned to ski and we felt 100% safe having slopes and lifts quite empty. Very easy and many blue slopes.
Snow was great. We had lots of it, but except one day when the sky was clear. When in fog can ski between trees.
Lifts are quite good the minute you learn how to "get up"; most of them have a bubble.
Lessons: the Italian guides are better, by far, than others we have met.
The site is quite small for good skiers. My advise is to pay an extra 30 Euro, in advance, to include Madonna di Campiglio site which is 1 hour away in the free ski bus.
To summarise, I recommend this resort. Have been to many ski resorts and for beginners this is maybe the best one. My husband claims this site is a bit small, but I don't mind.
City Forecasts
Closest to Passo Tonale
- Trento, Italy49km
- Rovereto, Italy57km
- Bolzano, Italy64km
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I have a hunch that when some heard we came back without a root cause they felt really sorry for us. We have one word for you: Don't! I know you must think we are frustrated. It makes sense, right? Actually, we are more excited than we have ever been. We hear God's voice and see Him working. What else can we ask for? I've been fully healthy while not having that before, and it wasn't fun.
We've been able to experience a closeness in relationships that is insurmountable in light of any normal season.
Bottom-line: My body is hurting, but my spirit and soul are growing.
I am intrigued by what God is doing. First and foremost He is growing us (Amber is going through this too). What a loving Father! Second, He has a plan—and this is part of His plan. Isn't that exciting?! I could give you stories and stories, opportunities and opportunities of ways I think God has used this. But none of them will compare with the real story God is writing. Only He knows the purest and clearest reasoning behind this. That is why I don't even feel the need to explain the many, many reasons I can think of why and how God is using this. If you need that, then you don't know or have forgotten who our God really is. But if you do, then you know how God works and how beautiful that really is! I don't feel the need to explain everything – as Paul wrote about in I Corinthians 9—I just give what I can and follow God the best I can and leave everything else to Him. Like Paul wrote about, if I tried to please everyone it would not only be unwise, it would be wrong. So, I thank you for trusting and sharing what the Lord is doing in and through us. And we do the same for you and with faith that God is pursuing us (and you) no matter what stage or season any of us are in. That's the most important thing.
Even though it is highly tempting to be frustrated (and we all are at times) -it is much better to turn such possible frustration into hope, and of course, faith. And I hope to make my way each day with a slice of intrigue because I never know what God wants to do "today". Perhaps, it is this mystery, when embraced, that makes life a thrill to live.
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I am taking time out of my non-stop hand washing/disinfecting every surface in my home that I can. The boys have been sick now for 8 days and there is no sign of it letting up. The Dr tells me it is viral, although I'm not convinced due to the green coming from lungs and noses, so fluids, popsicles and jello it is. My biggest fear with it is that I will somehow transfer it to Braeden so my hands are down a few layers of skin with the constant washing and cleaning. It is hard having sick kids that feel so very miserable but even harder when the health of your baby lies in the balance of NOT getting sick. I am so concerned that what the boys are fighting (if it is in fact viral) is the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). B has been inoculated for it (as it is so scary in infants especially preemies and lung disease patients, which he is both) but the thought of having it in the home and carrying it over to the hospital is terrifying nonetheless. I am thinking that I'll be back at the walk-in clinic again tomorrow if this keeps up with the same strength it is going. Mike and I went out for a drink and to be social at a friends Saturday night for the first time in months to only find out an hour later that both boys had coughed so hard they threw up...loverly!!
The sad part of the week came when I had to take Keeta, Mobee and Rafe back to the airport to go home (but with the illness (or my overall grumpiness) in the house I think they might have been trying to escape!). It was a wonderful visit and because they were here I could be assuaged that B was in great hands with sending my sister to the hospital so I could take care of myself. On the flip side we did only have to wait a mere 24 hrs before the arrival of our next guest, Pappa. Of course Wade got only about 24 hrs before he too started feeling ill.
We did successfully complete our third Blood Drive yesterday and had another 6 donations in B's name. Thank you to my wonderful Husband, Tania Stevenson, Ursula Stevenson, Corrie Gosse, Candace Mills, and Kathy Mills. Also a huge thank you to Jenn Mills, Terra Mills and Lorna Zebedee for your unending support and help!
Mr.B had his ENT test on Friday and I stupidly forgot to take an Ativan with me to the appointment. He was a trooper, there is no doubt. He screamed his head off through the whole test, it was pretty clear he was NOT impressed with this round. What he did do though is made it through and did some great swallowing on camera that Dr. Brooks was able to catch. He still can't have food orally but they are going to try him back on an NG (into the stomach) tube to see how he handles it. What the test showed us is that if he does have a larger reflux the Dr and the SLP are comfortable that he can handle it and not aspirate it. Fingers crossed tomorrow that he isn't too refluxy (yes, it is now a word) and can tolerate the food into the stomach again. He survived the test but then decided to see how fast my heart could race when his heart rate flipped up to 205. The great thing is that he was able to be calmed down enough (although he was pretty calm when he flipped into SVT) to convert himself. He was exhausted at the end of it though and did need to have some blow-by (extra oxygen by his face) a few times once we got back upstairs. He was very pale for an hour after and when he finally slept he slept hard. Bottom line, we both survived it.
The other good news is that they lowered B's oxygen flow rate down to 4 litres this week. He seems to be tolerating it successfully. He is working harder to breathe but he is still able to maintain his O2 levels with consistency thus far. They will look at possibly going down a bit further this week to 3 1/2 litres if all goes as planned.
We are still hoping for the multi-disciplinary meeting this week and I finally get to get the FSCD (Family Services for Children with Disabilities) contract started (fingers crossed) for him. It won't make a huge difference but they will hopefully cover parking and a bit of our mileage. Every little bit will help being as we are burning through gas and parking (which we've been able to apply for other coverage for) each day. I am constantly thankful that we only live 15-20 mins from the hospital because if we lived in the south or far north I don't know how I could make it work. We've more than doubled our gas bill for the van in the past four months and with the price of gas going up I might need to start riding a bike (where to put the car seats though?)!
So we've got a busy week ahead with appointments and just keeping myself free of this yicky illness but I do have the help of my fantastic Father-in-law here (assuming he doesn't get more sick too!).
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Scala is a programming language that runs on the Java platform and can freely interoperate with Java code.
Here are some places to learn Scala.
In dynamic languages like JavaScript and Ruby you can modify existing classes, including system classes, with extra methods. This can be a very handy, if dangerous, technique.
Scala, being a static language does not allow this same technique. But it does allow the use of
implicit functions to get the same effect. For example the standard idiom to add sine and cosine methods to the Double class is
class PimpedDouble(x:Double){ def sin = Math.sin(x) def cos = Math.cos(x) } implicit def pimpDouble(x:Double) = new PimpedDouble(x)
This has the effect of adding
sin and
cos methods to Double, though what is actually happening is that
Double values are automatically converted to
PimpedDouble values when doing so would correctly compile.
This is very clever and very handy, but the idiom is a little clumsy, compared to most of Scala's elegant features. It is annoying to have to invent two names
PimpedDouble and
pimpDouble that are never referred to anywhere else in the code.
Can we do better? Yes we can. We can make the extra class be an anonymous class, which leaves only one arbitrary unreferenced name and also reduces the size of the code.
implicit def pimpDouble(x:Double) = new { def sin = Math.sin(x) def cos = Math.cos(x) }
That seems a lot nicer to me.
Using either of the above techniques you can now do things like
val x = 0.5 cos val y = 0.5 sin
which is taking the cosine and sine of the Double value 0.5
(Thanks to Daniel whose stackoverflow posting first brought this idiom to my attention.)
In most respects Scala makes it very easy to handle XML, but there are a few things that are hard to do. One is changing the value of an existing attribute on an element, or adding a new attribute to an element.
The simplest way I found to add new attributes
c="CCC" d="DDD" is to do:
val modified = elem % new UnprefixedAttribute("c","CCC",Null) % new UnprefixedAttribute("d","DDD",Null)
This is a bit verbose. What if instead you could do
val modified = elem % Map( "c"->"CCC", "d"->"DDD" )
Well you can, if you add the following implicit somewhere in scope:
implicit def pimp(elem:Elem) = new { def %(attrs:Map[String,String]) = { val seq = for( (n,v) <- attrs ) yield new UnprefixedAttribute(n,v,Null) (elem /: seq) ( _ % _ ) } }
This uses the library pimping pattern discussed elsewhere to effectively add a new version of the
% operator to Elem that takes a Map of attributes.
The new
% operator uses a for-yield construct to convert the attrs Map into a sequence of UnprefixedAttribute objects. It then uses the
/: fold operator to repeatedly apply the built-in
% operator, reducing down to an element with all the attributes added.
If you learned about recursion you probably were given the factorial function as a simple example. Here it is in Scala:
def factorial(n:Int):Int = if(n==0) 1 else n * factorial(n-1)
Very nice. Now you can do
factorial(6) to get the answer
But would it not be nicer if you could use standard mathematical notation and do
Well you can. Simply add this simple pimping implicit somewhere in scope:
implicit def pimp(i:Int) = new { def ! = factorial(i) }
Now you can use the
! operator after any integer. To avoid confusing the compiler, however, you may have to add some extra parentheses:
(3!) + (3!)
Can we do better? Well if we avoid using recursion we can do it all in one line:
implicit def pimp(n:Int) = new { def ! = ((1 to n) :\ 1) ( _ * _ ) }
Here we are generating the integers 1,2,3,...,n and using the
:/ fold operator to multiply them all together.
Using the same pattern that we used to add the
! factorial operator to
Int we can add an
** exponentiation operator to
def pow(x:Double,k:Int):Double = if(k==1) x else (if (k%2==0) 1.0 else x) * pow(x*x,k/2) implicit def pimp(x:Double) = new { def **(k:Int) = pow(x,k) }
You can now, for example, type in
2.0 ** 8 to get
256.0 or
Math.Pi ** 4 to get
The reason the Scala programming language has such a name is that it is meant to be scalable, i.e. good for both small scripts and large software systems. I am already convinced that Scala is as good, if not better than Java for the large-scale development, but what about the small scale?
Well it turns out that on Linux if you
chmod +x a scala script you can make it executable with a bit of shebang magic as shown by this complete, runnable script:
#!/bin/sh exec scala $0 $@ !# println("Hello World"!")
(You do have to make sure that "scala" is in your executable path.)
But what if you are using a scala script to control an existing Scala or Java system? It would be nice to express the CLASSPATH requirements in the script itself rather than depending on the calling environment to be configured correctly. Well, I came up with this convenient idiom to collect all the JAR files in a lib directory and add them to the CLASSPATH:
#!/bin/sh L=`dirname $0`/../lib cp=`echo $L/*.jar|sed 's/ /:/g'` exec scala -classpath $cp $0 $@ !# import com.my.special.World val world = new World world.hello
This assumes that all the required JAR files are in directory
../lib relative to the script file.
[This was originally posted on my blog.]
Not everyone thinks Scala is the bee's knees. For example Guido van Rossum the creator of the Python language has got some well considered criticism of the complexity of Scala in a blog post. However do also read the comment below the blog post, where other opinions are expressed.
In general I agree that one of the disadvantages of Scala is that it is a "big" language, with more features and complexity in the language itself than in dynamic languages like Python or Ruby. Personally I think that is worth the payoff of a language that is as concise as dynamic languages while having the safety of a static language.
Sure you can program in Scala just like you would in Java and get all the advantages of the cleaner syntax. But if you really want to explore the power of Scala you should try some functional programming.
One way to tell if you are programming in a largely functional manner is if you prefer
val declarations to
var declarations and if you prefer immutable to mutable classes.
To implement matrices, let's leverage the immutable lists generated by Scala's default
List(...) call.
Arbitrarily choosing a row-major representation, we will represent a row of a matrix as as a list of doubles. For convenience let's create a type alias for that:
type Row = List[Double]
A matrix can then be a list of rows:
type Matrix = List[Row]
One fundamental operation we will be doing is a dot product. Let's implement this in map-reduce style:
def dotProd(v1:Row,v2:Row) = v1.zip( v2 ).map{ t:(Double,Double) => t._1 * t._2 }.reduceLeft(_ + _)
zip method combines together two parallel lists of numbers into a single list of pairs of numbers. The
map method multiplies the elements of each of these pairs together. The
reduceLeft method sums the numbers of the list to create a single number.
OK, now let's see how we can create some of the standard matrix functions.
First here is how we can transpose a matrix:
def transpose(m:Matrix):Matrix = if(m.head.isEmpty) Nil else m.map(_.head) :: transpose(m.map(_.tail))
Notice this is a recursive function. It uses the construct
firstRow :: remainderOfRows to form the list of rows that is the output matrix. It calculates the first row of the output matrix by using
map to get the first element of each row of the input matrix. It gets the remainder of the rows by recursively getting the transpose of the matrix formed by the
tail of each input row (i.e. every element except the first one).
How about matrix multiplication? That turns out to be pretty straightforward using standard Scala "for comprehensions":
def mXm( m1:Matrix, m2:Matrix ) = for( m1row <- m1 ) yield for( m2col <- transpose(m2) ) yield dotProd( m1row, m2col )
Here we directly implement the matrix multiplication formula, iterating through the rows of the first matrix and the columns of the second matrix, and calculating the dot-product of each. Note that to iterate over the columns of a matrix we actually iterate over the rows of the transpose of the matrix.
However it would be nice to be able to use standard mathematical operators like
A*B and
AT when coding with matrices. Well, we can using the power of Scala's operator identifiers, infix syntax, and implicit conversion:
case class RichMatrix(m:Matrix){ def T = transpose(m) def *(that:RichMatrix) = mXm( this.m, that.m ) } implicit def pimp(m:Matrix) = new RichMatrix(m)
The user of this library need never explicitly instantiate any RichMatrix objects -- they are automatically created from
List[Double[Double]] object whenever the
T or
* method is called on it.
This allows you to do things like:
val M = List( List( 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ), List( 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ) ) val MT = List( List( 1.0, 4.0 ), List( 2.0, 5.0 ), List( 3.0, 6.0 ) ) M.T must_== MT val A = List(List( 2.0, 0.0 ), List( 3.0,-1.0 ), List( 0.0, 1.0 ), List( 1.0, 1.0 )) val B = List(List( 1.0, 0.0, 2.0 ), List( 4.0, -1.0, 0.0 )) val C = List(List( 2.0, 0.0, 4.0 ), List( -1.0, 1.0, 6.0 ), List( 4.0, -1.0, 0.0 ), List( 5.0, -1.0, 2.0 )) A * B must_== C
While we are at it we might as well add a few more convenience methods to the RichMatrix:
case class RichMatrix(m:Matrix){ ... def apply(i:Int,j:Int) = m(i)(j) def rowCount = m.length def colCount = m.head.length def toStr = "\n"+m.map{ _.map{"\t" + _}.reduceLeft(_ + _)+"\n" }.reduceLeft(_ + _) }
apply method is a special method invoked when the parenthesis operator is applied to an object. It allows you to, for example, do
c(1,3) to get the number on the second row, fourth column of the matrix. Note that this method should not be used in performance-sensitive inner loops because it is not efficient. A matrix uses linked-lists as storage so the element access is O(N) not O(1) as would be the case if the matrix used arrays.
rowCount and
colCount methods are I hope obvious.
toStr returns a string representation of the matrix in a nice tabular format that is much easier to than the default
toString method if
List[List[Double]], Note how this is done with two nested
reduce pairs.
Now, creating a matrix using the
List( List(...), List(...), ... ) syntax is fine for small matrices, but what if we want to generate large matrices? One way to do this is:
object Matrix{ def apply( rowCount:Int, colCount:Int )( f:(Int,Int) => Double ) = ( for(i <- 1 to rowCount) yield ( for( j <- 1 to colCount) yield f(i,j) ).toList ).toList }
This allows you do do things like:
// 100x200 matrix containing random elements val A = Matrix(100,200) { (i:Int,j:Int) => random } // 5x5 identity matrix val I = Matrix(5,5) { (i:Int,j:Int) => if(i==j) 1.0 else 0.0 }
Note that everything above is pure-functional: all the objects are immutable and each function is implemented as a single expression.
That's it for now. There is obviously a lot more we would have to add to make this a useful, production-quality library,
(If you want to try this yourself, you can download the complete source code and the BDD-style regression test that demonstrates its use.)
Here is a recursive example of how the square function could be calculated using the Newton-Raphson method.
def sqrt(a:Double) = { val acc = 1e-10 def findroot( x:Double ):Double = { val nextx = (a/x + x)/2 if( (x-nextx).abs < acc*x ) nextx else findroot(nextx) } findroot( 1 ) }
sqrt(2) generates
(Translated from an example in ML for the Working Programmer.)
Once you have learned the basics of Scala, here are some useful references
The Scala documentation above generated automatically by Scaladoc from the Scala source in the same way as the Java documentation is generated by Javadoc from the Java source.
Unfortunately Scaladoc is not yet as polished as Javadoc, and the documentation comments in the source code are much more meagre in the Scala library than in the Java library. So the net result is that the Scala Library API documentation is somewhat harder to work with and a bit less useful than the Java Library API documentation.


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There have been a lot of changes around the art room.
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I recently read that Idaho residents are among the most physically active in the country. A study conducted by the Sporting Good Manufacturers Association revealed the top five states with the most physically active adults, and Idaho ranked No. 2. Other active states include Utah, New Hampshire, Colorado and Minnesota.
The results of the study didn't surprise me at all. Idaho's unique desert-like climate and mountainous terrain offer an abundance of year-round outdoor recreational activities. In the winter months, I see skis strapped to car rooftops and snowmobiles hauled by SUVs. And, when the sun is shining, joggers own the roadways and canoes and kayaks populate the rivers. Idaho is also home to many world-renowned athletes, including Kristin Armstrong, who two years ago was crowned the fastest female cyclist in the world.
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